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CHRISTOPHER  COLUMBUS,  DISCOVERER   (Bartholdl) 

[Aftei-  the  Silver  Statue  wrought  and  exhilnted  by  the  Gorham  Company 
at  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition,  Chicago.  Coloring  as  per  H.  A.  Ogden, 
considered  the  greatest  living  authority  on  questions  of  costume,  and  adopted 
by  Yale  University  in  the  picturization  of  •■Columbus"  in  TJic  Chronicles  of 
America  series.  The  authority  of  Irvine  Berdine  Riehman  is  cited,  where  in 
his  The  Spanish  Conquerors  '  (Chronicles  of  America  series)  he  says  that 
Columbus  came  ashore  at  San  Salvador  "clad  in  armour  over  which  *  *  * 
he  had  thrown  the  crimson  robe  of  an  admiral  of  Castile."  Courtesies  of  Yale 
University,  of  the  Gorham  Company  and  of  Spaulding  Jewelry  Company  are 
gratefully  acknowledged.] 


Knights  of  Columbus  in  Illinois 
First  Twenty-Five   Years 


A  HISTORY 


OF  THE 


Knights  of  Columbus 


IN 


ILLINOIS 


BY 


JOSEPH  J.  THOMPSON,  LL.  D. 

Past  State  Deputy  of  Illinois 


PREPARED  AND  PUBLISHED 

UNDER  THE  AUSPICES  OF  THE  ILLINOIS  STATE  COUNCIL 

OF  THE  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS 


UNIVERSAL  PRESS,  CHICAGO 


Regan  Printing  House 
Chicago 


ILLINOIS    STATE    COUNCIL 
KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS,  1921 

Right  Reverend  Peter  J.  Muldoon,  D.D.,  State  Chaplain 

Edward  Houlihan,  State  Deputy 

Henry    J.    Lynch,    State    Secretary 

Sidney  W.  Ring,  State  Treasurer 

Phillip  A.    Gibbons,    State   Advocate 

James  A.  Coen,  State  Warden 


PUBLICATION  COMMITTEE 

Edward   Houlihan 
Patrick   L.   McArdle  LeRoy  Hackett 

Louis  E.  Sauter  William  N.  Brown 


ADVISORY    COMMITTEE 

Rt.   Rev.   Peter  J.   Muldoon,  D.D.,   State   Chaplain 

Thomas   S.   Keirnan,   Past   State   Deputy 

Henry  J.  Lynch,  State  Secretary 

John  T.  Lillis,  President  Home  Finding  Association 

Jeremiah  A.   Kennelly,  President  Chicago  Chapter 

Jerome  J.  Crowley,  Master  LaSalle  Assembly.  Fourth  Degree 


2  (^  >^ 


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COAT  OP  ARMS  ASSIGNED  CHRISTOPHER  COLUMBUS 

BY    THE    SPANISH    MONARCHS. 

Inscription  : 

To  Castile  and  Leon  Columbus  gave  a  new  world. 


CONTENTS 

CHAPTER  PAGE 

Foreword   7 

I.     The  Chureh  and  the  Order 11 

II.     Origin,  Character  and  Development  of  the  Order  28 

III.  The  Insurance  System 51 

IV.  Historic  Knighthood   71 

V,     Columbus  the  Protonym 91 

VI.     Establishment  of  the  Order  in  Illinois — Pioneer 
Councils — Thomas  8.  Keirnan  and  Patrick  L. 

McArdle,  State  Deputies 110 

VII.     Councils    Instituted    Under    the    Direction    of 
State    Deputies — Joseph    J.    Thompson    and 

Lewis  Edward  8auter 211 

VIII.  Councils  Instituted  Under  the  Direction  of 
State  Deputies — James  Maker,  LeBoy  Hack- 
ett,  William  N.  Brown  and  Edward  Houlihan  299 

IX.     The  Illinois   State   Council 375 

X.     The  Chicago  Chapter 427 

XI.     The   Fourth   Degree 472 

XII.     The  Ceremonials  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus 

and  Some  Able  Exponents  Thereof 500 

XIII.  Occasional,  Incidental  and  Related  Activitias.  .   527 

XIV.  War— Responding    to    the    Call— The    Roll    of 

Honor   574 

XV.     Twentieth  Century  Heroism 661 

XVI.     War  Work ] 716 

XVII.     War  Workers   767 

XVIII.     Post  War  Activities 859 


FOREWORD 

It  is  barely  possible  that  had  there  been  no  world  war  this 
attempt  to  write  the  history  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in 
Illinois  would  not  have  been  made.  The  part  taken  by  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  in  the  war  made  it  imperative,  however, 
that  some  permanent  record  be  compiled. 

A  study  of  the  contents  of  this  volume  will  induce  the  con- 
viction that  it  would  have  been  a  great  misfortune  to  leave 
untold  that  part  of  the  story  which  has  no  relation  to  the  war, 
since,  although  the  war  story  is  concededly  pretty  fully  told, 
yet  it  covers  but  four  chapters,  while  fourteen  chapters  are 
required  to  detail  the  general  record  of  the  Order. 

It  is  believed  that  readers,  including  members  of  the  Order, 
will  be  surprised  with  reference  to  the  volume  of  activities 
mentioned  in  the  various  chapters,  the  aggregate  of  which 
would  hardly  be  anticipated  by  the  most  enthusiastic. 

Another  occasion  of  surprise,  especially  to  non-members, 
will  be  the  discovery  that  the  endeavors  of  the  Order  have 
almost  exclusively  been  directed  to  the  benefit  of  non-members, 
the  public,  the  state,  and  the  nation.  If  anyone  had  hoped  to 
convict  the  Order,  or  its  members,  of  selfishness  or  exclusive- 
ness,  he  will  find  nothing  in  this  unembellished  record  of  facts 
to  sustain  any  such  charge.  Throughout  its  history  the  Order 
has  translated  the  old  familiar  word  ''fraternity,"  once  em- 
ployed as  the  chief  inspiration  of  co-operative  societies  to 
mean  "service,"  and  has  measured  all  its  activities  by  that 
term. 

Again,  if  anyone  hoped  to  find  evidence  of  the  existence  of 
a  cult,  secret  or  exclusive,  in  any  sense,  teaching  fixed  doctrines 
or  holding  isms,  such  an  one  is  doomed  to  even  greater  disap- 
pointment.    There  is  no  such  thing  as  Columbianism  or  Co- 

7 


8  FOREWORD 

lumbianology.  There  are  no  Columbian  doctrines,  and  no 
Order  of  Knighthood,  sacred  or  profane,  and  all  expressions 
indicating  anything  of  the  sort  are  loose  and  meaningless, 
and  find  no  place  in  this  volume.  Likewise,  the  "Brother 
Knight,"  "Sir  Knight,"  "Beloved  Brethren"  and  similar 
expressions  are  excluded  from  the  volume,  on  the  ground  that 
they  represent  no  feature  of  the  Order  or  its  endeavors.  The 
two  outstanding  characteristics  of  a  Knight  of  Columbus  are 
dutiful  membership  in  the  Catholic  Church,  and  loyal  citi- 
zenship. The  first  covers  all  spiritual  considerations,  and  the 
second  all  civil  requirements.  The  Knights  of  Columbus  hold 
no  other  principles,  and  differ  from  other  Christians  and  citi- 
zens only  in  acting  in  concert  with  reference  to  certain  under- 
takings, for  and  within  the  scope  of  Christian  endeavor  and 
civic  progress. 

An  intimate  association  of  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
not  alone  with  the  body  of  the  membership,  but  with  the  most 
prominent  and  effective  proponents  of  the  Order  has  served 
but  to  increase  my  admiration  for  the  men  who  have  co- 
operated in  the  great  undertakings  described  in  this  volume. 
I  have  been  eye  witness  to  practically  everything  that  has 
been  accomplished  by  the  Order,  and  in  some  of  the  under- 
takings, an  inconspicuous  but  actual  actor.  From  the  begin- 
ning I  took  the  Order  and  its  endeavors  seriously,  and  as  age 
approaches  my  good  opinion  of  its  results  and  possibilities  has 
not  waned,  I  am  pleased  that  there  are  many  men,  like  my^ 
self,  approaching  the  age  of  greater  maturity,  that  are  not 
ashamed  to  be  detected  in  maintaining  a  live  interest  in  the 
Order's  work.  This  continuity  of  interest  means  more,  I  be- 
lieve, than  individual  constancy.  To  my  mind  it  is  a  proof 
of  the  solidity  of  the  purposes  and  attainments  of  the  Order, 

The  preparation  of  this  volume  was,  of  course,  a  joint 
undertaking.  It  is  well  understood  that  no  one  member  could 
possibly  possess  all  of  the  required  information  to  make  up 
an  approximately  complete  record;  and  officers  and  members 


FOREWORD  9 

were  expected  to,  and  in  reality  did,  furnish  the  information 
in  their  possession.  To  all  those  my  gratitude  and  that  of 
the  Order  is  due ;  to  the  State  Officers,  the  District  Deputies 
and  Grand  Knights  especially  should  thanks  be  rendered.  The 
Supreme  Officers  also  assisted,  and  with  respect  to  war  work 
the  chaplains  and  secretaries,  and  the  parents  and  friends  of 
the  service  men,  as  well  as  many  of  the  service  men  themselves, 
are  entitled  to  our  gratitude.  The  Columbian,  the  official  paper 
of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  Illinois,  was  a  veritable  mine 
of  information,  without  which  it  would  have  been  impossible 
to  prepare  the  record  with  anything  approaching  the  accuracy 
attained. 

The  writer  realizes  that  there  are  many  shortcomings, 
some  serious  defects,  and,  no  doubt,  numerous  errors  in  the 
volume,  but  these  are  not  the  result  of  the  want  of  earnest  ef- 
forts to  avoid  them.  Perhaps  no  book  was  ever  prepared  under 
the  eyes  of  as  many  people  as  was  this.  As  was  provided  by 
the  resolutions  adopted  by  the  State  Convention,  all  of  the 
matter  was  submitted  to  a  committee,  consisting  of  the  present 
State  Deputy  and  four  Past  State  Deputies.  Everything  that 
concerned  the  Church  was  submitted  to  the  archdiocesan  cen- 
sor ;  everything  that  concerned  the  Chicago  Chapter  was  sub- 
mitted to  the  President  of  the  Chapter;  everything  that  con- 
cerned the  Fourth  Degree  was  submitted  to  the  Masters  of  the 
Fourth  Degree.  In  like  manner,  everything  that  was  written 
about  the  councils  was  submitted  to  the  councils.  If,  there- 
fore, errors  still  appear  they  are  as  much  the  result  of  indiffer- 
ence as  of  ignorance.  It  is  believed,  however,  that  no  matter 
how  defective  the  book  may  be,  readers  will  recognize  it  as  a 
plain  attempt  to  set  down  the  record  of  the  order  without  bias 
or  favor,  and  if  it  may  be  said  of  the  book  that  it  is  in  all 
respects  fair,  then  the  author  will  be  content. 

Several  artists,  members  of  the  Order,  have  contributed 
of  their  time  and  talents  to  add  to  the  attractiveness  of  this 
volume.     Mr.    Thomas   A.    0 'Shaughnessy    and    Mr.    Louis 


10  1^X)REW0R1) 

IMiili|)|),  fh'.,  iiijidc  llii-  (lriiwiii|jjs  I'or  llic  cdvcr  (h'sifjfii.  Mi". 
rhili|)|»  .•il.s((  iii,'i(l(>  Hh-  (lr;i\viii^s  Tor  llic  cnildcnis  of  llui  State 
(ioimcil  ;iii(l  ol"  llir  ( 'liicjij^o  ( Iliiiplcr,  the  ( loliiiiihiis  sphere, 
till!  I*'()iiilli  I  )e}4i'ee  (lecor.H  ion  ;iii(l  1  luit  of  I  lie  ( 'iitliolic  l*\)iiii(|ji- 
tioii.  Mr.  rioliii  W.  I'uekley  (lesij;iie<l  llie  deeofiil  ive  lieiidiiifjjs 
for  the  (Johl  Stiirs  niid  Ihe  I  )e('()r;iled  mid  (^iled.  Mr.  b'red 
W.  Winklei"  iiiiuh'  tlie  (h-eorat  ions  lor  Ihe  poi'lrails  of  Ihe 
I'opes  jiiid  Ai"ehl)ishops.  Mr.  li.  -1.  liiriiiiiif^hiiiii  iiiJide  Ihe 
(irawiiif^s  tor  Ihe  Calholie  Nome  P^'mdiiif^  Associjil  ion  and  for 
the  Chaplains'  cross.  To  all  these  are  dne  thanks  and  appi'e- 
ciution. 

The  rollovvin<;'  pholo^i-apiiers  have  extended  valuable 
eonrlesi(>s:  MotTelt,  Matzene,  \Vallin<;('r,  Melvin  II.  Sykes  aiul 
La  v(M'.elia,. 

The  enj^i'avin^s  thi()n<;hoid.  Ihe  volnnn^  are  I'l-oni  IIh;  studio 
ol!  (jenr}^e  A.  hidieau,  (li'and   l\ni«j:ht  of  Tonii  (!()Uiicil. 

J.  J.  T. 


CllAl'TEU  i 

TT[Kririnir:ir  and  tftk  order 

To    H«jrv()    witliiii    our    pl.'ici;    :iii<l     in    (iod'a    i^'mhi, 
To  keep  our  liv'ci'.  iiimt.'iiiKil  ;iii'l   without-  ll;iw, 
'I'o  vviilk    in  liiiinhlfni'HH  nnij  Jioly  )iwn 

Im  to  l)rt  clotlir-d   willi    I'rfcdord  nn  with   lifjlit,. 

.John  Lancjahtkh  Hi-aijuno. 

TIm^  (|iicslion  ol"  l;iy  societies  of  orj-Miiiizat  ions  li;iH  ])('.('.it  one 
of  tiiiicli  ('(xicet'ii,  imkI  no  lillle  (lifficully  1o  the  riinrcli.  l""ol 
lowiiij^  liisiory  <lown  lliroii^.'!)  Wic  ecntiirifis  and  dwellin*.^  upon 
th(!  Horc  triulH  lliai  have  heen  broiijj^hl  upon  Ihc^Miiirc^h  tlu-oiij^h 
I  he  ni('(liu(ti  of  Hoei(!t,i<!H,  wholly  <>v  |);irl.ly  of  I  Im;  hiily,  it.  is  Jiot, 
h.'icd  to  understntMJ  th<!  euut.ion  exctrc'iKcd,  or  cvcu  the  kus- 
picions  entertained  with   v('H\h'.('\,  t,o  Jiiiy  n(!w  lay  or}_^ini/at ion. 

The  Knij^'his  TeKijiljirs  ;ind  the  I los|)if,aN!rH  of  l,lie  Tweinii 
Ceidnry,  hoth  |j(!^,'nn  so  hiitnbly  and  with  sueh  laudahh;  i)ur- 
f)OHeH,  dev(!loped  Kueh  ol)j(!e,t ion;d)!(;  l'ealiir(;K  as  l,o  hritif^  dow»i 
upon  llicrnsel  ves  ih<!  eondr^rnnat  jrin  of  I  Ik;  Ctiureh,  and  siipi)reK- 
sion.  I<]ver'  sine(t  this  cxpi'tience  ehiirvh  fi,ut,horit,ieK  have  been 
w;iry  ol"  nioverneids  (»!'  a  siriiihir  ;i|ip<';if;in(!(!.' 

As,  however,  soeifMieH  properly  eonsi  il-nt(;d  ;ind  rriaiiat^c^d 
were  r(!(;ot!;ni/,(!d  to  h<!  of  valiie,  the  (',\\\iv<;\\,  always  praelieal, 
nevei-  ef)nderrm(;d  nil  soeieiieK,  wlietliei"  lay,  el(!ri(tal,  or  mixed, 
hut,  in  keeping':  with  her  office  ;is  icj^^islator,  from  titrie  to  t,im(r, 
as  occjision  arose,  m;id<-  delifiit,(;  r<!j<ulalionK  with  n'i'crc.ucc  to 
HiJ(!h  or!L!^nni/at,ionK  JUid,  indec^d,  en(!Oiiraf^(!H  ami  promotcH  hoc'h',- 
l,i()S  witJi  proper  airriH  and  disi)OKitioriK. 

Ijayinen  h;id  rained  (!Xi)(;rienee  (jf  what,  is  known  in  this 
connfry  ;is  tint  fr;il''rn;d  li<ri<fil,  soc,iet,i<!H,  Um;  lirsl,  of  wlii(;h,  tlu; 
Anci(!nt,  Order  of  IJnilcid  Workmen,  her^'ati  op(!rat,ion  in  IHtJH, 
and  which  rrnill  iplifd  rapidly  I  lier<';iflcr.     In  these  frat,(!rrjit,i(;H 

I.  'riii-  lilKlory  III'  llic  iMrly  Morlclli-M  ol'  ii  irilxi-d  ri\\y,\iii];i  iiml  inllltiiry 
clinraclcr  In  w<')l  (old  In  tin-  Ciitliollc  lOncydoiX'ill/i  un<l<T  lln!  niiiiio  of  cacli. 

11 


HIS  HOLINESS,  POPE  PIUS  XI   GLORIOUSLY  REIGNING 


THE  CHURCH  AND  THE  ORDER       13 

there  were  pass-words,  signs,  grips,  ceremonials,  and  pledges, 
but  the  secrets  were  not  grave,  the  ceremonials  were  simple,  and 
the  pledges  were  only  such  as  might  be  taken  by  anyone. 
Nevertheless  these  fraternities  were  looked  upon  with  suspicion 
by  some  bishops  and  pastors,  and,  in  many  cases,  the  faithful 
were  forbidden  to  affiliate  with  them. 

Largely  because  of  the  growing  popularity  of  these  non- 
sectarian  fraternities,  the  progressive  clergy  was  in  a  mood 
to  welcome  a  Catholic  society  that  would  meet  the  desire  of 
Catholic  men  for  organization  and  association,  and  render  it 
unnecessary  for  them  to  seek  such  association  in  the  non-sec- 
tarian fraternities. 

The  problem,  therefore,  which  the  founders  of  the  Knights 
of  Columbus,  comprising  both  laymen  and  clergymen,  under- 
took to  solve  was  the  creation  of  a  society  that  would  incorpo- 
rate the  most  useful  features  of  the  popular  societies,  both 
secret  and  fraternal,  existing  all  about,  and  at  the  same  time 
meet  with  the  approval  of  the  Church. 

It  was  no  small  task  that  these  men  set  themselves,  but  as 
appears  from  available  records  they  were  able  to  satisfy  the 
Bishop  of  their  diocese,  Right  Rev.  Lawrence  S.  McMahon, 
who,  after  careful  examination  said,  amongst  other  things : 

"1  have  followed  the  wording  and  explanation  of  this  ritual  closely. 
I  cannot  detect  anything  amiss  or  improper.  You  need  no  further  ruling 
than  this.  I  am  of  the  opinion  that  it  will  be  a  valuable  medium  for 
carrying  sound,  moral  principles  to  your  members,  that  it  will  be  the 
means  of  attracting  many  to  your  organization.  I  do  not  see  Avhy  you 
should  not  go  on  without  let  or  hindrance  from  anyone.  "2 

This  pronouncement  of  the  Ordinary  of  the  Diocese  re- 
moved all  obstructions  to  the  launching  of  the  Order,  and, 
accordingly,  the  promoters  sent  it  forth  upon  its  career. 

It  should  be  said,  however,  that  there  were  dioceses  in  which 
the  Order  was  not  admitted  as  readily  as  in  that  of  its  origin. 
It  was  habitual  for  each  diocese  to  investigate  the  claims  of  the 

2.  Knights  of  Columbus  in  Peace  and  War,  Vol.   I,  pp.  57-58. 


14         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOia 

Order  before  admitting  it,  which  occasioned  delays  and  diffi- 
culties. To  expedite  organization,  the  entire  plan  of  organiza- 
tion, the  constitution,  laws  and  ritual  were  laid  before  Arch- 
bishop Francis  Satolli,  Apostolic  Delegate  from  the  Holy  See 
to  the  Catholic  Church  in  the  United  States,  who,  after  a  care- 
ful examination  of  the  matter  submitted  to  him,  gave  his  bless- 
ing to  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  thus  publicly  approved 
the  Order's  existence.^ 

In  a  short  time  the  Order  became  well  known  to  Eome  and 
especially  its  work  for  the  Catholic  University  at  Washington, 
D,  C,  and  when  in  1910  a  party  of  prominent  members  of  the 
Order  making  a  pilgrimage  to  Genoa,  the  birthplace  of  Colum- 
bus, secured  the  privilege  of  visiting  His  Holiness  Piux  X,  that 
beloved  Pontiff  thus  addressed  them : 

' '  We  welcome  you,  dearly  beloved  children,  who  have  come  from  dis- 
tant America  to  pay  homage  to  and  profess  your  love  and  fidelity  for 
the  Vicar  of  Jesus  Christ.  May  this  journey  to  Rome  strengthen  more 
and  more  in  you  the  feelings  which  urged  you  to  undertake  it. 

"We  greet,  then,  with  the  greatest  pleasure  the  representatives  of 
the  association  which  bears  the  name  of  Christopher  Columbus,  the  second 
which  has  come  to  us  during  the  present  month.  Spread  far  and  wide  over 
the  United  States,  in  Canada  and  Mexico,  at  Cuba  and  Porto  Eico  and 
"n  the  Philippine  Islands,  it  has  by  its  action  contributed  to  the  diffusion 
and  preservation  of  the  faith  by  all  those  works  of  which  the  religion  of 
Christ  is  a  fruitful  source.  We  rejoice  with  you  and  your  fellow-associates 
in  the  good  which  you  have  wrought,  and  our  wisli  is  that  under  the 
guidance  of  your  esteemed  and  loved  Bishops  you  may  further  promote 
the  progress  and  prosperity  of  the  Catholic  faith  in  your  countries. 

"Do  not  wonder  at  our  recommendation  of  union  ■with  and  dependence 
on  the  Bishops,  for  they  are  the  masters  in  the  Church  established  by 
Jesus  Christ,  and  in  all  works  of  religion  the  supreme  direction  belongs 
to  them.  Your  united  work  is  holy,  but  to  effect  the  good  which  the  Lord 
desires  there  is  need  of  the  guidance  established  by  God  to  rule  you  in 
every  matter  of  discipline.  Otherwise,  there  is  the  danger  which  was  en- 
countered by  the  two  captains  mentioned  in  the  Holy  Book  of  the  Mac 
cabees,  Joseph  and  Azarias.  Wishing  to  emulate  the  deeds  of  Judas, 
who  gained  victory  after  victory,  they  said,  'Let  us  also  make  ourselves  a 
name,  and  let  us  go  and  fight  against  the  nations.'     But  they  had  not 

3.  Ih.j  p.  03. 


THE  CHURCH  AND  THE  ORDER       15 

the  mission  of  the  Supreme  Chief,  and,  instead  of  victory,  met  with 
shameful  defeat. 

"But  this  will  not  be  for  you,  dearly  beloved  children,  because,  obedi- 
ent to  the  high  direction  of  your  venerable  pastors,  you  will  multiply  your 
good  deeds,  and  it  will  be  said  of  you  that  you  are  in  truth  of  that  race 
of  heroes  who  have  carried  health,  well-being  and  prosperity  wherever 
you  have  worked. 

"On  your  return  you  will  assure  your  brother  associates  and  all  your 
other  dear  ones  that  we  have  been  well  pleased  with  the  assurance  they 
have  given  us  through  you,  and  that  we  tenderly  love  them  as  our  chil- 
dren, and  may  the  Apostolic  Benediction  which  we  impart  from  our  heart 
to  you  here  present,  to  your  brother  associates  far  off  and  to  all  the  other 
persons  who  are  dear  to  you  be  a  token  of  the  earthly  and  heavenly  happi 
ness  which  we  warmly  desire  for  them  and  all  the  people  of  America, 
and  may  it  be  to  each  one  a  source  of  the  greatest  consolation. '  '* 

In  the  following  year  an  incident  for  which  the  Order  waf> 
not  directly  responsible  brought  an  approval  from  the  sacred 
congregation  of  the  Holy  Office. 

In  1908  Dr.  Santiago  Kelly,  a  prominent  citizen  of  the 
Argentine  Republic,  by  authority  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
instituted  a  council  of  the  Order  in  Buenos  Aires  with  119 
charter  members.  After  the  council  was  instituted  some  ob- 
jection was  raised,  and  the  Archbishop,  Most  Rev.  Mariano 
A.  Espinosa,  appealed  to  Rome  to  learn  if  there  were  any  ob- 
jections  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  On  September  3,  1911, 
the  Sacred  Congregation  of  the  Holy  Office  approved  the  Order 
as  established  in  the  United  States  of  North  America.  The 
decision  was  transmitted  to  Msgr.  Locatelli,  Internuncio  in 
Argentina,  and  a  copy  forwarded  by  Cardinal  Rampolla  to 
the  Apostolic  Delegate,  Msgr.  Diomede  Falconio  in  the  United 
States.  Thereupon  Msgr.  Falconio  wrote  Supreme  Knight, 
James  A.  Flaherty,  stating  that  the  Sacred  Congregation  had 
had  the  matter  under  consideration  and  had  advised  the  Arch- 
bishop of  Buenos  Aires  that  the  decision  left  the  matter  of 
establishing  councils  in  the  South  American  Republics  to  the 
conscience  and  prudence  of  the  local  bishops.    Msgr.  Falconio 

4.  Columbian,  October  14,  1910,  p.  2. 


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added:  "By  this  decision  it  is  clearly  seen  that  the  Sacred 
Congregation  finds  nothing  objectionable  in  the  rules  of  the 
Society  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus."'' 

On  the  occasion  of  the  visit  of  the  Metz  pilgrims  to  the 
Vatican  on  August  28,  1920,  His  Holiness,  Pope  Benedict  XV, 
extended  a  warm  welcome  and  in  the  course  of  His  allocution 
said: 

' '  Eeason  of  sweet  comfort  and  occasion  of  great  hope  is  Our  lot  today 
in  receiving  into  Our  presence  so  numerous  and  so  select  a  representa- 
tion of  the  Association  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  of  the  United  States 
of  America,  come  here  to  pay  homage,  through  Our  humble  person,  to  the 
glorious  dignity  with  which  We  are  clothed,  as  the  Vicar  of  Christ  on 
earth.  It  is  always  indeed  a  pleasure  to  see  Our  children  around  Us, 
but  it  is  a  very  special  source  of  happiness  to  have  before  Us  today  the 
representatives  of  that  noble  society  which  We  know  has  already  acquired 
such  merit  in  the  Catholic  Church,  and  its  great  country,  America. 

"We  are  well  aware  of  all  that  the  Knights  of  Columbus  have  done 
for  many  years  past  in  the  different  fields  of  human  activity.  Who  is 
there  who  does  not  know  of  the  great  help  they  gave  to  the  Catholic 
University  of  Washington,  founding  there  numerous  courses  of  study  for 
Catholic  young  men?  And  certainly  we  cannot  but  repeat  the  well-de- 
served praise  which  our  predecessor  of  venerated  memory  bestowed  on  that 
initiative  as  being  both  in  appearance  and  in  fact  well  deserving  of  re- 
ligion and  of  true  culture.  Further,  we  remember  the  unfailing  help  that 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  gave  both  to  Bishops  and  parish  priests  for  the 
carrying  out  of  their  pastoral  ministry.  It  is  this  valuable  help  which 
often  makes  possible  works  of  beneficence,  and  surely  it  can  be  said 
that  the  names  of  the  efficacious  helpers  should  be  written  in  the  book  of 
eternal  life  by  the  side  of  the  founders  of  the  works  of  beneficence  they 
supported.  Nor  can  we  possibly  pass  over  in  silence  the  provident  and 
charitable  activity  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  during  the  recent  war, 
not  only  in  the  United  States,  but  in  aU  the  countries  afflicted  by  the 
terrible  calamity,  the  memory  of  which  is  still  vivid.  That  activity 
gained  the  praise  and  admiration  not  only  of  Catholics,  but  of  all  of  good 
heart,  without  distinction  of  faith  or  nationality,  and  not  only  from  simple 
citizens,  but  from  governments.  And  shall  not  what  they  have  said  find 
echo  from  us,  who,  while  we  could  not  arrest  the  awful  scourge,  set  before 
Ourself  the  noble  purpose  of  at  least  mitigating  its  consequences? 

5.  Hiberno — ArgctUine  Revivio,  Buenos   Aires,    Jan.   27,   1911,   quoted   in 
Columhian,  April  21,  1911.  p.  1. 


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"These  abundantly  consoling  fruits  of  the  work  of  the  Association 
of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  are  to  be  attributed  above  all,  in  our  opinion, 
to  the  intensely  religious  spirit  which  inspires  the  beloved  association 
itself  and  causes  in  each  and  every  one  of  its  members  that  clear  cut,  open 
and  entire  profession  and  practice  of  the  Catholic  religion  which  does 
so  much  to  make  the  individual  morally  honorable,  and  socially  useful. 
And  that  is  why  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  besides  being  a  magnificent 
example  to  their  brethren  in  the  faith,  are  also  the  best  citizens.  Truly 
they  deserve  to  be  honored  with  the  name  of  knight — a  name  which,  in 
the  Middle  Ages,  was  the  hallmark  of  an  institution  among  whose  aims 
were  respect  for  and  the  defense  of  the  Church,  and  care  and  love  for  the 
weak  and  poor.  Specially  significant  and  honorable  for  you,  too,  beloved 
children,  is  the  name  of  that  great  pioneer  of  civilization  and  apostle  of 
faith,  our  fellow  citizen,  Christopher  Columbus,  who  loved  to  call  himself 
and  write  himself  down  as  "Columbus,  Bearer  of  Christ,"  Columbus 
Christum  Ferens. 

"Eeadily  we  recognize  that  a  field  as  vast  as  it  is  fertile,  is  open 
for  your  work  in  the  great  American  Eepublic,  whose  boast  it  is  to  have 
based  its  public  order  on  the  fullest  liberty  and  mutual  respect.  Such 
conditions  must  necessarily  favor  the  life  of  your  institution,  but  it  is 
through  your  spirit  of  initiative  and  fruitful  activity  that  it  has  devel- 
oped, and  therefore  we  have  all  reason  to  hope  that  the  Knights  of  Co- 
lumbus will  extend  and  intensify  to  even  greater  good  their  work,  main- 
taining it — as  there  is  no  reason  to  doubt — in  due  reverence  and  sincere 
attachment  towards  the  Episcopate,  which  on  its  side  has  always  shown 
its  sympathy  for  every  undertaking  fruitful  of  good.  We  are  sure,  too, 
that  the  Knights  of  Columbus  will  never  depart  from  that  wise  course  of 
conduct  which  they  have  always  followed  hitherto,  of  not  identifying  their 
programme  with  any  other  programme  of  a  political  character.  Indeed, 
we  believe  that  therein  lies  the  secret  of  the  sympathy  that  they  have 
gained  on  all  sides  and  which  has  assured  their  magnificent  success  in 
every  field  of  action.  An  old  principle  teaches  that  good  spreads  itself, 
and  it  is  not  surprising,  therefore,  that  while  still  doing  so  much  fruit- 
ful work  in  their  beloved  country,  the  Knights  of  Columbus  have  thought 
of  extending  their  efforts  to  Italy,  too,  and  in  special  manner  to  this 
city  of  Rome,  dear  above  all  cities  to   our  hearts. 

"We  welcome  you,  Knights  of  Columbus,  to  the  Holy  City.  For  in- 
deed, here,  under  our  very  eyes,  a  shameful  propaganda  is  trying  to 
rob  our  children  nearest  to  us  of  the  most  precious  heritage  left  them 
by  their  forefathers,  the  Catholic  Faith.  There  is  a  very  network  of 
endeavor  to  that  shameful  end.  They  are  trying  to  attract  our  young 
men,  who  are  inclined  to  the  pleasures  of  sport  into  associations  which, 


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while  they  give  facilities  for  satisfying  that  inclination^  tend  to  make 
insidious  attacks  in  the  hearts  of  the  young  men  on  the  sacred  treasure 
of  Catholic  principles.  They  relieve  material  distress  and  at  the  same 
moment  steal  a  patrimony  of  the  faith.  You,  noble  Knights  of  Columbus, 
are  not  ignorant  of  the  work  of  propaganda  of  which  we  speak,  and 
we  glory  in  the  hope  that  in  conformity  with  the  aims  of  your  associa- 
tion you  will  set  your  good  proj^aganda  here  in  Eome,  against  the  wicked 
propaganda,  which  to  our  sorrow,  we  see  so  widely  spread  in  this  dear 
city.  There  is  another  field  of  competition  before  you.  May  the  struggle 
bring  you  as  much  merit  as  it  brings  us  hope. 

"But  that  our  hope  may  not  be  brought  to  naught,  and  that  your 
merits  may  be  copious,  we  turn  to  Him  who  holds  in  His  hands  the 
hearts  of  men,  and  we  pray  Him  to  give  strength  and  comfort  to  the 
association  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  their  noble  work.  May  the 
Lord  bless  the  Supreme  Knight  of  the  deserving  association,  and  may  He 
bless  every  knight  belonging  to  it.  May  the  blessing  of  the  Lord  strength- 
en concord  among  them,  co-ordinate  and  multiply  the  efforts  of  good-will 
common  to  all.  And  a  pledge  of  these  things  so  much  to  be  desired  be  the 
Apostolic  Benediction  which  we  impart  from  our  hearts,  repeating  to  you 
once  more  how  great  reason  of  sweet  comfort  and  occasion  of  glad  hope 
is  your  presence  here  today.  "6 

Cardinal  Gibbons,  always  the  friend  of  the  Order,  wrote 
a  special  article  for  the  Columbiad,  in  which  he  expressed  un- 
qualified approval  and  made  special  reference  to  the  true  pa- 
triotism of  the  members.    On  this  subject  His  Eminence  said : 

"The  Knights  of  Columbus  are  a  superb  refutation  of  that  traditional 
calumny  some  hundred  or  so  years  of  dishonorable  age,  that  Catholicity 
and  Americanism  are  incompatible;  an  indignant  protest  against  this 
shameless  aspersion  upon  the  character  of  American  Catholics  in  the 
face  of  the  exemplary  political  and  religious  life  of  a  quarter  of  a 
million  voters.  Whilst  devoted  children  of  the  Church,  they  yield  to  none 
ai  love  of  country.  It  is  a  fact  visible  to  all  but  the  wilfully  blind  that 
they  are  absolutely  untrammeled  by  their  clerical  authorities  in  the 
exercise  of  their  political  duties  and  functions.  Their  principle  in  such 
matters  is  the  principle  enunciated  by  Christ  Himself,  Who  was  likewise 
accused  of  political  disloyalty  in  making  Himself  superior  to  Caesar,  name- 
ly, 'Give  to  God  the  things  that  are  God's,  and  to  Caesar  the  things  that 
are  Caesar's.'  "^ 


6.  Reddin,  Knights  of  Columbus  Pilgrimage,  1920,  pp.  38-39. 

7.  CohimUan,  Dec.  12,  1913,  p.  10. 


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21 


When  the  Knights  of  Columbus  first  came  to  Illinois  the 
saintly  Archbishop,  Most  Rev.  Patrick  Augustine  Feehan, 
D.  D.,  in  his  declining  years,  in  his  quiet  manner,  permitted 
the  establishment  of  the  Order,  and  through  his  representatives 
lent  the  necessary  support  and  encouragement. 


HIS  EMINENCE 
JAMES  CARDINAL  GIBBONS 


MOST  REVEREND  JOHN 
LANCASTER    SPALDING,    D.D. 


He  was  succeeded  in  1902  by  the  great  churchman,  Most 
Rev.  James  Edward  Quigley,  D,  D.,  who  quietly  took  notice  of 
all  the  activities  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  with  his 
keen  and  penetrating  judgment  appraised  the  Order.  The 
Knights  of  Columbus  always  felt  that  they  had  Archbishop 
Quigley 's  earnest  approval,  and  this  judgment  is  sustained  by 
his  expressions,  the  most  noted  of  which  perhaps  was  a  brief 
address  made  by  him  in  Holy  Name  Cathedral,  May  13,  1912, 


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RIGHT  REVEREND 
EDMUND   M.   DUNNE,   D.D. 


RIGHT  REVEREND 
EDWARD  F.    HOBAN,   D.D. 


RIGHT    REVEREND 
JOHN   JANSSEN,   D.D. 


RIGHT  REVEREND 
HENRY   A.   ALTHOFP,   D.D. 


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in  the  presence  of  the  delegates  to  the  State  Convention  of  the 
Illinois  State  Council,  held  in  the  Auditorium  Hotel,  Chicago. 
After  preliminary  remarks  His  Grace  said : 

"I  do  not  know  that  I  have  ever  appeared  before  or  addressed  a  body 
of  the  Kniglits  of  Cohimbus.  I  have  never  been  in  a  Council  of  the 
Kniglits  of  Columbus.  The  Order  came  up  and  grew  and  prospered 
whilst  I  was  a  busy  priest  in  a  populous  parish,  and  whilst  I  was  a  busy 
bishop,  as  every  bishop  is  throughout  the  United  States,  busy,  but  all 
that  time  I  observed  it  very  closely  as  far  as  I  could  from  without,  co- 
operated with  it  in  all  its  works,  and  in  all  the  Order's  endeavors  it  had 
my  best  wishes  and  my  co-operation. 

"Now  you  have  assumed  in  the  country,  and  in  the  Church  in  this 
country,  an  unusual  importance,  and  you  are  very  close  to  the  Church, 
and  being  very  close  to  the  Church,  you  are  very  dear  to  the  Church  also. 
You  have  begun  to  participate  in  the  triumphs  and  persecutions  of  the 
Church.  The  nearer  you  come  to  the  Church,  the  more  you  will  rejoice 
in  its  triumphs,  and  the  nearer  you  come  to  the  Church  the  more  you  will 
have  to  bear  this  age-long  persecution  which  the  Church  has  been  obliged 
to  bear,  and  which  it  will  have  to  bear  to  the  end  of  time,  because  the 
Founder  prophesied  not  the  triumphs  and  the  joys  of  the  Church,  but 
defeats  and  persecutions  most  terrible  through  which  would  come  final 
victory.  That  you  appreciate  much  of  the  situation  in  the  Church,  and  in 
the  country  today,  and  that  you  will  be  equal  to  it  in  every  respect  I  have 
no  doubt,  for  you  have  so  far  shown  that  you  are  good  practical  Catholics. 
I  hear  that  of  you  everywhere.  In  going  about  this  large  city,  there  is 
nothing  that  gives  me  greater  solace  or  pleasure  than  my  association  as 
bishop  with  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  I  meet  them  everywhere  as  my 
escort  upon  all  important  occasions,  and  their  presence  on  those  occasions 
not  only  delights  and  consoles  me,  but  they  are  an  encouragement  also, 
and  I  might  say,  an  inspiration  to  our  people. 

"There  is  one  thing  particularly  which  is  beginning  to  give  me 
more  than  ordinary  consolation  and  courage,  and  that  is  that  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  are  becoming  the  society  best  adapted  to  our  young  men  in 
our  present  social,  religious  and  public  life.  Only  a  week  ago  last  Sun- 
day, I  attended  a  public  demonstration  on  the  part  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus,  and  as  I  passed  through  their  files,  nearly  a  mile  long,  I  no- 
ticed that  their  ranks  were  made  up  of  young  Catholic  men  between  the 
ages  of  18  and  25;  that  is  the  class  of  young  men  which  the  Church  has 
always  found  it  difficult  to  care  for,  most  difficult  to  guide  and  most 
difficult  to  control;  and  nevertheless,  the  future  of  the  Church  and  the 


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future  of  society,  1  might  say,  in  this  country,  depends  upon  young  men 
of  that  age  just  entering  upon  manliood,  putting  off  their  puerilities  of 
young  manhood  and  childhood,  putting  off  the  things  of  youth  and  taking 
on  the  things  of  manhood,  as  the  Apostle  Paul  says  it. 

"And  what  a  blessing  it  is  that  God  has  raised  up  amongst  us  a 
society  peculiarly  adapted  to  take  care  of  our  young  men.  We  know 
that  outside  of  the  Church  immense  efforts,  astounding  efforts,  are  being 
made  to  obtain  control  over  this  class  of  people  in  society,  young  men, 
because  in  the  young  man  is  all  our  future,  religious  and  political,  and 
whatever  success  is  to  come,  religious,  political  or  social,  must  come 
finally  through  them,  and  therefore,  I  liope  you  will  give  your  attention 
more  and  more  to  that  task. 

"We  have  many  excellent  organizations  of  men  and  women  in  the 
Church  that  are  national,  whose  membership  runs  into  hundreds  of  thou- 
sands, but  they  have  their  special  work  and  they  are  doing  that  most 
excellently  and  to  the  great  gratification  of  the  Church.  Now  I  believe 
if  there  is  one  thing  in  particular  which  your  society  is  adapted  to,  it  is 
this  work  amongst  the  young  men,  and  therefore,  in  your  councils  and  in 
your  conventions  give  some  attention  to  it.  We  bishops  and  priests  have 
tried  to  do  it  for  years,  and  I  must  say  we  have  not  proved  in  the  work 
a  very  great  success. 

' '  I  remember  thirty  years  ago — forty  years  ago,  a  universal  movement 
in  the  country  to  take  hold  of  the  young  men  in  all  our  large  cities;  this 
movement  was  headed  by  bishops  and  priests,  and  young  men's  Catholic 
associations  were  established,  buildings  put  up,  now  they  are  empty;  the 
whole  movement  proved  abortive,  lasted  only  a  time  and  melted  away. 
God  had  not  evidently  at  that  time  revealed  to  the  Church  the  right  way 
of  handling  and  caring  for  and  controlling  the  young  men  at  that  period 
of  their  lives  when  they  are  most  effectively  moved  for  good,  and  when 
they  are  most  effectively  impressed  by  evil.  And  therefore,  in  looking 
over  our  societies  and  organizations  the  Knights  of  Colimibus  seem  to 
have  adapted  themselves  to  the  betterment  of  the  young  men,  in  this 
large  city  of  Chicago,  for  it  is  possible  for  you  through  your  organization 
to  cover  the  whole  city  in  such  a  manner  as  to  engage  in  your  work,  the 
work  of  the  Church,  and  for  the  betterment  of  society,  and  of  the  young 
men.  The  best  class  of  young  men,  the  most  intelligent  young  men  and 
the  best  disposed  of  the  young  men,  have  all  joined  your  organization, 
and  are  working  shoulder  to  shoulder  with  you  for  the  Church,  for  society, 
and  the  betterment  and  advancement  in  every  way  of  our  Catholic 
men.    .    .    . 

"I  hope  Almighty  God  will  bless  you  in  this  convention,  and  that 


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whatever  you  do  will  redound  to  the  glory  of  God  and  the  advancement 
of  His  Church  and  your  individual  betterment  in  every  way.  "s 

The  remarks  of  Archbishop  Quigley  anent  his  escort 
throughout  his  diocese  were  in  a  sense  prophetic  of  the  funeral 
procession  of  the  great  prelate.  The  section  of  that  procession 
given  over  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  including  the  Fourtli 
Degree  unit,  was  the  most  notable  of  the  great  cortege. 

The  present  Archbishop,  Most  Rev.  George  William 
Mundelein,  D,  D.,  lost  no  time  in  expressing  to  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  his  confidence  in  them.  Within  less  than  a  month 
after  assuming  his  Arch-Episcopal  See  he  had  assigned  a  task 
to  the  Fourth  Degree  Assembly,  and  in  exactly  one  month  to 
a  day  he  appeared  before  800  members  of  the  Order  from  Cook 
County,  meeting  under  the  auspices  of  the  Chicago  Chapter, 
and  spoke  to  them  as  follows : 

"As  I  stand  before  you  I  am  reminded  that  I  have  been  in  Chicago 
just  one  month  today.  On  my  way  to  this  city  I  was  asked  what  my 
policy  would  be,  and  I  replied  that  I  never  crossed  a  bridge  until  I  came 
to  it.  Now  I  have  crossed  the  bridge,  and  I  know  what  my  policy  is  to 
be.     .     .     . 

' '  The  Christian  Knights  of  old  were  ever  faithful  and  loyal  to  their 
chiefs,  and  so  you  modern  knights  must  follow  your  bishop  as  your  leader 
into  personal  danger  and  sacrifice  and  discomfort  whenever  I  ask  re- 
ligious and  charitable  aid  of  you.  And  for  this  I  offer  you  a  reward — ^not 
such  a  reward  as  will  appeal  to  the  worldly,  but  the  reward  promised  by 
the  Savior  when  He  said,  "Come,  ye  blessed  of  My  Father,  inherit  the 
Kingdom,  prepared  for  you  from  the  foundation  of  the  world.'  "9 

This  was  not  by  any  means  the  only  expression  of  confi- 
dence on  the  part  of  Archbishop  Mundelein.    When  the  war 

came  to  America  and  the  Knights  of  Columbus  girded  on  their 

armour  His  Grace  stood  squarely  beside  them  in  all  their 

efforts  to  do  for  the  men  in  the  service.    With  his  voice  and  pen 

he  joined  in  the  drives  and  in  every  way  gave  his  powerful 

assistance.    When  the  war  was  over  he  entered  enthusiastically 


8.  Columbian,  May  16.  1912.   pp.  1-2. 

9.  Cohimhian,  March  17,  1916. 


26         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

into  the  plans  of  the  Order  for  a  large  increase  in  the  member- 
ship. In  this  connection  His  Grace  wrote  State  Deputy  Ed- 
ward Houlihan  in  part  as  follows : 

"Archdiocese  of  Chicago, 
"My  Dear  Mr.  Houlihan: 

"Chancery  Office,  April  25,  1919. 

"When  the  world  war  came  they  (Knights  of  Columbus)  proved  a 
God-send  for  the  Catholic  Church  in  this  country,  for,  the  authorities  of 
both  our  Church  and  our  country  had  at  hand  a  national  organization 
which  was  ready  and  able  to  look  after  the  recreational  needs  of  our 
Catholic  soldiers  and  sailors,  and  to  be  of  splendid  assistance  to  the 
chaplains  in  their  work  in  the  army  and  navy. 

"It  is  because  of  the  services  this  organization  has  so  faithfully 
rendered  ever  since  the  war  began  that,  as  the  head  of  one  of  the  coun- 
try's most  important  churches,  I  desire  to  express  my  appreciation  and  to 
encourage  them  at  the  same  time  in  their  efforts  to  increase  their  member- 
ship. For  I  feel  quite  sure  that  these  same  services  so  successfully 
rendered  in  war  time  will  benefit  the  organization  itself  and  henceforth 
render  the  Knights  of  Columbus  just  as  desirous  of  being  in  peace  time 
the  leaders  in  religious  and  charitable  work  in  this  diocese  and  wherever 
else  they  may  be  as  strong  in  membership  and  in  influence  as  they  are 

here. 

'  *  Sincerely  yours  in  Christ, 

"  (Signed)  George  W.  Mundelein, 

"Archbishop  of  Chicago. "lo 

The  several  bishops  of  the  Province  also  have  extended  to 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  a  welcome  to  their  dioceses.  The 
venerable  Bishop  James  Ryan,  of  Alton,  has  always  lent 
his  encouragement.  The  late  lamented  Archbishop  John  Lan- 
caster Spalding  was  a  firm  friend  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus, 
and  was  in  return  idolized  by  the  members  of  the  Order.  The 
late  Bishop  Janssen,  though  doubtful  of  the  propriety  of  intro- 
ducing the  Order  into  his  diocese,  became  before  his  death 
friendly  to  the  Order.  The  great  strong  Bishop  of  Rockford, 
Rt.  Rev.  Peter  J.  Muldoon,  was  always  an  ardent  friend  of  the 
Order,  and  has  for  many  years  been  the  State  Chaplain,  and 
most  beloved  officer  of  the  State  Council.    Rt.  Rev.  Edmund 


10.  Cohimlian,  AprU  25,  1919. 


THE  CHURCH  AND  THE  ORDER       27 

M.  Dunne,  of  the  Diocese  of  Peoria,  is  relied  upon  by  the  offi- 
cers and  members  of  the  Order  in  his  diocese  as  their  strongest 
support  and  wisest  counsellor.  Rt.  Rev.  Henry  A,  Althof,  of 
the  Diocese  of  Belleville,  has  at  all  times  since  his  elevation  to 
the  head  of  that  See  assisted  the  officers  and  members  of  the 
Order  in  his  diocese  with  his  wise  counsel  and  extended  influ- 
ence. 

Rt.  Rev.  Edward  F.  Hoban  recently  consecrated  Auxiliary 
Bishop  of  Chicago  as  priest,  as  Chancellor  and  Bishop,  has 
always  been  a  firm  friend  of  the  Order. 

The  priests  in  general  throughout  the  state  are  members  of 
the  Order  and  ever  since  its  introduction  here  have  been  very 
helpful  in  its  spread  and  development.  The  priest  chaplains 
of  the  local  councils  are  accorded  the  highest  respect  and  the 
pastors  and  assistants  are  consulted  in  all  important  move- 
ments. Indeed,  the  Knights  of  Columbus  are  very  apprecia- 
tive of  the  good  will  of  the  clergy,  importing  as  it  does  the 
approval  of  the  Church. 


CHAPTER  II 

ORIGIN,  CHARACTER  AND  DEVELOPMENT  OF  THE 

ORDER 

The  Knights  of  Columbus  didn't  "just  happen." 
It  has  frequently  been  said  that  the  founders  of  the  Order 

'  *  builded  better  than  they  knew ' '  and 
it  may  be  that  the  Order  has  already 
grown  or  shall  develop  beyond  the 
fondest  dreams  of  its  promoters,  but 
no  one  who  knew  and  appreciated 
"Dan"  Colwell  and  the  little  coterie 
of  close  associates,  including  Father 
Michael  J.  McGivney,  will  maintain 
that  their  aims  and  hopes  did  not  en- 
compass a  great  nation-wide  association,  capable  of  anything 
good  upon  which  it  would  concentrate  its  energies.^ 

In  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  no  less  than  in  many  other 
growing  American  communities  in  the  last  quarter  of  the  Nine- 
teenth Century,  was  felt  the  need  for  an  association  of  Catholic 
men,  clean  cut  and  clear  of  all  suspicion  of  lack  of  patriotism, 
absolutely  divorced  from  politics,  and  observing  undying  fidel- 
ity to  Holy  Mother  Church. 

Colwell  and  his  friends  talked  about  such  a  society.  They 
canvassed  the  existing  societies.  The  possibility  of  combin- 
ing with  or  constructing  an  imitation  of  the  Catholic  Order 
of  Foresters  of  Massachusetts  was  duly  considered,  and,  in  the 
end,  rejected.  There  was  some  experimenting  with  a  local 
social  organization,  familiarly  known  as  the  "Red  Knights," 
and  there  is  a  story  that  an  attempt  was  made  to  revive  this 

1.  Rev.  Michael  J.  McGivney,  even  before  the  organization  was  completed, 
published  and  heralded  broadcast  a  comprehensive  circular  announcing  the 
formation  of  the  society  as  "one  of  the  most  impo^'tant  events  In  the  annals 
of  American  Catholicity,"  Knights  of  Columhus  in  Peace  and  War,  Vol.  I, 
p.  56. 

28 


ORIGIN  CHARACTER  AND  DEVELOPMENT       29 

organization  and  revamp  it  for  the  ends  sought,  and  it  is  here 
perhaps  that  Father  McGivney  first  came  into  close  contact 
with  the  little  group  endeavoring  to  evolve  a  suitable  plan.^ 

It  is  pleasant  to  reflect  that  a  worthy  military  organiza- 
tion, the  Sarsfield  Guard,  comprising  Company  "  C  "  of  the  Sec- 
ond Regiment  Connecticut  National  Guard,  and  which  had  the 
unpleasant  experience  of  being  one  of  the  military  organizations 
ordered  to  disband  by  a  bigoted  Governor  of  Connecticut,  be- 
cause it  was  composed  of  Irish  men,  or  the  sons  of  Irish  men, 
figured  in  the  origin  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  Due  to  the 
courage  of  Adjutant-General  John  C.  Hollister  the  Irish  units 
of  the  Connecticut  Militia  were  not  disbanded,  and  the  Civil 
War  coming  on  the  Sarsfield  Guard  was  revived,  and  did  its 
full  share  in  that  great  conflict.  After  the  close  of  the  war  this 
military  body  became  well  known  for  its  social  entertainments, 
and  it  was  at  one  of  these,  after  a  military  review,  that  James 
T.  Mullen,  F.  0.  S.,  of  the  Guard,  suggested  an  impromptu 
initiation  for  Sergeant  F.  P.  Duffy,  who  had  left  the  hall  on 
an  errand.  When  Sergeant  Duffy  returned,  he  was  seized  and 
put  through  a  burlesque  process  of  initiation,  upon  completion 
of  which  he  was  dubbed  a  Red  Knight.  It  was  thus  that  the 
'  *  Red  Knights ' '  originated,  and  it  was  by  means  of  initiations 
of  the  character  that  Sergeant  Duffy  underwent  that  the  Red 
Knights  attained  some  temporary  popularity.  Having  no  seri- 
ous purpose,  however,  the  interest  waned,  and  the  Red  Knights 
became  but  a  memory.^ 

The  first  meeting  of  which  we  have  any  account  at  which 
the  launching  of  an  organization  to  meet  the  hopes  and  aspira- 
tions of  the  men  who  eventually  organized  the  Knights  of 
Columbus,  was  held  in  the  year  1881,  in  the  office  of  Cornelius 
T.  Driscoll  and  Daniel  Colwell  in  New  Haven.*    There  were 


2.  KtUffhts  of  Columiua  in  Peace  and  War,  Vol.  I,  p.  51. 

3.  /b.  id..  The  Red  Knights  flourished  from  1874  to  1880 ;  Columbian, 
October,  1909. 

4.  Meetings  were  held  in  oflice  of  Daniel  Colwell,  then  a  constable,  157 
Church  street,  New  Haven  ;  Columbian,  October  15,  1909,  p.  3.  See  also  "Tfie 
Knights  of  Columbus"  in  The  Cross  and  the  Fluff  (1900),  published  by  The 
Catholic  Historical  League  of  America,  p.  107,  et  »eq. 


30  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

several  meetings  and  conferences  within  the  next  year  or  two, 
when  the  various  considerations  above  alluded  to  were  gone 
over.  During  the  same  period  Father  McGivney,  who  was 
assistant  to  Rev.  P.  P.  Lawlor,  Pastor  of  St.  Mary's  Parish, 
New  Haven,  had  been  not  only  watching  the  action  of  Colwell 
and  his  friends,  but  had  himself  been  considering  deeply  the 
perplexing  problem  of  meeting  the  demand  for  attractive  asso- 
ciation of  Catholic  laymen.  Father  McGivney  organized  St, 
Joseph's  Total  Abstinence  &  Benevolent  Society  in  the  Parish, 
and  although  that  organization  was  successful  he  saw  plainly 
it  would  not  answer  the  greater  purpose.  He  talked  with  the 
men  of  his  Parish,  and  encouraged  consideration  of  the  organ- 
ization of  some  kind  of  a  general  Catholic  Society.  He  took 
the  matter  to  his  Bishop  who  encouraged  him  to  think  out 
and  originate  a  strong  lay  organization.^ 

Having  in  mind  what  Colwell  and  his  associates  had  done, 
he  invited  them  to  meet  at  the  Parish  House  of  St.  Mary's  on 
January  16,  1882,  and  on  that  date  the  most  important  step 
yet  taken  in  the  planning  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  took 
place.  There  were  present  at  the  meeting,  besides  Father  Mc- 
Givney, Daniel  Colwell,  James  T.  Mullen,  John  Tracy,  Michael 
Tracy,  William  M.  Geary,  Cornelius  T.  Driscoll,  John  T.  Ker- 
rigan, James  T.  McMahon  and  William  H.  Sellwood.''  These 
men  were  all  members  of  St.  Mary 's  Parish.  The  question  fore- 
most in  the  minds  of  all  those  present  was  the  formation  of 
a  suitable  Catholic  society.  As  the  result  of  the  conference 
Father  McGivney  was  commissioned  to  go  to  Boston  and  con- 
sult with  the  chief  officers  of  the  Massachusetts  Catholic  Order 
of  Foresters  regarding  the  establishment  of  a  Catholic  society. 
One  week  later,  January  23,  1882,  the  same  men  again  met 
with  Father  McGivney,  who  reported  that  the  officers  of  the 
Massachusetts  Catholic  Order  of  Foresters  proffered  every  as- 
sistance, but  would  not  institute  a  branch  of  their  organiza- 
tion in  Connecticut.    Thereupon  it  was  unanimously  decided 

5.  Knights  of  Columbus  in  Peace  and  War,  p.  52. 

6.  n.,  p.  53. 


ORIGIN  CHARACTER  AND  DEVELOPMENT       31 

that  a  new  and  independent  organization  be  formed,  and  a 
committee,  consisting  of  Father  McGivney,  James  T.  Mullen, 
John  T.  Kerrigan  and  J,  T.  McMahon  was  appointed  to  take 
preliminary  steps.  A  name  was  proposed  for  the  new  organiza- 
tion at  this  meeting.  It  was  ' '  The  Connecticut  Order  of  For- 
esters," but  at  subsequent  meetings  this  name  was  rejected, 
and  at  the  third  conference  Father  McGivney  proposed  the 
name  "Sons  of  Columbus."  Mr.  James  T.  Mullen  sug- 
gested that  the  word  "Knights"  be  substituted  for  Sons,  and 
his  suggestion  was  adopted,  thus  fixing  the  name  of  the  Order 
as  "Knights  of  Columbus."^ 

The  next  move  was  for  legal  incorporation  of  the  society. 
Daniel  Colwell  was  appointed  to  prepare  the  necessary  peti- 
tion. In  the  preparation  he  was  assisted  by  Hon.  Cornelius 
T.  Driscoll,  then  a  member  of  the  General  Assembly  of  Con- 
necticut. Through  the  valuable  assistance  of  Mr.  Driscoll  and 
Hon.  H.  P.  Hotchkiss,  a  member  of  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives of  Connecticut,  and  Hon.  A.  E.  Robertson,  State  Sena- 
tor, the  act  of  incorporation  was  speedily  passed,  and  a  charter 
issued  on  March  29,  1882.« 

In  the  original  charter  IMichael  J.  McGivney,  Mathew  C. 
O'Connor,  Cornelius  T.  Driscoll,  James  T.  Mullen,  John  T. 
Kerrigan,  Daniel  Colwell  and  William  M.  Geary  are  named 
as  incorporators. ** 


7.  lb.,  p.  53. 

8.  lb.,  p.  54. 

FOUNDERS  OF  THE  ORDER 

9.  "To  the  heroic  efforts  and  personal  devotion  of  Father  McGivney  more 
than  to  any  other  person  is  due  the  fact  that  the  Hierarchy  of  the  Church 
gave  to  the  Order  its  encouragement. 

At  the  time  the  Order  was  established,  Father  Lawlor  was  the  Rector 
of  St.  Mary's  Parish,  New  Haven,  Conn.,  where  he  officiated  from  1879  to 
1886,  and  Father  McGivney  was  a  zealous  young  curate  in  the  same  parish. 
His  enthusiasm  and  the  sanction  of  Father  Lawlor  did  much  to  advance  the 
interests  of  the  Order  before  it  had  secured  a  standing  before  the  Church  and 
throughout  the  Nation.  Both  these  priests  have  since  passed  to  their  reward. 
Father  Lawlor  died  on  May  20,  1886,  and  Father  McGivney  on  Aug.  14, 
1898,  in  Thomaston,  Conn.,  his  remains  being  interred  in  Waterbury.  They 
have  gone,  but  the  work  they  advanced  will  live  long  after  them. 

James  T.  Mullen,  the  first  Supreme  Knight  of  the  Order  and  one  of 
its  charter  members,  was  the  man  who  suggested  the  name  of  the  Order. 
He  really  sacrificed  his  life  in  furthering  the  work  of  the  Order  in  its  early 


32 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Reproduced  from  The  Cross  and  the  Flag  (1900) 

THE  FOUNDERS  AND  CHARTER  MEMBERS  OF  THE  KNIGHTS  OF 

COLUMBUS 

Daniel  Colwell  Rev.  Michael  J.  McGivney     Cornelius  T.  Driscoll 

William  M.  Geary  Emblem  of  the  Order  John  T.  Kerrigan 

Matthew  C.  O'Connor,  M.D.  Rev.  Patrick  P.  Lawler  James  T.  Mullen 


ORIGIN  CHARACTER  AND  DEVELOPMENT       33 

Throughout  the  conference  two  high  purposes  with  refer- 
ence to  the  new  organization  were  kept  in  mind  by  the  pro- 
moters. They  were :  first,  a  system  of  government  as  nearly 
faultless  as  possible;  and,  secondly,  a  "ritual"  or  system  of 
ceremonials,  divided  from  the  beginning  into  three  sections,  of 
a  superior  character.  The  formulation  of  the  plan  of  govern- 
ment ;  that  is,  the  constitution,  was  entrusted  to  Father  McGiv- 
ney,  who  was  assisted  by  Messrs.  Mullen,  Geary  and  Kerrigan, 
while  the  preparation  of  the  ' '  ritual ' '  was  entrusted  to  Daniel 
Colwell,  who  conferred  repeatedly  with  Father  McGivney  and 
Mr.  lilullen.^"  As  these  tasks  were  far  from  light  ones,  and 
/ut  to  be  accomplished  speedily,  the  work  of  organization  was 
taken  up  without  waiting  for  the  final  report  of  these  im- 
portant committees. 

At  a  conference  presided  over  by  Father  McGivney,  held 
on  April  3,  1882,  a  Committee  of  Investigation  reported  favor- 
ably upon  the  applications  of  eleven  men  to  become  members 


days.  lie  worked  for  its  establishment  and  growth  in  season  and  out, 
traveling  to  all  parts  of  the  state  in  all  kinds  of  weather,  being  np  early 
and  late  in  promoting  its  development.  His  strenuous  efforts  on  its  behalf 
were  the  cause  of  his  last  sickness.     He  passed  away  July  6,  1891. 

Mr.  Mullen  was  a  native  of  New  Haven,  an  active  business  man  of 
considerable  force  of  character.  While  yet  a  boy  he  enlisted  in  the  Civil 
War.  He  afterwards  became  a  member  of  the  famous  Sarsfleld  Guai-d  and 
a  Knight  of  St.  I'atrick,  and  was  a  fire  commissioner  of  the  city  of  New 
Haven  for  thirteen  years,  and  president  of  the  Board  of  Fire  Commissionera 
for  a  number  of  years.  He  also  served  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Aldermen. 

Other  charter  members  who  rendered  valued  service  to  the  Order  were 
William  M.  Geary,  Dr.  Matthew  <'.  O'Connor,  and  John  T.  Kerrigan.  Mr. 
Geary,  at  the  time  the  Ordi'r  was  founded  was  employed  in  the  town  Agent's 
Office.  He  afterwards  became  (irand  Knight  of  San  Salvador  Council.  He 
has  rendered  most  valued  assistance  to  the  Order  in  the  Grand  Secretary's 
office. 

Doctor  O'Connor,  a  physician  identified  with  New  Haven's  best  interests, 
was  graduated  at  St.  Xavier's  College  and  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  of  New  York  City.  He  has  held  the  positions  of  officer  of  the 
Board  of  Health,  president  of  Knights  of  St.  Patrick,  vice  president  of  the 
New  Haven  Medical  Association,  and  Fellow  of  the  Connecticut  Medical 
Society.  He  was  from  the  first  active  in  advancing  the  interests  of  the 
Order  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  held  for  three  years  the  oflSce  of 
Supreme  Council  Physician. 

John  T.  Kerrigan,  one  of  the  b(>st  known  post  office  men  in  the  United 
States,  having  been  connected  with  the  department  for  over  thirty  years, 
held  the  post  of  Chief  Mailing  Clerk,  in  the  New  Haven  Post  Office.  Mr. 
Kerrigan  assisted  in  organizing  in  Merideii  the  second  Council  established  by 
the  Order,  and  was  Deputy  Supreme  Knight  shortly  after  the  Order  was 
incorporated.  The  first  council  established  was  called  San  Salvador,  No.  1, 
being  the  name  given  hv  Columbus  to  the  island  on  which  he  first  set  foot 
in  the  Western  World.^-Daniel  Colwell  in  The  Flag  and  the  Cross  (1900). 
pp.  110,  111,  112. 

10.  Knvjhts  of  Cohtmhus  in  Peace  and  War,  op.  cit. 


34  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

of  the  new  society.^^  At  the  same  conference  Smith 's  Hall,  on 
Chapel  Street,  New  Haven,  was  secured  for  a  meeting  place. 
At  this  hall,  on  April  6,  1882,  the  first  election  of  officers  took 
place.  At  that  time  there  were  chosen :  President  James  T. 
Mullen,  Vice-president  John  T.  Kerrigan,  Corresponding  Sec- 
retary Rev,  Michael  J.  McGivney,  Recording  Secretary  Wil- 
liam H,  Sellwood,  Financial  Secretary  James  T.  McMahon, 
Treasurer  Michael  Curran,  Advocate  C.  T.  Driscoll,  Medical 
Examiner  M.  C.  O'Connor,  M,  D.,  Chaplain  Rev,  P.  P.  Lawlor, 
Lecturer  Daniel  Colwell,  Warden  John  F.  Moore,^^ 

This  was  but  a  temporary  organization,  and  existed  but 
little  over  a  month.  On  May  16,  1882,  a  Supreme  Council 
was  created,  consisting  of  the  officers  chosen  April  3rd,  with 
one  exception — ^William  H.  Sellwood  dropping  out.  On  the 
same  day  was  held  the  election  and  institution  of  the  first  sub- 
ordinate council,  San  Salvador  No.  1,  The  officers  elected  took 
the  titles  provided  in  the  constitution  in  preparation,  and  were : 
Grand  Knight  C.  T.  Driscoll,  Deputy  Grand  Knight  Henry  S. 
Kenny,  Chaplain  Rev.  M.  J.  McGivney,  Recording  Secretary 
John  F.  O'Brien,  Financial  Secretary  James  T.  McMahon, 
Treasurer  Michael  Curran,  Lecturer  Daniel  Colwell,  Medical 
Examiner  Dr.  M.  C.  0  'Connor,  and  Warden  John  F.  Moore," 

Now  organized  and  under  way,  a  meeting  of  all  the  mem- 
bers assembled  on  June  15,  1882,  at  which  the  proposed  consti- 
tution was  read  by  Father  McGivney,  and  unanimously 
adopted." 

By  this  time  a  considerable  waiting  list  had  accumulated. 
Information  of  the  new  organization  had  gone  abroad.  The 
energetic  Chaplain,  Father  McGivney,  had  composed  a  circular 
heralding,  what  he  termed,  one  of  the  most  important  events 
in  the  annals  of  American  Catholicity,  and  men  in  and  out  of 
New  Haven  were  inquiring  the  means  of  entering  the  society. 

11.  n.,  p.  64. 

12.  /b.,  p.  55. 

13.  lb.,  p.  56. 

14.  n.,  p.  56. 


ORIGIN  CHARACTER  AND  DEVELOPMENT       35 

Before  initiating  members,  however,  it  was  necessary  that 
the  "ritual"  be  completed  and  approved  by  the  authorities 
of  the  Church.  Colwell  's  labors  on  the  rituals  were  completed 
on  July  7,  1883,  and  the  work  was  promptly  accepted  by  the 
Supreme  Council  recently  created.  It  remained  but  to  have 
the  approval  of  the  Bishop.  For  this  purpose  Father  McGiv- 
ney  and  the  other  Supreme  Officers  laid  the  ritual  before 
Bishop  McMahon  who,  as  we  have  seen  in  Chapter  I,  gave 
it  his  unqualified  approval. 

It  would  be  interesting  to  know  just  how  these  cere- 
monials were  received  by  the  first  men  advanced  to  the  honors 
of  Knighthood  in  the  Order,  but  of  course  there  has  been 
nothing  written  about  that,  and  even  traditional  accounts  are 
meager.  It  is  certain,  however,  that  Knights  of  Columbus  ini- 
tiations early  became  popular,  and  aroused  a  wholesome  curi- 
osity that  resulted  in  numerous  accessions  to  the  Order. 

Some  honor  has  been  shown  the  men  who  established  the 
Knights  of  Columbus.  A  few  of  them  have  already  passed  to 
their  eternal  reward.  By  a  solemn  enactment  Michael  J. 
McGivney,  Mathew  C.  O'Connor,  Cornelius  T.  DriscoU,  John 
T.  Kerrigan,  Daniel  Colwell  and  William  M.  Geary  have  been 
designated  as  founders  of  the  Order,  and  made  life  members 
of  the  Supreme  Council." 

Entering  upon  a  career  destined  to  become  notable  in 
American  annals  nineteen  councils  were  organized  in  Con- 
necticut before  the  Order  spread  to  any  other  state.  It  is 
of  interest  to  recall  the  names  of  these  first  councils:  San 
Salvador,  Silver  City,  Forest  City,  "Washington,  Pinta,  De- 
Soto,  Freestone,  Eldorado,  Green  Cross,  Daly,  White  Cross, 
San  Jose,  Isabella,  Park  City,  Seaside,  Atlantic  and  Charter 
Oak. 

It  is  seen  that  from  the  very  beginning  there  were  no  hard 
and  fast  regulations  for  naming  councils.  Some  of  these  were 
drawn  from  history,  some  from  location,  and  some  bestowed 

15.  /&.,  p.  54. 


36  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

in  honor  of  distinguished  individuals.  A  rule  was  later 
adopted,  however,  that  a  council  should  not  be  named  for 
any  living  person.^'''  Councils  were  numbered  successively,  and 
thus  confusion  was  avoided  in  cases  of  councils  of  the  same 
name. 

The  first  council  outside  of  Connecticut  was  organized  at 
Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  named  Narragansett  and  numbered 
21.  Following  this  there  were  four  councils  organized  in  Rhode 
Island,  and  several  more  in  Connecticut  before  any  other  state 
was  invaded.  LaSalle  Council  in  Rhode  Island,  located  at 
Providence,  is  numbered  58,  and  Brooklyn  Council  No.  60  was 
organized  in  Brooklyn,  and  thus  was  the  Order  brought  to  New 
York.  Soon  thereafter  Bunker  Hill  Council  was  organized 
as  Number  62,  at  Charlestown,  Massachusetts.  No.  63  was 
organized  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  and  was  called  Home 
City  Council.  Massachusetts  took  kindly  to  the  Order,  and 
soon  after  Boston  Council  No.  68  was  organized  at  Boston. 

The  Order  spread  throughout  these  original  states,  and  next 
invaded  New  Hampshire,  where  Council  No.  92  was  organized 
in  Manchester.  After  New  Hampshire  came  New  Jersey  with 
Jersey  City  Council  No.  137,  located  at  Jersey  City. 

By  1896  one  hundred  and  eighty-one  councils  had  been 
organized,  with  a  membership  of  some  16,000,  when  definite 
steps  were  taken  to  establish  the  Order  in  Chicago.  Raising 
of  the  standard  in  the  Middle  West  and  the  new  impetus  given 
the  Order  will  constitute  the  subject  of  subsequent  chapters. ^^ 

The  form  of  government  devised  by  the  committee  on 
constitution  and  by-laws,  and  adopted  at  the  outset  has  under- 
gone no  material  change,  though  names  have  been  altered  in 
a  few  cases. 

The  basis  of  the  organization  is  the  local  branch,  called 
a  Council.  The  local  councils  are  represented  in  a  state  gath- 
ering, called  the  State  Council,  by  the  Chief  Executive  of  the 

16.  Exceptions  have  been  made  to  this  rule  in  a  few  cases  as,  for  example, 
in  the  case  of  Spalding  Council,  Peoria. 

17.  See  Chapters  VI,  VII  and  VIII. 


ORIGIN  CHARACTER  AND  DEVELOPMENT       37 

Local  Council,  called  Grand  Knight,  and  an  additional  dele- 
gate or  representative,  selected  by  the  Council  from  amongst 
former  chief  executives,  if  there  be  any,  and,  if  not,  from 
the  qualified  membership. 

In  turn  the  State  Council  selects,  by  election,  delegates  to 
a  general  meeting,  now  called  the  Supreme  Council. 

These  several  bodies  have  their  respective  duties  and  func- 
tions. The  Supreme  Council  elects  a  Chief  Executive  of  the 
Order,  called  the  Supreme  Knight,  a  Vice  Chief  called  Deputy 
Supreme  Knight,  a  Supreme  Secretary,  Supreme  Treasurer, 
and  Supreme  Warden,  as  well  as  fifteen  Supreme  Directors. 
The  Supreme  Council,  assembled  in  National  Convention  in  the 
first  instance,  adopted  the  constitution  and  by-laws,  and  by 
fixed  parliamentary  processes  may  amend,  alter  or  repeal  the 
same,  and  enacts  all  general  legislation  for  the  Order. 

The  State  Council  in  annual  convention  assembled  elects 
an  Executive  Officer  for  the  State,  called  State  Deputy,  a  State 
Secretary,  State  Treasurer  and  State  Warden.  The  State 
Council  is  vested  with  certain  powers  as  to  regulations  for 
the  State  and,  as  has  been  seen,  selects  delegates  to  the  con- 
vention of  the  Supreme  Council,  and  recommends  laws  and  reg- 
ulations for  approval  by  the  Supreme  Council. 

The  Local  Council,  convening  semi-monthly,  or  monthly, 
transacts  business  authorized  by  the  constitution  and  laws 
of  the  Order,  and  engages  in  such  social  and  other  activities 
as  are  from  time  to  time  appropriate.^^ 

The  most  prominent  and  deservedly  most  popular  men  as- 
sociated with  the  Knights  of  Columbus  at  its  very  beginning 
have  already  been  named.  They  were  the  originators  and 
founders  of  the  society.  By  their  works  they  have  merited  the 
repetition  of  their  names  wherever  the  prominent  men  of  the 

Knights  of  Columbus  may  be  mentioned. 

In  the  judgment  of  the  writer  the  name  of  Daniel  Col- 
well  must  always  stand  at  the  head  of  the  list  of  men  con- 
is.  See  Constitution  of  the  Order. 


38  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

spicuously  identified  with  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  There 
have  been  men  of  greater  brilliancy  and  popularity  in  the 
Order,  but  none  that  has  given  so  much  of  what  has  made 
the  society  what  it  is  as  has  Daniel  Colwell.^" 

Colwell  was  a  man  of  what  we  call  the  middle  class,  who 
made  his  way  through  life  without  a  special  profession  or 
occupation.  He  occupied  a  few  public  positions,  in  which  he 
acquitted  himself  well.  He,  like  thousands  of  others  of  his 
countrymen,  worked  his  way  through  life  and  came  in  contact 
with  many  of  the  most  difficult  of  life's  problems.  In  the  end 
he  had  little  of  this  world's  goods  to  bestow  upon  relatives 
or  beneficiaries,  but  he  left  to  the  world  a  noble  legacy  through 
his  contribution  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus  structure. 

There  are  several  other  laymen  who  stand  close  to  Col- 
well in  merit  concerning  the  founding  of  the  Order,  but  it  is 
perhaps  true  that  none  of  these  is  entitled  to  as  much  credit 
as  the  young  priest.  Rev.  Michael  J.  McGivney.^**  Indeed, 
Father  McGivney  has  almost  been  consecrated  as  the  father 
and  founder  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus.    A  discussion  as  to 


19.  Daniel  Colwell  was  born  in  North  Adams,  Mass.,  July  15,  1848.  In  1865 
he  located  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  and  worked  at  his  trade  of  shoemaker.  For 
many  years  he  kept  a  shoe  store.  Was  elected  town  constable  in  1876,  and  served 
seven  years,  when  he  resigned.  During  his  service  he  was  court  officer  in  the 
Superior  Criminal  Court,  and  had  charge  of  many  noted  prisoners.  He  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  Sarsfield  Guard,  mentioned  in  the  text,  and  was 
a  member  of  the  social  organization  known  as  the  Red  Knights.  He  was 
elected  National  (Supreme)  Secretary  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  1882, 
and  held  that  position  until  the  Supreme  Convention  of  1909,  when  he  became 
Historian  of  the  Order.  He  died  September  19,  1922.  An  editorial  in  the 
Courier  (New  Haven)  under  the  heading,  "A  Fine  Old  Irish  Oentleman," 
written  after  his  death  contains  the  following :  "Mr.  Colwell  was  an 
enthusiast  like  all  men  who  look  on  the  bright  side  of  life,  and  refuse  to 
surrender  to  its  weaknesses.  There  was  so  much  more,  as  he  viewed  life,  to 
rejoice  in  than  deplore,  that  he  believed  that  the  human  virtues  outnumbered 
and  outgeneraled  the  human  vices.  *  ♦  »  'Uncle  Dan'  as  he  was  affec- 
tionately saluted  by  his  admirers  lived  to  good  purpose  in  the  world,  and 
made  a  full  contribution  to  its  betterment  by  his  optimism  and  profound 
faith.  We  may  be  sure  that  his  soul  will  forever  rest  in  peace."  The  esteem 
In  which  the  founder  and  past  Supreme  Secretary  of  the  Order  was  held  was 
evidenced  in  the  respect  paid  him  at  his  death. 

20.  Father  McGivney  was  born  In  1855 ;  was  assistant  pastor  of  St. 
Mary's  Church  in  New  Haven,  where  he  labored  for  seven  years.  He  was 
on  November  16,  1884,  appointed  pastor  of  St.  Thomas'  Church,  Thomaston, 
Conn.,  and  labored  there  zealously  for  several  years.  But  the  arduous  labors 
he  performed  in  the  founding  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  and  his  parish 
duties  soon  began  to  tell  upon  him,  and  he  was  called  to  his  reward  on 
August  14,  1898.  (ColumMan,  Oct.  13,  1906,  and  Knights  oi  Columbus  in 
Peace  and  War,  Vol.  I,  pp.  70-71.) 


ORIGIN  CHARACTER  AND  DEVELOPMENT       39 

whether  he  or  Daniel  Colwell  were  entitled  to  first  place  would 
of  course  be  bootless,  and  it  is  certain  that  there  was  never  any 
rivalry  between  these  two  devoted  men  for  that  honor.  From 
what  has  already  been  said  the  reader  can  judge  for. himself 
the  relative  importance  of  the  work  of  the  two  men,  and  if  so 
inclined  may  distribute  the  credit  to  one  or  the  other,  but  will 
probably  arrive  at  the  conclusion  that  they  were  earnest  co- 
operators,  and  that  together  they  accomplished  a  noble  work. 

Aside  from  these  two  men  there  is  some  reason  for  thinking 
that  James  T.  Mullen  was  the  next  most  important  of  the 
founders.  When  the  question  of  selecting  a  chief  executive 
officer  arose  James  T,  Mullen  was  elected  Supreme  Knight 
May  16, 1882,  and  held  that  office  until  1885.  Supreme  Knight 
Mullen  presided  over  the  destinies  of  the  Order  for  three  years, 
and  reflected  credit  upon  himself  in  that  position.  He  was 
succeeded  in  office  by  John  J.  Phelan,  a  man  who  had  had  no 
part  in  the  founding  or  earliest  activities  of  the  society,  but 
a  man  of  boundless  energy.  Supreme  Knight  Phelan  did 
much  to  make  the  new  order  known  and  is  to  be  given  credit 
for  much  of  the  spread  of  the  society  within  the  parent  state.-^ 

At  the  National  Convention  of  1896  James  E.  Hayes,  a 
younger  man,  hailing  from  Massachusetts,  was  elected  Supreme 
Knight,  and  during  his  lifetime,  for  he  died  within  less  than 
two  years  after  his  election,  did  much  for  the  Order. 

At  the  same  Convention  at  which  James  E.  Hayes  was 
elected  Supreme  Knight,  John  J.  Cone  of  New  Jersey,  was 
elected  Deputy  Supreme  Knight,  and  in  1898  Cone  was  ad- 
vanced to  the  office  of  Supreme  Knight.  During  his  term 
as  Supreme  Knight  Mr.  Cone  was  very  active,  and  remained 
a  prime  favorite  in  Eastern  Knights  of  Columbus  circles  for 
many  years  thereafter. 

At  the  National  Convention  held  in  1899,  Edward  L.  Hearn 
of  Framingham,  Massachusetts,  was  chosen  Supreme  Knight, 

21.  Supreme  Knight  Phalen's  efforts  to  hold  the  society  to  what  he 
and  others  conceived  to  be  its  original  scope  and  purpose,  though  perhaps 
misdirected  were  entirely  honest. 


40  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

and  with  his  selection  began  what  may  be  said  to  be  the  great 
national  and  international  development  of  the  order.--  Dur- 
ing his  ten  years  of  ceaseless  activities  as  Supreme  Knight  the 
Order  spread  throughout  North  America  and  won  universal 
esteem. 

"What  may  be  termed  the  "New  Eegime"  was  inaugurated 
in  1909  with  the  selection  at  the  Supreme  Convention  held  in 
Mobile,  Alabama,  of  James  A.  Flaherty^^  of  Philadelphia,  as 
Supreme  Knight  and  William  J.  McGinley-*  of  New  York,  as 
Supreme  Secretary. 

Besides  the  executive  officers  there  have  been  many  out- 
standing figures  that  have  done  yeoman  service  for  the  Order. 
In  this  category  no  name  comes  more  readily  to  the  mind  of 
the  informed  member  than  that  of  John  J.  Delaney  of  New 
York.  As  a  close  second  must  be  named  Charles  A.  Weber  of 
New  York,  the  father  of  the  Fourth  Degree.  Patrick  J.  Lynch 
of  Pennsylvania,  Patrick  J.  Brady  of  Ohio,  William  J.  Breen 
of  Indiana,  Patrick  L.  McArdle  of  Chicago,  John  Fleming  of 
Iowa,  William  B.  Teasdale  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  George 
J.  Gibson  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Joseph  Scott  of  Los  Angeles  and 


22.  Edward  L.  Hearn  became  a  member  of  the  Order  in  his  home  city, 
Framingham,  Mass.,  and  later  became  State  Deputy  of  Massachusetts.  He 
was  elected  to  the  National  Board  of  Directors  in  lSO.->.  and  in  1890  he  was 
elected  Supreme  Knight  and  re-elected  for  ten  succeeding  years.  During  a 
period  reaching  from  his  retirement  as  Supreme  Knight  until  the  War  work 
of  the  Order  was  taken  up,  he  was  in  private  business,  but  was  early  named 
European  Commissioner  of  the  Order,  and  did  yeoman  service  all  during  the 
war,  and  has  since  the  war  been  the  representative  of  the  Order  abroad.  lie 
has  been  since  the  beginning,  and  still  is  in  full  charge  of  the  welfare  work 
of  the  Order  in  Rome,  which  was  taken  up  at  the  request  of  the  Pope. 

23.  James  A.  Flaherty  is  a  well  known  lawyer  of  Philadelphia,  always 
prominent  in  Catholic  movements.  For  seven  years  he  was  President  of  the 
Young  Men's  Archdiocesan  Union  :  was  a  visitor  and  counsel  for  the  American 
Society  for  Visiting  Catholic  Prisoners;  always  actively  interested  in  the 
Missionary  Union  for  work  in  the  Italian  quarter,  and  the  editor  of  La  Verita, 
the  English-Italian  Catholic  Weekly  of  Philadelphia.  For  many  years  he  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Children's  Playground  Association.  He  has  two  sisters 
in  religion,  one  Provincial  of  the  Order  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  and  the  other 
a  member  of  the  Community  of  St.  Joseph's  Sisters. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  first  council  organized  in  Philadelphia  ;  served  as 
Territorial  and  State  Deputy  of  Pennsylvania,  and  organized  the  early  councils. 
Was  chosen  a  National  Director  in  1902  ;  made  Deputy  Supreme  Knight  in 
Los  Angeles  in  1906,  and  was  re-elected  at  each  convention  until  1909,  when 
he  was  elected  Supreme  Knight,  which  office  he  has  since  filled. 

24.  William  J.  McGinley  before  becoming  Supreme  Secretary  in  1909,  was 
an  expert  accountant  in  New  York,  and  in  chai'ge  of  one  of  the  financial 
divisions  of  the  city. 


ORIGIN  CHAKACTEE  AND  DEVELOPMENT       41 

Neal  Power  of  San  Francisco,  all  stand  out,  not  to  mention 
others  as  great  exemplars  of  the  Order. 

The  accomplishments  of  the  Order  are  many  and  worthy 
and  have  been  well  told  in  other  publications.-^ 

However  brilliant  may  be  any  special  achievement  of  the 
Order  the  luster  of  its  home  protection  work  can  never  be 
dimmed.  Much  has  been  said  upon  this  subject  in  this  work, 
and  it  should  suffice  here  to  direct  attention  merely  to  the  vol- 
ume of  home  protection.  Since  its  organization  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  has  paid  in  death  benefits  nearly  $20,000,000.00. 
If  the  true  story  of  these  benefits  could  be  told  it  would  no 
doubt  be  more  absorbing  than  anything  else  that  might  be 
written  about  the  Order.-" 

The  first  great  work  that  the  Knights  of  Cokunbus  en- 
gaged in,  aside  from  its  home  protection  and  local  benefac- 
tions, was  the  endowment  of  a  Chair  of  American  History  in 
the  Catholic  University  at  Washington,  D.  C.  The  University 
was  then  a  young  institution  and,  desiring  to  afford  the  best 
opportunity  for  education,  wished  to  establish  a  History  De- 
partment that  would  be  of  the  highest  order  of  excellence. 
Right  Rev.  Thomas  J.  Conaty  of  Los  Angeles,  suggested  to  Su- 
preme Knight  Edward  L.  Hearn,  the  advisability  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  assisting  in  this  work.  Later  Very  Rev. 
Dr.  P.  J.  Garrigan,  subsequently  Bishop  of  Sioux  City, 
but  then  Rector  of  the  University,  addressed  the  National  Con- 
vention, which  met  in  New  Haven  in  1899,  repeating  Bishop 
Conaty 's  suggestion.  In  his  appeal  to  the  Convention  Dr.  Gar- 
rigan said : 

"We  ask  you  to  join  hands  with  us  in  correcting  the  many  errors 
which  have  been  sj^read  abroad  for  the  last  hundred  years  here  and  else- 
where about  our  Church,  our  Faith  and  our  people;  to  clear  away  the 
clouds  that  have  been  hanging  over  us  for  the  last  century,  and  to  bring 
the  truth  to  the  light  of  day,  so  that  all  men  may  place  us  where  we 
belongf. ' '-" 


25.  Especially  in  Knights  of  Columbus  in  Peace  and  Wai: 

26.  See  for  Insurance  Feature,  Chapter  III. 

27.  Knifjhts  of  Columbus   in  Peace  and  War,  Vol.   1,  p.   142. 


42  KNIGHTS  OP  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Action  was  strongly  urged.  Upon  a  vote  the  proposition 
was  unanimously  adopted,  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to 
manage  the  collection  of  a  fund  of  $500,000.  It  is  to  be  noted 
that  at  this  time  the  membership  did  not  exceed  50,000.  The 
endowment  fund  was  turned  over  to  his  Eminence,  Cardinal 
Gibbons,  on  April  18,  1904,  at  a  memorable  meeting  in  the 
University.^^ 

The  San  Francisco  earthquake  horror  is  still  fresh  in  the 
memories  of  living  adults.  When  the  news  of  this  catastrophe 
was  given  to  the  world  the  Knights  of  Columbus  took  immedi- 
ate steps  to  render  aid.  The  Supreme  Knight,  Edward  L. 
Hearn,  called  upon  the  Supreme  Officers,  and  the  telegraph 
wires  were  kept  busy  with  messages  looking  to  providing 
relief.  An  appeal  was  sent  out  to  the  local  councils  for  con- 
tributions, and  in  an  incredibly  short  time  $100,000  was  made 
available  for  relief  at  San  Francisco.  The  State  Deputy  of 
California  headed  a  committee  of  local  knights  to  distribute 
the  fund  collected,  and  had  the  satisfaction  of  handling  almost 
the  first  relief  monies  that  were  sent  from  beyond  the  limits 
of  California.  "It  is  eloquent  of  the  spirit  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco E  nights  that  within  two  years  they  had  repaid  the  Su- 
preme Secretary  $65,000  of  the  money  sent  to  them,"^^  al- 
though it  had  been  sent  as  a  free  gift  by  the  Order. 

In  the  spring  of  1913  much  serious  damage  was  caused  by 
floods  in  Ohio  and  Indiana.  Immediately  on  receiving  intelli- 
gence of  the  damage  agents  were  sent  into  the  flooded  district 
to  take  charge  of  relief  work.  The  Board  of  Directors  appro- 
priated $10,000  for  the  sufferers,  and  afterwards  increased  the 
sum  to  $18,000.  The  councils  of  the  Order  contributed  over 
$20,000,  in  response  to  an  appeal  sent  out  through  the  Co- 
lumbiad.^" 


28.  76.,  pp.  142-3. 

29    lb.,  p.   169,   et   aeq.     The   San   Francisco   earthquake  occurred    April 
6,  1906. 

30.  76.,  p.  170. 


ORIGIN  CHARACTER  AND  DEVELOPMENT       43 

When  a  cyclone  struck  Central  Illinois  in  1917,  wiping  out 
whole  villages  and  causing  havoc  in  many  towns  the  Supreme 
Officers  promptly  forwarded  ample  relief  funds.^^ 

In  the  storm  that  caused  death  and  destruction  in  Corpus 
Christi,  Texas,  in  the  autumn  of  1919  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus once  more  were  among  the  first  to  send  relief .^^ 

In  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  when  the  explosion  of  an  ammuni- 
tion vessel  lying  in  the  harbor  produced  a  seismic  effect  in  a 
prosperous  seaport,  causing  whole  streets  to  collapse,  and  kill- 
ing scores  of  people,  the  Knights  of  Columbus  at  once  sent 
representatives  to  the  scene.  Halifax  Council  threw  open  its 
building  as  a  shelter  for  the  homeless,  and  relief  funds  were 
provided.®' 

Another  great  achievement  of  the  Order  is  the  revival  of 
interest  in  Columbus,  the  Discoverer  of  America.  In  1909  an 
agitation  was  begun  for  making  October  12th,  Landing  Day, 
a  holiday  in  the  various  states.  Colorado  was  the  first  state 
to  adopt  the  holiday  law,  and  since  that  time  virtually  all  the 
states  of  the  Union  have  made  Landing  Day  a  holiday. 
Through  the  efforts  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  a  bill  was 
passed  by  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  appropriating 
$100,000  for  the  erection  of  a  monument  to  Columbus  in 
"Washington,  D.  C.  The  Supreme  Knight  Edward  L.  Hearn, 
the  Chairman  of  the  Senate  Committee  on  Library  of  the  59th 
Congress,  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Library  of  the 
House  of  Representatives,  the  Secretary  of  State,  and  the  Sec- 
retary of  War  were  appointed  as  a  commission  "to  act  with 
full  authority  to  select  a  site  and  suitable  design,  and  to  con- 
tract for  and  superintend  the  construction  of  said  memorial." 
The  monument  was  unveiled  on  June  8,  1912,  in  the  presence 
of  20,000  Knights  of  Columbus,  who,  with  their  wives  and 
friends,  had  gathered  in  Washington  to  witness  the  great  cere- 


si.  7b.,  p.  171. 

82.  76.,  p.  171. 

83.  n.,  p.  171,  occurred  In  1918. 


44  KNIGHTS  OP  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


SUPREME   OFFICERS 

James  A.  Flaherty,  Supreme  Knight,  Philadelphia  ;  Rev.  P.  J.  McGivnej', 
Supreme  Chaplain,  Bridgeport,  Conn.;  William  J.  McGinley,  Supreme  Secre- 
tary,  New  York  City ;  Martin   H.   Carmody,   Deputy   Supreme   Knight,   Grand 

Rapids,  Michigan. 


ORIGIN  CHARACTER  AND  DEVELOPMENT       45 

many.    In  a  speech  at  the  unveiling  President  William  How- 
ard Taft,  said: 

"It  is  most  appropriate  in  this  beautiful  place  in  which  the  visitor 
to  the  country 's  capital  first  sets  foot  upon  the  small  district  that  is 
the  only  territory  in  which  this  great  government  exercises  exclusive 
jurisdiction,  that  he  should  be  confronted  by  a  statue  of  the  great 
mariner,  whose  genius  and  daring  opened  this  half  world  to  progi-ess  and 
development.  Here  Columbus  may  well  have  his  greatest  and  most  fit- 
ting memorial. '  '3* 

Taking  note  of  the  prejudice  existing  against  the  Church 
and  on  occasion  against  Catholics,  and  especially  the  outbreaks 
of  bigotry  from  time  to  time,  the  Order,  in  Supreme  Conven- 
tion, determined  to  make  some  effort  to  allay  the  prejudices 
of  our  neighbors  and  fellow-citizens.  To  that  end  the  Supreme 
Council  of  1914  appointed  a  committee  and  appropriated  $50,- 
000  to  carry  on  a  campaign  of  conciliation.  This  commission 
consisted  of  Patrick  H.  Callahan,  Chairman ;  First  Vice- 
chairman  A.  G.  Bagley  of  California,  later  succeeded  by 
Charles  J.  Dougherty  of  Montreal,  Minister  of  Justice  of  Can- 
ada, Joseph  C.  Pelletier  of  Boston,  Joseph  Scott  of  Los  Angeles 
and  Thomas  A.  Lawler  of  Lansing,  Michigan.  Much  satisfac- 
tion was  felt  by  the  membership  at  large  with  the  results  of 
the  work  of  this  commission. ^'^ 

Noting  the  tendency  toward  opposition  to  constituted  au- 
thority developed  under  different  names,  such  as  socialism, 
communism,  Bolshevism,  etc.,  the  Order  determined  to  con- 
tribute its  quota  in  opposing  these  dangerous  doctrines,  and 
to  that  end  sent  lecturers  to  all  parts  of  the  country,  chief 
among  whom  were  Mr.  Peter  W.  Collins  and  Mr.  David  W. 
Goldstein.  These  lectures,  which  have  been  continued  to  the 
present,  are  considered  very  fruitful.^" 


34.  lb.,  p.  191,  Chapter  XIII  of  this  valiia1)li'  work  ontitled  "Coiunieniorat- 
Ing  Columbus,"  gives  a  good  account  of  the  Cohuiihus  Memorial  and  is  very 
interesting. 

35.  Chapter  XI  of  Kni(/hts  of  Columbus  in  Peace  and  War  treats  the 
Religious  Prejudice  work. 

36.  See  Chapter  XIV  of  Kiiiyltts  of  Columbus  in  Peace  and  War  for 
account  of  this  work. 


46 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


SUPREME  OFFICERS 

Edward  W.  Buckley,  M.D.,  Supreme  Physician,  St.  Paul ;  Daniel  J.  Callahan, 

Supreme  Treasurer,   Washington,   D.  C. ;   Luke  E.   Hart,   Supreme  Advocate, 

St.  Louis ;  David  F.  Supple,  Supreme  Warden,  San  Francisco. 


ORIGIN  CHAEACTER  AND  DEVELOPMENT       47 


SUPREME  DIRECTORS 

John  H.  Reddin,  Denver  ;  William  D.  Dwyer,  Minneapolis  ;  Edward  Houlihan, 

Chicago ;   John  F.   Martin,   Green   Bay ;   William  J.    Mulligan,   Thompsonvllle, 

Conn. ;  J.  J.  Meyers,  Carroll,  Iowa. 

Besides  this  class  of  platform  work  the  Order  has  in  a 
national  way  kept  up  a  lecture  program  through  such  dis- 
tinguished orators  and  scholars  as  James  J.  Walsh,  M.  D.; 
Prof,  James  C.  Monaghan,  Joseph  Scott,  Bourke  Cockran, 
Conde  B.  Pall  en  and  others.^^ 

Perhaps  the  greatest  pre-war  work  of  the  Knights  of  Co- 
lumbus as  an  Order  was  its  half  million  endowment  fund  for 
the  Catholic  University  at  Washington,  D.  C.  In  1907  Arch- 
bishop John  J.  Glennon  of  St.  Louis,  acting  for  the  trustees  of 
the  University,  asked  the  order  to  raise  an  endowment  of 
$500,000.    At  that  time  there  were  about  150,000  members  in 


37.  See  same  Cbaoter. 


48 


KNIGHTS  OP  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


the  Order,  yet,  nevertheless,  the  project  was  undertaken  and 
formal  presentation  was  made  of  the  fund  on  January  6, 
1914.^^  The  committee  named  to  have  charge  of  raising  this 
endowment  fund  consisted  of  Edward  H.  Doyle,  of  Detroit, 
Chairman ;  Philip  A.  Hart,  Ohio,  Secretary ;  Festus  J.  Wade, 


SUPREME  DIRECTORS 
William  F.  Fox,  Indianapolis  ;  James  J.  McGraw,  Tulsa,  Oklahoma  ;  William 
C.  Prout,  Boston  ;  William  P.  Larkin,  Mew  York  ;  John  A.  O'Dwyer,  Toledo  ; 

John  F.  O'Neill,  Jersey  City. 

St.  Louis,  and  Edward  L.  Hearn,  Supreme  Knight.  Mr.  Wade 
later  resigned,  and  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  Joseph  M.  Byrne  of 
Newark,  New  Jersey.^" 

It  was   a  condition   of   this   gift   that    fifty   scholarships 
in  perpetuity  be  granted  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  so  that 

38.  Knirjhts  of  Columbus  in.  I'cacr  and  War,  p.   14.j. 

39.  lb.,  p.   148. 


ORIGIN  CHARACTER  AND  DEVELOPMENT       49 

there  are  continually  fifty  Knights  of  Columbus  or  sons  of 
Knights  of  Columbus  receiving  a  higher  education  in  the 
Catholic  University .*° 

Through  this  endowment,  therefore,  not  only  the  interests 
of  the  great  Catholic  educational  institution  have  been  sub- 
served, but  a  substantial  number  of  young  men,  which  in 
time  will  grow  into  a  multitude,  are  enabled  to  receive  a  class- 
ical education. 

This  brings  us  to  the  war  period,  but  that  is  another  storv 
which  merits  separate  treatment. 


40.  lb.,  p.  151. 


SUPREME  CONVENTIONS— DELEGATES  FROM   ILLINOIS 


1898 — New  Haven 

Thomas  S.  Keirnan 
Patrick  L.   McArdle. 

1899 — New  Haven 
Thomas  S.  Keirnan 
Patrick  L.  McArdle 

1900 — New  Haven 
Thomas  S.  Keirnan 
Patrick  L.   McArdle 

1901 — New    Haven 

Thomas  S.  Keirnan 
Patrick  I..  McArdle 

1901— Adjourned,  Cliff 

Haven,  N.  Y. 
Patrick  L,.  McArdle 
Lewis  E.   Sauter 

1902— New  Haven 
Patrick  L.  McArdle 
Thomas  S.  Keirnan 
James  J.  Kelly 

1903- New  Haven 
Patrick  L.  McArdle 
Thomas  S.  Keirnan 
Joseph  J.  Thompson 
1904 — Louisville,    Ky. 
Joseph  J.  Thompson 
Patrick  L.  McArdle 
Edward  J.  Kelly 
John  J.   Ryan 
Joseph  E.  O'Meara 
1905 — Los  Angeles, Cal. 
Joseph  J.  Thompson 
Patrick  L.  McArdle 
Thomas  W.  Flynn 
John  R.  Brown 
John  J.  Ryan 
Edward  J.  Morrissey 
Thomas  F.   Donovan 

1906— New  Haven 
Lewis  E.  Sauter 


Joseph  J.  Thompson 
Jerome  J.  Crowley 
Maurice  V.  Joyce 
William  P.  Cleary 
Rev.  D.  L.  Crowe 
Philip  J.  McKenna 
George  G.  McCarthy 
1907 — Jamestown,     Va. 
Lewis  E.   Sauter 
Joseph  J.   Thompson 
Jerome  J.  Crowley 
James  Maher 
George  T.  Kennedy 
Charles  Molz.  M.  D. 
Francis  Houlihan 
Patrick  J.  Lucey 
Michael  J.   Daugherty 
Rev.  William  J.  Healey 

1908 — St.  Louis.  Mo. 

James  Maher 
Lewis  E.  Sauter 
John  E.  Irwin 
Henry  M.  Kelly 
Thomas  L.  McDermott 
Frank  Green 
William  J.  Butler 
F.  A.  Reynolds 
Jerome  J.  Crowley 
Eugene  Colgan 

1909— Mobile,  Ala. 
James  Maher 
Lewis  E.  Sauter 
Thomas  V.  Brennan 
Rev.  W.  A.  Heffreman 
Jerome  J.  Crowley 
James  J.  Kelly 
James  Sweeney 
Fred  W.  Rank 
Joseph  J.  Thompson 
George  F.  Mulligan 

1910 — Quebec 
James  Maher 


T^ewis  E.  Sauter 
Jerome  J.  Crowley 
William  Bourke 
A.  M.  Clavln 
W.  J.  Scott 
John  McCarron 
Thomas  V.  Brennan 
Daniel  R.  Burke 
Dr.  A.  B.  Culhane 

1911— Detroit,  Mich. 
LeRoy   Hackett 
James  Maher 
Edward  Vaile 
Jerome  J.  Crowley 
Lewis  E.  Sauter 
J.  T.  Walsh,  M.  D. 
Rev.  C.  H.  Metcalf 
Peter  C.  Hoev 
T.  V.  Brennan 
E.  F.  Tobin 

1912 — Colorado   Spgs. 

LeRoy  Hackett 
James  Maher 
Lawrence  Ryan 
William  E.  Clark 
Samuel  E.  Cook 
Joseph  J.  Freiburg 
E.  N.  Redden.  M.  D. 
John  R.  Kelahan 
FVancis  J.  Houlihan 
O.  J.  Dolan 

1913 — Boston,  Mass, 
LeRoy  Hackett 
James  Maher 
M.  J.  Fitzgerald 
William   N.    Brown 
Edward  Houlihan 
E.  P.  Whealan 
D.  A.  Callahan 
James  J.  Graham 
R.  E.  Davies 
Ferdinand  Schaefer.Jr. 


50 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


SUPREME    CONVENTIONS— DELEGATES    FROM    ILLINOIS 


1914 — St.  Paul,  Minn. 

William  N.  Brown 
LeRoy  Hackett 
L.  J.  Jochem 
John  T.  Lillis 
John  E.  Byrnes 
Philip  J.  Maguire 
Fred  A.  Quinn 
James  P.  Dunn 
P.  H.  Lonergan 
George  Sieb 
1915— Seattle.  Wash. 
William  N.  Brown 
LeRoy  Hackett 
Rev.  P.  J.  Hennessy 
Bernard  J.  Coens 
Michael  Pahey 
W.  J.  Dolan 
John  J.  Sullivan 
C.  L.  Weber.  M.  D. 
A.  G.  Kassebaum 

1916 — Davenport,    Iowa 

LeRoy  Hackett 
William  N.  Brown 
James  E.  McGrail 
John  E.  Maloney 
John  F.  Kahler 
John  F.  Normoyle 
H.  E.  Sanford 
Raymond  G.  Real 
John  Brennan 
R.  A.  Milroy 


1917— Chicago,    III. 

LeRoy   Hackett 
William  N.  Brown 
James  Donahoe 
Justin  F.  McCarthy 
Joseph  A.  McMahon 
Charles  P.  Hunt 
Paul  V.  Schaefer 
Philip  A.  Gibbons 
Rev.  Jos.  A.  Roken 
John  M.  Boyle 

1918— New  York 
Edward  Houlihan 
LeRoy  Hackett 
Theodore  Cornell 
George  F.   Mulligan 
Michael  J.  Hewlett 
Rev.   J.   W.   McGuire 
M.  H.  Sexton 
W.   J.   Mehan 
G.  G.  Riordan 
John  E.  Broderick 

1919— Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Edward  Houlihan 
LeRoy  Hackett 
Thomas  W.  Flynn 
James  C.  O'Brien 
Peter  J.  Monaghan 
Rev.  Vincent  O'Brien 
William  M.  Moran,  Jr. 
W.  A.  Mathis 
James  V.  Flavin 
George  Long,  Sr. 


1920— New  York 
Edward  Houlihan 
LeRoy  Hackett 
William  F.  Woods 
Rev.  T.  E.  Cusick 
Philip  A.  Gibbons 
P.  X.  Senger 
C.  L.  Weber.  M.  D. 
Thos.  H.  Davey 
James  J.  Walsh 
Edward  Branick 

1921 — San  Francisco 
Edward  Houlihan 
LeRoy   Hackett 
Michael    J.    Howlett 
Jeremiah  A.  Kennelly 
Michael  J.   Geraty 
Wade  J.  Brady 
Rev.    H.    V.    O'Brien 
J.   B.  McGuire 
John  J.    Ferry 
Joseph   B.   Crivello. 

1922— Atlantic    City 
Edward  Houlihan 
LeRoy   Hackett 
John  E.  Cooney 
John  P.  McAuliffe 
Harry  P.  Kenney 
Richard  E.  Graham 
John   T.    Connors 
James  L.  Brady 
A.  B.  Tracy 
T.    J.     Cunningham 


CHAPTER  III 


THE  INSURANCE  SYSTEM 


One  need  not  be  a  theologian  to  assert  that  the  Church  re- 
gards the  family  as  the  true  basis  of  society.    In  the  history 
of  the  world  no  substitute 
has  been  devised  for  the  f am- 

iiy. 

The  Church  and  all  meri- 
torious    civilizing     agencies 

have  always  exerted  utmost 
energies  in  the  interest  of 
the  family  relation. 

The  fraternal  insurance 
system  is  the  outgrowth  of 
this  solicitude  for  the  family, 
and  the  death  or  other  bene- 
fits provided  by  fraternal  so- 
cieties are  intended  to  pre- 
vent, measurably  at  least,  the 
injury  to  the  family  which 
must  result  through  death  or 
sickness  by  interfering  with 
family  means  or  resources. 

The  every-day  experience  of  the  distress  occasioned  by  un- 
timely deaths  or  lingering-  illness,  and  the  direful  effects  upon 
bereft  families,  whose  natural  protectors,  though  diligent  and 
capable  in  life,  have  not  been  so  circumstanced  as  to  be  able 
to  accumulate  a  competence,  led  thinking  men  to  the  considera- 
tion and  formulation  of  mutual  organizations  for  the  purpose 
of  ameliorating  such  distress. 

51 


THE  HOLY  FAMILY 

The   Inspiratioji    and   Solace   of   the 
Christian   Family 


52  KNIGHTS  OF  COLIBIBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

It  was  beyond  doubt  such  considerations  as  these  that  led 
to  the  launching-  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  In  every  early 
statement,  concerning  the  origin  of  the  Order,  reference  is 
made  to  the  fact  that  there  were  in  existence  other  societies 
offering  death  and  sickness  benefits  that  were  making  a  power- 
ful appeal  to  Catholics,  and  more  or  less  of  a  lament  that 
Catholics  were  joining  such  other  societies,  thus  proving  the 
strength  of  the  appeal.  The  providing  of  such  benefits,  there- 
fore, may  confidently  be  asserted  to  have  been  the  primary 
influence  in  the  formation  of  the  Orcler.^ 

The  development  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  insurance 
system  has  been  well  recounted  in  Volume  I,  of  the  excellent 
work  recently  published  by  the  Supreme  Council,'-  but  it 
will  be  interesting  here  to  refer  briefly  to  the  several  succeed- 
ing steps  in  the  evolution  of  the  plans. 

At  the  outset  the  Knights  of  Columbus  adopted  the  old 
original  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen  idea,  of  a  peri- 
odical uniform  payment  by  all  members.  They  went  a  step 
further  than  most  of  the  fraternities  by  simply  providing  that 
each  member  should  pay  into  the  treasury  of  the  local  council 
$1.00  on  the  happening  of  a  death  amongst  the  members  of 
the  society.  When,  therefore,  a  death  occurred  in  any  particu- 
lar council,  that  council  notified  all  other  councils,  and  each 
council  sent  to  the  decedent's  council  a  pro  rata  amount  of 
its  fund,  sufficient  with  the  contributions  from  the  other  coun- 
cils to  make  up  $1,000,  which  decedent's  council  in  turn  paid 
over  to  the  beneficiary.  There  was  no  general  supervision  of 
these  funds,  and  it  was  possible  of  course  for  not  only  the 
member  of  any  of  the  councils  to  refuse  to  pay  his  $1.00,  but 
also  for  the  council  to  refuse  or  fail  to  forward  its  share  to  the 
council  of  the  decedent. 

This  plan  was  followed  until  1886,  when  a  change  was  made 


1.  Colwell  in  .VWf  Lights  on  the  Kniyhts  of  Cahnnbus. 

2.  Knights   oj   Columhus  in   Peace   and   War,  by    M.   F.   Egau   aud   J.    15. 
Kennedy. 


THE  INSURANCE  SYSTEM  53 

in  the  laws,  by  means  of  which  the  members  of  each  council 
were  assessed  different  amounts,  varying  according  to  the  aver- 
age age  of  the  membership  of  the  council.  The  pro  rata  assess- 
ment was  3%  more  than  the  amount  of  the  standard  for  each 
year  in  which  the  average  age  of  the  council  exceeded  the  aver- 
age age  of  the  Order's  entire  membership,  and  3%  less  for  each 
year  under  the  Order's  average  age  of  entire  membership.  The 
assessments  were  levied  on  the  first  day  of  each  month,  and  in 
such  amount  as  was  needed  to  pay  current  mortality  losses. 
Thus  was  applied  the  average  age  theory  or  notion. 

The  next  change  was  made  in  1891.  Under  the  amend- 
ments then  adopted  the  average  age  of  all  members  remained 
the  standard  as  before,  but  each  member  was  permitted  to  dis- 
count the  rate  3%  for  each  year  that  he  was  younger  than  the 
average,  but,  if  older,  he  was  compelled  to  add  3%  for  each  year 
that  his  age  exceeded  the  average.  This  would  have  been  more 
just  to  the  individual  member,  but  the  plan,  instead  of  taking 
into  account  the  actual  deaths  occurring,  made  an  arbitrary 
assumption  that  there  would  be  a  death  loss  of  ten  members  per 
thousand  during  the  year.  This  assumption  was  too  high  for 
the  younger  members  and  too  low  for  the  older  and  was  there- 
fore inequitable.  In  the  same  year  a  by-law  was  adopted 
authorizing  the  society  to  levy  extra  assessments  in  case  the 
regular  monthly  assessments  were  not  sufficient  to  discharge 
the  death  losses,  and  soon  thereafter  three  extra  assessments, 
the  only  extra  assessments  ever  called  by  the  Order,  were  levied 
and  collected. 

It  now  became  apparent  to  the  officers  and  members  that 
any  sort  of  a  purely  current  cost  plan  was  faulty,  and  the 
agitation  for  a  reserve,  common  amongst  all  the  fraternities, 
was  taken  up  in  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  with  the  result  that 
m  1892  a  law  was  passed  providing  for  the  accumulation  of  a 
reserve  fund  ' '  for  the  purpose  of  paying  such  mortuary  claims 
in  any  one  year  as  are  over  and  above  the  ordinary  number 
of  mortuary  claims    (based  upon  the  American  Experience 


54  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Table) ,  as  may  occur  by  reason  of  epidemics  or  other  extraor- 
dinary causes  and  events."  For  the  purpose  of  raising  this 
fund  each  insured  member  was  assessed  $5.00  for  each  $1,000 
of  insurance  carried  by  him,  payable  in  monthly  installments 
of  ten  cents  each. 

This  reserve,  known  as  the  Mortuary  Reserve  Fund,  finally 
amounted  to  $165,365,  which  remained  in  the  treasury  of  the 
society,  without  being  dealt  with  in  any  way,  until  1902.  In 
that  year  this  sum,  together  with  a  surplus  which  had  accumu- 
lated from  regular  assessments,  was  converted  into  a  Mortuary 
Reserve  Fund,  and  made  subject  to  the  payment  of  death  bene- 
fits. 

As  well  here  as  elsewhere,  it  may  be  stated  that  this  action 
resulted  in  a  litigation  which,  beginning  in  the  lower  courts, 
was  carried  to  the  Court  of  last  resort  in  Connecticut.  On 
the  one  hand  the  complainants  in  the  suit  contended  that  the 
fund  made  up  of  the  $5.00  payments  of  the  members  should 
be  distributed  back  to  them,  or  their  individual  account,  while 
the  representatives  of  the  society  maintained  that  the  fund 
became  a  part  of  the  death  benefit  fund.  In  passing  upon  the 
case  the  Court,  in  a  single  paragraph,  disposed  of  the  issues. 

"The  transfer  of  this  Mortuary  Eeserve  fund  to  a  fund  applicable 
to  either  the  purpose  of  the  Mortuary  Eeserve  Fund  or  that  of  the  surplus 
death  benefit  fund  was  a  violation  of  the  purpose  of  the  fund  and  con- 
stituted an  illegal  diversion  of  the  trust.  ...  It  does  not  follow 
that  its  contributors  are  entitled  to  its  distribution,  or  to  have  it  set  apart 
for  their  ultimate  benefit.  In  any  event  it  must  be  set  apart  and  returned 
to  the  original  Mortuary  Eeserve  Fund,  and  held  for  the  purposes  of  its 
creation. '  's 

Which  purposes  were,  as  will  be  remembered,  the  "paying 
such  mortuary  claims  in  any  one  year  as  are  over  and  above  the 
ordinary  number  of  mortuary  claims  (based  upon  the  Amer- 
ican Experience  Table),  as  may  occur  by  reason  of  epidemics 
or  other  extraordinary  causes  and  events." 

3.  See  opinion  ol  court  in  Knights  of  Columiua  in  Peace  and  War,  pp. 
105-106. 


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55 


The  event  proved  the  creation  of  this  Mortuary  Reserve 
Fund  to  be  almost  providential,  for  during  the  influenza  epi- 


EDWARD   L.   HEARN 

Past   Supreme   Knight,    European   Commissioner    at   Rome, 

Effective  Proponent  of  Sound   Insurance 

demie  of  1918-19,  a  very  large  excess  death  loss  occurred,  and 
under  the  advice  of  the  Supreme  Advocate,  the  Order  utilized 
the  whole  of  the  contested  Mortuary  R-eserve  Fund  to  apply 
upon  these  extraordinary  death  losses.    While  other  societie? 


56  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

were  groaning  under  the  burden  of  an  excessive  death  rate,  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  fortunately  had  a  fund  which  had  been 
increased  by  interest  accretions  for  several  years  ready  at  hand 
to  the  relief  of  the  regular  death  benefit  fund. 

After  nearly  twenty  years  of  experimenting  the  officers  got 
down  to  a  serious  consideration  of  the  system  of  insurance,  and 
at  the  National  Convention  of  the  Order,  held  in  1901,  it  was 
determined  to  stop  "tinkering"  with  the  insurance  features, 
and  set  about  the  establishment  of  a  sound  system.  For  the 
purpose  of  formulating  such  a  system  a  committee  was  ap- 
pointed in  1898,  and  an  Actuary,  Mr.  David  Parke  Fackler,  at 
one  time  President  of  the  Actuarial  Society  of  America,  was 
employed  to  formulate  plans  and  rates,  and  report  to  the  Na- 
tional Council. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  National  Council  held  at  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  in  May,  1901,  the  majority  of  the  committee  re- 
ported progress  but  John  W.  Hogan  made  a  minority  report 
in  favor  af  immediate  action.  Whereupon  it  was  resolved  to 
call  a  special  session  of  the  National  Council.  This  meeting 
was  held  at  Cliff  Haven  in  August,  1901,  and  the  new  plan 
was  adopted. ■* 

It  is  reasonable  to  believe  that  when  the  mature  estimate 
of  the  work  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  is  made  the  action  of 


4.  When  the  National  Council  of  1901  convened  at  New  Haven  on  March 
5th  of  that  year.  Supreme  Knight  Edward  L.  Hearn  presiding,  the  question 
of  insurance  was  brought  forcefully  before  the  convention  by  the  Supreme 
Knight  in  his  opening  address.  Referring  to  the  necessity  for  action,  and 
recommending  prompt  action,  the   Supreme  Knight  said  : 

"May  it  not  remain  for  us,  the  'Knights  of  Columbus'  b.y  our  well- 
directed  energy  and  labor  to  solve  the  great  problem  of  successfully  conduct- 
ing the  affairs  of  a  fraternal  insurance  body.  May  we  not  hope  with  each 
advancing  year  that  the  high  standard  of  intelligence,  which  has  character- 
ized the  efforts  of  this  organization  from  its  inception,  may  now  draw  the 
curtain  which  has  heretofore  hidden  from  view  the  proper  and  sound  system 
upon  which  may  be  conducted  an  absolutely  secure  and  valid  Fraternal 
Insurance  business.  We  fervently  hope  through  the  research  of  our  commit- 
tee, aided  by  the  wisdom  and  jvidgmeut  of  this  convention,  to  solve  this 
problem  and  "place  in  the  hands  of  our  members  a  contract  about  which  there 
will  be  no  question,  placing  our  organization  in  a  position  to  meet  all  of  its 
obligations  under  all  conditions  and  at  any  time,  and  by  so  doing  direct  the 
favorable  attention  of  all  honest  men  to  our  organization,  enabling  us  to 
begin  this  Twentieth  Century  in  a  blaze  of  glory,  which  I  fondly  hope  and 
trust  may  never  dim,  but  follow  us  through  all  its  years. 

"From  my  official  position,  I  desire  to  say  this  much  only,  that  definite 
action   on   the  committee's   report   should   be   taken    by    this   convention,   and 


THE  INSURANCE  SYSTEM  57 

the  Special  National  Council  of  Cliff  Haven,  upon  the  insur- 
ance question,  will  be  adjudged  the  most  important  step  ever 
taken  by  the  Order.  The  well-informed  Actuary  might  even 
have  spoken  more  emphatically  than  he  did  when,  some  years 
later,  he  said : 

"Great  honor  and  credit  are  due  to  the  committee  on  insurance  rates, 
to  Mr.  Edward  L.  Hearn,  the  Supreme  Knight,  and  to  the  members  of  the 
Supreme   Council  in  1901.     Without   their  concurrent  action   the   Order 


I  make  this  recommendation,  for  the  reason  that  the  applications  for  insur- 
ance, particularl.v  in  the  territory  of  the  older  councils,  where  the  greatest 
insured  membership  exists,  have  materiall.v  decreased,  and  in  my  opinion, 
much  to  our  disadvantage,  and  applications  will  continue  to  grow  less,  if  the 
matter  of  the  revision  of  the  insurance  rates  is  not  adopted  or  withdrawn." 

Ill  the  regular  course  of  business  the  majority  report  of  the  committee 
on  revision  of  insurance  rates  was  read,  whicti  consisted  of  a  recital  of  the 
difBculties  of  a  readjustment  of  the  rates  and  of  the  fears  entertained  by 
members  of  the  committee  as  to  the  effect  a  decided  increase  of  rates  would 
have  upon  the  membership,  and  advising  delay. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  reading  of  the  report,  Mr.  O'Brien  stated : 
■'Brother  Hogan  has  not  assented  to  the  report,  and  the  committee  understands 
that  he  dissents,"  whereupon  Mr.  Hogan  made  the  following  statement : 

"I  desire  as  a  member  of  the  committee  appointed  for  the  purpose  of 
considering  the  questiou  of  ins>irance  rates,  to  dissent  from  the  report  pre- 
sented by  the  conunittee  at  this  meeting.  I  do  not  at  this  time,  at  least, 
pretend  to  present  any  argumentative  views  which  prompt  that  conclusion, 
but  rather  to  mal<e  what  might  be  termed  a  minority  report,  to  the  end  that 
the  question  may  properly  be  presented  for  the  consideration  of  this  convention. 
Kepresenting  a  constituency  wliiih  believes  that  it  is  through  its  insurance 
membership  fixed  ideas  atiout  the  insurance  feature  of  this  order,  and  what 
is  necessary  to  be  done  at  least  in  a  general  way,  to  place  the  order,  in  its 
insurance  feature,  upon  a  sound  financial  basis  ;  that  constituency  for  which 
I  speali  believe  that  prompt  action  upon  the  part  of  this  order  is  absolutel.y 
essential  to  the  welfare  of  the  order  and  the  interests  of  the  insured  mem- 
bers in  the  order  ;  that  too  much  delay  has  already  ensued  in  the  consideration 
of  the  amendments  to  our  laws  necessary  to  secure  the  result  of  a  sound 
financial  basis  for  insurance  membership  ;  that  it  is  the  duty  of  this  council 
to  meet  that  question  at  the  present  time,  to  the  end  that  incoming  members 
may  not  be  prejudiced  and  that  we  may  not  longer  carry  a  large  membership 
at  what  is  believed  an  inadequate  price.  I  believe  it  is  ripe  for  action  upon 
that  question,  and  to  that  end  I  dissent  from  the  report  and  recommend  that 
this  National  I'ouncil,  before  its  final  adjournment,  shall  consider  in  detail 
this  question  of  insurance  rates,  and  either  at  this  meeting  today,  or  at  its 
adjourned  meeting,  if  one  shall  be  held,  that  final  action  shall  be  had  on 
that  question.  Having  made  this  informal  report,  Worthy  Supreme  Knight, 
I  move  the  substitution  of  the  minority  report  for  the  report  presented  on 
behalf  of  the  majority  of  the  committee." 

After  some  motions  and  discussion,  State  Deputy  Patrick  L.  McArdle,  of 
Illinois,  moved  "as  a  substitute  that  the  whole  matter  of  insurance,  embrac- 
ing the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Resolutions,  and  all  other  suggestions 
be  referred  back  again  to  the  Committee  on  Insurance,  to  report  to  an  ad- 
journed meeting  of  this  convention,  if  one  is  held." 

After  some  discussion  and  the  reading  of  the  National  Fraternal  Con- 
gress Table  of  Rates  by  McNary,  McArdle's  motion  was  carried,  and  it  was 
arranged  that  an  adjourned  meeting  of  the  National  Council  be  held  at  a 
time  and  place  to  be  fixed  by  the  Supreme  Knight.  Accordingly  the  National 
Council  was  called  to  order  on  the  13th  of  August,  1901,  at  Cliff  Haven, 
New  York,  and  was  in  session  during  the  13,  14,  15,  16  and  17th  of  August. 

In  the  course  of  the  session  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Revision  of 
Insurance  Rates  was  read.     The  record  of  the  meeting  reads  as  follows : 


58  KNIGHTS  OP  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

could  not  have  been  put  upon  its  present  sound  and  scientific  basis. 
Great  credit  is  also  due  to  the  mass  of  the  members  of  the  Order  who, 
almost  unanimously,  acquiesced  in  the  decision  of  their  chosen  repre- 
sentatives, though  to  some  of  them  it  caused  hardship." 

These  remarks  will  be  appreciated  by  thousands  of  men, 
and  women  too,  who  have  been  concerned  with  what  has  be- 
come familiarly  known  as  ' '  readjustment ' '  of  the  rates  of  fra- 
ternal benefit  societies.  Some  societies  have  dallied  and  tink- 
ered with  their  rates,  while  others  have  all  but  gone  upon  the 
rocks,  either  as  a  result  of  readjustments,  or  because  of  a  fail- 
ure to  readjust.  It  is  but  a  matter  of  common  justice  that  it 
be  stated  that  the  Knights  of  Columbus  was  the  first  of  the 


Reading  of  tne  report  of  the  Committee  on  Revision  of  Insurance  Rates. 

Bro.  Hogan  oflfered  the  following  resolution  :  "Resolved,  That  the  best 
interests  of  the  insurance  members  will  be  promoted  by  an  increase  of  the 
insurance  rates."     Resolution  adopted. 

Moved  and  seconded  that  the  insurance  rates  be  increased. 

Roll  call  requested  by  Bro.  Hynes. 

Moved  by  Bro.  Donoghue  that  no  change  become  operative  until  accepted 
by  a  majority  of  the  subordinate  Councils  of  the  Order. 

Motion  ruled  out  on  point  of  order. 

Voted  that  the  insurance  rates  be  increased,  the  roll  call  resulting  as  fol- 
lows :  Ayes — Bros.  Colwell,  Geary,  O'Connor,  Kerrigan,  Maloney,  Pelletier.  Mc- 
Nary,  Donoghue,  O'Donnell,  Crowley,  Dr.  Sullivan,  Cain,  Driscoll,  M.  F.  Sulli- 
van, Guiltinan,  J.  G.  Hearn,  Dunn,  Hogan,  Prendergast,  Parrell,  Webber,  Mat- 
lack,  Burns,  Flaherty,  O'Neil,  Wm.  J.  O'Brien,  Jr.,  Wm.  H.  Callahan.  D.  J. 
Callahan,  Harrington,  Wlngerter,  Winn,  Brady.  Hart,  McArdle,  Sauter,  Ewing, 
Monaghan,  Kuhns,  McFadden,  Hayden,  Teasdale,  Reddin,  E.  L.  Hearn,  Mc- 
Mannis,  McGivney.  Nays — Bros.  Hynes,  Fallon,  Tevlin,  DufC,  Wm.  J. 
O'Brien,  Pierson,  Keenan,  Dunleavy.     Ayes,  46.     Nays,  8. 

On  motion  of  Bro.  W.  H.  Callahan  it  was  voted  to  adopt  the  step  rate 
plan  of  assessment. 

Bro.  Wm.  Callahan  offered  the  following  resolution  :  "Resolved.  That 
it  be  the  sense  of  this  convention  that  no  member  shall  speal£  more  than  once 
upon  any  question  until  the  other  members  shall  have  had  an  opportunity  to 
be  heard,  and  then  only  by  unanimous  consent  of  the  convention.  That  debate 
upon  any  question  shall  be  limited  to  five  minutes."     Resolution  adopted. 

Recommended  by  Bro.  McNary  for  the  Committee  on  Revision  of  Insur- 
ance Rates  that  the  convention  adopt  the  step  rate  plan  and  table  of  rates 
prepared  for  the  committee  by  Actuary  David  Parks  Fackler  and  submitted 
in  their  report. 

Dr.  Wm.  T.  McMannis,  National  Physician,  suggested  that  there  be  a 
loading  of  thirty  cents  per  each  monthly  assessment  so  as  to  provide  instead 
of  the  whole  life  rate  after  60  years  as  indicated  in  the  table  prepared  by 
Mr.  Fackler,  a  lower  level  premium  rate  after  the  ages  of  60  or  65  years 
by  the  accumulation  of  the  thirty  cent  loading. 

Bro.  McNary,  for  the  committee,  accepted  the  suggestion  and  incorpo- 
rated it  in  the  recommendation  of  the  committee. 

Recommendation  adopted. 

On  motion  it  was  voted  that  the  rates  adopted  by  the  convention  go  into 
effect  January  1,  1902. 

Voted  that  all  sections  pertaining  to  the  change  of  insurance  rates  be 
referred  to  the  combined  Committee  on  Revision  of  Rates  and  Revision  of 
Constitution.  (See  Proceedings  of  the  National  Council,  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus 1901.) 


THE  INSURANCE  SYSTEM  59 

fraternities  to  strike  out  boldly  and  adopt  adequate  rates  and 
scientific  plans.  It  is  pleasant,  too,  to  reflect  that  the  Order 
has  stood  out  as  a  beacon  light  for  the  guidance  of  all  other 
American  fraternities  toward  unqualified  stability. 

Life  insurance  is  not  magic  nor  necromancy.  It  is  a  busi- 
ness proposition,  and  the  means  of  providing  it  are  capable  of 
as  accurate  regulation  as  banking,  railroading  or  engineering. 

To  attempt  to  conduct  the  business  of  life  insurance  in 
disregard  of  the  fundamental  principles  applicable  to  the  sci- 
ence, for  insurance  is  a  science,  is  to  invite  failure ;  yet  many 
organizations  have  done  just  that,  and  by  the  same  token  too 
many  have  failed  before  turning  to  the  right  course. 

Sound  life  insurance  is  a  blessing,  exercising  a  salutary  in- 
fluence upon  the  insured,  conferring  inestimable  benefits  upon 
beneficiaries,  and  affording  a  gratifying  measure  of  stability  in 
society. 

Unsound  life  insurance,  on  the  other  hand,  is  in  many  re- 
spects a  curse.  It  makes  liars  and  deceivers  of  those  who  pro- 
mote it,  and  is  doubly  damned  when  promoted  under  the  guise 
of  fraternity  and  brotherly  love.  It  holds  to  the  ear  a  prom- 
ise that  cannot  be  fulfilled  to  the  hope,  and  swallows  up  the 
hard-earned  savings  of  the  trustful,  to  the  grief  of  their  loved 
ones. 

A  society  professing  such  ideals  as  are  aimed  at  by  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  would  be  guilty  of  more  than  gross  hypoc- 
risy did  it  propagate  a  questionable  system  of  insurance. 
There  is  a  general  agreement,  therefore,  that  when  the  Supreme 
Council  set  about  the  adoption  of  plans,  it  was  of  the  highest 
importance  that  these  be  sound  in  every  respect,  and  that  it 
was  proper  to  consult  the  best  authority,  and  hew  to  the  line, 
regardless  of  financial  or  other  considerations. 

There  is  some  difficulty  in  giving  a  name  that  exactly  fits 
to  the  Knights  of  Columbus  plan  of  insurance.  As  recom- 
mended by  the  committee  on  insurance,  and  adopted  by  the 
National  Council  of  1901,  it  was  alluded  to  as  a  "step  rate" 


60  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

plan,  a  name  popularly  given  to  methods  of  life  insurance 
where  there  are  yearly  or  periodical  increases  of  the  premiums 


JUSTICE  JOHN  W.  HOGAN 
rcrsistont   Advocate   of  a   Sound   Insurance   System 

or  assessments  to  be  paid.    Because  of  these  increases  the  pre- 
miums were  said  to  step  up,  hence  the  step  rate. 

In  cases  where  a  step  rate  had  formerly  been  employed  in 
any  insurance  organization,  the  increases  or  steps  had  been 
annual,  and,  in  general,  they  purported  to  be  at  least  the 


THE  INSURANCE  SYSTEM  61 

equivalent  of  a  single  year  term  of  insurance,  which  might  be 
renewed  at  the  end  of  the  year,  by  the  payment  of  a  higher 
premium  for  the  next  succeeding  year. 

Theoretically  such  a  system  is  sound,  and  has  its  origin 
in  the  constantly  increasing  costs  of  life  insurance.  Experi- 
ence has  taught,  for  example,  and  mortality  experience  has 
been  tabulated,  as  witness  the  familiar  mortality  tables,  that 
a  greater  number  of  deaths  will  occur  per  thousand  per  annum 
amongst  men  thirty-one  years  of  age  than  amongst  men  thirty 
years  of  age.  Accordingly,  if  six  deaths  per  year  occur 
amongst  a  thousand  men  thirty  years  of  age,  and  each  be  in- 
sured for  $1,000,  the  losses  to  be  made  up  from  all  those  in- 
sured, it  is  plain  that  one  thousand  men,  paying  $6.00  per 
annum,  will  accumulate  a  sufficient  fund  to  pay  the  $6,000 
death  losses — hence  the  cost  of  providing  a  thousand  dollars 
of  insurance  at  age  thirty  is  $6.00  per  annum,  and  if  divided 
into  monthly  payments,  fifty  cents  per  month.  For  multiples 
of  the  insurance  or  of  the  insured,  a  corresponding  multiple 
of  the  cost  results.  For  thirty-one  years  of  age,  however,  there 
occurring  a  greater  number  of  deaths,  the  cost  is  correspond- 
ingly greater,  and  so  for  each  older  age. 

It  is  plain  that  a  constantly  increasing  rate  would  not  be 
suitable  for  an  organization  that  sought  to  retain  its  members, 
and  insure  them  continuously,  and,  accordingly,  if  the  princi- 
ple of  the  step  rate  were  to  be  applied,  it  would  require  such 
modification  as  would  meet  this  desire  for  continuity  of  mem- 
bership. 

It  would  be  inappropriate  here  to  go  into  much  detail 
for  the  purpose  of  comparing  the  respective  merits  of  the  step 
rate  and  level  rate  plans  of  premium  payment,  but  a  justifica- 
tion of  the  modified  step  rate  plan  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
may  be  condensed  into  the  following  formula : 

The  plan  provides  maximum  protection  at  minimum  cost 
during  the  period  of  life  when  family  protection  is  most 
needed. 


62  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Having  admitted  that  the  step  rate  unmodified,  though 
theoretically  correct,  would  not  be  practical  for  application  to 
an  organization  wishing  for  continuity,  it  becomes  necessary 
to  indicate  the  modifications  introduced.  In  brief,  they  were : 
first,  an  arrangement  by  which  the  steps  or  increases  in  pre- 
mium payments  occurred  in  five-year  periods,  instead  of  an- 
nually; secondly,  the  addition  of  a  sum  (30  cents  per  assess- 
ment), over  and  above  the  actual  current  mortality  cost,  for 
the  purpose  of ;  third,  ending  the  increases  of  premium  at  age 
sixty,  and  providing  a  level  rate,  more  or  less  modified  accord- 
ing to  age  of  entry,  for  the  remainder  of  life. 

Needless  to  say  that  this  plan,  as  it  came  from  the  hand 
of  the  Actuary,  and  even  as  translated  into  the  by-laws  of  the 
Order,  was  much  of  a  puzzle  to  a  large  part  of  the  member- 
ship. Inquiries  at  once  began  to  flow  toward  the  various  offi- 
cers, local,  state  and  national.  After  doing  as  best  they  might 
in  the  office  of  the  National  Secretary  for  some  time,  it  was 
determined  to  commit  the  elucidation  of  the  plan  to  some  one, 
and  Joseph  J.  Thompson,  State  Deputy  of  Illinois,  was  selected 
for  that  purpose  by  the  then  Supreme  Knight,  Edward  L. 
Hearn,  by  authority  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

It  should  be  stated  that  the  Supreme  Knight  was  very 
anxious  that  the  insurance  system  be  sound  in  every  way,  and 
that  the  membership  so  far  as  possible  be  of  the  insurance 
class.  In  this  respect  he  was  ably  seconded  by  Hon.  John  W. 
Hogan  of  New  York,  who  did  more  than  any  other  member, 
the  Supreme  Knight  excepted,  to  bring  about  an  adequate 
rate  system  of  insurance. 

In  the  same  connection  the  then  Supreme  Physician,  Wil- 
liam T.  McMannis,  a  gentleman  of  the  highest  degree  of  cul- 
ture and  of  splendid  professional  attainments,  is  responsible 
for  working  out  the  practical  details,  aside  from  the  mathe- 
matics, of  the  insurance  system,  and  putting  the  medical  selec- 
tion on  a  sound  and  practical  basis. 

Taking  vigorous  hold  of  the  work  State  Deputy  Thompson 


THE  INSURANCE  SYSTEM  63 

assembled  the  figures  reported  by  the  Committee  and  the  Actu- 
ary into  tables,  and  evolved  the  consolidated  columnar  tabula- 
tion used  from  thence  to  the  present  time.  A  Department  of 
Information  was  opened  up  in  the  Columhiad,  the  official 
paper  of  the  society,  in  which  Mr.  Thompson  explained  in  de- 
tail each  month  the  questions  which  had  a  tendency  to  puzzle 
members,  and  answered  all  inquiries  addressed  to  the  Secre- 
tary or  other  officers.^ 

In  addition,  Mr.  Thompson  traveled  from  point  to  point, 
upon  request,  and  lectured  extensively  on  the  subject  of  insur- 
ance, explaining  in  detail  the  new  plan,  and  endeavoring  by 
persuasion  and  argument,  to  swell  the  insurance  membership, 
both  by  inducing  new  applicants  to  become  insurance  members, 
and  persuading  associate  members  to  transfer  to  insurance 
membership. 

These  efforts  began  to  bring  results  almost  immediately, 
and  the  insurance  membership  forged  ahead  strongly.  In  the 
territory  where  Mr.  Thompson  worked  most,  and  especially 
in  Illinois,  the  insurance  gains  far  outstripped  the  associate, 
and  soon  placed  Illinois  in  the  lead  in  insurance  membership. 

From  the  very  beginning  there  were,  of  course,  many  ob- 
jections to  the  plan  and  criticisms  of  it,  some  of  which  were 
not  well  grounded,  and  were  argued  out  with  the  objectors  and 
critics,  and  were  explained  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  members. 

There  were,  however,  some  real  objections,  and  undoubt- 
edly some  cases  where  the  new  plan  worked  hardship.  Cases 
of  this  kind  involved  older  members  that  found  their  rates 
suddenly  and  very  materially  increased.  The  provisions  of 
the  law  under  which  members  were  ipso  facto  suspended  upon 
failure  to  pay  assessments  within  thirty  days  were  especially 
harsh  after  these  heavy  increases.  In  consideration  of  the 
hardship  thus  worked  an  amendment  was  adopted,  which  au- 
thorized councils,  upon  adopting  a  by-law  to  that  effect,  to 

5.  A  detailed  explanation  of  the  plan  appeared  in  the  OolumMan  shortly 
after  the  appointment,  and  tables,  examples  and  illustrations  were  published 
in  each  issue. 


64  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

advance  insurance  assessments  for  members.  This  provision 
Decame  known  as  the  Model  By-Law,  and  assisted  materially 
in  enabling  members  to  retain  their  insurance." 

There  were  also  objections  to  the  method  of  applying  ade- 
quate rates  provided  by  the  plan.  The  method  was  rigid  in 
that  it  placed  all  the  members  in  a  single  groove  regardless  of 
their  wishes  or  circumstances.  It  required  all  members  to  pay 
on  the  step  rate  plan,  when  many  would  prefer  to  pay  a  level 
rate. 

The  plan  w^as  in  a  sense  called  an  inequitable  one,  in  that 
although  concededly  more  than  the  current  cost  of  insurance 
was  collected,  yet  when  a  membership  was  terminated  no  re- 
turn of  the  excess  payments  was  provided  for. 

As  early  as  1904  the  Illinois  State  Council,  on  motion  of 
Joseph  J.  Thompson,  representing  Bloomington  Council  as 
Grand  Knight,  in  the  Convention  held  at  Decatur,  adopted 
resolutions  recommending  the  modification  of  the  plan  adopted 
so  as  to  provide  for  the  granting  of  equities  in  cases  of  with- 
drawal from  membership,  including  paid  up  and  extended 
insurance,  and  loans  or  liens  upon  the  certificate  for  the  pur- 
pose of  carrying  the  insurance.  The  resolutions  also  covered 
alternative  and  optional  plans,  including  a  level  rate.'' 

These  resolutions  were  at  the  time  rejected  by  the  Supreme 
Council,  but  the  protests  and  arguments  against  the  disad- 
vantages in  the  plan  gained  force  from  year  to  year,  until  the 
Supreme  Council  became  convinced  that  they  should  elim- 
inate them  so  far  as  was  practical. 

On  motion  of  State  Deputy  Thompson  the  maximum  of 
insurance  was  in  1904  increased  from  $1,000.00  to  $3,000.00. 

At  the  National  Convention  held  in  June,  1906,  a  commit- 
tee consisting  of  Joseph  C.  Pelletier,  John  J.  Phelan  and  Wil- 
liam T.  McMannis,  M.  D.,  was  appointed  ''to  consider  the 


6.  Supreme  Advocate  Patrick  L.  McArdle  drafted  the  Model  by  Law  and 
it  has  proven  of  very  great  advantage  in  the  conduct  of  the  society. 

7.  See  Report   of  Proceedings   0/   the  Enihth    Annual  Convention   of   the 
State' Council  of  the  Knights  of  CoUimhus  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  p.  11. 


THE  INSURANCE  SYSTEM  65 

subject  of  level  rates  and  present  to  the  Board  of  Directors  a 
table  of  level  rates  for  final  submission  to  the  National  Coun- 
cil in  1907." 

After  consultation  with  the  Actuary,  David  Park  Fackler, 
the  committee  presented  the  same  table  of  rates  calculated  by 
Mr.  Fackler  in  1901,  and  discussed  the  question  from  several 
angles.  The  idea  of  adopting  a  level  rate  as  a  substitute  for 
the  rates  in  effect  was  deprecated,  and  regulations  were  sug- 
gested that  in  the  case  of  its  adoption  the  level  rate  should  be 
an  alternative  or  optional  rate. 

Attention  was  called  to  some  of  the  arguments  against  a 
level  rate  method,  such  as  that  it  results  in  the  accumulation 
and  conservation  of  a  large  reserve  and  that  it  was  more  diffi- 
cult to  adjust  to  extraordinary  or  unusual  circumstances.  It 
was  also  stated  that  there  was  a  possibility  of  coming  in  con- 
flict, sometime  in  the  future,  with  legislation  bearing  upon  the 
administration  of  surplus  funds. 

A  separate  report  and  opinion  of  the  Actuary  was  pre- 
sented, supporting  the  suggestions  of  the  committee  and  the 
matter  was  passed  over  without  action  by  the  National  Council 
of  1907. 

At  the  National  Council  meeting  held  at  Norfolk,  Virginia, 
in  1908,  a  committee  was  appointed  to  consider  the  relations  of 
insurance  and  associate  members. 

This  committee  consisted  of  Thomas  D.  0  'Brien,  chairman, 
of  St.  Paul,  Minnesota;  Victor  J.  Dowling,  New  York;  Law- 
rence 0.  Murray,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  Thomas  Ambrose  Law- 
ler,  Lansing,  Michigan,  and  Lewis  E.  Sauter,  of  Chicago.  In 
the  course  of  its  report  the  committee  stated : 

"The  good  of  the  Order  demands  that  every  possible  source  of 
irritation  should  be  removed  and  its  magnificent  membership  welded  into 
one  harmonious  body,  organized  and  equipped  to  carry  out  the  great 
destiny  of  our  association." 

It  was  desired  to  extend  the  privileges  of  the  associate  mem- 
bers as  far  as  possible,  but  the  committee  found  the  Society 


66  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

to  be  restricted  in  this  regard  by  laws  of  some  of  the  states, 
which  forbade  associate  members  from  exercising  control  over 
the  insurance  funds  of  fraternal  benefit  societies.  The  com- 
mittee, however,  recommended  some  amendments  to  Sections 
12  and  132  of  the  Supreme  Council  by-laws,  with  the  purpose 
of  broadening  the  field  of  participation  in  management  of  asso- 
ciate members. 

In  1910  amendments  were  adopted  to  give  members  60 
years  of  age  the  privilege  or  option  of  paying  assessments  on 
what  was  called  the  Economic  Plan.  This  privilege  was  later 
extended  to  members  56  years  of  age  or  over,  and  as  the  law 
now  stands  no  regular  death  benefit  assessments  shall  be  pay- 
able by  members  selecting  the  Economic  Plan  after  the  first 
day  of  January  on  which  such  member  shall  reach  the  attained 
rated  age  of  70  years,  and  in  consideration  of  that  provision 
and  the  reduced  rate  payable  each  $1,000  of  benefit  shall  be 
reduced  by  $50.00  on  attaining  the  rated  age  of  61  years,  and 
also  by  $50.00  each  succeeding  January  1st,  until,  in  this 
manner,  it  shall  have  been  reduced  to  $250.00,  at  which  amount 
it  shall  remain  the  same  for  life.^ 

This  arrangement  met  one  difficulty  in  that  it  gave  the 
older  members  a  chance  to  pay  a  moderate  assessment,  in  no 
case  exceeding  $3.25,  and  finally  to  get  done  paying  at  70  years 
of  age,  and  yet  retain  a  considerable  amount  of  their  protec- 
tion, ranging  from  the  full  amount  down  to  $250.00,  which 
would  at  least  cover  some  burial  expenses. 

In  1912  a  committee  on  insurance  was  appointed  for  the 
purpose  of  making  an  intimate  study  of  all  the  questions 
raised  with  regard  to  the  insurance  system,  and  also  to  pro- 
mote the  growth  of  the  insurance  membership.  This  com- 
mittee consisted  of  the  then  State  Deputy  of  Illinois  LeRoy 
Hackett,  William  J.  O'Brien,  of  Massachusetts,  and  William 
J.  Mulligan  of  Connecticut. 

This  was  a  painstaking  committee,  and  after  studying  all 

8.  See  par.  (C),  sec.  8  of  Laws  and  Rules  of  Supreme  Council. 


THE  INSURANCE  SYSTEM 


67 


Knights  of  Columbus  Insurance  Rates 


Monthly  Rates    (Ordinary  Grade)    per  $1,000   Insurance  Certificate 


Every 

Member   upon 

STEP  RATE  UNTIL  RATED  AGE  55  IS 

reaching  Age  55  will 

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19 

.72 

.79 

.84 

.89 

.97 

1.10 

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1 

1.74 

1.21 

.98 

134* 

20 

.74 

.80 

.85 

.90 

.99 

1.14 

1.41 

1.37 

1.11 

97* 

21 

.76 

.81 

.86 

.91 

1.01 

1.18 

4 

1.48 

1.52 

1.23 

67* 

22 

.77 

.82 

.87 

.93 

1.04 

1.23 

3 

1.56 

1.66 

1.34 

35* 

23 

.78 

.83 

.88 

.95 

1.07 

1.28 

2 

1.65 

1.82 

1.47 

* 

24 

.79 

.84 

.89 

.97 

1.10 

1.34 

1 

1.74 

1.99 

1.61 

.17 

25 

.80 

.85 

.90 

.99 

1.14 

1.41 

2.16 

1.75 

.34 

26 

.81 

.86 

.91 

1.01 

1.18 

4 

1.48 

2.31 

1.86 

.48 

27 

.82 

.87 

.93 

1.04 

1.23 

3 

1.56 

2.43 

1.96 

.61 

28 

.83 

.88 

.95 

1.07 

1.28 

2 

1.65 

2.57 

2.08 

.75 

29 

.84 

.89 

.97 

1.10 

1.34 

1 

1.74 

2.71 

2.20 

.89 

30 

.85 

.90 

.99 

1.14 

1.41 

2.86 

2.32 

1.04 

31 

.86 

91 

1.01 

1.18 

4 

1.48 

2.98 

2.41 

1.16 

32 

.87 

.93 

1.04 

1.23 

3 

1.56 

3.08 

2.49 

1.26 

33 

.88 

.95 

1.07 

1.28 

2 

1.65 

3.20 

2.58 

1.38 

34 

.89 

.97 

1.10 

1.34 

1 

1.74 

3.32 

2.68 

1.50 

35 

.90 

.99 

1.14 

1.41 

3.44 

2.78 

1.62 

36 

.91 

1.01 

1.18 

4 

1.48 

3.54 

2.86 

1.71 

37 

.93 

1.04 

1.23 

3 

1.56 

3.61 

2.92 

1.79 

38 

.95 

1.07 

1.28 

2 

1.65 

3.70 

2.99 

1.88 

39 

.97 

1.10 

1.34 

1 

1.74 

3.79 

3.07 

1.97 

40 

.99 

1.14 

1.41 

3.89 

3.15 

2.07 

41 

1.01 

1.18 

4 

1.48 

3.96 

3.20 

2.13 

42 

1.04 

1.23 

3 

1.56 

4.01 

3.24 

2.19 

43 

1.07 

1.28 

2 

1.65 

4.08 

3.30 

2.26 

44 

1.10 

1.34 

1 

1.74 

4.16 

3.36 

2.33 

45 

1.14 

1.41 

4.23 

3.42 

2.41 

46 

1.18 

4 

1.48 

4.27 

3.45 

2.45 

47 

1.23 

3 

1.56 

4.31 

3.49 

2.49 

48 

1.28 

2 

1.65  1  4.36 

3.53 

2.54 

49 

1.34 

1 

1.74  1  4.41 

3.57 

2.59 

50 

1.41 

1  4.46 

3.61 

2.65 

•In  these  cases  the  inember  is  not  required  to  pay  any  further  regular  mortu- 
ary assessments^  and  his  insurance  is  increased  during  the  whole  of  life  by  the 
amount  shown,  in  addition  to  that  ordinarily  given  under  the  Economic  Plan. 


68  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

angles  of  the  question  seriously,  made  a  report  which  con- 
tained many  suggestions  of  value.  All  of  the  recommendations 
of  the  committee  were  in  the  interest  of  progress  and  improve- 
ment of  the  insurance  system,  and  proved  conclusively  that 
the  members  were  fully  in  touch  with  the  needs  of  the  society. 
The  recommendations  concerning  optional  level  rates  and 
withdrawal  equities,  though  not  acted  upon  at  the  time  of 
the  report,  were  afterwards  embodied  in  the  amendments  of 
1914.» 

At  the  Supreme  Convention  of  1914,  amendments  were 
gone  into  at  much  greater  length.  The  original  table  of  rates 
was  rearranged  in  such  a  way  that  the  leveling  up  period 
was  fixed  for  age  55  instead  of  60,  and  from  that  time  forward 
for  fifteen  years,  or  until  70  years  of  age,  one  pays  a  fixed 
amount  per  assessment,  and  upon  reaching  70  all  assessments 
cease.  This  is  called  the  "Regular  Plan,"  and  is  applied  to  all 
members  who  do  not  choose  some  other  option. 

At  the  same  convention  the  Supreme  Council  adopted  an 
alternative  level  whole  life  rate  so  that  those  who  object  to 
the  payment  of  a  step  rate  may  choose  a  level  rate. 

At  the  same  time  the  laws  were  so  amended  as  to  permit 
extended  and  paid  up  insurance  for  the  time  and  amount  ap- 
proximating the  equitable  claims  of  members,  and  under 
proper  circumstances  loans  in  the  way  of  charges  upon  the 
benefit  certificate  were  authorized,  for  the  purpose  of  apply- 
ing upon  assessments.^" 

"With  these  amendments  the  system  and  method  were  made 
about  as  nearly  perfect  as  is  humanly  possible.  The  privi- 
leges granted  do  not  extend  to  the  payment  of  what  is  known 
m  insurance  transactions  as  cash  surrenders.  They  are  all 
directed  to  the  purpose  of  keeping  the  insurance  in  force,  and 
accordingly  do  not  encourage  lapsation.    With  these  equities 


9.  The   report  was  printed  as  a  separate   document  and   is  one  of  the 
ablest  papers  issued  by  the  Order. 

10.  AU   of   these   amendments    are   to   be   found    in    various   paragraphs 
of  sec.  89  of  the  Laws  and  Rules,  etc.,  op.  cit. 


THE  INSURANCE  SYSTEM  69 

provided,  and  the  arrangement  for  a  cessation  of  assessments 
at  age  70  the  plan  is  not  only  advantageous,  but  really  very 
attractive. 

It  should  be  noted  that  although  the  payment  of  sickness 
or  disability  benefits  is  authorized  by  the  charter,  and  although 
benefits  of  that  nature  were  provided  for  by  some  of  the  early 
councils  purely  as  a  local  arrangement,  the  National  or  Su- 
preme Council  never  entered  upon  this  kind  of  work/^ 

Once  the  society  began  to  make  satisfactory  progress  in  the 
insurance  field,  it  was  discovered  that  there  were  many  mem- 
bers and  more  prospective  members  who  were  engaged  in 
occupations  more  hazardous  than  the  ordinary  callings  or 
employments.  It  would  be  unfair,  therefore  to  grant  insur- 
ance to  such  members  on  the  same  basis  as  those  not  subject 
to  such  hazards.  There  were  too  certain  employments  that 
are  considered  extra  hazardous,  and  virtually  non-insurable. 
Accordingly,  a  study  of  this  class  of  risks  was  entered  upon, 
and  a  report  was  made  by  the  Actuary  indicating  the  increased 
rate  necessary  to  be  paid  in  the  several  different  hazardous 
occupations,  and  classifying  hazards  that  should  not  be 
assumed. 

Prior  to  the  National  Convention  of  1907,  Past  State 
Deputy  of  Illinois,  Joseph  J.  Thompson,  drafted  amendments 
to  the  laws  of  the  society  for  the  purpose  of  classifying  the 
membership  and  applying  the  rates  of  premium  to  the  hazard- 
ous classes.  At  the  coming  convention  these  were  adopted  and 
have  since  governed  the  operation  of  the  society  in  such  cases. 
Changes  have  been  made  in  the  hazardous  rates  from  time  to 
time,  and  in  the  occupations  placed  in  the  extra  hazardous  list. 
Under  the  laws  the  Board  of  Directors  are  empowered  to  make 
such  changes.^^ 

For  several  years  a  Committee  ' '  On  Insurance  matters  and 


11.  Sick    benefits   are    too    difficult    of    administration    for   practical    uses 
as  a  national  activity. 

12.  See  paragraphs  (h),  (hi),  (h2),  (hS)  of  sec.  89,  Laws  and  Rules,  etc., 
op.  cit. 


70  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Hazardous  Risks"  has  been  maintained.  This  committee  is 
composed  of  Supreme  Officers  and  Directors,  and  may  be  called 
a  standing  committee  on  insurance.  The  committee  appointed 
in  1918  consisted  of  James  A.  Flaherty,  Chairman,  Dr.  E.  W. 
Buckley,  Joseph  C.  Pelletier,  William  J.  McGinley,  Martin 
H.  Carmody  and  D.  J.  Callahan.^^ 

The  insurance  feature  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  has  been 
submitted  to  a  reasonably  searching  test  by  way  of  experience, 
and  has  quite  satisfactorily  demonstrated  its  soundness.^*  Pub- 
lic officials  charged  with  the  supervision  of  insurance  organiza- 
tions have  given  it  the  highest  approval.  Professing  an  ac- 
quaintance with  almost  every  plan  of  insurance  and  some  ex- 
pert knowledge  of  the  subject  the  writer  feels  free  to  state 
that  from  the  standpoint  of  pure  family  protection  Knights 
of  Columbus  insurance  is  unexcelled. 


13.  Proceeding  of  Board  of  Directors. 

14.  The  recent  report  of  the  actuary,  January  21.  1921,  shows  the 
insurance  126%  solvent.  That  is  to  say,  for  each  .^100.00  of  liabilities, 
including  the  amount  set  aside  for  legal  reserve  on  policies,  the  Order  had 
assets  of  $126.00,  or  a  margin  of  safety  of  26%  over  and  above  statutory 
standards. 


CHAPTER  IV 


HISTORIC  KNIGHTHOOD 

One  examining  the  Order  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  for 
any  purpose,  and  either  from  within  or  from  without,  may 
profit  by  steadfastly  remembering  that  it 
has  no  purpose  other  than  to  encourage  its 
members  to  be  and  remain  good  Catholics, 
good  citizens,  good  men.  It  can  lay  claim 
to  no  teaching  or  preaching  mission,  but 
only  to  an  earnest  desire  to  fulfill  the  law. 

At  the  very  threshold  of  fellowship  in 
the  Order  the  postulant  is  warned  that  we 
draw  all  our  inspiration  from  God's  Holy 
law,  and  that  by  the  practice  of  that  law, 
under  the  guidance  of  the  Church,  we  trust 
to  serve  God  acceptably,  to  win  the  esteem 
of  our  fellowmen  by  a  faithful  discharge  of 
public  and  private  duties-,  and  to  knit  firm 
and  steadfast  our  common  ties  of  brother- 
hood. 

Since  repetition  has  a  tendency  to  make 
the  expression  of  high  purposes  common- 
place, a  means  of  vivifying  them  is  valuable, 
and  that  is  the  ofiice  of  the  ceremonials,  the 
appointments  and  the  declamation  em- 
ployed. 

The  very  word  Knight  opens  a  vast  field, 
not  alone  of  poetry,  romance  and  imagina- 
tion, but  of  the  substantial  things  in  history  on  guard 
and  human  progress.    In  the  very  earliest  glimpses  we  have  of 
man  reaching  up  toward  civilization  worthy  deeds,  such  as  at 
later  ages  were  called  chivalrous,  are  chronicled  and  honored. 

It  is  from  the  Sixth  Century  that  we  have  the  stirring  ac- 

71 


72  KNIGHTS  OP  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

counts  of  the  courtly  King  Arthur,  and  his  Order  of  Knight- 
hood, named  the  Kound  Table,^  and  as  the  centuries  have  passed 
new  glories  have  been  added  to  this  first  of  the  great  Knight- 
hoods of  the  Christian  era.  Of  the  multitudes  that  have  lived 
and  played  their  part  and  died  since  the  days  of  King  Arthur 
and  the  Round  Table  most  are  forgotten,  but  the  names  of 
Arthur,  Lancelot,  Percival,  Galahad,  Tristram  and  Sir  Bor, 
as  well  as  others  are  immortal.^  Even  should  it  be  admitted 
that  they  are  but  creatures  of  imagination,  they  are  apparently 
destined  to  live  forever. 

And  if  we  seek  the  reason  for  the  immortality  of  these 
names  we  find  it  in  the  fact  that  their  bearers  possessed  or, 
at  least,  were  given  the  virtues  and  attributes  that  appeal  to 
the  best  instincts  of  men  in  all  ages;  for  while  prowess  and, 
to  an  extent,  might  as  knightly  virtues  were  strongly  empha- 
sized, yet  these  characteristics  were  made  to  do  service  in  the 
cause  of  virtue,  justice  and  righteousness. 

Nor  was  the  knight  altogether  a  product  of  the  imagination. 
If  we  find  ourselves  unable  to  prove  the  absolute  truth  of  the 
stories  of  King  Arthur  and  his  noble  band,  we  need  but  follow 
the  history  of  civilization  a  few  centuries  farther  to  find  well 
authenticated  lives  and  deeds  that  partake  of  the  knightly 
character  delineated  for  Arthur  and  Lancelot.  Indeed,  there 
are  writers  who,  considering  actual  occurrences,  give  to  Charle- 
magne^ almost  as  romantic  a  character  as  was  given  Arthur; 
and,  even  following  nearer  to  our  day,  and  tracing  the  course 


1.  The  story  of  King  Arthur,  his  "Round  Table"  and  the  several  noble 
Knights  may  be  read  in  many  different  works,  but  Lord  Tennyson's  collection 
of  poems  known  as  "Idylls  of  the  King"  and  including  The  Coming  of  Arthur, 
Oarcth  and  Lytictte.  Lancelot  and  Elaine,  The  Holy  Orail,  Ouinevere,  and 
The  Passing  of  Arthur  is  by  far  the  most  pleasing  in  the  English  language. 

2.  In  an  early  work  entitled  A  Concise  History  of  Knighthood,  by  Clarke, 
the  complete  roster  of  the  "Knights  of  the  Round  Table"  is  given  as  well  as 
the  rules,  obligations  and  first  mcmbei-s  of  all  the  old  Orders  of  Knighthood. 

3.  Charles  the  Great,  King  of  the  Pranks,  first  sovereign  of  the  Chris- 
tian Empire  of  the  West,  boi-n  April  2,  742,  died  January  28,  814.  "Never 
was  there  a  monarch  greater  than  Charlemagne,  perhaps  his  equal  never 
existed." 

Two  of  the  most  prominent  of  the  early  knights  was  the  "Cid"  Rodriguez 
Diaz  of  Bivar,  and  Tancred  of  Normandy.  Both  performed  prodigies  of  valor, 
fighting  at  various  times  in  different  causes,  but  always  engaged  in  "righting 
wrongs." 


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of  the  crusades  of  the  11th  to  the  15th  centuries,  we  can  find 
in  the  actual  exploits  of  Godfrey  de  Bouillon,*  of  Tancred, 
Richard  Coeur  de  Lion,^  L'Isle  Adam,  Roland  and  Chevalier 
Bayard,  the  same  courtesy  and  courage  and,  if  possible,  greater 
fidelity  and  chivalry. 

The  knighthood  of  these  early  centuries  was  a  splendid 
stimulant  to  the  developing  civilization.  Just  as  men  were 
rising  up  out  of  the  natural  state  of  illiteracy  in  which  the 
race  had  its  beginning,  and  begun  rapidly  to  multiply,  it  was 
of  the  highest  importance  that  a  sound  public  opinion  be 
developed  for  the  purpose  of  promoting  and  sustaining  Chris- 


4.  Duke  of  Lower  Lorraine  and  first  King  of  Jerusalem,  born  in  1060. 
died  in  Jerusalem  July  18,  1100.  Tiie  following  from  an  authentic  source 
will  indicate  the  character  of  this  great  Knight : 

"During  the  siege  of  Nice,  a  certain  Turk  of  gigantic  stature  signalized 
himself  by  the  immense  slaughter  he  made  of  the  Christians,  throwing  upon 
them  large  fragments  of  rocks  from  the  wall.  Godfrey  advanced,  and  shoot- 
ing an  arrow  with  a  vigorous  hand,  sent  the  weapon  directly  to  his  heart, 
and  left  him  dead  on  the  battlement.  During  the  stay  of  the  army  in  Asia 
Minor,  riding  out  on  horseback  in  a  wood,  he  saw  a  huge  bear  about  to  kill 
a  poor  soldier  who  was  gathering  sticks.  Regardless  of  his  own  danger,  the 
generous  duke  rode  up,  and  seizing  one  of  the  paws  of  the  ferocious  beast 
with  his  left  hand,  with  the  right  plunged  his  sword  into  its  body  to  the 
very  hilt.  In  the  field  nothing  could  resist  the  edge  of  his  sword :  helmets 
and  cuirasses  were  broken  by  it  to  pieces.  In  one  of  the  battles  which 
preceded  the  capture  of  Antioch,  a  Turkish  officer  of  extraordinary  size  and 
bravery  singled  him  out  as  the  object  of  attack.  Godfrey,  indignant  at  such 
boldness,  raised  himself  in  his  stirrup,  and  rushing  against  his  opponent, 
aimed  a  blow  which  cut  the  infidel  in  twain.  The  upper  part  of  the  body 
fell  to  the  earth ;  but  the  headless  trunk,  being  tied  to  the  saddle,  remained 
on  the  horse,  and  was  carried  into  Antioch  where  the  awful  sight  spread 
terror  and  consternation  among  the  Turks.  In  fine,  such  was  the  strength 
of  the  duke  of  Lorraine,  that,  being  once  requested  by  some  Saracen  emirs 
to  display  it  in  their  presence,  he  with  one  blow  severed  the  head  of  a  camel 
from  the  body. 

"On  the  other  hand,  such  was  his  moderation,  that  he  never  undertook  to 
vindicate  by  force  mere  private  rights,  or  to  avenge  personal  injuries,  his 
sword,  he  used  to  remark,  being  destined  to  spill  the  blood,  not  of  Christians, 
but  of  infidels,  and  that,  only  in  unavoidable  battles.  At  the  taking  of 
Jerusalem,  a  success  owing  chiefly  to  his  intrepid  valor,  he  no  sooner  saw 
victory  declared  in  favor  of  the  Christians  than  he  ceased  fighting,  laid 
aside  his  armor,  and  hastened  to  visit  the  Holy  Sepulchre  with  the  most 
edifying  piety  ;  an  example  which  was  soon  imitated  by  all  the  Crusaders. 
Mild  and  innocent  as  a  lamb  in  the  ordinary  course  of  life,  he  was  like  a 
lion  on  the  field  of  battle.  While  the  other  princes  respected  him  as  a 
perfect  model  of  Christian  chivalry,  the  multitude  loved  him  as  the  best  of 
fathers ;  and  his  servants  being  asked,  before  the  election  of  a  King  of 
Jerusalem,  about  his  private  character,  could  say  nothing  against  him, 
except  that  he  remained  too  long  in  church  after  the  divine  oflices ;  in  con- 
sequence of  which  they  complained  his  dinner  frequently  grew  cold,  and 
became  almost  good  for  nothing.  This  was  the  only  fault  that  could  be 
found  in  the  whole  conduct  of  Godfrey."     Op.  cit.  Modern  History,  pp.  292.3. 

5.  Richard  I,  King  of  England,  born  at  O'xford,  September  6,  1157,  and 
died  at  Challez,  France,  April  6,  1199.  He  was  the  leading  figure  in  the  Third 
Crusade,  and  was  especially  notable  for  his  bravery  in  conflict.  For  Richard's 
prowess  read  Scott's  Talisman  and  Ivanhoe. 


74  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

tian  principles.  It  is  gratifying  to  reflect  that  in  all  the  ac- 
counts we  have  of  knights  and  knighthood,  the  dominant 
thought  was  the  weal  of  Christ's  Kingdom.*' 

In  the  early  days,  and  all  down  through  the  centuries,  al- 
most to  the  present,  there  is  a  marked  distinction  between 
the  knight,  so-called,  and  the  bearers  of  other  titles,  such  as 
Princes,  Dukes,  Lords,  Barons,  etc.  The  name  Knight,  what- 
ever exceptions  might  indicate  the  contrary,  does  not  suggest 
the  thought  of  wealth,  of  hereditary  or  ill-gained  power  or 
prestige.  In  theory,  at  least,  the  Knight  gained  his  distinction, 
won  it,  if  you  please,  whether  in  the  field  of  conflict,  or  by 
special  worthiness  of  his  conduct.  To  aspire  to  the  ranks  of 
Knighthood,  therefore,  is  not  to  court  wealth  or  ill-gotten 
gain,  or  to  imitate  pomp  and  royalty. 

In  their  lighter  moments  at  least,  the  fetes,  the  dress,  the 
habiliments  and  accoutrements  of  knighthood,  real  or  storied, 
appeal  to  men  of  sane  mind  and  wholesome  sensibilities.  Such 
are  able  to  draw  a  distinction  between  the  extravagances  of 
some  of  the  creatures  of  imagination,  better  known  as  Knights 
Errant,  who  are  pictured  virtually  as  madmen,  upturning  the 
world  with  a  single  sword,  and  ridiculed  into  oblivion  by 
Miguel  de  Cervantes  in  his  Don  Quixote,  and  the  valorous 
but  sane  de  Bouillon,  who  would  sacrifice  his  all  in  an  un- 
selfish devotion  without  the  wish  for  power  or  reward.'^ 

In  every  fellowship  of  knights  of  which  we  have  an  ac- 

6.  Indeed,  the  literature  concerning  King  Arthur  is  largely  figurative, 
representing  various  religious  works  and  thoughts,  as,  for  example,  Arthur's 
wars  are  but  symbolical  of  the  battles  of  the  soul.  Reference  to  the  Lady  of 
the  Lake  in  Oareth  and  Lynettc  are  elucidated  by  Van  Dyke  as  "an  allegory 
of  the  power  of  religion  in  sustaining  the  fabric  of  society.  The  forms  of  the 
church  are  forever  changing  and  flowing  like  water,  but  her  great  arms  are 
stretched  out  immovable  like  the  cross.  The  sword  is  the  symbol  of  her  jus- 
tice, the  censer  is  the  symbol  of  her  adoration,  and  both  bear  the  marks  of 
time  and  strife.  The  drops  that  fall  from  her  hands  are  the  water  of  baptism. 
and  the  fish  is  the  ancient  sign  of  the  name  of  Christ.  The  three  queens  who 
sit  up  aloft  are  the  theological  virtues  of  Faith,  Hope  and  Charity."  It  should 
be  stated  also  that  many  of  the  references  to  women  and  woman  in  the  litera- 
ture of  chivalry  was  allegorical  also,  in  many  cases  having  reference  to  the 
Blessed  Virgin. 

7.  When  unanimously  elected  as  King  of  Jerusalem,  Godfrey  reluctantly 
accepted  "for  the  love  of  Christ."  It  is  recorded  that  he  refused  to  wear  the 
crown  "through  respect  for  Him  who  had  been  crowned  in  that  place  with  the 
Crown  of  Thorns."  He  chose  as  his  title  instead  of  King  that  of  Duke  and 
Advocate  o/  the  Holy  Siepulcher. — Tennyson,  Omnevere. 


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75 


count,  there  were  requirements  of  some  kind  for  affiliation, 
and  some  sort  of  exercises  or  ceremonies  connected  with  in- 
duction.   It  would  not  serve  our  purpose  to  attempt  a  develop- 


THE  KNIGHT  IN  ACTION 
(Reproduced   from  a  drawing  by  F.    X.   Leyendecker,   pub- 
lished in  the  October,  1921,  Columbia  and  used  here  by  per- 
mission of  the  Supreme  Board  of  Directors.) 

ment  of  any  of  these  ceremonies,  but  since  promises  of  one 
kind  or  another  are  commonly  known  to  be  an  accompaniment 
of  the  initiatory  exercises  of  virtually  all  societies,  it  is  of 


76  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

interest  to  recall  what  everyone  who  has  written  of  the  celo- 
brated  Round  Table  has  said  of  King  Arthur's  pledge: 

"I  made  them  lay  their  hands  in  mine  and  swear 
To  reverence  the  King,  as  if  he  were 
Their  conscience,  and  their  conscience  as  their  King, 
To  break  the  heathen  and  uphold  the  Christ, 
To  ride  abroad  redressing  human  wrongs,        " 
To  speak  no  slander,  no,  nor  listen  to  it. 
To  honor  his  own  word  as  if  his  God's, 
To  lead  sweet  lives  in  purest  chastity. 
To  love  one  woman  only,  cleave  to  her, 
And  worship  her  by  years  of  noble  deeds. 
Until  he  won  her.  "s 

In  all  the  centuries  that  have  passed  it  may  be  doubted  if 
a  pledge  yet  more  worthy  has  been  devised.  It  may  be  said 
that  in  Arthur's  case,  and,  indeed,  in  the  case  of  his  great 
successors,  as  indeed  with  us  of  the  present  day,  King  is  the 
equivfilent  of  Country,  and  the  fealty  demanded  for  the  King 
is  but  another  name  for  patriotism.® 

The  great  conclaves  in  which  brave  men  and  true  were 
raised  to  the  dignity  of  Knighthood  presented  many  interest- 
ing features.  Aside  from  the  banquet  board,  the  great  Round 
Table  that  has  been  the  subject  of  flowery  description  for 
centuries  where 

"Was  such  a  feast 

As  never  man  had  dreamed;  for  every  Knight 

Had  whatsoever  meat  he  longed  for  served 

By  hands  unseen  and  even  as  he  said 

Down  in  the  cellars  merry  bloated  things 

Shoulder 'd  the  spigot,  straddling  on  the  butts 

"While  the  wine  ran:  so  glad  were  spirits  and  men. "lo 

there  were  the  jousts  and  startling  exhibitions  of  strength, 
racing  and  thrilling  music. 


8.  Tennyson — Guinevere. 

9.  Tennyson  himself  said,  "Some  think  that  King  Arthur  may  be  taken 
to  typify  conscience.  He  is,  anyhow,  meant  to  be  a  man  who  spent  himself  in 
the  cause  of  honor,  duty  and  self-sacrifice,  who  felt  and  aspired  with  his  noble 
knights,  though  with  a  stronger  and  cleaner  conscience  than  any  of  them, 
'reverencing  his  conscience  as  his  king.'  " 

10.  Tennyson — Ouinevere. 


HISTORIC  KNIGHTHOOD 


77 


Naturally  all  things  were  in  keeping  with  the  character 
of  the  conclave,  appropriate  garb,  necessary  arms  and  imple- 
ments, distinctive  banners  and  badges. 


KNIGHTS  TEMPLARS 
(Reproduced   from    Catholic   Encyclopedia,   X.   307.) 

As  time  passed  and  chivalry  developed,  the  Church  ex- 
erted more  and  more  influence,  and  took  occasion  to  exact  from 
the  rough  warriors  of  feudal  times  a  religious  vow  to  use 
their  weapons  chiefly  for  the  protection  of  the  weak  and  de- 
fenseless, especially  women  and  orphans,  and  the  churches. 
Indeed,  chivalry  as  first  understood,  rested  upon  a  vow  that 


78  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

dignified  the  man,  elevated  him  in  his  own  esteem,  and  raised 
him  almost  to  the  level  of  the  monk.  As  a  mark  of  favor  the 
Church  ordained  a  special  blessing  for  the  Knight  in  the  cere- 
mony named  in  the  ' '  Pontificale  Romanum, "  "  Benedictio  novi 
militis, "  and  as  time  passed  this  blessing  developed  into  an 
elaborate  ceremony.  As  a  preparation  for  the  great  dignity 
the  aspirant  must  go  to  confession,  enter  upon  a  vigil  of  prayer 
and  fasting,  and  receive  the  sacraments.  During  the  cere- 
mony he  was  invested  with  a  white  robe,  to  impress  the  neces- 
sity of  the  purity  of  soul  with  which  he  should  enter  upon  such 
a  noble  career.  Kneeling  in  the  presence  of  the  clergy  he  pro- 
nounced the  solemn  vow  of  chivalry,  at  the  same  time  often 
renewing  the  baptismal  vow.  The  one  chosen  as  godfather 
then  struck  him  lightly  on  the  neck  with  a  sword  in  the  name 
of  God,  and  St.  George,  the  Patron  of  Chivalry,^^  and  thus 
conferred  the  accolade  or  knighted  him. 

These  ceremonies  were  varied  more  or  less  for  the  different 
orders,  but  in  all  cases  robes  and  insignia  were  used.  The 
Knights  of  Malta  were  clothed  in  a  black  robe  with  a  white 
cross,  while  the  Knights  Templar  were  clothed  in  white  with  a 
red  cross  on  the  arm  or  breast. 

The  principal  orders  of  knighthood,  approved  at  their 
outset  by  the  Church,  were  the  Knights  of  St.  John,  Hospital- 
ers, later  known  as  the  Knights  of  Malta,^^  the  Knights  Temp- 
lar,'^ who  also  later  were  joined  with  the  Knights  of  Malta,  the 
Teutonic  Knights^*  from  the  Germanic  regions,  the  Knights 


11.  CathoUc  Encyclopedia,  3-691.  .      _.,     . 

12.  Hospitals  were  founded  very  early  in  Jerusalem  to  care  for  Pilgrims. 
The  oldest  was  that  connected  with  the  Benedictine  Abbey  of  S.  Mariae  Latina. 
founded  according  to  one  account  by  Charlemagne  in  800. — Catholic  Encj/clo- 
pedia,  7-483. 

13.  The  chief  seats  of  the  Templars  in  the  East  were  Jerusalem.  Acre  and 
Cyprus,  and  its  European  headquarters  was  a  foundation  called  the  Temple, 
then  just  outside  of  Paris.  They  were  grouped  in  commandaries  with  a  Pre- 
ceptor at  the  head  of  each  Province,  and  a  Grand  Master  at  the  head  of  the 
order. — The  Century,  8-6224. 

14.  The  Teutonic  Order  developed  out  of  the  Field  Hospital,  under  the 
wall  of  Acre,  in  which  Count  Adolph  of  Holstein,  with  other  German  citizens 
(from  Bremen  and  Lubecli)  ministered  to  the  sicli  and  wounded,  under  the 
name  of  "Domus  d'Hospitalis  S.  Mariae  Teutonicorum  in  Jerusalem."  It  was 
approved  by  Pope  Clement  III  in  1191. — Catholic  Encyclopedia,  7-483. 


HISTORIC  KNIGHTHOOD  79 

of  St.  George,^^  the  Knights  of  the  Cross,  of  Bohemia,  of  the 
13th  Century,^^  the  Knights  of  the  Holy  Cross,  of  Poland,^^ 
of  the  18th  Century,  the  Knights  of  Calatrava  of  the  14th 
Century,^^  and  the  Knights  of  the  Sword  of  Riga.^'^ 

The  Knights  of  Christ^^  instituted  in  Portugal  in  1317,  as 
successor  to  the  suppressed  Knights  Templar  is  of  peculiar 
interest,  in  that  in  its  second  stage  of  activity  it  became  an 
exploring  order.  Don  Henry,  the  son  of  King  John,  was 
Grand  Master  of  the  order,  and  through  his  activities  covering 
explorations  of  the  far  coast  of  Africa,  and  his  patronage  he 
made  Lisbon  a  virtual  headquarters  for  navigators,  and  in 
consequence  drew  first  Fernando  Columbus,  and  then  Christo- 
pher, his  brother,  to  that  port. 

The  Templars  or  Knights  Templar  took  their  name  from 
their  headquarters  in  Jerusalem,  the  Temple  of  Solomon,  so- 
called.  The  order  was  founded  in  Jerusalem  about  1118,  and 
was  confirmed  by  the  Pope  in  1128.     Its  special  mission  was 


15.  St.  George  of  Lydda,  a  martyr  of  the  persecution  of  Diocletian  of  the 
fourth  century,  is  one  of  those  military  saints  whom  Byzantine  Inconosraphy 
represented  as  a  horseman  armed  cap-a-pie.  Like  a  flower  of  the  Iloman 
armies  of  the  military  reform  of  Justinian  in  the  sixth  century,  the  Pilgrim 
Knights  of  Europe  adopted  him  as  their  Patron  Saint.  There  were  several 
different  orders  of  the  name  of  St.  George  from  the  twelfth  to  the  nineteenth 
centuries. — Catholic  Encyclopedia,  13-350. 

16.  This  famous  Bohemian  order  has  maintained  a  splendid  record  from 
its  foundation  in  1233  to  the  present  time.  It  has  the  right  by  papal  approval 
to  bear  the  red  cross  of  the  Crusades  and  a  six-pointed  red  star. — Catholic 
Encyclopedia,  8-671. 

17.  Organized  in  the  latter  part  of  the  eighteenth  century  by  the  Car- 
melite Monk,  Marcus,  to  protect  Poland  against  the  incursions  of  Russia. — 
Catholic  Encyclopedia,  12-186. 

18.  The  order  of  the  Knights  of  Calatrava  has  a  most  interesting  record. 
It  was  organized  in  1157  and  had  a  definitive  rule  given  it  in  1187,  approved 
by  Pope  Gregory  VIII.  This  rule  modeled  upon  the  Cistercian  customs  for 
lay  brothers  imposed  upon  the  knights,  besides  the  obligations  of  the  three 
religious  vows,  the  rules  of  silence  in  the  refectory,  dormitory,  and  oratory  ; 
abstinence  on  four  days  of  the  week,  besides  several  fast  days  during  the  year ; 
they  were  also  obliged  to  recite  a  fixed  number  of  Paternosters  of  each  Day, 
Hour  of  the  office ;  to  sleep  in  their  armour ;  to  wear  as  their  full  dress  the 
Cistercian  white  mantle  with  a  scarlet  cross  fleurdelisee. — Catholic  Encyclo- 
pedia, 3-150. 

19.  Schwertz  Bruder  (Bnsifif^ri,  or  sword  bearers),  of  Livonia,  founded 
by  Albert,  First  Bishop  of  Riga  (1197),  to  propagate  the  Faith  in  the  Baltic 
.Provinces,  and  to  protect  the  new  Christianity  there  against  the  Pagan  Na- 
tions.— Catholic  Encyclopedia,  10-305. 

20.  This  was  a  Portuguese  order  and  succeeded  to  the  favor  and  prop- 
erty of  the  Knights  Templars  in  Portugal  under  the  auspices  of  Don  Henry  as 
Grand  Master  of  the  order.  Some  discoveries  were  made,  and  Lisbon  became 
a  popular  fort  for  sailors. — Barry  De  Lorgues  Life  of  Columbus,  pp.  60-61. 


80  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

the  protection  of  pilgrims  on  their  way  to  the  Holy  Land. 
The  order  comprised  knights,  men-at-arms  and  chaplains. 

The  Hospitalers,  or  Knights  Hospitalers  of  St.  John, 
Knights  of  Malta,  or  Knights  of  Rhodes,  as  they  were  variously 
called,  was  founded  in  the  12th  century  also.  The  chief  ob- 
ject of  this  order  at  its  foundation  was  the  care  of  the  sick 
pilgrims  to  the  Holy  Land.  > 

There  were  three  Spanish  orders  that  became  prominent 
and  powerful — the  Knights  of  Santiago,-^  the  Knights  of  Cala- 
trava,^^  and  the  Knights  of  Alcantra.-^ 

All  of  these  orders  had  some  part  in  the  crusades.-* 

At  a  later  period  the  Knights  of  the  Garter  was  founded 
in  England,  the  Knights  of  the  Thistle  in  Scotland,  and  the 
Knights  of  St.  Patrick  in  Ireland.  The  Knights  of  the  Garter 
and  the  Knights  of  the  Thistle  are  still  in  existence,  and  theo- 
retically perhaps  the  Knights  of  St.  Patrick  also.  All  of  them 
were  Catholic  institutions  at  the  beginning,  but  since  have 
been  Protestantized. 

It  is  hardly  necessary  to  state  that  the  Knights  Templar 
of  the  present  time,  a  branch  or  division  of  the  Free  Masons, 

21.  The  largest  of  the  Spanish  orders  named  after  St.  James,  the  Great 
Patron  Saint  of  Spain.  The  symbol  was  a  red  cross  terminating  in  a  sword. — 
Catholic  Encyclopedia,  13-353. 

22.  See  Note  18. 

23.  These  three  orders  were  eventually  consolidated  and  placed  under  the 
control  of  the  King.  For  an  account  of  the  Spanish  order  see  Prescott,  Ferdi- 
nand and  Isabella,  Vol.  I,  Chapter  VI. 

24.  "It  was  for  the  purpose  of  putting  a  stop  to  the  barbarous  oppression 
to  which  both  the  Latin  pilgrims  and  the  eastern  Christians  were  exposed, 
that  our  European  ancestors  everywhere  took  up  arms,  and  rushed  to  the 
field,  urged  by  motives  of  honor,  humanity  and  religion.  Their  ardor  and 
readiness  to  enlist  in  this  generous  enterprise  was  moreover  powerfully  ex- 
cited by  the  earnest  entreaties  of  the  Greek  emperor,  Alexius,  who  called  for 
assistance  against  these  same  barbarians  then  in  possession  of  Jerusalem. 
The  desire  of  rescuing  the  Holy  Sepulchre  from  the  oppressive  yoke  of  those 
infidels  may  have  been  the  most  general  feeling  that  actuated  many  of  the 
Crusaders,  but  that  was  not  the  only  object  of  the  Crusaders ;  and  this  desire, 
very  just  in  itself,  as  it  led  to  the  attack  of  cruel  usurpers,  covered  a  still 
more  important  design,  namely,  that  of  saving  the  countries  of  Europe  itself 
from  the  invasion  with  which  they  were  threatened. — Fredet's  Modern  His- 
tory, p.  338. 

"Peter  the  Hermit,  stirred  by  what  he  saw  in  Jerusalem,  resolved  to 
rescue  the  Holy  Sepulchre.  With  bare  head  and  feet,  dressed  in  a  coarse 
robe  tied  with  a  cord,  bearing  a  crucifix  in  his  hand,  and  riding  an  ass,  this 
fierce  monk  traversed  Italy  and  France.  Pope  Urban  II  supported  his  burning 
appeals.  At  a  council  held  at  Clermont  the  assembled  multitude  shouted  with 
one  impulse,  'God  wills  it !'  Thousands  volunteered  for  the  holy  war,  and 
fastened  to  their  garments  the  red  cross — the  symbol  of  this  sacred  vow." — 
Barnes,  General  History,  1899,  p.  398. 


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81 


has  no  connection  with  the  Knights  Templar  of  the  crusades. 
It  is  true  that  the  Masonic  Order  has  adopted  much  of  the 
ceremonial  and  imitated  the  initiatory  exercises  of  the  Knights 
Templar  and  the  Knights  of  Malta. 


KNIGHTS   OP   ST.   JOHN  OF   MALTA— HOSPITALLERS 
(Reproduced  from  Catholic   Encyclopedia,  X.   306.) 

Modern  Freemasonry  began  with  the  foundation  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  England,  June  24,  1717,  and  was  not  com- 
pletely organized  until  1722.-^ 


25.  Catholic  Encyclopedia,  9-771. 


82  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

In  the  ceremonies  and  in  connection  with  the  shields,  arms, 
banners,  badges,  etc.,  colors  were  of  significance.  Their  deriva- 
tion and  symbolism,  therefore,  is  of  interest.  Red  or  gules, 
as  it  is  termed  in  blazonry,  has  been  attributed  by  some  writers 
to  the  red  rose  from  the  gardens  of  the  Holy  Land.  By  others, 
of  course,  to  the  red  blood  which  frequently  flowed  in  knightly 
combats.  White  is  described  in  blazonry  as  argent.  It  rep- 
resents the  light  and  is  esteemed  beyond  black  **by  how  much 
the  light  and  the  day  are  of  more  esteem  than  darkness  or 
the  night."  Blue  or  azure,  as  it  is  called  in  heraldry,  is  as- 
signed the  first  place  in  blazonry.  "The  color  of  blue  is 
commonly  taken  for  the  clear  sky  which  appeareth  so  after 
the  tempests  be  overblown,  and  denotes  prosperous  success  and 
good  fortune  to  the  wearer. '  '-^ 

Some  writers  assign  significance  to  the  colors  and  their 
combination.  According  to  Leigh  red  betokens  strength,  bold- 
ness with  firmness.  Combined  with  blue  they  betoken  a  wish 
to  win  heaven  by  good  deeds ;  and  with  purple  strong  in  deed 
and  just  in  word.^^ 

The  shield  was  perhaps  the  most  prominent  indicia  of 
knighthood.  A  shield  which  could  be  carried  and  interposed 
between  some  part  of  the  body  and  hostile  weapons  or  a  buckler, 
a  guard  of  sufficient  length  to  cover  the  whole  of  the  body,  was 
no  doubt  one  of  the  earliest  defensive  instruments,  and  almost 
every  fighting  man  carried  such  an  instrument  once  it  was  in- 
troduced; but  the  knight's  shield  became  significant  in  many 
ways.  We  are  told  that  it  was  the  custom  in  King  Arthur's 
hall, 

* '  When  some  good  knight  had  done  one  noble  deed 
His  arms  were  carven  only;  but  if  twain 
His  arms  were  blazoned  also;   but  if  none, 
The  shield  was  blank  and  bare  without  a  sign 
Saving  the  name  beneath;  "28 


26.  Hulnie.  The  History  Principles  and  Practice  of  Heraldry,  p.  38. 

27.  Legh.  Hulnie,  The  History  Principles  and  Practice  of  Heraldry,  p.  45. 

28.  Tennyson,  Oareth  and  Lynette. 


HISTORIC  KNIGHTHOOD  83 

The  earliest  efforts  at  shield  making  were  naturally  crude, 
and  the  shield  might  take  almost  any  shape.  Shields  were 
made  of  almost  any  material  which  would  furnish  the  required 
protection — in  some  cases  hides;  in  others  wood,  and  yet  in 
others  metal. 

It  was  upon  the  shield  principally  that  the  distinguishing 
marks  of  the  bearer,  which  became  known  as  arms,  or  from  be- 
ing worked  or  embroidered  into  the  coat  or  some  other  gar- 
ment, became  known  as  Coat-of-Arms.  In  this  connection 
what  may  be  termed  the  science  of  heraldry  developed  to  a 
surprising  degree  in  what  has  been  known  as  the  middle  ages ; 
and  it  is  most  interesting  to  reflect  that  in  the  case  of  almost 
all  men  of  importance  of  the  early  days  religious  figures  were 
invariably  a  part  of  the  Coat-of-Arms,  there  being  scarcely  one 
of  importance  that  did  not  contain  the  cross,  at  least  as  a  part 
of  the  arms.  All  the  accounts  of  King  Arthur  tell  us  that  his 
shield  contained  a  picture  of  "Holy  Mary,  Mother  of  God,"-'' 
and  that  the  Coat-of-Arms  was  intended  as  expressive  of  the 
purposes,  or,  to  an  extent,  the  sentiments  of  their  bearers ;  and, 
in  short,  to  advertise  the  owner  to  the  world  in  somewhat  the 
same  manner  as  the  trade  mark,  the  monogram  or  the  initials 
impressed  upon  articles  of  personal  property. 

It  is  violating  no  secret  to  direct  attention  to  the  emblems 
of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  which  are  publicly  and  indis- 
criminately displayed  to  view.  A  glance  at  the  emblem  of 
the  order  discloses  a  shield,  and  mounted  upon  or  interwoven 
with  it  a  cross.  Upon  the  shield  appears,  standing  perpendicu- 
larly, a  mace,  and  crossed  over  the  mace,  saltire  fashion,^"  are 
a  dagger  and  an  anchor.  The  colors,  red,  white  and  blue  are 
used.  It  is  interesting,  therefore,  to  analyze  briefly  the  mean- 
ing of  this  emblem  or  Coat-of-Arms,  if  it  be  desired  to  so 


29.  "Over  his  shoulders  he  threw  his  shield  called  Priwen,  on  which  a 
picture  of  Holy  Mary,  Mother  of  God,  constantly  recalled  her  to  his  memory." 
— Malory.  Morte  D'Arthur  1-23. 

30.  This  is  but  a  modification  of  the  cross  in  the  form  of  the  letter  X, 
and  known  as  St.  Andrew's  Cross.  St.  Patrick's  is  made  In  the  same  man- 
ner, but  is  red  in  color. 


84  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

designate  it.  To  begin  with,  we  have  the  cross,  which  needs 
little  comment  further  than  to  attempt  to  identify  it  accord- 
ing to  its  shape  under  the  fixed  rules  of  heraldry.  The  cross 
used  in  the  Knights  of  Columbus  emblem  is  not  the  maltese 
cross,  or  the  cross  of  Malta,  as  is  sometimes  stated,  but  may 
more  properly  be  called  the  pattee  fimbriated  cross.^^  the 
French  word  pattee  meaning  paw ;  that  is,  the  extremity  of  an 
animal,  and  the  meaning  of  fimbriated  is  having  a  narrow 
bordure  or  hem  of  another  tincture.  The  distinction  between 
the  maltese  cross  and  the  cross  shown  in  the  emblem  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  lies  in  the  end  of  the  arms, — those 
of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  cross  being  straight,  while  those 
of  the  maltese  cross  are  deflected  or  notched,  making  an  obtuse 
angle  in  the  center  of  the  arm  end.  Next  we  have  the  shield, 
which  is  at  all  meeting  points  angular.  For  the  purpose  of 
blazonry  various  parts  of  the  shield  are  named.  The  upper 
part  is  called  the  chief,  and  the  lower  part  the  base.  The  side 
of  the  shield,  which  when  held  in  front  of  the  body  would  be 
toward  the  right  hand,  is  called  the  dexter  side,  and  that  which 
would  be  toward  the  left  hand,  the  sinister  side.  The  points 
on  the  shield  therefore  may  be  referred  to  as  dexter  chief, 
middle  chief,  sinister  chief,  dexter  base,  middle  base,  sinister 
base,  etc.  In  addition  to  these  points  there  are  the  honor  point, 
fess  point  and  nombril  point,  these  occupying  the  center  of  the 
shield.^-  The  initials  of  the  Order,  K.  of  C,  therefore,  are 
placed  or  charged,  as  it  is  called  in  blazonry,  on  the  chief.  The 
symbols, — mace,  dagger  and  anchor  on  the  base. 

The  mace  is  the  symbol  of  jurisdiction,  which  is  usually  a 
short,  richly  ornamented  staff,  frequently  made  of  silver,  usu- 
ally borne  before  eminent  ecclesiastics,  magistrates  and  dis- 
tinguished bodies.     The  functionaries  who  carried  the  maces 


31.  Clark,  An  Introduction  to  Heraldry  is  a  very  comprehensive  little  work 
and  gives  one  a  very  good  idea  of  the  subject.  The  Knights  of  Columbus  cross 
has  the  eight  points,  the  same  as  the  Maltese  cross.  In  the  old  order  these 
represented  the  eight  beatitudes. 

32.  Clark,  op.  cit.,  p.  10. 


HISTORIC  KNIGHTHOOD 


85 


were  called  mazzieri,  mace  bearers,  and  in  the  Vatican  occupy 
the  position  of  papal  messengers  or  body  guards.^^  The  anchor 
in  Church  lore  is  the  emblem  of  hope,^*  and  from  the  very 
earliest  days  of  Christianity  has  been  but  a  modification  of  the 
cross.  Crosses  in  the  shape  of  an  anchor  are  to  be  found  on 
the  tombs  in  the  Catacombs  at  Rome. 

In  the  15th  Century  it  was  habitual  for  a  knight  to  carry 
a  sharp  pointed  dagger,  belted  at  his  back  which,  from  its  pur- 


HOSPITAL  OF  KNIGHTS  OF  ST.  JOHN,  CLERKENWELL 
(Reproduced  from  Scott's  Ivanhoe   (Collier),  vol.  VIII,  p.  45.) 


pose,  was  called  misericorde.^^     This  dagger  was  in  a  sense 
a  surgical  instrument  used  in  relief  of  suifering. 

The  close  observer  has  noted  certain  letters  embossed  upon 
the  emblem  of  the  Order.  It  was  a  very  common  practice  to 
endorse  a  motto  or  a  cry  or  slogan,  as  we  would  call  it  now-a- 
days,  upon  the  shield  or  escutcheon.  This  was  very  common 
in  heraldry,  for  example  "Crux  fidei  calcar,"  meaning,  "the 
cross,  the  spur  of  faith, ' '  was  the  motto  of  Brooking.  ''Si  Deus, 
quis  contra?"     If  God  be  for  us  who  can  be  against  us, — 


33.  Of  the  same  order  is  the  Roman  Fasces,  always  equipped  with  an 
axe.  The  mace-at-arms  was  a  part  of  the  equipment  of  the  warrior  knight, 
and  was  in  effect  a  battle-axe. — Scott,  The  Talisman. 

34.  Catholic  Encyclopedia,  1-462. 

35.  Encyclopedia  Britannica,  2-556. 


86  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Spence.  "Dieu  et  mon  droit, "^'^  was  the  motto  of  Richard 
Coeur  de  Lion  and  Edward  III.^^  It  is  not  the  purpose  to 
acquaint  the  general  reader  with  the  device  or  motto  indi- 
cated by  the  initials  beneath  the  emblem,  but  only  to  trace 
the  similarity  of  the  emblem  of  the  Order  with  Coats-of-Arms 
of  individuals  and  associations  of  the  heroic  ages  of  Chris- 
tianity. 

Needless  to  say  that  much  the  same  use  of  emblems  and 
ensigns  was  made  in  the  early  days  as  is  common  at  present. 
The  flags,  pennants  and  badges  were  in  all  ages,  as  well  as 
in  the  present  agencies  of  publicity.  In  the  early  days  the 
Knight  recognized  his  friends  and  fellow  members  by  the  arms 
emblazoned  on  his  shield  or  the  colors  in  his  pennant,  and 
his  leader  was  made  known  by  the  flag  or  ensign  carried  be- 
fore him.  So  today,  no  less  than  the  flag  of  our  country,  are 
the  combination  of  red,  white  and  blue,  the  red  cross  and  the 
cross  and  shield  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  distinct  announce- 
ments, readily  and  plainly  understood. 

The  sword  is  the  most  distinctive  mark  of  knighthood.  It 
was  the  heroic  weapon  from  the  earliest  times.  The  sword 
of  King  Arthur,  Excalihur,  was  of  magic  power  given  him  by 
the  ''Lady  of  the  Lake." 

* '  In  those  days,  one  summer  noon,  an  arm 
Eose  up  from  out  the  bosom  of  the  lake, 
Clothed   in  white   samite,   mystic,   wonderful. 
Holding  the  sword — and  how  I  rowed  across 
And  took  it,  and  have  worn  it,  like  a  king; 
And,  wheresoever  I  am  sung  or  told 
In  aftertime,  this  also   shall  be  known: 

For  all  the  haft  twinkled  with  diamond  sparks. 
Myriads  of  topaz-lights,  and  jacinth-work 
Of  subtlest  jewellery. ' ' 

This  magical  sword  was 

"Wrought  by  the  lonely  Maiden  of  the  Lake 
Nine  years  she  wrought  it  sitting  in  the  deeps 
Upon  the  hidden  bases  of  the  hills." 


.36.   "God  and  the  right." 

37.  The  French  is  the  language  of  Heraldry. 


HISTORIC  KNIGHTHOOD  87 

Arthur  received  it  from  the  lake  and,  agreeable  to  instruc- 
tions, returned  it  thereto  by  the  instrumentality  of  Sir  Bedi- 
vere. 

"Sir  King,  I  closed  mine  eyelids,  lest  the  gems 
Shall  blind  my  purpose,  for  I  never  saw. 
Nor  shall  see,  here  or  elsewhere,  till  I  die, 
Not  though  I  live  three  lives  of  mortal  men. 
So  great  a  miracle  as  yonder  hilt,  wheeling  him; 
And  when  I  looked  again,  behold  an  arm. 
Clothed  in  white  samite,  mystic,  wonderful. 
That  caught  him  by  the  hilt,  and  brandished  him 
Three  times,  and  drew  him  under  in  the  mere." 

The  sword  of  the  Knight  of  the  Crusades  and,  indeed,  in 
all  the  ages  of  chivalry  was  but  an  extended  cross,  always  a  re- 
minder of  the  passion  and  death  of  his  Lord.  It  was  an  instru- 
mentality of  his  devotions.  Upon  his  sword  cross  he  swore 
his  fealty  and  pledged  his  word  and  honor. 

Nor  was  the  sword  always  an  instrument  of  warfare.  To 
this  day  one  of  the  three  swords  carried  before  the  King  at 
his  coronation  is  void  of  point  to  typify  the  mercy  with  which 
justice  shall  be  tempered. 

The  high  repute  of  the  knights  of  early  days  is  inspiring 
in  any  age.    King  Arthur  is  made  to  describe  his  knights  as 

"A  glorious  company  the  flower  of  men 
To  serve  as  model  for  the  mighty  world 
And  be  the  fair  beginning  of  a  time." 

Again  he  avers: 

*  *  My  knights  are  sworn  to  vows 
Of  utter  hardihood,  utter  gentleness 
And,  loving,  utter  gentleness  in  love. 
And  uttermost  obedience  to  the  King." 

They  were : 

"Men 
With  strength  and  will  to  right  the  wronged  of  power 
To  lay  the  sudden  heads  of  violence  flat." 


88  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Tiiey  rode  in  strength 

"Shattering  all  evil  customs  everywhere 
And  past  through  Pagan  realms  and  made  them  mine, 
And  clashed  with  Pagan  hordes  and  bore  them  down 
And  broke  through  all  and  in  the  strength  of  this 
Come  victor.  "38 

Nor  is  the  good  repute  of  knighthood  confined  to  romance. 
So  long  as  men  shall  hold  virtue  and  courage  in  esteem  the 
exploits  of  the  Crusaders  and  other  gallant  knights  of  the 
Middle  Ages  who  championed  the  cause  of  righteousness  will 
be  cherished. 

It  would,  of  course,  be  unreasonable  to  expect  that  perfec- 
tion would  be  found  in  every  individual.  It  is  gratifying,  how- 
ever, to  be  assured  that  it  was  the  purpose  that  knights  should 
measure  up  to  the  highest  standards.  The  ordinances  and  regu- 
lations for  the  knight's  conduct  were  much  the  same  every- 
where, and  the  following  descriptive  of  laws  of  the  King- 
dom of  Castile  will  indicate  what  was  expected  of  a  true 
knight:  "He  was  to  array  himself  in  light  and  cheerful  vest- 
ments, and  in  the  cities  and  public  places  his  person  was  to 
be  clothed  in  a  long  and  flowing  mantle  in  order  to  impose 
greater  reverence  on  the  people.  His  good  steed  was  to  be 
distinguished  by  the  beauty  and  richness  of  its  caparisons.  He 
was  to  live  abstemiously,  indulging  himself  in  none  of  the 
effeminate  delights  of  couch  or  banquet.  During  a  repast 
his  mind  was  to  be  refreshed  with  the  recital  from  history 
of  deeds  of  ancient  heroism,  and  in  the  fight  he  was  com- 
manded to  invoke  the  name  of  his  lady  that  it  might  infuse  new 
ardour  into  his  soul  and  preserve  him  from  the  commission 
of  unknightly  actions.  "^^ 

It  was  perhaps  to  be  expected  that  individuals  and  even 
bodies  of  men  would  in  time  be  guilty  of  indiscretions  and 


38.  Tennyson,  Idylls  of  the  King. 

39.  Prescott,  Ferdinand  and  Isabella,  J.  B.  Lippincott  Co.   (1872).  Vol.  I, 
38,   note   70. 


HISTORIC  KNIGHTHOOD  89 

extravagances,  and  there  can  be  little  doubt  but  that  such  was 
the  case.  Not  only  were  there  extravagances  committed  by 
men  in  the  name  of  knighthood,  but  romantic  writers  per- 
mitted their  imaginations  to  carry  them  beyond  all  reason- 
able bounds,  and,  in  a  sense,  brought  odium  and  ridicule  upon 
the  profession  of  knighthood.  Beginning  with  the  beautiful 
romanticisms  concerning  Amadeus  de  Gaul  the  romancers 
built  higher  and  higher,  until  they  had  done  what  is  so  fre- 
quently spoken  of,  passed  ''from  the  sublime  to  the  ridiculous. " 
It  was  in  this  juncture  that  Cervantes  wrote  his  immortal 
Don  Quixote,  but 

"By  some  it  has  been  thought  that  Cervantes,  in  lopping  off  an 
excrescence,  did  also  destroy  a  healthy  limb — that  in  destroying  knight 
errantry  he  destroyed  also  the  holy  spirit  of  self-devotion  and  heroism 
.  .  .  Sir  William  Temple  quotes  the  saying  of  a  worthy  Spaniard 
who  told  him  'that  the  History  of  Don  Quixote  had  ruined  the  Spanish 
Monarchy;  for  since  that  time  men  had  grown  ashamed  of  honor  and 
love,  and  thought  only  of  pursuing  their  fortunes  and  satisfying  their 
lust.' 

' '  Cervantes '  apologists  take  a  different  view.  They  aver  that  Cer- 
vantes would  not  put  down  'the  spirt  of  heroism  or  of  Christian  self- 
devotion.'  .  .  .  He  would  teach  us  that  this  is  a  world  of  action, 
and  not  of  fancy;  that  it  will  not  do  for  us  to  go  out  of  ourselves 
and  out  of  the  world,  and  lead  an  ideal  life;  our  duties  are  around  us 
and  within  us;  and  we  need  not  leave  our  own  homes  in  order  to  seek 
adventures  wherein  those  duties  may  be  acceptably  performed.  "*o 

It  may  be  conceded  that  there  were  in  the  olden  days  good 
knights  and  bad  knights.  It  would  be  beyond  human  expecta- 
tion to  find  the  contrary,  then  or  now.  But  it  is  gratifying  to 
learn  of  the  past  that  the  good  were  bettered  by  the  fulfillment 
of  the  prescribed  knightly  duties  and  the  bad  debased  by 
their  breach.  These,  the  good  and  the  bad,  mingled  in  many 
absorbing  tales  such  as  Sir  Walter  Scott's  Ivanhoe,  The  Talis- 
man and  Count  Robert  of  Paris. 


40.  Introduction  to  Don  Qtiixote, 


90  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

These  reflections  upon  knighthood  of  old  are  at  least  inter- 
esting and  may  contain  some  little  instruction.  A  purpose  to 
imitate  the  early  orders  of  knighthood  might  at  once  be  ques- 
tioned, on  the  ground  that  the  old  orders  closed  their  careers 
in  more  or  less  disrepute.  There  may,  however,  be  a  lesson, 
even  in  their  ill-fate.  One  cannot  read  the  history  of  the  great 
orders  of  knighthood  without  being  struck  by  the  fact  that 
from  their  constitution  they  could  hardly  avoid  coming  in  con- 
flict with  government.  The  Hospitalers  and  the  Templars  cov- 
ered the  whole  of  Europe.  Their  charters  made  them  inde- 
pendent of  local  government,  both  church  and  state.  As  na- 
tions begun  to  form  it  was  but  natural  that  the  government  of 
each  nation  should  desire  to  exercise  at  least  complete  temporal 
control,  and,  as  a  fact,  the  several  governments  and  the  orders 
did  conflict,  and  clashes  resulted.  Should  a  similar  situation 
arise  today  we  would  call  it  politics,  and  it  might  rightfully 
be  said  that  an  organization  claiming  immunity  for  itself  or 
its  members  from  local  laws  or  regulations,  civil  or  religious, 
and  especially  civil,  would  be  getting  into  politics. 

If,  therefore,  the  single  lesson  to  keep  out  of  politics  can  be 
learned  from  the  history  of  the  ancient  orders  of  knighthood 
that  result  would  well  repay  the  study. 


CHAPTER  V 


COLUMBUS  THE  PROTONYM 

"O  God-appointed  man!  all  hail  to  thee! 
Thou  other  Moses  of  a  chosen  race, 
Who  out  of  darkness  and  captivity 
Leadest  the  people  from  the  tyrant's  face, 
To  where  all  men  shall  equal  be  and  free. 
And  evil  life  alone  shall  be  disgrace. ' ' 

— John  Lancaster  Spalding. 

It  is  assumed  that  the  readers  of  these  reflections  will,  al- 
most without  exception,  be  Christians.  As  such  they  will 
acknowledge  the  omnipotence  of 
God.  It  is  considered  unnecessary, 
therefore,  to  enter  upon  the  proof 
of  the  power  of  God,  to  modify,  or 
even  set  aside  laws  He  has  made. 

Hence,  if,  in  the  course  of  a  hu- 
man life,  facts  occur  which  seem  to 
run  counter  to  the  general  laws 
which  govern  human  events,  it 
should  do  no  violence  to  the  Chris- 
tian mind  if  such  events  be  attributed  to  the  Divine  Power, 

The  outstanding  events  in  the  life  of  Columbus  are  so  fa- 
miliar as  not  to  require  detailed  repetition  here,  but  it  seems 
appropriate  to  direct  attention  to  many  well  authenticated  oc- 
currences which  tend  at  least  to  bear  out  the  theory  that  Colum- 
bus was  Divinely  chosen  and  commissioned  with  a  great  work. 

It  should  not  be  difficult  for  those  who  believe  that  Christ 
called  personally  upon  Peter  and  Andrew  and  the  other 
apostles  and  disciples,  and  x^articularly  directed  them  as  to 
what  they  should  do,^  to  believe  that  He  could  in  like  manner 

1.  The  Gospel  of  St.  Matthew,  IV,  18-22. 

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single  out  and  designate  Christopher  Columbus  for  a  par- 
ticular work,  and  teach  him  how  to  accomplish  it.  The  Master 
that  stilled  the  storm  on  the  Sea  of  Galilee^  could  perform  a 
like  feat  off  the  Coast  of  Honduras.  The  God  Who  revealed 
Himself  to  Jacob  in  a  dream^  could  do  likewise  in  the  case  of 
Columbus. 

Columbus  embarked  on  the  Atlantic  with  three  sailing 
vessels,  none  of  which  was  larger  than  the  present  day  pleasure 
craft  of  inland  waters,  sailed  across  3,000  miles  of  unknown 
seas  and  discovered  a  New  World.  This  achievement  is  re- 
markable in  itself  when  it  is  considered  that  to  that  time  the 
passing  beyond  certain  limits  in  the  seas  was  reputed  to  mean 
not  only  certain  death,  but  to  invoke  condemnation  as  a  tempt- 
ing of  Providence.*  Yet  it  is  not  so  much  to  this  remarkable 
voyage  and  discovery  that  attention  is  directed,  as  to  a  number 
of  incidents  in  the  life  of  the  man. 

Christopher  Columbus  was  the  son  of  humble  parents  and 
although  little  is  known  of  his  early  life,  it  is  quite  certain 
that  so  far  as  education  is  concerned  he  had  meager  school 
advantages.  His  biographers  speak  of  his  being  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  Pavia,  but  whatever  time  he  spent  in  that  school  was 
before  the  early  age  of  fourteen  years.  If  he  had  been  by 
nature  intended  for  a  sailor,  in  which  avocation  he  would  be 
required  to  undergo  hardships  and  privations  and  find  his  way 
out  of  difficulties,  he  received  a  good  training  to  that  end,  as  at 
the  age  of  fourteen  he  adopted  a  sea-faring  life,  and  by  the  time 
he  was  forty,  he  declared  that  he  had  been  ''wherever  ship 
had  sailed." 

Through  experience  on  the  seas  and  much  study  he  be- 
came convinced  that  new  and  unexplored  lands  lay  to  the 
West  of  Europe,  and  that  it  was  feasible  to  sail  thereto.  Ac- 
cordingly he  went  to  Portugal,  the  Court  of  a  Monarch,  who 


2.  The  Gospel  of  St.  Luke,  VIII,  23-25. 

3.  Genesis  XXVIII,  11-16. 

4.  Irving,  Life  of  Columhus  abridged  edition.  Chap.  IX ;  Windsor,  Nar- 
rative and  Critical  History  of  American  (Houghton  &  Mifflin),  Vol.  II,  par.  1, 
Chap.  I,  p.  5 ;  De  Lorgues — Barry,  p.  125. 


COLUMBUS  THE  PROTONYM  93 

had  a  reputation  for  exploration,  and  who  possessed  domains 
extending  far  into  the  West.  To  King  John  Columbus  laid 
bare  his  plans.  That  monarch,  it  will  be  remembered,  dis- 
played a  deep  interest  in  the  projects  outlined  by  Columbus 
but  denied  him  assistance.  Here  arises  one  of  the  first  of  the 
peculiar  occurrences  to  be  here  noted.  No  sooner  had  Colum- 
bus left  his  presence  than  the  king  fitted  out  a  fleet  for  West- 
ern exploration,  and  directed  the  captain  to  follow  the  route 
laid  down  by  Columbus,  having  possessed  himself  of  the  maps 
and  charts  prepared  by  Columbus.  In  after  years  enemies 
of  Columbus  sought  to  make  light  of  his  achievement  in  sailing 
across  the  ocean  by  stating  that  any  sailor  could  have  per- 
formed a  similar  feat.  It  is  noticeable,  however,  that  the 
Portuguese  fleet  fitted  out  and  backed  by  the  King  himself, 
encountered  storms  almost  from  the  day  it  put  to  sea,  and  after 
but  a  short  voyage  was  driven  back  to  shelter  in  the  harbor. 
Thus,  for  the  first  time,  was  there  what  seemed  a  direct  inter- 
position in  the  interest  of  the  mission  of  Columbus.^ 

Learning  of  the  perfidy  of  the  Portuguese  King,  Colum- 
bus turned  his  back  upon  Portugal,  and  made  his  way  to 
Spain.  As  we  read  the  life  of  Columbus,  we  cannot  help  think- 
ing that  it  was  a  remarkable  occurrence  when  Columbus  and 
his  son  Diego,  practically  mendicants,  presented  themselves 
at  the  gates  of  La  Rabida,  that  he  should  there  have  met,  of 
all  the  inhabitants  of  that  great  convent,  the  prior,  Juan  Perez, 
himself.  Had  some  lay  brother  or  other  person  than  Father 
Perez  happened  at  the  gate  at  that  moment  and  ignored  the 
beggars,  as  might  have  been  the  case,  or  simply  supplied  their 
immediate  demands  for  food  and  wished  them  Godspeed,  on 
their  journey,  the  glorious  career  of  Columbus  might  there 
have  ended,  and  history  as  now  written  must  be  recast. 

The  world  now  recognizes  that  the  prior  of  La  Rabida 
was  the  sustaining  force  that  eventually  secured  the  co-opera- 
tion of  the  Spanish  crown.    The  meeting  therefore  of  Christo- 


5.  Irving,  op.  cit..  Chap.  IV. 


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pher  Columbus  with  Father  Perez  at  La  Rabida  was  an  aus- 
picious one,  and  in  the  light  of  subsequent  events  it  is  possible 
to  believe  a  part  of  a  general  design,  the  culmination  of  which 
was  the  accomplishment  of  a  Divine  mission." 

Although  the  prior  of  La  Rabida  exercised  a  strong  in- 
fluence with  the  Spanish  Government  and  his  friendship  gave 


THE  FIRST  MASS  IN  THE  NEW  WORLD 
(From  the  Cross  and  the  Flag,  frontispiece.) 


Columbus  a  standing  with  the  great  men  of  the  day,  that  he 
could  not  otherwise  have  secured,  yet  there  were  years  of  delay 
and  disappointment  for  Columbus  in  forwarding  his  life  proj- 
ect. After  he  had  for  years  stormed  the  court  with  his  en- 
treaties and  demands  he  began  to  despair  and  in  an  hour  of  dis- 
appointment despatched  his  brother  Bartholomew  to  the  court 
of  England  to  enlist  the  aid  of  Henry  the  VII.    It  is  a  matter 


6.  lb.,  Chap.  V.  "He  must  have  been  led  there  by  one  of  those  chances, 
calculated  admirably,  which  reveal  to  us  the  action  of  a  Superior  Power  before 
which  we  adoringly  fall  prostrate."  De  Lorgues,  Life  of  Christopher  Columbus, 
translated  by  Barry,  p.  87. 


COLUMBUS  THE  PROTONYM  95 

of  history  that  the  English  King  was  anxious  for  such  an 
opportunity  and  the  opinion  is  expressed  by  historians  that 
he  would  gladly  have  taken  up  the  project  and  provided  the 
means  necessary  to  pursue  it.  However,  another  remarkable 
interposition  in  the  shape  of  stormy  weather  occurred.  Bar- 
tholomew is  driven  out  of  his  course ;  his  ship  is  wrecked,  and 
he  does  not  arrive  at  the  court  of  the  English  King  until 
Columbus'  project  is  well  under  way,  backed  by  the  Spanish 
Queen.^ 

For  seven  weary  years  Columbus  begged,  entreated,  urged 
and  importuned  the  Spanish  Court,  and  for  seven  years  was 
he  put  aside,  disappointed  and  denied.  He  was  about  to  leave 
the  Spanish  realms  in  disgust.  He  calls  again  upon  his  friend, 
Father  Perez,  in  his  peaceful  retreat  at  La  Rabida  and  again 
the  good  prior  exerts  his  powerful  influence,  this  time  upon 
the  Queen,  and  she  sends  for  Columbus.  He  arrives  at  Court 
just  when  the  long,  bloody  struggle  between  Castile  and 
Aragon  on  the  one  side  and  the  infidel  Moors  on  the  other  has 
been  brought  to  a  termination  in  favor  of  Spain,  and  just 
as  Columbus  enters  the  citadel,  as  if  in  anticipation  of  the 
work  he  is  destined  to  perform,  the  gilded  cross,  the  emblem 
of  Spanish  ascendency  is  raised  over  the  late  Moorish  strong- 
hold, and  the  city  passes  from  Moorish  to  Spanish  domina- 
tion. The  coincidence,  which  brought  about  the  elevation  of 
the  cross  at  the  moment  that  Christopher  Columbus  actually 
begun  the  prosecution  of  his  great  project,  seems  to  many 
significant  in  the  light  of  the  many  other  remarkable  inci- 
dents in  this  great  man's  life.* 

It  is  worth  while  here  to  digress  from  the  narration  of  the 
remarkable  occurrences  in  the  life  of  Columbus  to  notice  what 
took  place  between  him  and  the  sovereigns.  The  good  queen, 
finally    won    over    to    the    project,    inquired    of    Columbus 


7.  See  Windsor,  op.  cit.,  as  to  visit  of  Bartholomew  Columbus  to  English 
King. 

8.  De  Lorgues  in  his  I/t/e  o/  Columhua  called  attention  to  this  fact. 


96  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

his  terms,  and  was  surprised  when  he  demanded  the  admiralty 
of  the  seas  and  the  vice  royalty  of  all  lands  discovered  by 
him,  as  well  as  ten  per  cent  of  all  the  profits  and  emoluments 
of  his  voyage.  But  yesterday  he  was  a  beggar.  Today  he 
demands  royalty  and  great  riches.  In  the  light  of  subse- 
quent developments  no  chronicler  has  charged  Columbus  with 
either  vanity  or  cupidity  on  account  of  his  demands.  To  the 
student  of  Columbus'  life  and  character,  it  is  plain  that  the 
great  navigator  made  two  discoveries,  one  a  mental  operation, 
and  the  other  a  physical  fact.®  Many  are  pleased  to  believe 
that  the  possibility  of  his  project  was  revealed  to  him  by  a 
superhuman  power,  and  it  is  certain  that  Columbus  himself 
so  thought.  Eepeatedly,  before  undertaking  his  voyage  of 
discovery,  he  stated  that  he  was  Divinely  commissioned  so  to 
do.  It  is  certain  at  least  that  Columbus  was  just  as  sure  of 
the  success  of  his  venture  before  the  Spanish  sovereigns  con- 
sented to  assist  him  as  he  was  on  the  day  he  actually  landed 
at  San  Salvador.  That  being  true,  it  is  easy  to  understand 
why  he  should  demand  an  admiral 's  commission,  a  vice-royalty, 
and  a  portion  of  the  fruits  of  his  discovery.  It  is  worth  re- 
membering too  that  Columbus  ever  made  plain  that  whatever 
profits  he  realized  from  his  discoveries  were  to  be  devoted  to 
advancing  the  glory  of  God,  and  the  spread  of  the  Catholic 
faith,  his  primary  object  being  the  great  Catholic  work  of 
his  day,  the  wresting  from  the  infidels  of  the  burial  place  of 
Christ. 

Taken  in  connection  with  the  many  other  remarkable  inci- 
dents in  the  navigator's  life,  it  seems  rather  strange,  though 
not  out  of  keeping  with  the  event,  that  after  numerous  diffi- 
culties and  disappointments  had  been  overcome,  he  should  have 
sailed  on  his  first  voyage  to  the  New  World  on  Friday,  the 
day  on  which  Christ  gave  up  his  life  to  atone  for  the  sins 
of  men;  that  after  he  had  battled  the  seas  for  seventy  days, 
where  no  trace  of  civilized  man  had  ever  been  impressed,  he 


9.  De  Lorgues,  op.   cit.,  p.  117. 


COLUMBUS  THE  PEOTONYM         97 

should  have  landed  in  the  New  World  on  Friday,  and  that 
after  an  exceedingly  perilous  return  he  should  again  enter 
the  port  of  Palos  from  which  he  started  seven  months  before, 
on  Friday.  Other  remarkable  occurrences  in  connection  with 
dates  record  his  extraordinary  escape  from  shipwreck  by  the 
assistance  of  savage  natives  on  Christmas  day,  and  his  death 
on  Ascension  day/° 

Columbus  was  noted  as  a  devout  man  in  an  age  of  devo- 
tion. He  appreciated  the  justice  and  greatness  of  God,  and 
was  solicitous  to  make  suitable  return  for  God 's  gifts.  Accord- 
ingly, he  never  asked  a  favor,  but  he  promised  a  requital. 
Evidence  of  this  is  found  in  the  fact  that  as  he  prayed  for 
the  success  of  the  project  that  filled  his  life,  he  promised  in 
return  to  rescue  the  Holy  Sepulcher.  History  records  also  that 
on  his  return  from  the  first  voyage  to  the  New  World,  he  was 
beset  with  the  fiercest  storms.  It  is  stated  that  the  winter  was 
the  hardest  and  stormiest  known  to  sailors  up  to  that  time. 
The  frail  vessel,  the  Nina,  was  the  only  one  left  of  the  three 
caravels  with  which  Columbus  left  Palos,  the  Santa  Maria 
having  been  shipwrecked  off  LaNavadad,  where  Columbus 
was  so  remarkably  rescued  on  Christmas  Day,  and  the  master 
of  the  Pinta,  Alonzo  Pinzon,  having  deserted,  nothing  seemed 
left  to  Columbus  and  the  crew  but  a  watery  grave.  On  this 
occasion  the  great  dignity  of  the  man  shone  out  in  all  its 
splendor.  As  quietly  as  possible  he  drew  up  an  account  of 
his  discovery  and  placing  it  in  a  cake  of  wax,  sealed  it  care- 
fully in  a  strong  cask  which  he  set  afloat  upon  the  ocean.  Then 
he  and  all  his  crew  on  bended  knees  offered  themselves  to 
God,  and  devoutly  promised  that  if  delivered  from  their  pres- 
ent peril,  they  would  make  a  pilgrimage  to  the  first  church 
dedicated  to  the  Blessed  Virgin  in  reach  of  which  they  would 
come.  It  is  recorded  even  by  the  historians  that  are  the  least 
favorable  to  Columbus  that  after  this  solemn  vow  the  storm 
subsided,  and  the  worn  out  and  leaky  caravel  was  eventually 

10.  De  Lorgues  and  Irving  have  called  attention  to  these  facts. 


98  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

piloted  into  the  port  of  Lisbon.  It  is  just  as  literally  recorded 
that  the  vow  made  on  board  the  imperiled  vessel  was  faith- 
fully fulfilled/^ 

Another  instance  of  much  the  same  nature  is  recorded  in 
reference  to  the  third  voyage,  while  coasting  off  the  shores 
of  South  America  near  Veragua.  The  tropical  rays  of  the  sun 
had  rendered  the  frail  craft  in  which  Columbus  and  his  crew 
were  making  their  explorations  a  leaky  hulk,  dangerous  in  the 
calmest  waters,  but  to  their  horror  a  fierce  storm  arose  and  the 
death  of  all  was  imminent.  Historians  say  that  in  this,  as  in 
many  other  critical  situations,  in  his  life,  Columbus  maintained 
his  dignity  of  demeanor  and  gathered  the  crew  about  him  ask- 
ing God  to  shield  them  from  the  special  danger  of  a  water- 
spout which  they  saw  proceeding  directly  toward  the  ship,  and 
that  altogether  they  chanted  the  gospel  of  St.  John,  and 
strange  as  it  seems  the  deadly  waterspout  veered  in  its  direc- 
tion, missed  the  ship,  the  storm  subsided,  and  the  sun  shone 
out  bright  and  clear  once  again.^^ 

If  Columbus  was  granted  some  of  the  glories  of  the  world, 
it  is  certain  that  he  suffered  much  of  its  tragedy.  Great  men 
and  doers  of  great  deeds  excite  envy  and  jealousy.  Colum- 
bus was  no  exception  to  this  rule.  As  soon  as  the  discovery 
of  the  new  lands  was  made  known  enemies  began  to  use  their 
power  against  the  discoverer.  The  viceroyalty  and  other  dig- 
nities which  go  with  government  was  coveted  by  lesser  souls, 
and  accordingly  complaints  were  lodged  with  the  Spanish 
sovereigns  against  Columbus'  rule;  and  though  the  Spanish 
sovereigns  were  loath  to  listen  to  such  complaints,  yet  they 
resulted  in  the  sending  of  representatives  of  the  Court  to  the 
new  colonies  which  were  established  by  Columbus.  The  first 
of  the  representatives  was  Bobadilla,  who  grossly  exceeded  his 
powers,  and  who  upon  his  arrival  at  the  new  colony  cast  Colum- 
bus into  chains  and  sent  him  home  to  Spain.     It  is  due  the 


11.  lb.,  p.  203,  et  seq. 

12.  lb.,  p.  466,  et  seq. 


COLUMBUS  THE  PROTONYM 


99 


Spanish  King  and  Queen  to  say  that  Columbus  upon  his  arrival 
was  at  once  released,  and  some  amends  were  made  for  his 
sufferings,  and  another  commissioner,  Ovando,  was  sent  to  the 
New  World  with  instructions  to  arrest  Bobadilla  and  re- 
store order.  At  the  same  time  Columbus  was  fitted  out  with 
another  fleet  for  further  explorations.    To  avoid  any  conflict  of 


LA  RABIDA  AND  THE  CARAVELS 

(From  a  painting  by  G.  W.  Maynard,  of  the  replica  of  La  Rabida  erected 
in  1892  on  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition  grounds,  Chicago,  and  the 
reproductions  of  the  Columbus  Caravels  also  exhibited  at  the  Exposition. 
Painting  loaned  for  this  book  by  C.  D.  Peacock  &  Co.,  Jewelers,  Chicago.  The 
La  Rabida  replica  was  recently  destroyed  by  fire  and  the  Caravels  are  falling 
into  decay.) 

authority  he  was  asked  not  to  touch  at  Hispaniola,  but  to  pro- 
ceed farther  and  explore  the  islands  and  countries  farther  to 
the  west.  Due  to  mishaps  which  put  his  fleet  in  bad  condi- 
tion, however,  Columbus  finally  was  obliged  to  stop  at  His- 
paniola and  ask  for  help.  The  new  governor,  Ovando,  while 
not  so  wicked  and  incompetent  as  Bobadilla,  nevertheless  stem- 


100         EINTGHTS  OF  COLOIBrS  IN  ILLINOIS 

W  refused  to  permit  Columbus  to  enter  the  harbor  of  the  New 
World  he  had  discovered  and  the  colony  he  had  planted. 

In  this  connection  and  at  this  time  another  remarkable 
occurrence  took  place.  Ovando.  in  order  to  satisfy  the  demand 
for  greater  returns  from  the  new  po^essions,  by  the  use  of 
dubious  measures,  had  gathered  up  gold  and  other  valuable 
products  from  the  island  sufficient  to  freight  fifteen  ships  and 
*-as  just  at  this  time  ready  to  return  them  with  BobadiUa  and 
Roldan.  another  criminal  and  disturber,  to  Spain.  Colum- 
bus, learning  that  they  were  about  to  start  sent  word  to 
Ovando  begging  him  to  retain  the  fleet  in  the  harbor  for  a 
few  days  as  he  felt  that  a  great  storm  was  about  to  burst  upon 
the  waters  and  asserted  that  the  fleet  would  not  be  able  to 
sostain  it.  Ovando  ignored  the  practiced  navigator's  warn- 
ing, drove  Columbus  from  his  shores  and  started  the  richest 
fleet  that  up  to  that  time  had  ever  left  the  "Western  continent 
on  its  way  to  satisfy  the  desires  and  please  the  cupidity  of 
the  gold  seekers  of  Spain.  The  Sequel. — fourteen  of  the  gold- 
laden  ships  and  all  their  oiffieers  and  crews  found  resting  places 
in  the  bottom  of  the  ocean.  One  only  escaped,  the  poorest, 
weakest  and  most  miserable  of  the  lot,  but  the  one  which  con- 
tained ail  the  earthly  possessions  of  Christopher  Columbus, 
rode  out  the  storm  and  came  safely  into  the  Spanish  port.^' 
Columbus  too.  after  a  most  perilous  voyage,,  succeeded  in  sav- 
ing his  life  and  that  of  his  crew  from  the  ravages  of  the  in- 
tense tropical  storms,^^ 

It  was  while  making  his  way  as  best  he  might  on  this 
voyage  that  he  was  sorely  beset  in  many  ways;  while  cruis- 
ing on  the  coast  of  Honduras,  at  every  opportunity  he  was 
attacked  by  the  savage  inhabitants  and  was  finally  prostrated 
with  sickness.  History  would  indicate  that,  never  at  any  time 
in  the  course  of  his  long  and  troubled  career  was  he  so  near 
despair  as  ujwn  this  occasion.  The  records  at  the  Court  of 
Spain,  however,  show  that  at  this  critical  period  he  seems  to 

13.  /»-,  p.  44a,  e*  aeq. 


COLUMBUS  IHZ  P30T0NYM  101 


have  reeeired  eomf ort  in  an  imnanal  wsj.    Wldle  ijmg  tm 
ins  bed  of  fever  in  a  state  of  abject  maaesj.  he  lad  a  irisian 
of  which  he- wrote  the  King  and  Queen  of  Spain  in  tlr  ; 
ing  language:    '•TTeary  and  a^liii^  I  fdl  into  &  I 

heard  a  piteous  voiee  saying  to  me.  ^Never  eease  lo  :  _  t 
and  serve  thv  G^id.  who  is  tiie  God  of  all;  vliat  c  '  ^  more 
for  Moses  than  He  has  don?  f  -  •:--  *  Ft--  *"-  _t  :f  thy 
birth  He  has  ever  had  liko:  i  H  -  7-  -     "     T^ 

this  strain  Colmnbos  state?;  -  . 

desponding  mind  and  gav^  r  -   * 

The  historians  agree  that  Ae  piety  :i  .  i:_ 
etMBist  alcme  in  protestations,  but  testify  ' 
tice  thereof.  It  is  wdl  known  that  evfrv  -ii..-z-,.^snag  was 
begun  by  Columbus  in  the  nane  ani  i :r  z'z-  rliry  of  God: 
that  religious  exereises  preceded  every  imp<Hta^:  zi  v^  in  the 
progress  of  his  diseoveries.  Before  esdnzkir.  -  -  pas- 
saf^ers  and  erew  repaired  to  the  Chnrd^  hear     ;  "re- 

ceived the  saeraments-    All  throo^  Ae  hsig  \  -    '- 

on  the  trackless  ocean  prayers  and  hyans  ^ 
unison  and  Gods  blessing  was  im^oxed  nr-  ---  ^ 

ings.  Again  when  a  landing  was  effected  any^L  .  :  5  "If 
first  great  landing  at  San  Salvador,  th^  z:  :  of  C;-:ii:i- 

bns  and  those  aeeunpanyiiig  him  w  h- 

praise  and  thanksgiving  to  God.  The  eaoqaaiee  uid  gnzirzr 
of  the  prayers  and  thanksgivings  ecMipoBed  by  Cdranbiis  on 
those  occasions  were  perpetiiated  in  ti»e  ^n^iee  of  all  St  in- 
i^i  e]q>lor»s  thereafter.-^     ImmediateiT  at  landing  ~  ~ 

new  domain  Colambas  raised  the  standard  of  ^paan   ^     :-- 
cross,  and  it  is  in  connection  witit  this  praetiee,  rais^nr  ' 
cross,  that  one  of  the  mr«5t  ranaikable  ocemrenees  It 
eitire  career  occurred.    Crosses  were  Ranted  evearywhir 

14.  i»-,  p.  47S,  ft  •rf. 
13.  Ok   lu«iii«     ~  ~ 


102         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Columbus  touched,  but  at  a  certain  point  on  the  Island  of 
Hispaniola,  which  Columbus  named  La  Conception  in  honor  of 
the  Immaculate  Conception,  he  directed  that  a  great  giant  of 
the  forest  be  cut  down  and  that  from  its  trunk,  which  was 
gigantic  in  its  proportions,  should  be  made  the  tree  and  from 
its  largest  branches  the  arms  of  a  cross,  and  that  it  be  planted 
deep  at  La  Conception.  The  heart  of  the  great  discoverer  went 
out  peculiarly  to  this  point.  It  is  here  that  he  directed  in  his 
will  that  three  churches  be  built,  one  to  the  Blessed  Trinity; 
one  to  the  Immaculate  Conception,  and  one  to  the  King  and 
Queen  of  Spain.  It  is  said  that  the  great  cross  at  La  Con- 
ception was  a  most  conspicuous  object  on  account  of  its  height 
and  magnitude,  and  that  at  its  foot  Columbus  retired  in  the 
dead  of  the  night  to  pray  and  seek  consolation.  The  spot 
seemed  especially  dear  to  him.  Other  devoted  inhabitants  of 
the  island  noticing  the  particular  attention  given  by  Colum- 
bus to  the  cross  of  La  Conception  imitated  him  and  went  there 
to  pray,  and  it  was  later  discovered  that  those  who  came  to  the 
cross  sick  with  fever  and  other  disorders,  and  in  a  proper  spirit 
asked  heavenly  help,  were  cured  of  their  disorders.  And  when 
the  fame  of  these  cures  went  abroad,  the  cross  of  Conception  be- 
came an  object  of  pious  pilgrimages  from  all  parts,  and  the 
lame,  the  sick  and  the  halt  came  there  and  were  made  whole. 

In  this  particular  locality  the  natives  were  hostile,  and 
noting  the  great  gatherings  of  the  Spaniards  near  the  cross, 
and  the  fact  that  the  sick  went  away  cured,  they  thought  it 
an  object  of  disadvantage  to  them  and  determined  upon  its 
destruction.  Accordingly,  they  threw  heavy  ropes  about  it  and 
sought  without  avail  to  pull  it  down  but  were  unable  so  to  do 
by  their  united  strength.  Being  determined  to  rid  the  locality 
of  the  object  that  seemed  displeasing  to  them,  they  gathered 
dry  brushwood  and  piled  it  about  the  cross  and  set  it  on  fire. 
The  flames  and  smoke  soon  enveloped  the  cross  and  hid  it  from 
the  sight  of  the  savages,  and  they  went  away  rejoicing  in  the 
belief  that  it  had  been  destroyed.    However,  when  they  came 


COLUMBUS  THE  PROTONYM  103 

in  sight  of  the  spot  again  the  next  morning,  they  beheld  the 
great  cross  standing  erect  and  uninjured  as  before  the  fire 
was  set ;  only  the  ashes  and  charred  remains  of  the  brushwood 
at  its  foot  indicated  the  fire  that  had  raged  on  the  day  before. 

It  is  said  the  savages  then  sought  to  cut  it  down,  but  as 
fast  as  pieces  were  cut  from  the  cross  the  wood  was  renewed 
and  no  trace  left  of  the  hacking  of  the  rude  blades.  The 
Spaniards  also  found  that  when  pieces  were  cut  away  from 
the  wood  of  the  cross  the  places  were  renewed  and  many  frag- 
ments of  the  cross  of  Conception,  which  became  known  as  the 
"True  Cross"  were  transported  to  all  parts  of  the  world,  and 
from  these  fragments  many  remarkable  cures  were  reported. 

This  cross  stood  on  the  plains  of  Conception  for  at  least  a 
century,  and  regulations  concerning  it  were  entered  at  differ- 
ent times  in  the  Spanish  archives.  When  the  territory  of 
La  Conception  was  practically  deserted,  however,  the  Arch- 
bishop of  San  Domingo  had  the  Cross  removed  and  placed  in 
a  chapel  near  the  cathedral.  It  is  recorded  that  when  a  tempest 
laid  all  other  buildings  in  San  Domingo  waste  the  chapel  en- 
closing the  ' '  True  Cross ' '  remained  intact. 

It  is  not  known  under  what  conditions  or  when  the  ' '  True 
Cross ' '  lost  the  power  of  renewing  the  parts  cut  away  from  it, 
but  it  is  recorded  that  such  was  the  fact,  and  the  fact  seems 
to  be  that  this  True  Cross  of  Conception  was  gradually  cut  to 
pieces  and  carried  away  to  different  parts  of  the  world,  and 
many  great  churches  still  boast  of  portions  of  it  imbedded  in 
the  crosses  which  are  raised  over  their  altars.^® 

From  an  earthly  standpoint  the  life  of  Columbus  was  a 
joyless  one.  The  great  project  he  had  in  mind  overshadowed 
his  whole  life  and  it  does  not  appear  that  he  was  able  to  give 
thought  to  anything  else.  All  his  life  he  was  separated  from 
his  family  and  the  victim  of  much  suffering  and  anxiety.  It 
is  certain,  however,  that  he  seldom  murmured,  apparently 


16.  See  complete  details  of  "La  Swntisaimi  Cruz"  in  De  Lorgues,  p.  598, 
et  seq. 


104         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

considering  that  trials  and  difficulties  were  the  price  he  must 
pay  for  the  success  of  his  project.  True,  he  had  some  temporal 
honors,  as,  for  example,  his  triumphal  return  from  his  first 
voyage,  which,  perhaps  would  repay  a  worldly  man  for  all 
the  difficulties  of  an  entire  life,  but  in  like  manner  he  suffered 
many  deprivations  and  humiliations.  History  records  that  his 
last  days  were  obscure  and  miserable.  His  enemies  had  suc- 
ceeded in  doing  him  a  great  deal  of  harm,  but  when  the  grave 
finally  claimed  him,  it  was  on  Ascension  Day,  the  same  day 
upon  which  his  Heavenly  Master  ascended  to  the  glory  of 
heaven,  and  judged  by  the  accepted  standards  of  the  Church, 
namely,  a  life  well  spent,  we  are  justified  in  believing  that  the 
soul  of  Christopher  Columbus  was  on  that  Ascension  Day 
received  in  heaven  to  bask  in  the  Blessed  Presence  of  the 
Master  he  served  with  such  fidelity. 

The  matter  of  fact   present   day   reader   may   deprecate 
the  manner  of  treatment  herein  employed.     It  may  be  sug- 
gested that  it  is  useless  and  possibly  injurious  to  intima. 
supernatural  circumstances  and  influences  in  the  face  of  the, 
perhaps,  more  than  skeptical  thought  of  the  times. 

In  view  of  such  considerations  it  should  be  stated  that 
the  reader  is  under  no  obligation,  moral  or  otherwise,  to  ac- 
cept the  recitals  as  facts.  It  is  believed,  however,  that  one 
who  attempts  to  acquaint  himself  with  the  life  and  labors  of 
Columbus  should  be  put  in  possession  of  these  thoughts  and 
views,  as  well  as  of  the  purely  natural  and  prosaic  facts  and 
events. 

These  considerations  too  are  essential  to  an  understanding 
of  some  controversies  that  have  risen  since  the  days  of  Colum- 
bus. Like  every  man  of  merit  Columbus  had  his  antagonists 
and  enemies.  During  his  lifetime  many  attempts  were  made 
to  discredit  him,  and  so  powerful  were  some  of  his  opponents 
that  temporary  triumphs  were  gained  over  him.  It  is  well 
remembered  that  he  was  sent  home  from  the  New  World  he 
had  discovered  loaded  with  chains  and  ignomy;  that  his  last 


COLUMBUS  THE  PROTONYM        105 

days  were  spent  in  practical  penury  and  that  he  died  scorned 
and  neglected. 

Though  gloriously  vindicated  after  his  death  and  honored 
by  all  just  men  since  his  time,  there  have  arisen  a  few  slander- 
ers and  detractors.  It  would  perhaps  be  better  to  give  no 
notice  to  the  evil  conceptions  of  such,  and  that  course  would  be 
adopted,  but  for  the  appearance  of  credence  that  has  been 
lent  in  some  of  our  most  easily  accessible  publications.  Stu- 
dents of  the  life  of  Columbus  will  from  time  to  time  find 
references  reflecting  upon  the  great  navigator's  career.  Of 
all  of  these  it  may  be  said  that  they  have  been  exhaustively 
studied  and  completely  refuted. 

It  may  be  of  benefit  to  put  readers  and  students  on  their 
guard  with  reference  to  slanders  against  the  memory  of  Colum- 
bus. The  first  of  the  slanderers  was  Galieni  Napione,  a  Pied- 
montese  Count,  who  first  gave  his  pretended  information  to  the 
world  in  1805.  His  slander  was  repeated  by  Francois  Can- 
cellieri  in  1809.  The  statements  of  these  men  were  given  no 
attention,  nor  was  the  subject  of  their  slanders,  until  they 
were  repeated  by  a  Barnabite  Priest  named  Spotorno.  Mar- 
tin Fernandez  de  Navarrete  repeated  the  slander  wholly  upon 
the  authority  of  Spotorno.  Just  at  the  time  that  Navarrete 
was  preparing  his  work  for  publication  Washington  Irving 
came  to  Spain  for  the  purpose  of  examining  documents  and 
authorities  to  enable  him  to  write  his  great  work  "The  Life 
and  Voyages  of  Christopher  Columbus  and  his  Companions." 
Feeling  obliged  to  accept  some  of  the  views  of  Navarrete 
Irving  grudgingly  gives  credence  to  part  of  the  accusations, 
mitigates  them,  and  entertains  Spotorno 's  imputations  with  a 
hesitation  bordering  upon  repugnance.  The  next  important 
work  on  Columbus  was  that  of  the  German  writer,  Heinrich 
Humboldt.  In  his  magisterial  way  Humboldt  mentions  and 
takes  for  granted  the  "curious  fact"  which  "Navarrete  has 
disclosed."  Two  others  writers  of  more  or  less  eminence  have 
repeated  the  Columbus'  slanders.     They  are  Henri  Harrisse, 


106         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

born  in  Paris  of  Russian-Jewish  parentage,  and  Justin  Wind- 
sor. Both  of  these  writers  have  exerted  themselves  to  destroy 
the  reputation  of  Columbus.^^ 

Having  examined  all  the  slanders  and  demonstrated  their 
falsity  De  Lorgues  writes  "Let  the  piety  of  the  faithful  be 
reassured,  let  the  admirers  of  Columbus  have  no  fear;  the 
herald  of  the  Cross  was  always  without  reproach,  as  he  was 
always  without  fear. ' ' 

Having  indicated  the  enemies  of  the  great  admiral,  it  is 
fair  to  mention  at  least  some  of  those  who  have  seen  him  in 
a  creditable  light.  In  summing  up  the  life  of  Columbus  Wash- 
ington Irving  said : 

"His  piety  was  genuine  and  fervent;  religion  mingled  with  the  whole 
course  of  his  thoughts  and  actions,  and  shone  forth  in  his  most  private 
and  unstudied  writings.  Whenever  he  made  any  great  discovery,  he  de- 
voutly returned  thanks  to  God.  The  voice  of  prayer  and  the  melody  of 
praise  rose  from  his  ships  on  discovering  the  new  world,  and  his  first 
action  on  landing  was  to  prostrate  himself  upon  the  earth  and  offer  up 
tlianksgivings.  Every  evening  the  Salve  Begina,  and  other  vesper  hymns, 
were  performed  in  the  beautiful  groves  that  bordered  the  wild  shores  of 
this  heathen  land.  All  his  great  enterprises  were  undertaken  in  the  name 
of  the  Holy  Trinity  and  he  partook  of  the  holy  sacrament  previous  to 
embarkation.  He  observed  the  festivals  of  the  Church  in  the  wildest 
situations.  The  Sabbath  was  to  him  a  day  of  sacred  rest^  on  which  he 
would  never  sail  from  a  port,  unless  in  case  of  extreme  necessity.  The 
religion  thus  deeply  seated  in  his  soul  diffused  sober  dignity,  and  n 
benign  composure,  over  his  whole  deportment;  his  very  language  was  pure 
and  guarded,  and  free  from  all  gross  or  irreverent  expressions,  "is 

William  H.  Prescott  in  his  great  work  "Ferdinand  and 
Isabella,"  after  examing  minutely  all  the  activities  and  char- 
acteristics of  Columbus,  said: 

"The  finger  of  the  historian  will  find  it  difficult  to  point  to  a  single 
blemish  in  his  moral  character.  .  .  .  There  are  some  men  in  whom 
rare  virtues  have  been  allied,  if  not  to  positive  vice,  to  a  degrading 
weakness.  Columbus'  character  presented  no  such  humiliating  incongru- 
ity.   Whether  we  contemplate  it  in  its  public  or  private  relations,  in  all 

17.  See  Clark's  and  Dc  Lorgues'  refutation. 

18.  Life  of  Columbus  abridged   (John  Murray,  London,  1830),  p.  350. 


COLUMBUS  THE  PROTONYM        107 

its  features  it  wears  the  same  noble  aspect.  It  was  in  perfect  harmony 
with  the  grandeur  of  his  plans,  and  the  results  more  stupendous  than 
those  which  heaven  has  permitted  any  other  mortal  to  achieve,  "i" 

There  is  another  work,  indeed  two  works,  by  a  European, 
Count  Rossely  de  Lorgues,  that  everyone  who  wishes  to  be  well 
advised  concerning  Columbus  should  read.  They  are  ''L'Am- 
hassadeur  de  Dieu"  and  Historie  de  sa  Vie  et  de  ses  Voyages 
d'  Apers  des  Documents  authentiques  tires  d'  Espagne  et  d' 
Italic."  J.  J.  Barry,  M.  D.,  through  the  American  News 
Company,  published  a  translation  of  the  latter  work  in  1869, 
which  may  be  found  in  the  libraries,  and  which,  it  may  be 
stated,  absolutely  demolishes  the  slanders  and  insinuations  of 
anti-Columbus  writers.^"  This  exhaustive  work  was  under- 
taken at  the  request  of  the  then  reigning  Pope  and  after  being 
examined  at  Rome  the  Father  of  the  Vatican  Council  immedi- 
ately proposed  the  cause  of  Columbus  for  canonization. ^^ 

During  the  year  of  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition  an 
American  writer  of  distinction,  Richard  H.  Clarke,  LL.D., 
published  a  scholarly  and  authoritative  work  under  the  title 
"Old  and  New  Lights  on  Columbus,"  in  which  every  state- 
ment of  importance  concerning  Columbus  brought  to  light  be- 
fore that  time  is  examined  and  the  position  of  all  those  who 
have  held  Columbus  to  have  been  a  man  of  the  highest  char- 
acter in  every  respect  is  ably  sustained.^-  The  Knights  of 
Columbus  would  reflect  credit  upon  themselves  by  providing 
for  the  republication  of  this  work  in  large  quantities,  and  at  a 
moderate  price. 

Rev.  R.  A.  G.  Knight,  S.  J.,  wrote  a  charming  story  of 

19  History  of  the  Reign  of  Ferdinand  and  Isabella  The  Catholic  (J.  B. 
Lippincott  Company,  1872),  Vol.  Ill,  p.  254.  ,      ,     ^ 

20.  De  Lorgues  after  writing  the  first  of  these  books  had  a  conference 
with  the  Pope  and  was  urged  by  him  to  write  a  complete  I/i/e  of  Oolumous. 

21.  In  1893  Mr.  Richard  H.  Clarke  through  Rev.  D.  J.  O'Connell,  Rector 
of  the  Armenian  College  at  Rome  made  inquiry  regarding  the  cause  of 
Columbus  and  received  the  following  reply:  „ 

"8  Via  S.  Apolhnaire. 

"The  Sacred  Congregation  of  Rites  cannot  treat  of  the  cause  of  Christo- 
pher Columbus  till  the  diocesan  proceeses  be  ended,  and  these  have  not  thus 
far  been  begun."  ^  ^  ^       ,  ,,      .   „ 

See  Clarke,    Old   and   New   Lights   on   Columhus,  under   notes   following 

p.  595. 

22.  Pp.   160-161. 


108         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Columbus  in  which  the  slanders  referred  to  are  completely 
refuted. 

The  great  American  Archbishop,  Most  Kev.  Patrick  John 
Kyan,  D.  D.,  of  the  Archdiocese  of  Philadelphia,  wrote  in  1893 
a  very  interesting  book  entitled  "Columbus  the  Catholic," 
in  which  he  gives  the  great  navigator  a  saintly  character.  As 
an  evidence  that  he  never  changed  his  mind  with  reference  to 
the  worthiness  of  Columbus  his  words  uttered  many  years 
later  may  be  quoted.  At  a  great  celebration  of  Columbus  Day 
in  Philadelphia  on  October  12,  1909,  Archbishop  Ryan  spoke  to 
eight  hundred  banqueters,  and  in  the  course  of  his  address 
said : 

"It  is  a  great  honor,  it  is  a  great  tribute  to  Christopher  Columbus, 
that  after  400  years,  his  name  should  be  mentioned  in  this  manner  and 
that  this  should  be  made  a  holiday,  and  that  after  all  these  years  this 
perpetuity  should  be  given  to  his  name.  Christopher  Columbus  was  a  great 
man  because  he  did  great  things  and  did  them  from  great  motives.  We 
talk  of  discovering  the  North  Pole.  Why,  that  is  but  a  part  of  the  world. 
Columbus  discovered  a  whole  world,  a  new  world  which  was  born  out 
of  Christianity  and  which  was  dedicated  to  Christianity. 

"Sometimes  in  driving  through  Fairmount  Park,  I  pass  two  statues. 
One  of  them  is  Joan  of  Arc — that  magnificent  woman  who,  when  she  was 
asked  how  she  dared  to  try  to  lead  the  army  of  France  and  why  she  did 
it,  replied:  'I  do  not  know,  but  I  do  it  for  the  glory  of  God.'  Joan 
of  Arc  has  been  beatified  (since  canonized)  by  our  Church,  and  I 
rejoice  in  the  beatification.  And  then  I  pass  the  other  statue  of  Christo- 
pher Columbus.  Many  a  time  I  have  asked  myself  why  he,  too,  has 
not  been  beatified.  This  great  mariner,  philosopher,  discoverer,  was 
greatest  of  all  in  virtue,  in  allegiance  to  God  and  his  fellow-men.  With 
Joan  of  Arc  beatified,  I  would  rejoice  also  if  Columbus  were  beatified 
and  canonized,  and  thus  become  the  patron  saint  of  your  Order. ' ' 

Finally  reference  may  be  made  to  the  encyclical  of  the  great 
Pope  Leo  XIII  issued  July  16,  1892,  in  the  course  of  which 
His  Holiness  said: 

"Inasmuch  as  that  it  is  permitted  by  the  course  of  events  to  appre- 
ciate the  ways  of  Divine  Providence  it  really  seems  that  the  man  for 
whom  Liguria  honors  herself  was  destined  by  a  special  plan  of  God  to 


COLUMBUS  THE  PROTONYM  109 

compensate  Catholicism  for  the  injury  which  it  was  going  to  suffer  in 
Europe. " 

The  main  purposes  of  this  study  are  to  intensify  the  inter- 
est in  everything  that  concerns  Columbus,  and  to  warn  the 
reader  not  to  take  for  granted  derogatory  statements  with  ref- 
erence either  to  Columbus  or  any  one  else  simply  because  they 
may  be  found  in  some  pretentious  work,  and  especially  when 
they  are  in  plain  contrast  or  contradiction  with  the  known 
course  of  life  or  conduct  of  the  person  aspersed. 

Every  member  and  friend  of  the  Order  could  earnestly 
wish  that  the  Knights  of  Columbus  would  measure  up  to  the 
exalted  estimate  placed  upon  them  by  the  author  of  one  of 
the  most  charming  volumes  yet  devoted  to  the  great  navigator, 
"Christopher  Columhus  in  Poetry,  History  and  Art,"  by  Sarah 
Agnes  Ryan,  of  Chicago,  in  which  we  read : 

"But  high  above  all  paintings;  all  monuments  and  buildings  of  stone 
or  marble;  high  above  the  strains  of  operas  and  of  dramas  and  poems 
of  all  the  great  thinkers;  high  above  the  influence  of  the  books  written, 
either  to  laud  him  or  to  condemn  him;  high  above  all  such  material  mani- 
festations, is  the  great  tribute  of  honor  paid  the  memory  of  Columbus 
by  the  thousands  of  noble,  clean-souled  men  who  have  chosen  him  as  their 
model — for  the  'highest  form  of  flattery  is  imitation';  and  surely  have 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  shown  sincere  appreciation  of  the  zeal  of  their 
protonym. 

"The  Knights  of  old  sallied  forth  to  redress  wrong,  to  defend  the  help- 
less and  to  succor  the  oppressed.  Glorious  indeed  was  their  advent  and 
magnificent  their  accoutrements;  helmet  and  charger  and  shield  of  spot- 
less white.  But  what  are  the  habiliments  of  tliese  Knights  who  still  hold 
aloft  the  banner  of  Faith  which  he,  Columbus,  their  great  Admiral,  came 
to  plant?  They  are  the  guardians  of  the  sacred  Light — as  in  days  of  old 
were  the  Vestal  Virgins  guardians  of  the  sacred  fire,  lest  the  hearthstones 
be  without  warmth. 

"Thus  are  the  Knights  of  Columbus  caparisoned: 
"      ....      'loins  girt  about  with  truth,  and  having  on  the  breast- 
plate of  justice, 

"And  ....   feet  shod  with  the  propagation  of  the  gospel  of  peace: 

"In  all  things  taking  the  shield  of  Faith    ....    and  the  helmet 

of  salvation  and  the  sword  of  the  spirit  (which  is  the  Avord  of  God.)  "2'^ 

22.     Pp.   160-161. 


CHAPTER  VI 

ESTABLISHMENT   OF  THE   ORDER  IN  ILLINOIS — ^PIONEER   COUNCILS 

INSTITUTED   UNDER  THE   DIRECTION  OF  STATE  DEPUTIES 

THOMAS  S.  KEIRNAN  AND  PATRICK  L.  MCARDLE 


ILLINOIS 


Early  members  of  the  Order  state  that  many  eastern  Catho- 
lics visiting  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition  at  Chicago  in 

1893,  and  especially  those  who  visited 
the  Columbus  Club  headquarters, 
which  was  a  very  creditable  Catholic 
institution  at  that  time,  talked  much 
about  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  and 
put  many  resident  Catholics  on  in- 
quiry. 

It  was  not,  however,  until  1896, 
that  anything  definite  was  done.  In 
that  year  Mr.  Thomas  S.  Keirnan,  for- 
merly of  New  York  City,  an  active 
merchant  of  Chicago,  was  called  to 
eastern  points,  including  Boston,  Brooklyn,  New  York  and 
other  places,  and  was  not  only  made  acquainted  with  the  ex- 
cellences of  the  Order,  but  had  the  good  fortune  to  be  initiated 
into  membership  in  Tremont  Council  of  Boston.^ 

It  can  readily  be  understood  that  Mr.  Keirnan  came  home 
filled  with  enthusiasm  for  the  establishment  of  the  Order  in 
Chicago.  He  communicated  with  a  number  of  his  friends  in  so 
far  as  the  rules  would  permit  with  reference  to  the  Order,  but 
failed  to  find  the  spontaneous  response  he  had  expected.  In- 
deed, the  Chicago  men  in  general  seemed  to  adopt  the  attitude 


1.  Mr.  Keirnan  received  his  degrees  in  Salem,  Mass.,  at  a  joint  exempli- 
fication by  Tremont  and  Salem  Councils  in  the  year  1894. 

110 


PIONEER  COUNCILS  111 

that  we  were  overrun  with  societies,  and  were  skeptical  of  the 
success  of  a  new  one.^ 

The  constitution  and  by-laws  then  required  a  charter  mem- 
bership of  at  least  twenty  as  requisite  to  the  organization  of  a 
council — apparently  a  very  small  number.  But  it  is  certain 
that  even  this  number  was  very  hard  to  secure. 

To  assist  in  marshaling  the  membership  Thomas  Harrison 
Cummings  of  Boston  was  sent  to  Chicago  by  the  National  officers 
in  the  capacity  of  organizer.  Mr.  Cummings  rendered  some  aid 
and  in  time  the  requisite  number  with  a  few  to  spare  were 
signed  up,  and  a  petition  was  sent  to  the  National  Council  ask- 
ing leave  to  organize.  In  due  course  the  petition  was  granted, 
and  the  council  was  given  the  name  of  Chicago  Council,  and 
numbered  182. 

Of  course  there  was  no  nearby  council — not  one  west  of 
the  Allegheny  Mountains,  to  perform  the  degree  work,  and 
degree  officers  had  to  be  sent  from  the  East.  For  this  im- 
portant mission  Honorable  John  J.  Delaney,  one  of  the  ablest 
lawyers  in  New  York,  and  then  State  Deputy,  of  the  New  York 
State  Council,  was  selected  by  the  National  Council,  and 
authorized  to  select  his  staff  of  degree  officers  for  the  occasion. 

182    CHICAGO  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.   S.  R.   Roumie  John  P.  Foerster 

Rev.      Christopher      P.  r-T,  a^t-.  t^xttp'-htq  William  D.  Munhall 

Foster  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  Timothy  H.  Clifford 

Rev.  Kdmund  Byrnes  Thomas  S.   Keirnan  Dennis  M.  Finerty 

Rev.    Charles  J.   Quille  Micliael  W.    Gleason  "William  J.  Callaghan 

Rev.  John  A.  Fleming  Edward  A.   Bern  Henry  J.  Lynch 

Rev.    F.     G.     Dinneen,  John  J.  Phelan  Alexander  Pope 

S.  J.  James  Maher  Francis  B.  Allegretti 

Rev.    Carl    J.    OsthofE,  Frank  J.  Sherlock  Nicholas  J.  Rueland 

C.  M. 

State  Deputy  Delaney  arrived  in  Chicago  on  July  7th, 
1896,  and  under  his  direction  the  first,  second  and  third  de- 
grees were  exemplified  to  the  Chicago  applicants. 

There  were  twenty-three  men  in  this  first  Illinois  class, 
whose  names  follow : 


2.  So  stated  by  Mr.  Keirnan  and  others. 


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FIRST  ILLINOIS  MEMBERS 

Keirnan,  Thomas  S.s 

McCarthy,  Edward  J. 

Cardona,  Raymond 

McCarthy,  John  J. 

Carroll,  William  B. 

McGrath,    John   P. 

Clifford,  Timothy  H. 

Mclntyre,  George  V. 

Conley,    Charles   E. 

Morrison,  James  D. 

Cummings,  Edmund  S. 

Mullen,  Thomas  A. 

Fitzgerald,  H.  J. 

Naghten,   Frank  A. 

Fleming,  James   D. 

Naghten,  James  I. 

Gleason,  Michael  W. 

Reed,  Lawrence  J. 

Kearns,  Hugh  J. 

Riley,  WiUiam  Usher 

Keevan,  Thomas  F. 

Russell,  Dr.  Dennis  P. 

Long,  John  E. 

Weldon,  Thomas  E. 

Thirty-two  men  had  made  application  and  had  been  ap- 
proved for  this  pioneer  council,  and  the  names  of  that  number 
of  men  appear  on  the  charter,  but,  as  a  fact,  only  twenty-three 
were  initiated  on  that  first  occasion. 

It  is  interesting  to  contrast  this  diminutive  class  with  classes 
of  one  hundred  and  more  that  members  have  seen  receive  the 
honors  of  the  Order.  No  throngs  were  gathered  there,  silently 
viewing  the  work  and  affording  the  assistance  of  their  presence 
and  participation. 

The  witnesses  were  made  up  chiefly  of  delegates  and  visitors 
to  the  National  Democratic  Convention  then  in  progress  in 
Chicago.  Before  appearing  at  this  initiation  they  had  come 
under  the  spell  of  the  rising  young  orator,  William  Jennings 
Bryan,  and  his  renowned  "Cross  of  Gold"  speech.  No  doubt 
many  of  the  applicants  also  had  been  thrilled  by  that  epoch- 
making  utterance,  but  all  survivors  assure  us  that  the  degree 
was  a  thriller;  and  as  most  members  maintain  with  reference 
to  the  occasion  when  they  received  their  degrees,  that  the  per- 
formance of  July  7th,  1896,  was  "the  greatest  in  the  history  of 
the  Order." 


3.  As  has  been  seen,  Keirnan  had  joined  through  Tremont  Council,  Boston. 


PIONEER  COUNCILS  113 

John  Ward  of  Manhattan  Council,  New  York,  as  Chancellor, 
and  Richard  Farley  also  of  New  York  in  an  important  role  in 
the  major  degree  are  well  remembered. 

The  institution  took  place  in  Fraternity  Hall,  17  West 
Adams  street,  and  an  impromptu  banquet  at  Boyle's  Chop 
House  or  the  Baltimore  Inn,  as  some  have  it,  succeeded. 

The  first  set  of  officers  of  Chicago  Council  included :  Thomas 
S.  Keirnan,  Grand  Knight;  Hugh  J.  Kearns,  Deputy  Grand 
Knight;  William  B.  Carroll,  Recorder;  John  J.  McCarthy, 
Financial  Secretary;  James  I.  Naghten,  Treasurer;  Michael 
W.  Gleason,  Chancellor ;  George  V.  Mclntyre,  Warden  ;  Charles 
E.  Conley,  Inside  Guard,  and  Dr.  Dennis  P.  Russell,  Medical 
Examiner.*  A  second  class  was  initiated  by  the  same  degree 
staff  two  months  later,  and  by  the  end  of  the  year  nearly  500 
members  had  been  admitted. 

The  council  was  of  course  a  center  of  interest  from  the  very 
beginning,  and  became  active  in  every  endeavor  appropriate 
to  the  Order.  Its  earliest  recorded  activities  had  to  do  with 
lectures  on  a  large  scale.  The  State  Council,  which  was  or- 
ganized three  years  after  Chicago  Council  was  instituted,  intro- 
duced itself  to  the  public  through  a  series  of  notable  lectures. 
The  first  was  given  in  1902  by  the  learned  and  eloquent  Wash- 
ington clergyman.  Rev.  D.  J.  Stafford,  D.  D.,  and  the  next  in 
1903  by  the  gifted  Bishop  of  Peoria,  John  Lancaster  Spalding. 
For  each  of  these  lectures  Chicago  Council  subscribed  for  200 
tickets.^ 

Every  kind  of  religious  and  charitable  work  was  fostered 
by  the  council.  The  benefactions  of  a  single  year,  1908,  will 
indicate  the  character  of  such  work.  During  that  year  the 
council  made  a  donation  to  Rev.  Leander  Zaro,  Catholic  mis- 
sionary from  the  Philippine  Islands,  to  assist  in  the  educa- 


4.  John  J.  McCarthy  and  W.  B.  Carroll  resigned  early  in  the  year,  ami 
were  succeeded  by  Hugh  Erwin  and  Daniel  W.  Maher  (Murphy,  History  uj 
Chicago  Council,  p.  19). 

5.  As  noted  elsewhere.  Bishop  Spalding  was  unahle  to  appear,  and  his 
place  was  filled  bv  Rev.  Thomas  E.  Sherman,  S.  J.  (Report  of  State  Deputy 
McArdle,  May  3,  1904,  p.  5.) 


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KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


HON.  JOHN  J.  DELANEY, 

State  Deputy,  New  York,  Who  as  Chief  Degree  Officer 
Instituted  Chicago  Council,  182 


PIONEER  COUNCILS 


115 


tion  of  native  priests.  One  thousand  dollars  was  voted  to  the 
Church  Extension  Society  to  be  paid  at  the  rate  of  $100.00  per 
annum.  An  appropriation  was  made  to  the  Chicago  Chapter 
to  assist  in  publishing  a  catalogue  of  books  by  Catholic  authors 
in  the  Public  Library.    Donations  were  made  to  the  House  of 


A  GROUP  OF  THE  FIRST  ILLINOIS  MEMBERS 

Charles  E.  Conley,  Edmund  S.  Cummings,  Michael  W.  Gleason,  George  V. 
Mclntyre,   James  D.   Morrison  and  James  I.   Naghten 


the  Good  Shepherd  and  the  Ephpheta  School  for  the  Deaf  and 
Dumb.  During  the  same  year  a  scholarship  was  voted  to  De 
Paul  University,  and  later  this  scholarship  was  made  perma- 
nent, and  both  St.  Ignatius  College  and  De  Paul  University 
were  r\ade  beneficiaries.   -The  annual  banquet  and  ball  have 


116         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

always  been  features  of  Chicago  Council 's  activities,  and  have 
been  made  great  social  events.® 

During  the  war  much  care  was  taken  to  keep  in  touch  with 
the  men  in  the  service  from  the  council,  and  their  families 
were  visited  by  committees  and  every  courtesy  and  assistance 
extended  them.  A  gallery  of  the  men  in  the  service  was  as- 
sembled and  adorns  the  walls  of  the  council  chamber.^ 

A  surprisingly  large  number  of  councils  in  Chicago  trace 
their  origin  or  near  relationship  to  Chicago  Council,  as  will 
be  seen  in  the  council  sketches  following.  During  its  existence 
the  council  initiated  some  1,200  members,  but  due  to  transfers 
to  new  councils,  deaths,  resignations,  etc.,  it  has  never  at  any 
time  contained  more  than  half  that  number.* 

The  council  celebrated  its  twenty-fifth  anniversary  on  July 
7,  1921,  with  a  banquet  at  the  Hotel  Sherman.  Seven  of  the 
survivors  of  the  original  twenty-four  members  were  present. 
Each  entertained  the  banqueters  with  brief  reminiscences.  The 
occasion  was  honored  by  the  presence  of  the  Supreme  Knight, 
James  A.  Flaherty,  who  spoke  at  length  on  the  accomplish- 
ments of  the  Order  and  by  the  State  Deputy  of  Illinois,  Ed- 
ward Houlihan,  who  dwelt  upon  the  work  of  the  Order  in 
Illinois.  The  Toast  Master  was  Past  Grand  Knight  and 
present  State  Secretary  Henry  J.  Lynch  who  was  introduced 
by  the  Grand  Knight  Francis  B.  Allegretti. 

An  official  history  of  the  council  prepared  by  Richard  J. 
Murphy  tells  in  detail  the  story  of  the  accomplishments  of  the 
council  and  the  part  played  by  the  several  members  and  offi- 
cers. This  is  the  first  volume  purporting  to  chronicle  the 
principal  events  of  interest  for  an  Illinois  council  and  is  a  most 
satisfactory  initial  effort.'' 


6.  For  an  exteuded  account  of  the  work  of  the  council  see  History  of 
Chicago  Council,  op.  cit. 

7.  The  age  of  Chicago  Council  is  apparent  In  its  eligible  list  for  service 
in  the  war.     Most  of  the  members  were  beyond  the  age  for  enlistment. 

8.  See  Histoni,  op.  cit. 

9.  Mr.  Murphy,  who  was  a  writer  and  newspaper  man  of  many  years' 
experience,  died  in  1922,  just  after  the  completion  of  this  boolv.  He  was  a 
native  of  Boston,  l)orn  March  1,  1861  ;  came  to  Chicago  witli  his  parents  at 
five  years  of  age.     Received  his  education  at  ^t.  Ignatius  College ;  was  Secre- 


PIONEER  COUNCILS  117 

244     MARQUETTE  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  C.  M.  Ries  Thomas  D.  Griffin 

Rev.  P.  N.  Perry  Rev.  Paul  B.  Smith  Daniel   W.   Maher 

Rev.  James  Callahan  ,-in  a  tvtt^  T^TvyT^trmo  Edward  W.   Rew 

Rev.  P.  A.  McLoughlin  GRAIMD  KNlGHi  b—  Francis  O'Shaughnessy 

Rev.  James  Scanlan  Lewis   E.   Sauter  W.  Francis  Corby 

Rev.    Sidney  J.   Morri-  Thomas  P.  Hallinan  Philip  J.  Maguire 

son  Thomas  H.  Cannon  Thomas  G.    Sexton 

Rev.    Joseph    A.    Boll-  Edmind  K.  Fleming  Arthur  Donoghue 

man  James  P.  O'Connor  John  H.  Harrington 
Rev.  Joseph  E.  Phelan 

Marquette  Council  No.  244  was  the  second  council  organ- 
ized in  Illinois  and  was  instituted  June  27,  1897,  nearly  a  year 
after  Chicago. 

In  May,  1897,  at  a  meeting  of  Chicago  Council,  a  resolution 
was  unanimously  adopted  authorizing  the  Grand  Knight, 
Thomas  S.  Keirnan  (who  had  also  then  been  appointed  Terri- 
torial Deputy  Supreme  Knight),  to  select  a  Committee  to 
undertake  the  formation  of  a  Council  on  the  North  Side  in 
Chicago.^"  Thereupon,  he  appointed  an  Organization  Com- 
mittee of  members  of  Chicago  Council,  residing  on  the  North 
Side  consisting  of  Lewis  Edward  Sauter,  Thomas  P.  Hallinan, 
M.  W.  Diffley,  Daniel  W.  Maher,  John  A.  Boland,  Frank  T. 
O'Leary,  and  James  D.  Morrison.  Two  preliminary  meetings 
were  held,  a  week  apart,  at  the  old  Revere  House  on  North 
Clark  St.,  presided  over  by  Lewis  Edward  Sauter,  and  the 
charter  roll  was  closed  with  sixty-five  names  comprising  forty- 
seven  new  applicants  and  eighteen  members  transferred  from 
Chicago  Council. 

Three  names  for  the  council  were  proposed,  viz.,  Marquette, 
Columbia  and  LaSalle,  and  on  motion  of  Mr.  Diffley,  the  name 
"Marquette"  was  selected." 


tary  of  Promotion  and  Publicity  of  the  World's  Fair,  and  in  his  later  years 
a  publisher  and  real  estate  dealer. 

10.  Wisdom  was  displayed  in  the  mother  council  by  providing  for  the 
extension  of  the  Order  on  the  north,  south  and  west  sides  of  the  city,  as 
will  be  seen. 

11.  Thus  was  Chicago's  discoverer,  first  missionary,  and  first  white  resi- 
dent honored.  Father  Marquette  passed  down  the  Chicago  river  to  the  lake 
in  August  or  September,  1673,  and  visited  the  site  of  Chicago  again  in  1074, 
landing  at  the  mouth  of  the  Chicago  river,  then  at  the  foot  of  Madison  street. 
on  December  4,  1674.  There  he  remained  for  seven  days,  celebrating  Mass 
each  day  except  December  S,  and  then  moved  up  the  river  to  what  is  now 
Robey  street  and  the  drainage  canal,  where  he  lived  from  December  14,  1674, 
to  March  29,  1675.     (See  Marquette's  letters  in  Jesuit  Relations,  Vol.  59.) 


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KNIGHTS  OF  COLU^IBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


The  Council  was  instituted  at  the  North  End  Masonic 
Temple,  No.  1500  N.  Clark  St.,  Chicago.  The  first  and  second 
degrees  were  exemplified  bv  the  officers  of  Chicago  Council. 
The  major  degree  was  presided  over  by  Hon.  John  J.  Cone  of 
New  Jersey,  then  Deputy  Supreme  Knight  of  the  Order.    He 


JAMES  HORAN. 

Marquette  Council, 
Cliief  Chicago  Fire  Department 


THOMAS  H.  CANNON. 
Marquette  Council, 
H.  C.   R.  C.  O.  F. 


was  ably  assisted  by  John  J.  Phelan  and  Patrick  ^Murphy,  both 
of  whom  then  officiated  for  the  first  time  and  demonstrated 
the  marked  ability  which  soon  made  them  widely  known  tor 
the  excellence  of  their  work. 

Among  the  charter  members  of  Marquette  Council  were 
Thomas  H.  Cannon,  James  Horan,  Thomas  J.  Dawson,  John 


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T.  Connerr,  Quin  O'Brien,  John  A.  Mahoney,  William  J. 
Lvman,  James  J.  Gray,  James  Bowers,  Richard  J.  Reynolds 
and  Joseph  J.  Kelley. 

The  first  Grand  Knight  of  the  Council  was  Lewis  Edwara 
Santer.    Thomas  P.  Hallinan  was  the  Deputy  Grand  Knight, 


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Frank  T.  O'Leary,  Financial  Secretary  and  Daniel  W.  Maher, 
R-ecording  Secretary. 

Marquette  Council  was  an  especially  active  organization, 
and  was  the  first  council  in  Chicago  to  secure  club  house  ac- 
commodations. In  the  year  1906,  the  quarters  of  the  Lincoln 
Cycling  Club  at  1134  Dearborn  Street  was  taken  over  by  the 
council.  These  quarters  contained  a  large  auditorium,  swim- 
ming pool  and  bowling  and  hand  ball  alleys,  billiard  room 


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and  commodious  club  rooms,  and  were  occupied  by  the  council 
until  1916,  when  the  owners,  the  Chicago  Railways  Company, 
desiring  the  property  for  an  employes'  club,  declined  to  re- 
new the  lease.  Since  being  deprived  of  a  club  house,  meetings 
were  held  in  the  Bush  Temple  until  February,  1920,  Avhen 
a  new  club  house  was  leased  at  Clark  and  Schiller  Streets. 

Special  work  of  Marquette  Council  includes  the  mainte- 
nance of  a  scholarship  at  De  Paul  University,  an  annual  dona- 
tion to  the  Xavier  Braille  Publication  Society  for  the  Blind, 
the  purchase  of  $4,750.00  of  Liberty  bonds  and  $500.00  in  War 
Savings  Stamps.  The  council  contributed  its  full  quota  to  the 
Half  Million  Dollar  Endowment  Fund  of  the  Catholic  Uni- 
versity, and  in  all  of  the  war  time  drives.  It  has  always  been 
represented  in  baseball  and  other  athletic  activities.^ - 

On  April  1,  1921,  Marquette  Council  had  591  members, 

282    DE  LA  SALLE  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  Wm.  R.  Griffin  Richard  M.  Hallinan 

Rev.  D.  F.  McGuire  Rev.   R.  A.  Fagan  Thomas  J.  Kane 

Rev.     F.     A.     Purcell,  r^-o  a-kit^  r^T^nr^urj^a  Laurence  T.  Riordan 

D.  D,  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  jo^n  P.  Dillon 

Rev.    T.   V.   Shannon  Patrick  L.  McArdle  Thomas  P.  Flynn 

Rev.  E.  L.  Dondanville  Joseph  Joyce  Charles  H.  Roche 

Rev.  F.  E.  Scanlon  George  V.  Mclntyre  Owen  E.  Desmond 

Rev.  J.  P.  Doran  James  P.  Monahan  James  C.  Holland 

Rev.  B.  C.  Heeney  James  J.  Kelly  John  F.  Zimmerman 

Rev.  T.  E.  O'Shea  Michael  V.  Kannally  Thomas  J.   Clancy 

De  LaSalle  Council  No.  282  was  instituted  on  November 
7,1897.  In  August  of  that  year  Thomas  S.  Keirnan,  the  Grand 
Knight  of  Chicago  Council,  and  Territorial  Deputy  of  Illi- 
nois, appointed  a  committee,  consisting  of  Patrick  L.  McArdle, 
Thomas  F.  Delaney  and  George  V.  Mclntyre,  to  organize  a 
council  on  the  south  side.  The  preliminary  meetings  were  held 
in  the  Lexington  Hotel,  and  at  the  institution  the  first  and 
second  degrees  were  conferred  by  degree  teams  from  Chicago 
and  Marquette  councils,  the  third  by  District  Deputy  Supreme 
Knight  John  W.  Hogan  and  staff  of  Syracuse,  New  York.^^ 


12.  Mr.  Thomas  D.  Griffin,  the  president  of  the  Illinois  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus Athletic  Commission,   is  at  present  Grand  Knight  of  Marquette  Council. 

13.  Mr.  Hogan,  as  has  been  seen,  was  very  active  in  promoting  a  sound 
insurance  system  for  the   Order. 


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KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


De  LaSalle  Council  has  been  from  the  beginning  a  virile 
organization,  and  from  that  council  have  come  some  of  the 
most  capable  men  of  the  Order.  The  chairman  of  the  Organ- 
ization Committee  and  the  first  Grand  Knight  of  the  council, 
Patrick  L.  McArdle,  who  had  come  into  the  Order  through 


JOSEPH  JOYCE, 
De  LaSalle  Council 


MICHAEL  V.   KANNALLT, 
De  LaSalle  Council 


Chicago  Council,  developed  into  a  notable  exponent  of  the 
Degree  "Work,  was  elected  State  Deputy  within  a  short  time 
after  the  organization  of  De  LaSalle  Council,  and  as  has  been 
seen,  was  raised  successively  to  the  positions  of  Deputy  Su- 
preme Knight  and  National  Advocate.  From  De  LaSalle 
Council  also  came  Thomas  P.  Flynn,  who  became  Master  of 


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LaSalle  Assembly  of  the  Fourth  Degree,  and  later  Vice-Su- 
preme Master  of  the  Fourth  Degree.^* 

De  LaSalle  Council  owns  and  maintains  a  commodious 
home.     On  April  1,  1921,  the  council  had  657  members. 

In  1898  four  new  councils  were  organized,  viz.,  Illinois, 
Englewood,  Lafayette  and  Joliet. 

301     ILLINOIS  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  Michael  F.   Sullivan 

Rev.  J.  A.  Hynes  Hugh  J.  Kearns  John  T    Lillis 

Rev.  Peter  J.   Muldoon       Edvi^ard  F.  Kennedy  i^'"®?  *-  ^  J^rien 

Rev.   P.   C.   Conway  Edward   F.   Keefe  Theodore  E.  Cornell 

Rev.  Thomas  F.  Quinn       Philip  J.  McKenna  iP"",    "c  ^S'F,^" 

Rev.  A.  T.  Terlecke  Edward  D.  O'Brien  j!,^^"*^  ^•,?'  o^"     ^^ 

William  F.   Ryan  Edmund  M.  Smnott 

William  N.  Brown  Thomas  Garrity 

Illinois  Council  301  was  instituted  January  16,  1898.  The 
first  steps  with  reference  to  the  organization  of  what  developed 
into  Illinois  Council  were  directed  by  Hugh  J.  Kearns,  Daniel 
J.  O'Connor,  Edward  F.  Kennedy,  Thomas  F.  Smith  and  some 
others,  all  of  Chicago  Council.  Preliminary  meetings  were 
held  in  Lowther's  Hall,  Madison  Street  and  California  Avenue, 
and  sixty  applicants  were  enrolled.  The  council  was  instituted 
at  Fraternity  Hall,  17  "W.  Adams  Street.  The  first  and  second 
degrees  were  conferred  by  officers  of  Chicago  Council.  Dis- 
trict Deputy  W.  J.  Cashman  and  staff  from  Boston  officiated  in 
the  major  degree.  The  first  officers  of  Illinois  Council  were 
Chaplain  Rev.  J.  A.  Hynes ;  Grand  Knight,  Hugh  J.  Kearns ; 
Deputy  Grand  Knight,  Edward  F.  Kennedy;  Chancellor, 
Frank  T.  Kannane;  Recorder,  Daniel  J.  O'Connor;  Financial 
Secretary,  Thomas  J.  Smith;  Treasurer,  Joseph  G.  Murphy; 
Lecturer,  Robert  M.  Sweitzer ;  Advocate,  Francis  J.  Sullivan ; 
"Warden,  John  J.  Gleason ;  Trustees,  Wm.  Smith,  George  Clark, 
T.  Frank  Quilty,  M.  J.  Flanagan  and  J.  A.  Selleck.  Illinois 
Council  claims  the  distinction  of  establishing  the  custom  of 
approaching  Holy  Communion  in  a  body  during  Easter  time. 


14.  Mr.   Flynn   devoted   several  years   of  effort   to   the   promotion  of  the 
Fourth  Degree. 


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From  the  earliest  the  Council  has  followed  the  custom  of  an  an- 
nual memorial  Mass  for  deceased  members.  A  ' '  question  box ' ' 
was  made  a  feature  of  the  meetings  of  Illinois  Council  at  the 
suggestion  of  Kev.  T.  F.  Quinu.  A  notable  event  in  the  history 
of  the  council  was  the  cotillion  given  at  Illinois  Hall  in  May, 
1904.  An  eminently  successful  minstrel  show  was  given  at  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  Hall  February,  1906.    A  special  form  of  activity 


A  DEVOTED  TRIO  OF  ILLINOIS  MEMBERS 
Edward  McDonald,  Michael  J.  Tierney  and  Phillip  J.  Sharkey 


in  Illinois  Council  for  some  years  was  lectures  by  qualified 
business  and  professional  men.  Among  these  were  lectures 
on  the  United  States  Navy  by  Wm.  B.  "Wilson ;  on  Dentistry, 
Dr.  E.  F.  Keefe;  Pneumonia,  Dr.  H.  J.  Way;  Traction  Ques- 
tions, Alderman  W.  F.  Brenuan ;  Passion  Play,  Illustrated,  by 
Jacob  F.  Mehren ;  Tunnelling  by  T.  Frank  Quilty ;  Ireland, 
illustrated,  by  Philip  J.  McKenna ;  Eome,  illustrated,  by  Miss 
Virginia  Vaughan ;  Irish  Music,  by  William  Dillon ;  Rendition 
of  Irish  Music,  by  Rev.  J.  K.  Fielding;  Infallibility  of  the 
Pope,  by  Alexander  Sullivan;  The  American  Republic,  its 
Mission,  our  duty  and  our  Opportunity,  and  Joan  of  Arc,  by 
John  F.  Scanlan;  A  trip  Abroad,  by  Rev.  T.  F.  Quinn;  Pa- 
triotism, by  District  Deputy  Michael  V.  Kannally ;  The  Holy 
Land  by  Rt.  Rev.  F.  C.  Ferron;  a  series  of  scientific  lectures 
OD  Astronomy,  Gravity,  The  Earth's  Formation  and  Aerial 


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125 


Navigation,  by  P.  E.  McDonnell;  Trip  Down  the  Drainage 
Canal,  by  Thomas  J.  Webb ;  The  Church  Crisis  in  France,  by 
John  J.  Ewing;  Actors'  Art,  by  Brother  Ambrose  of  the 
Christian  Brothers.^^ 

Upon  the  entry  of  onr  Country  into  the  World  War,  Uli- 


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Illinois  Council 


nois  Council  seized  the  opportunity  of  being  of  service  to  the 
Nation  and  the  Order  by  furnishing  from  its  ranks  eminent 
and  talented  public  speakers  to  assist  in  Liberty  Loan  Drives, 
a  special  canvass  of  its  members  for  the  American  Red  Cross, 
contributing  to  that  institution  the  largest  amount  from  any 
one  Council  in  Chicago  and  furnishing  the  Chairman  of  one  of 


15.  Columhian,  January  31,  1908,  p.  2. 


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the  most  important  if  not  the  most  important  of  the  War  Activ- 
ities of  our  Country,  the  Shipping  Board,  in  the  person  of 
Hon.  Edward  N.  Hurley.  Upon  the  passage  by  the  National 
Convention  of  the  per  capita  contribution  for  Knights  of 
Columbus  War  Activities,  Illinois  Council  was  one  of  the 
first  in  Illinois  to  forward  its  check  in  full  before  any  part 
of  the  fund  was  collected  from  the  members  of  the  Council. 

It  furnished  a  large  quota  of  its  members  for  service  in  the 
armed  forces  of  our  Country.  Had  several  of  its  blue  stars 
turned  to  silver  and  one  to  gold  through  the  loss  of  Lieutenant 
Edward  J.  Veasey,  Jr.,  killed  in  action  in  France.  Through- 
out the  period  of  the  War  it  carried  its  members  in  service  both 
insurance  and  associate  without  any  expense  to  the  individual 
and  today  has  a  permanent  fund  for  such  relief  as  may  be  re- 
quired by  ex-service  men.  Two  of  its  members  served  with 
distinction  in  France  as  K.  of  C.  Secretaries. 

In  affairs  of  the  Order  it  carries  scholarships  in  several  of 
the  local  colleges,  a  membership  in  the  Church  Extension 
Society,  and  has  furnished  from  its  membership  a  State 
Deputy,  two  Presidents  of  the  Chicago  Chapter,  a  Navigator 
and  a  Comptroller  of  La  Salle  General  Assembly  Fourth  De- 
gree, two  members  of  the  Degree  Team,  and  a  Secretary  of  the 
Fourth  Degree  for  the  Northern  District  of  Illinois,  several 
District  Deputies  and  Delegates  from  the  State  to  the  National 
Conventions  of  the  Order,  all  of  which  positions  have  been 
filled  with  credit  to  the  Order  and  the  Council. 

In  the  civic  life,  Illinois  Council  numbers  within  its  ranks 
the  County  Clerk  of  Cook  County,  the  State's  Attorney  of 
Cook  County,  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Review  of  Cook  County, 
Judges  of  the  Municipal  and  higher  Courts  and  men  promi- 
nent in  business,  law,  banking,  medicine,  and  other  walks  of 
life. 

Illinois  Council  has  advocated  a  permanent  home  in  the 
loop  for  the  individual  Council  and  has  a  fund  and  Committee 
working  upon  this  undertaking. 


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324    ENGLEWOOD  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.     John    A.     Rebe-*      Thomas  M.  Poynton 

Rev.  J.  P.  Aylward  deau  Peter  B.  Birong 

Rev.    William   D.  PRAisj-n  icNTrHTS—       ^i*^??^®}  9^^"^^!, 

O'Brien  OKAJNU  KJNiL.±iib —       Michael  J.  Lynch 

Rev.  J.  F.  Green,  James  J.  Kelly  Charles  Huguelet 

O.  S.  A.  John  J.  Doody  William  J.  Cleary 

Rev.  Hilary  J.  Doswald  Edward   Larkin  Edward  J.  Hennessy 

Rev.    Francis    J.    Bp-  Michael  F.  Girten  Patrick  J.   O'Connor 

stein,  P.  R.  James  J.  Tansey  James  B.  Schevers 

Rev.  EJdward  Cryan 

Englewood  Council  No.  324  was  instituted  March  27, 
1898.  At  meetings  held  in  the  Home  Club,  6735  Wentworth 
avenue,  early  in  the  year  1898,  of  which  James  J.  Kelly,  John 
J.  Doody  and  George  V.  Mclntyre  were  sponsors,  arrange- 
ments were  made  for  the  organization  of  Englewood  Council, 
which  resulted  in  the  institution  of  that  council  at  Forbe's 
Hall,  on  the  date  above  stated.  The  first  and  second  degrees 
were  exemplified  under  the  auspices  of  De  LaSalle  Council, 
with  Patrick  L.  McArdle  acting  as  Grand  Knight,  John  J. 
Doody  as  Deputy  Grand  Knight,  and  John  P.  McGoorty  as 
Chancellor.  The  third  degree  was  conferred  by  John  J.  De- 
laney.  State  Deputy,  of  New  York.  A  special  feature  of  this 
institution  was  a  delegation  comprising  practically  the  entire 
membership  of  Detroit  Council,  which  had  just  recently  been 
organized.  At  this  institution,  too,  a  banquet  was  served  at 
the  Grand  Pacific  Hotel,  thus  inaugurating  the  practice  of 
banqueting  after  institution. 

The  first  officers  of  the  council  were :  Grand  Knight,  James 
J.  Kelly;  Deputy  Grand  Knight,  John  J.  Doody;  Chancellor, 
Rev.  John  P.  Aylward ;  Recording  Secretary,  James  C.  Bald- 
win ;  Financial  Secretary,  Thomas  J.  Fenton ;  Treasurer,  James 
J.  Tansey ;  Physician,  Dr.  James  J.  Moorehead ;  Warden,  Ed- 
ward Larkin ;  Chaplain,  Rev.  D.  J.  Crimmins ;  Lecturer,  P.  B. 
Birong;  Trustees,  Michael  H.  Hoey,  A.  J.  Schevers,  Edward 
L.  Larkin,  Benjamin  F.  Butler  and  John  H.  Lawler.  Engle- 
wood Council  has  been  a  notably  active  one.  An  item  of  early 
charitable  work  was  the  endowment  of  a  room  in  St.  Bernard 's 
Hotel  Dieu  Hospital.    It  was  the  first  of  the  Illinois  councils 


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ENGLEWOOD  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  HOME,  OWNED  JOINTLY  BY 
ARCHBISHOP   McHALE,   ENGLEWOOD   AND   LA  RABIDA  COUNCILS 


PIONEER  COUNCILS  129 

to  take  membership  in  the  Church  Extension  Society  on  pay- 
ment of  $1,000.  Englewood  was  very  active  during  the  war; 
furnished  its  full  quota  of  service  men,  and  raised  its  full 
share  of  funds  for  welfare  and  other  war  work/" 

As  is  seen  in  other  chapters,  Englewood  jointly  with  Arch- 
bishop McHale  and  La  Rabida  Councils  enjoys  a  fine  council 
home.  On  April  1, 1921,  Englewood  Council  had  a  membership 
of  624. 

361     LAFAYETTE  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  J.  J.  MuUaly  Daniel  E.  Fitzgerald 

Rev.  James  A.  Hynes  Rev.  C.  A.  Rempe  James  Scanlan 

Rev.  Henry  Friel  William  J.  Naughton 
Rev.  Joseph  A.  Glennon           GRAND  KNIGHTS—       Francis  D.  Connery 

Rev.  John  P.  Schiffer  Thomas  E.  Burke  John  R.  O'Reilley 

Rev.   M.   J.   O'Brien  James  J.  Tanyan  John  E.  Maloney 

Rev.  Francis  Caraher  Phillip  C.  Gibbons 

Lafayette  Council  No.  361  of  Chicago,  was  instituted  June 
2,  1898.  In  November  1897  Thomas  E.  Burke  called  a  meeting 
at  Sokup  's  Hall,  corner  of  Milwaukee  Avenue  and  Robey  Street, 
to  discuss  the  feasibility  of  organizing  a  council  of  the  Knights 
of  Columbus.  Another  meeting  was  held  at  Wicker  Park  Hall 
on  North  Avenue  in  February,  1898,  and  progress  toward 
organization  was  made.  At  a  meeting  held  in  May,  1898,  it 
was  decided  to  petition  the  State  Deputy  for  leave  to  institute 
a  council.  Upon  presentation  of  the  petition  the  State  Deputj' 
gave  his  consent,  and  arrangements  were  made  by  him  to  in- 
stitute the  council  on  June  2d  following.  The  first  class  con- 
sisted of  22  candidates,  seven  members  transferred  from  Chi- 
cago Council,  and  seven  from  Illinois  Council,  making  the 
total  membership  of  the  new  council  36.  The  first  and  second 
degrees  were  conferred  by  the  officers  of  De  LaSalle  Council, 
and  the  major  degree  by  District  Deputy  Patrick  L.  McArdle 
and  staff.  This  was  the  first  major  degree  ever  conferred  by 
Mr.  McArdle. 

The  principal  officers  first  elected  for  the  new  council  were 


16.  A    very    complete    report    of    Englewood    Council    was    furnished    by 
Frank  G.  Haas.  Council  Historiographer.     See  also  ColumMan,  April  24.  lyos. 


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Grand  Knight  Thomas  E.  Burke ;  Deputy  Grand  Knight  James 
J.  Tanyan ;  Chancellor,  John  R.  McCabe ;  Recording  Secretary, 
James  M.  Purcell ;  Financial  Secretary,  Frank  A.  Nass ;  Treas- 
urer, Joseph  A.  Helmuth,  Two  men  were  elected  to  minor 
offices  that  were  destined  to  become  very  prominent  and  valu- 
able members,  viz.,  Philip  C.  Gibbons,  who  was  elected  as  out- 


FRANCIS  D.  CONNERY. 
LaFayette  Council 


JOHN   E.   MALONEY, 
LaFayette  Council 


side  Guard,  and  Francis  D.  Connery,  Trustee,  Lafayette 
Council  from  the  very  beginning  entered  whole-heartedly  into 
the  work  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  Every  activity  of  the 
Order  received  due  attention,  and  some  of  the  work  of  the 
council  was  very  notable;  for  instance,  during  the  winter  of 
1909,  the  council  took  action  providing  for  assistance  to  twelve 
conferences  of  the  St.  Vincent  De  Paul  Society,  besides  assist- 
ing the  Ephpheta  Home.  The  council  early  took  a  prominent 
part  in  sports  and  athletics,  and  joined  with  the  other  councils 
in  all  such  organizations  as  promoted  clean  sports.    As  early 


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as  1911  a  building  association  was  organized,  and  a  committee 
appointed  to  consider  plans  for  a  council  home.    While  the 
matter  was  still  under  consideration,  however,  the  country 
became  involved  in  the  world  war,  and  nothing  was  done  until 
the  return  of  peace,  since  which  time  plans  have  been  revived, 
and  arrangements  are  being  made  for  a  council  home  on  a 
very  large  scale.    By  the  end  of  the  year  1912,  the  membership 
passed  the  1,000  mark,  and  the  council  took  a  conspicuous  posi- 
tion when  700  of  its  members  attended  Mass  in  a  body  at 
Maternity  Church  on  May  11,  1913,  and  received  Holy  Com- 
munion.   The  15th  anniversary  of  the  institution  of  the  coun- 
cil was  celebrated  by  a  banquet  given  at  the  Auditorium  Hotel 
on  May  29,  1913.    His  Grace,  the  late  Most  Rev.  James  Ed- 
ward Quigley,  D.  D.,  honored  the  occasion  by  his  presence. 
Right  Rev.  Paul  P.  Rhode  and  Very  Rev.  A.  J.  Thiel  also 
were  present.     Archbishop  Quigley  read  a  cablegram  from 
Pope  Pius  X,  which  conveyed  to  the  council  the  Papal  Bless- 
ing.   Notable  events  of  the  council  include  the  summer  outing 
of  1913,  held  at  Desplaines,  Illinois,  on  August  17th.     On 
November  21,  1913,  a  charity  ball  attended  by  over  2,000  per- 
sons was  given  at  Riverview  Palace  Ball  Room.    A  children's 
party  participated  in  by  1,500  little  ones  was  given  at  the 
same  place  on  December  29,  1913.    A  Glee  Club  was  organized 
and  the  council  gave  a  notable  minstrel  show  at  Riverview 
Palace  Ballroom  on  May  6,  1914,  the  proceeds  of  which  were 
used  to  provide  for  the  Catholic  Boys'  summer  camp  at  Round 
Lake.      This   movement  was    promoted   by  Rev.  Thomas    L. 
Harmon  and  John  F.  Cuneen  of  Lafayette  Council.    On  May  8, 
1915,  David  Goldstein  of  Boston,  delivered  a  lecture  on  Social- 
ism under  the  auspices  of  the  council,  at  North  West  Hall.    A 
3-day  stag  outing  for  the  members  was  enjoyed  at  Round  Lake 
on  July  3,  4  and  5,  1915.    The  council  plunged  into  war  work 
with  all  its  energy.    The  records  show  that  on  October  13,  1917, 
a  roster  of  those  who  had  entered  the  service  was  compiled. 
The  Grand  Knight  immediately  appointed  a  war  camp  com- 


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mittee  to  have  charge  of  welfare  work.  Upon  the  levy  of 
the  two  dollar  assessment  by  the  Supreme  Council  the  Grand 
Knight,  John  E.  Maloney  recommended  that  the  council  for- 
ward a  check  for  the  full  amount  of  the  assessment  from  the 
general  fund.  This  recommendation  was  adopted  and  $3,078 
was  forwarded  October  14,  and  was  the  first  welfare  money  to 
reach  the  Supreme  Office.  Later  another  check  was  sent,  in- 
cluding individual  contributions.  The  contributions  made 
by  the  council  aggregated  $7,200.  Two  hundred  and  eighty- 
nine  members  of  the  council  served  in  various  branches  of  the 
army  and  navy,  as  appears  in  other  columns. 

The  war  over  and  proper  provision  being  made  for  post  war 
work  energy  was  directed  in  other  channels.  Taking  stock  of 
the  council's  activities  it  is  found  that  it  has  a  brass  band  of 
forty  pieces,  six  baseball  clubs,  several  bowling  teams  and  a 
glee  club.  The  council  owns  a  property  bounded  by  Fullerton, 
Washtenaw  and  Fairfield  avenues,  upon  which  it  is  proposed 
to  erect  a  suitable  council  home.  Lafayette  is  a  contender  for 
first  place  amongst  the  councils  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
with  a  membership  of  2,591.^^ 

382    JOLIET  COUNCIL,  Joliet 

CHAPLAINS —  Rev.    Joseph    P.    Mor-  John  Gallagher 

Rev.    H,    G.    VanPelt,  rison  Thomas  V.  Brennan 

D.   D.  Rev.    Martin   J.    Nealis  James    Bray 

Rev.   A.   Olzsewski  Rev.  T.  F.  Tormey  John  F.  Quinn 

Rev.  P.   P.   O'Dwyer  /-.t,  .xtt^  T^-MTOTLrmo  Frank  J.  Wise 

Rev.  William  Roberts  GKAJND  KJNlGHlb—  William  Redmond 

Enisha   Meers  Wade  J.    Brady 

John  T.   Donohue  Louis  Lagger 

A  number  of  Catholic  men  in  Springfield  and  Joliet  re- 
quested the  organization  of  councils,  Springfield  made  the 
earliest  move  and  secured  permission  from  the  National  Council 
prior  to  Joliet,  and  accordingly  has  a  lower  number,  but  Joliet 
was  ready  for  institution  first.  Joliet  Council  No.  382  was 
instituted  November  27,  1898.    The  moving  spirits  in  the  early 


17.  The  state  Secretaries'  report  for  April  1,  1921,  gives  Lafayette 
Council  2,591  members  and  Calumet  2,639.  The  report  for  1922  gives 
Lafayette  2,784  and  Calumet  2,749. 


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days  of  Joliet  Council  were  Enisha  Meers,  John  T.  Donahue, 
and  Thomas  V,  Brennan.  Enisha  Meers  was  the  first  Grand 
Knight.  Joliet  Council  has  a  good  record  of  accomplishments. 
Amongst  the  donations  and  funds  provided  by  the  council  may 
be  mentioned  the  following:     For  four  scholarships  at  De 


THOMAS  V.   BRENNAN, 
Joliet  Council 


THOMAS  F.   DONOVAN. 
Joliet,  formerly  St.  Viateur's 


LaSalle  Institute  Joliet,  $500.00 ;  for  religious  purposes, 
$100.00  annually;  for  the  new  orphanage  projected  by  Most 
Rev.  Archbishop  George  William  Mundelein,  $2,200.00;  for 
the  old  orphanage,  $1,300.00 ;  for  war  welfare  work,  $73,100.00 ; 
for  war  securities,  $23,000.00,  principally  in  United  States 
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School  located  in  Springfield  was  eminently  successful,  as  ap- 
pears in  other  chapters.  Besides  its  own  activities  Springfield 
Council  was  a  virtual    apostolate    in    spreading    the    Order 


HON.  JAMES  M.  GRAHAM. 
Springfield  Council 


HON.  PATRICK  J.  LUCBY. 
Streator  Council 


throughout  the  central  part  of  the  state,  the  degree  teams  from 
that  council  and  large  numbers  of  the  members  assisting  at  all 
institutions  and  initiations  in  the  whole  central  territory,^^ 


22.   Springfield  was  in  a  large  sense  the  mother  council  of  Central  Illinois. 


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427     SPALDING  COUNCIL,  Peoria 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  E.  J.   Schuetz  W.    L.    Ilofer 

Rev.    C.   P.  O'Neill  Rev.  J.   J.  Cosgrove  William  Bourke 

Rev.   F.   J.  O'Reilly  Rev.  J.  A.  Gordon  J.   F.   Bajtley 

Rev.    J.   P.   Quinn  m?  AMir>  K-KrTPWT<3  ^-  J-  Mayer 

Rev.    J.    Shannon  OR  aim  D  KNiOHlb—  john  Henneberry 

Rev.    Charles  H.   Med-  John  F.  Kiernan  E.  C.  Slevin 

calf  O.  J.  Dolan  R.  J.  Kavanagh 

Rev.  W.  E.   Frawley  P.   A.   Donahue  R.  J.  Phalen 

Rev.  C.  J.  Higgins  J.   A.   Murray 

Spalding  Council,  No.  427  named  in  honor  of  the  illustrous 
Archbishop  John  Lancaster  Spalding,  was  instituted  May  21, 
1899,  with  104  members,  transferred  in  a  body  from  the  Ameri- 
can Sons  of  Columbus,  which  had  been  instituted  in  Peoria  on 
July  14,  1891.  From  the  date  of  its  organization  Spalding 
Council  took  front  rank  in  the  Order,  and  began  its  career  of 
accomplishment  with  the  donation  of  a  $1,000.00  scholarship  to 
Spalding  Institute  on  May  1,  1902,  in  commemoration  of  the 
25th  anniversary  of  Bishop  Spalding's  elevation  to  the  See  of 
Peoria.-^  Public  memorial  services  on  Decoration  Day  were 
instituted  in  1908.  It  has  a  magnificent  club  house,  the 
original  cost  of  which  was  $41,745.00,  to  which  has  been  added 
many  hundreds  of  dollars  of  improvements  since.  In  a  social 
way  the  council  has  been  a  distinct  success,  and  has  done  much 
to  unite  and  make  acquainted  the  Catholic  people  of  Peoria 
through  its  card  parties,  dances,  cotillions,  excursions  and  other 
social  affairs.  It  has  gained  particular  note  by  the  great  ban- 
quets in  honor  of  such  men  as  Theodore  Roosevelt,  William 
Howard  Taft,  Archbishop  Spalding  and  Cardinal  Mercier, 
as  alluded  to  in  other  chapters.  The  council  bore  its  share  in 
all  the  national  movements  in  the  Order,  such  as  the  Chair  of 
secular  history  in  the  Catholic  University,  the  half  million 
dollar  endowment,  the  San  Francisco  earthquake  relief,  the 
Ohio  and  Indiana  flood  funds,  the  Red  Cross,  War  relief  funds, 
and  numerous  other  charities.  From  the  council  197  members 
served  during  the  war.  On  the  first  call  for  funds,  the  $2.00 
assessment,  $1,600.00  was  paid  immediately.     In  the  big  drive 


23.  The  council  has  maintained  its  interest  in  Spalding  Institute  and  has 
proven  the  friend  of  Catholic  education. 


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$16,985.98  was  subscribed  and  turned  in  to  the  Supreme  Office. 
The  club  house  privileges  were  extended  to  the  soldiers  sta- 
tioned at  Camp  Herring,  and  to  the  men  of  the  S.  A.  T.  C, 
at  Camp  Bradley.  In  the  fall  of  1918,  when  the  ''flu"  epi- 
demic assumed  serious  proportions,  the  club  house  was  used 


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as  an  improvised  hospital  for  the  general  public  and  members 
gave  their  services  as  nurses  to  those  in  need.  At  one  time 
over  ninety  patients  were  being  taken  care  of  at  the  club  house. 
Spalding  Council  was  very  active  in  the  establishment  of 
an  evening  school  for  ex-service  men,  which  had  an  enroll- 
ment during  the  first  year  of  over  900  men.    During  its  early 


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years  Spalding  Council  also  did  much  to  spread  the  Order. 
The  council  attended  in  a  body  the  institution  of  the  first 
councils  in  Davenport,  St.  Louis,  Galesburg,  Chatsworth,  Ot- 
tawa, Lincoln,  Bloomington  and  LaSalle,  besides  having  large 
representation  at  many  other  places.  The  first  Grand  Knight 
was  John  F.  Kiernan,  and  the  first  Council  Chaplain  was 
Rev.  C.  P.  O'NeiU.2* 

460    ALTON  COUNCIL,  Alton 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.   George    E.   Faller  Dr.   D.   F.   Duggan 

Rev.  William  J.  Healey  r^T>  at^tt.  T^TvTT/-.trrr.c  J-    B.    Crivello 

Rev.    Thomas    Cusack  GRAND  KNlGHib—  Joseph  J.  Grossheim 

Rev.    Thomas   Fennes-  John   W.    Sweeney  George  Long,  Sr. 

sey  Edward    J.    Morrissey  O.    B.    George 

Rev.  B.  F.  Manning  W.  J.  Scott  John   F.   McGinnis,   Jr. 

Rev.  D.  F.  Daly  John   J.   McKeon  E.  W.  Brown 

B.   J.    O'Neill 

Alton  Council  No.  460  was  instituted  November  12,  1899, 
with  a  charter  membership  of  fifty.  The  preliminary  work 
previous  to  institution  was  accomplished  mainly  by  Rev.  Wil- 
iam  J.  Healey,  who  afterwards  became  State  Chaplain,  Michael 
W.  Gleason,  National  Organizer,  John  W.  Sweeney  and  Ed- 
ward J.  Morrissey.  Mr.  Morrissey  was  secretary  of  the  tempo- 
rary organization.  The  first  and  second  degrees  were  exempli- 
fied by  the  officers  of  Springfield  Council,  and  the  major  degree 
was  conferred  by  State  Deputy  Patrick  L.  McArdle,  assisted 
by  James  Plunkett  and  other  members  of  his  staff.  At  the 
time  of  the  institution  John  W.  Sweeney  was  elected  Grand 
Knight,  and  Rev.  William  J.  Healey  was  selected  as  Chaplain. 
The  council  has  always  been  active  in  all  the  work  of  the  Order, 
but  one  of  its  earliest  activities  deserves  special  mention.  Soon 
after  the  council  was  organized  the  custom  was  established  of 
giving  an  annual  picnic  for  the  children  of  the  Catholic  Or- 
phanage in  the  diocese.  This  has  been  a  source  of  much  satis- 
faction to  the  council  and  to  the  management  of  the  orphanage. 
Alton  Council  claims  priority  in  the  establishment  of  club 
rooms.    Very  soon  after  the  council  was  instituted  commodious 


24.  See  list  above. 


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club  rooms  were  opened  and  State  Deputy  McArdle  took  oc- 
casion to  compliment  the  council  very  highly  for  this  work.  It 
now  owns  a  valuable  building,  having  purchased  what  was 


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known  as  the  Spalding  Club  Building,  which  has  been  re- 
modeled and  equipped  with  swimming  pool,  bowling  alley, 
gymnasium,  club  rooms  and  dining  room,  in  addition  to  a 
commodious  council  chamber.  The  privileges  of  the  club  are 
extended  to  the  Catholic  boys  of  the  city  not  yet  members  of  the 


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141 


Order.  One  hundred  six  men  were  in  the  service  from  Alton 
Council  during  the  war,  five  gave  their  lives,  two  of  whom 
were  killed  in  battle.  The  council  collectively  and  the  members 
individually  subscribed  liberally  for  war  bonds.  The  council 
owns  $2,000.00  worth  of  the  various  war  issues.    In  the  early 


EDW^ARD  J.  MORRISSEY, 
Alton  Council 


"WILLIAM  D.  ROSE, 
Springfield  Council 


days  of  the  Order  Alton  Council  assisted  materially  in  the 
establishment  of  new  councils,  and  Edward  J.  Morrissey,  who 
became  the  second  Grand  Knight,  having  been  appointed  a 
District  Deputy,  exemplified  the  major  degree  at  Litchfield, 
Peoria,  Springfield,  Morrisonville,  Paris,  Murphysboro,  Alton, 
East  St.  Louis  and  Belleville.  W.  J.  Scott  and  W.  C.  Mor- 
rissey become  well  known  as  able  assistants  to  District  Deputy 
Morrissey.  Alton  council  has  entertained  the  State  Conven- 
tion in  a  very  satisfactory  manner.^^ 


25.  May   13-14,   1919. 


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470     ROCKFORD  COUNCIL,  Rockford 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  William  O'Rourke  William  J.   Hayes 

wov     Tjitnf.<5    T  , -r^r^^  George  L.   Schlenk 

Fn'ahel^rv  GRAND  KNIGHTS-  Hugh  J.  Gallagher 

Rev    Thomas  Finn  George    W.    Tuttle  Charles   E.   Gartland 

Rev!  John  J.  Flanagan  John    R.    Brown  PaulCreagan 

Rev   M.  A.  Schumacher  James    J.    Carty  Charles  G.   McNeany 

Rev    A    Marchasano  Thomas  H.  McCann  William   F.   Murphy 

Rev'    Thomas    O.    Ma-  John  W.   McDonald  J.  J.  Ford     

guire  Andrew     B.      Culhane,  Thomas   E.   Gill 

Rev.  O.  P.  Christopher  M.  D.  John    H     Prial 

Rev.  William  J.  Curran  William  H.  Gaffney  Peter  Phillips 

KocKFORD  Council  No.  470  was  instituted  January  7,  1900. 
Michael  W.  Gleason,  National  Organizer,  visited  Rockford  and 
was  assisted  in  the  preliminary  work  by    James    J.    Carty, 
Thomas  L.  Sizer,  Wm.  H.  Sizer,  John  R.  Brown,  Edward  F. 
O'Connor  and  George  W.  Tuttle.    At  the  time  of  the  institu- 
lion  tlie  first  and  second  degrees  were  exemplified  by  the 
officers  of  De  LaSalle  and  Lafayette   Councils  of  Chicago. 
James  J.  Kelley,  District  Deputy,  of  Englewood  Council,  Chi- 
cago, deceased,  exemplified  the  major  degree.     The  principal 
officers  elected  were :   Grand  Knight,  George  W.  Tuttle ;  Dep- 
uty Grand  Knight,  Wm.  H.  Sizer;  Chancellor,  Thomas  H. 
McCann;  Recording  Secretary,   John  R.   Bro\vn;   Financial 
Secretary,  Thomas  L.  Sizer ;  Treasurer,  James  J.  Carty.  Rock- 
ford  Council  has  been  uniformity  successful  in  the  conduct  of 
all  activities  of  the  Order,  but  work  of  all  the  early  years  of 
the  council  was  outshone  by  the  very  important  part  which 
it  played  in  war  welfare  work,  and  especially  in  connection 
with  the  great  military  cantonment,  Camp  Grant,  located  on 
the  outskirts  of  the  city  of  Rockford.-*'    The  spirit  of  the  mem- 
bei-ship  was  demonstrated  when  within  two  hours  after  re- 
quest from  the  Supreme  Council  for  funds  for  the  purpose  of 
carrying  out  the  plan  of  religious,  educational  and  recreational 
work  had  been  received  by  the  officers  of  the  council,  its  quota 
was  transmitted  by  wire  to  the  Supreme  Secretary.    As  soon 
as  the  site  of  Camp  Grant  was  selected  and  the  construction 
of  the  camp  began,  the  First  Regiment  of  Chicago  was  sent 


26.   See  account  of  Rockford's  efforts  iu   the  Chapter  on   War  Work. 


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there  as  a  patrol  guard.  This  regiment  contained  many  Cath- 
olics, both  among  the  officers  and  men.  Rockford  Council 
quick  to  appreciate  the  opportunity  for  service,  upon  the  sug- 
gestion of  Right  Rev.  Peter  J.  Muldoon,  Bishop  of  Rockford 
and  State  Chaplain,  made  arrangements  for  a  Field  Mass  each 
Sunday  at  the  reservation.  This  was  carried  on  until  the  first 
Knights  of  Columbus  building  was  erected  and  ready  for  oc- 


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cupancy.  Rev.  Thomas  Finn,  Pastor  of  St.  James  Church  and 
Council  Chaplain  had  direct  charge  of  these  services.  As  the 
building  of  the  camp  progressed,  orders  were  received  from 
the  Supreme  Secretary  by  Grand  Knight  Charles  McNeany 
to  appoint  a  committee  for  the  Knights  of  Columbus  buildings 
at  Camp  Grant.  Whereupon  he  appointed  the  following  mem- 
bers: Thomas  E.  Gill,  Chairman;  John  McLee,  William  F. 
Murphy  and  William  H.  Gaffney.  Mr.  Gaffney,  while  engaged 
in  this  task,  was  stricken  with  pneumonia  contracted  by  ex- 


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posure  at  the  camp,  and  died  before  the  first  building  was 
erected.  This  committee  by  care  and  attention  erected  the 
three  buildings  at  a  lower  cost  than  any  similar  buildings  at 
the  camp.  These  buildings  were  dedicated  by  Bishop  Muldoon 
and  from  that  time  served  as  the  religious  centers  of  the  Cath- 
olic soldiers  and  the  social  and  recreational  centers  for  all,  irre- 
spective of  creed.  The  splendid  set  of  secretaries  in  charge 
made  the  slogan, ' '  Everybody  Welcome  and  Everything  Free, ' ' 
more  than  empty  words.  Public  and  private  commendation 
was  given  by  every  commanding  officer,  Catholic  or  non-Cath- 
olic, for  the  effective  work  done  by  the  ' '  Caseys. ' '  The  officers 
and  members  of  Rockford  Council  ably  assisted  by  the  Catholic 
women  of  Rockford  co-operated  with  the  secretaries  in  the 
work  of  making  the  stay  of  the  men  at  Camp  Grant  a  little 
easier.  The  Council  Club  House,  situated  about  five  blocks 
from  the  heart  of  the  city  on  the  banks  of  the  beautiful  Rock 
River  was  thrown  open  to  all  the  soldiers.  The  open  sesame 
was  the  uniform  of  a  soldier  of  the  United  States  or  of  the 
Allies.  The  reading  and  card  rooms,  the  billiard  room,  shower 
baths  and  swimming  pool  were  all  free  to  the  soldier.  More 
than  one  tired  and  dusty  boy  blessed  the  club  for  a  cool  plunge 
after  a  hot  day  on  the  field  or  the  range.  The  spacious  lawn 
was  the  scene  of  many  a  pleasant  outdoor  gathering  and  dances 
were  given  each  Saturday  night.  The  only  admission  ticket  for 
a  soldier  was  his  uniform.  The  local  council  also  had  special 
entertainments,  social,  athletic  and  educational,  after  its  regu- 
lar meetings  for  the  members  of  the  Order  with  free  transpor- 
tation to  and  from  the  camp.  It  also  sponsored  boat  rides  and 
dances  on  the  boat,  dinner  parties  and  entertainment  at  the 
Rockford  Motor  Club.  The  members  of  the  Order  held  open 
house  at  their  homes  over  the  week  ends  and  holidays,  and  many 
a  boy  has  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  Rockford  Catholic  homes 
and  the  pleasure  of  auto  trips  up  and  down  the  beautiful  Rock 
river  valley  as  guests  of  the  members  of  Rockford  Council. 
Rockford  Council  initiated  many  candidates  from  among  the 


PIONEER  COUNCILS  145 

soldiers  and  not  one  in  the  service  ever  paid  any  dues.  All 
dues  of  all  members  in  the  service  were  remitted  as  long  as 
the  service  continued.  Perhaps  the  greatest  service  performed 
by  Rockford  Council  occurred  during  the  heartbreaking  days 
of  the  Flu  epidemic.  When  city  and  camp  were  stricken  by 
the  withering  scourge  of  death,  Rockford  Council  was  the  first 
of  three  organizations  to  turn  over  its  entire  club  house  to  the 
health  authorities  for  use  as  a  public  emergency  hospital.  It 
equipped  the  building  and  provided  men  and  women  nurses 
during  all  the  dark  days  when  twenty-two  hundred  souls  met 
their  Maker  within  forty  days.  The  Dominican  Sisters  of  the 
parochial  schools  left  their  work  of  teaching,  and  exemplify- 
ing the  work  of  their  Lord,  went  into  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
emergency  hospital  and  there  nursed  and  labored  until  the 
plague  had  abated.  The  members  of  the  council  in  co-operation 
with  other  civic  and  military  organizations  entertained  and 
assisted  thousands  of  relatives  and  friends  who  came  to  help 
their  living  loved  ones  or  to  bury  their  dead  during  this  dread 
period.  As  long  as  Camp  Grant  remained  a  military  post, 
Rockford  Council  tried  in  every  way  to  make  it  a  little  easier, 
better  and  sweeter  for  the  boy  in  uniform.  How  well  it  suc- 
ceeded can  only  be  judged  from  the  gratitude  of  the  objects 
of  its  solicitude.  The  council  itself  sent  fifty-seven  of  its 
members  into  the  service.^^ 

517    DE  SOTO  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS  J.  J.  Crowley,  Sr.  E.   J.    Sullivan 

Rev.   P.  D.   Gill  J.  J.  Crowley,  Jr.  Edward  M.  Glawe 

Rev.  Joseph  A.  Casey  Adam  Schneider  C.    J.    Murphy 

r-wATvjT-,  TTTMTr'WTC!  Gcorge   Kolb  F.    N.    Wohlleber 

GRAND  KNIGHTS—  j_    Parnell   Egan  Alex  C.  Birren 

Edward   J.    Walsh  Adam    Weckler 

De  Soto  Council  No.  517  of  Chicago,  was  instituted  May 
30,  1900.  The  promoters  of  De  Soto  Council  were  Edward 
J.  Walsh,  Adam  Schneider,  Thomas  Riordan,  Felix  McHugh, 
Michael  F.  Madden,  Jerome  J.  Crowley,  Sr.,  and  Z.  P.  Brosseau, 
as   well    as   a    number   of   members  of   other   councils   who 


27.  See  accounts  in  other  chapters  of  Rockford  Council's  activities  in  con- 
nection with  Camp  Grant. 


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saw  the  great  possibilities  for  the  Order  on  the  then  far 
north  side  of  Chicago.  The  preliminary  work  was  done  by 
State  Deputy  Patrick  L.  McArdle.  At  the  time  of  the  institu- 
tion officers  of  Chicago  Council  conferred  the  first  degree  and 
of  Marquette  Council  the  second.     The  major  degree  was  ex- 


HON.    CHARLES    A.    McDONALD, 
De    Soto    Council 


HON.  JOHN  M.   O'CONNOR. 
Marquette  Council 


emplified  by  State  Deputy  Patrick  L.  McArdle  and  staff,  as- 
sisted by  Patrick  J.  Murphy,  John  J.  Phalen  and  others.  A 
man  who  afterwards  became  a  prominent  member  and  dis- 
tinguished citizen,  Edward  Laliiff,  is  remembered  as  an  espe- 
cially active  candidate.  Among  the  principal  officers  elected  at 
the  time  of  the  institution  were:  Edward  J.  Walsh,  Grand 
Knight;   Jerome   J.    Crowley,    Sr.,    Deputy    Grand    Knight; 


PIONEER  COUNCILS  147 

George  Murphy,  Chancellor;  Felix  McHugh,  Financial  Secre- 
tary; Adam  Schneider,  Treasurer;  Rev.  Patrick  D.  Gill,  pastor 
of  Mt.  Carmel  Church,  Chicago,  was  one  of  the  most  enthus- 
iastic and  valuable  members  of  the  new  council.  He  was  ap- 
pointed its  first  Chaplain,  and  in  that  capacity  served  with 
remarkable  fervor  and  usefulness  during  a  period  of  nineteen 
years.  Father  Gill  was  one  of  the  first  of  the  members  in 
Chicago  to  advocate  the  importance  of  a  large  downtown  head- 
quarters for  the  Order. 

Throughout  the  twenty-  years  of  the  council 's  existence  its 
charity  has  been  intensely  practical  and  praiseworthy.  A 
unity  of  purpose  amongst  the  members  has  developed  a  De 
Soto  spirit  which  spells  success  in  all  its  enterprises.  True 
fraternity  prevails  both  in  and  out  of  the  Council  chamber, 
which  makes  all  the  members  proud  of  the  Council  and  of  each 
other.  Its  patriotism  and  its  war  record  will  stand  comparison 
with  any  other  organization  in  the  country. 

Recognizing  that  an  active  social  life  tends  to  bind  the  mem- 
bers together  and  make  them  interested  in  more  serious  matters, 
the  council  has  an  unwritten  rule:  ''Something  doing  at 
every  meeting."  As  a  consequence  the  meetings  are  well  at- 
tended and  the  council's  social  affairs  are  invariably  success- 
ful. In  athletics  the  council  has  always  taken  a  prominent  part. 
Many  championships,  both  in  indoor  and  outdoor  baseball, 
bowling,  basketball  and  other  branches,  have  fallen  to  its 
teams.  In  the  many  spirited  contests  in  which  the  council  has 
engaged  true  sportsmanship  has  prevailed ;  and  while  its  teams 
do  their  utmost  to  win  they  have  also  proved  themselves  good 
losers. 

The  council's  interest  in  social  and  athletic  affairs  is  only 
a  means  to  an  end,  for  early  in  its  history  it  set  aside  a  large 
percentage  of  its  funds  for  educational  work.  For  many  years 
it  maintained  scholarships  in  St.  Ignatius  College  and  De  Paul 
University,  as  well  as  giving  medals  and  prizes  for  religious 
knowledge  to  the  children  of  the  neighboring  parochial  schools. 


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In  addition  to  this,  numerous  books  of  an  educational  and  relig- 
ious order  have  been  distributed.  Several  sets  of  the  Catholic 
Encyclopedia  have  been  presented  to  neighboring  schools. 
From  the  educational  fund  it  has  also  purchased  a  De  Soto 
Scholarship  in  the  newly  founded  Quigley  Memorial  Seminary 
and  will  maintain  the  same. 

]\Iindful  of  the  work  done  by  the  members  since  its  founda- 
tion the  Council  presented  a  beautiful  stained  glass  window  of 
Saint  Cecelia  to  Mount  Carmel  Church  as  a  memorial  of  the 
deceased  members  of  the  Council. 

The  service  flag  shows  that  185  membei*s  were  actually  in  the 
service  of  their  country.  The  mere  recital  of  facts  or  the  parad- 
ing of  figures  cannot  convey  a  correct  idea  of  the  part  played 
by  the  members  and  the  Council  in  the  great  World  War. 
From  the  moment  our  beloved  country  entered  the  conflict 
a  warlike  and  intensely  patriotic  spirit  took  possession  of  the 
members,  so  that  every  effort  was  bent  towards  bringing  it  to  a 
successful  conclusion. 

There  are  four  gold  stars  on  the  Council's  service  flag; 
twelve  members  gained  commissions ;  two  members  gained  the 
Distinguished  Service  Cross  and  Croix  de  Guerre.  The  num- 
ber wounded  in  action  was  large,  but  could  not  be  correctly 
ascertained  at  the  time  of  writing.  Two  Knights  of  Columbus 
secretaries  and  one  Chaplain  in  active  service  with  the  forces 
in  France  also  were  members  of  De  Soto  Council.  Every 
other  branch  of  war  activity  was  well  supported  by  the  Council 
and  its  members.  The  Council  subscribed  to  all  of  the  five 
Liberty  Loans,  and  has  a  large  portion  of  its  reserve  funds  in- 
vested in  these  securities.  It  would  be  difficult  to  find  a  mem- 
ber who  does  not  own  Liberty  Bonds  and  War  Savings  Stamps. 
In  the  various  drives  for  funds  the  members  gave  liberally  and 
many  of  them  also  gave  their  time  as  speakers  and  helped 
those  funds  in  every  possible  manner. 

Early  in  the  War  when  the  Great  Lakes  Training  Station 
seemed  to  grow  into  a  populous  city  over  night  and  the  North 


PIONEER  COUNCILS  149 

Side  K.  of  C.  War  Activities  Committee  was  organized,  the 
Council  was  well  represented  in  its  work,  and  took  a  promi- 
nent part  in  all  its  activities.  Several  of  its  most  talented 
members  gave  their  services  as  entertainers  and  produced  some 
very  successful  shows  for  the  amusement  of  the  "Jackies. " 
This  committee  was  at  work  long  before  the  Supreme  Council 
had  taken  the  work  in  hand.  It  was  through  De  Soto 's  efforts 
that  a  large  sum  was  raised  to  carry  on  the  emergency  work  of 
this  organization. 

All  through  the  War  the  Council  kept  in  close  touch  with 
its  members,  wherever  they  were  stationed — never  losing  trace 
of  them,  and  keeping  them  supplied  with  De  Soto  Council  sta- 
tionery for  their  own  use.  A  Service  Flag  Club  was  organized 
— a  voluntary  organization  of  members  who  took  it  upon  them- 
selves to  see  that  no  members  in  the  service  should  lapse 
through  non-payment  of  dues  during  his  term  of  service.  Thus 
as  each  member  was  discharged  he  was  presented  with  a  fully 
paid  up  membership  card. 

As  a  permanent  memorial  of  the  part  played  by  its  mem- 
bers in  the  Service  the  council  has  a  War  Album,  con- 
taining many  pictures  of  members  in  camp,  on  sea  and  on  the 
firing  line.  This  album  will  become  of  increasing  sentimental 
and  historical  value  as  the  years  pass.  After  the  War,  in  the 
hospitals  around  Chicago  there  were  very  many  wounded 
soldiers.  The  Council  sought  to  relieve  the  tedium  of  hospital 
life  for  them  in  every  way  by  sending  them  comforts.  Amongst 
other  things  a  smoker  was  organized  at  which  about  150  of 
the  wounded  soldiers  attended.  This  event  was  greatly  ap- 
preciated by  them,  and  at  the  same  time  it  showed  that  the 
members  were  mindful  of  the  sacrifices  these  soldiers  and 
sailors  had  made.  Every  member  who  owned  a  car  assisted  in 
bringing  the  men  to  and  from  the  hall,  and  the  other  members 
did  everything  possible  to  make  the  guests  feel  quite  at  home. 

Such  is  a  brief  account  of  the  Council's  war  record.  The 
full  story  would  require  much  more  space.    The  Council  has 


150         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

every  right  to  be  proud  of  the  part  played  by  the  members 
in  this  great  crisis  of  American  History. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  War  the  Council  responded  to  the 
Supreme  Council's  campaign  for  new  members  by  a  substantial 
increase  in  membership.  It  was  the  first  council  in  Illinois 
to  go  "over  the  top"  by  increasing  its  membership  over  one 
hundred  per  cent. 

The  biggest  enterprise  ever  undertaken  by  our  Council  is 
now  engaging  the  attention  of  officers  and  members.  It  is  the 
building  of  a  permanent  home  for  the  Council — worthy  in 
every  way  of  its  history  and  traditions.  An  ambitious  scheme 
has  been  proposed  and  plans  have  been  drawn  for  a  three-story 
building  which  will  accommodate  the  Council's  many  activi- 
ties. The  members  are  entering  into  this  movement  with  the 
same  enthusiasm  which  has  brought  every  De  Soto  enterprise 
to  a  successful  conclusion,  so  in  a  short  time  the  Council  will 
own,  manage  and  control  its  own  home. 

The  council 's  history  has  been  preserved  in  most  attractive 
and  permanent  form  by  a  movie  film  entitled :  ' '  The  Romance 
of  De  Soto  Council. ' '  In  this  interesting  and  instructive  film 
the  events  which  have  made  council  history  are  traced  with 
historical  fidelity  and  accuracy,  the  scenes  being  enacted  by 
the  very  members  who  took  part  in  those  events  themselves. 
This  picture  has  brought  forth  favorable  comment  wherever 
shown,  both  for  its  historical  value  and  its  current  interest. 
One  of  the  sub-titles  furnishes  a  most  appropriate  conclusion 
for  this  sketch,  for  it  sums  up  in  a  few  words  the  spirit  which 
seems  to  animate  De  Soto  Council:  "The  Past,  resplendent 
with  its  brilliant  record  of  achievements,  assures  a  Future 
roseate  with  the  glory  of  good  fellowship;  replete  with  con- 
structive service,  and  true  to  the  ideals  of  our  Order. '  '^^ 

28.  Information  furnished  chiefly  by  P.  J.  Doyle,  Council  Historiographer. 


PIONEER  COUNCILS  151 

537     PHIL  SHERIDAN  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  M.   J.  Hogan 

Rev.    Louis    Campbell         John  J.   Ryan  Bernard    J.    Coens 

Rev.   John   Morris  Joseph   W.    Cremin  George  F.  Mulligan 

Rev.  Maurice  Dorney  William   J.  Ford  Edward  P.   Keigher 

Rev.    James   Mugan  Thomas    J.    Condon  William   J.    Clark 

Dr.  Thomas  J.  Gorman  James  D.   Stacey 

Phil  Sheridan  Council,  No.  537  of  Oak  Park  was  instituted 
November  1,  1900,  and  was  the  first  council  on  the  far  west 
side  and  the  first  Council  west  of  the  Chicago  river  after 
Illinois  Council.  In  the  early  fall  of  1900  WiUiam  J.  Ford, 
Joseph  W,  Cremin,  Cornelius  P.  Dungan  and  Frank  A.  0  'Neil 
were  visiting  at  the  home  of  John  J.  Ryan  in  River  Forest 
and  the  question  of  endeavoring  to  organize  a  Council  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  in  the  territory  of  Austin  and  Oak  Park 
was  favorably  considered.  As  a  result  of  this  little  gathering, 
which,  to  be  historically  accurate,  took  place  on  the  front  porch 
of  John  J.  Ryan 's  residence,  Phil  Sheridan  Council  was  organ- 
ized with  a  charter  membership  of  80.  The  major  degree  work 
at  the  time  of  the  institution  of  the  council  was  in  charge  of 
State  Deputy  Patrick  L.  McArdle.  The  first  and  second  degrees 
were  conferred  by  Chicago  Council.  John  J.  Ryan  was  the 
first  Grand  Knight  and  held  office  for  two  years,  when  he  was 
succeeded  by  Joseph  W.  Cremin,  who  in  turn  was  succeeded 
by  William  J.  Ford.  John  J.  Ryan  was  again  elected  Grand 
Knight  and  served  for  a  term  of  one  year.  During  his  third 
term  he  was  elected  first  President  of  the  Chicago  Chapter, 
which  was  organized  in  1905.""  Messrs.  Cremin  and  Ford  each 
served  as  Grand  Knight  for  two  years.  The  succeeding  Grand 
Knights  were  Thomas  J.  Condon,  Dr.  Thomas  J.  Gorman,  M. 
J.  Hogan,  Bernard  J.  Coens,  George  F.  Mulligan,  Edward 
P,  Keigher,  William  J,  Clark  and  James  D.  Stacey.  The  first 
Chaplain  of  the  Council  was  Rev.  Richard  Dunne,  pastor  of 
St.  Luke's  Church,  and  brother  of  Rt.  Rev.  Edward  Joseph 
Dunne,  of  Dallas.  He  was  assisted  by  Rev.  Louis  Campbell, 
deceased,  pastor  of  St.  Catherine's  Church,  who  afterwards 

28.   See  Chapter  X. 


152         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

became  Chaplain.  Father  Campbell  did  much  for  the  spread 
of  the  Order  throughout  the  territory  covered  by  the  Council. 
Rev.  John  Morris,  Rev.  Maurice  J.  Dorney  and  Rev.  James 
Mugan  have  since  served  as  Chaplains.  The  Council  has  always 


HON.  WILLIAM  E.  DEVER, 
La  Fayette  Council 


HON.    EDWARD    F.    DUNNE, 
Phil  Sheridan  Council 


taken  a  very  active  part  in  all  the  work  of  the  Order,  and  has 
made  a  fine  record  in  religious,  charitable  and  educational 
work.  It  has  also  been  noted  for  the  interest  displayed  in  clean 
sports  and  athletics.  Fifty-two  members  entered  the  service 
during  tlie  war,  a  large  number  of  whom  became  commissioned 
officers.  ^'^ 


30.  Information  furnished  by  Thomas  J.  Condon. 


PIONEER  COUNCILS  153 


556     GALESBURG  COUNCIL,  Galesburg 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  J.    P.    McDermott 

Rev.  George  Doubleday       Michael    J.    Daugherty  R.    E.   Graham 

Rev.   Francis   Baines  Edward   F.   Tobin  J.    P.    Foley 

Rev.  John  A.  Phelan  D.    E.    Sullivan  Ralph  Hurley 

J.  A.  McKinney  George  V.  Tobin 

Galesburg  Council  No.  556  was  instituted  February  3, 
1901.  The  g'ood  report  concerning  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
was  brought  to  Galesburg  by  Michael  W.  Gleason,  of  Chicago, 
National  Organizer.  Arrangements  for  the  institution  of  the 
Council  were  made  by  Michael  J.  Daugherty,  E.  F.  Tobin,  Neil 
Hurley  and  Matt  Smith.  The  first  and  second  degrees  were 
conferred  by  ofificers  from  Davenport  (Iowa)  and  Rockford, 
Illinois.  The  major  degree  was  exemplified  by  Patrick  L.  Mc- 
Ardle,  State  Deputy.  The  principal  officers  elected  at  the 
time  of  institution  were :  Grand  Knight,  Michael  J.  Daugh- 
erty; Deputy  Grand  Knight,  E.  F.  Tobin;  Chancellor,  D.  E. 
Sullivan;  Financial  Secretary,  W.  H.  Sullivan;  Rev.  George 
Doubleday  was  selected  as  Chaplain.  The  Council  has  con- 
tributed liberally,  providing  a  library  for  Corpus  Christi 
College  and  St.  Joseph's  Academy,  and  has  provided  a  play 
ground  and  equipment  for  St.  Joseph 's  Academy.  It  has  taken 
part  in  all  the  activities  of  the  Order.  The  Council  bought  by 
voluntary  subscription  a  building  site  in  the  heart  of  the  bus- 
iness district,  costing  approximately  $50,000.  It  is  a  3-story 
stone  front  building,  the  first  story  being  occupied  by  the 
Western  Union  Telegraph  Company.  On  the  second  floor 
are  located  the  ladies'  room,  two  parlors,  card  room,  pool  room, 
offices  and  cigar  counter;  on  the  third  floor  is  an  auditorium, 
ball  room  and  council  chamber,  beautifully  decorated  with 
Knights  of  Columbus  emblems  and  paintings.  For  educational 
purposes  the  Council  has  expended  $1,000 ;  for  religious  pur- 
poses, $4,000 ;  for  charity,  $3,000 ;  for  welfare  work,  $5,000 ;  for 
Liberty  Bonds  and  War  Savings  Stamps,  $2,000.  Sixty-nine 
members  of  the  Council  were  in  the  service  of  their  country 


154         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


GALESBURG  COUNCIL  HOME 


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during  the  war,  and  every  members  not  serving  the  army  or 
navy  took  an  active  part  in  all  war  welfare  work.^^ 

574    BLOOMINGTON  COUNCIL,  Bloomington 

CHAPLAINS—  Patrick  W.   Coleman  Rev.   Charles  H.   Med- 

Right     Rev.     Msgr.  John  J.   Condon  calf 

Michael    M.   Weldon  James  V.   Flavin  George  R.  Flynn 

r'T?AivT>  T^TvjTr'trrpc  James  Sweeney  Albert    A.    Ulbrich 

C^KAJNU  KiNiOriilb—  Michael    M.    Morrissey  John    M.    Tuohy 

Joseph  J.   Thompson  Henry   Ryan 

Bloomington  Council  No.  574  was  instituted  April  23, 
1901.  The  good  report  concerning  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
was  brought  to  Bloomington  by  Mr.  John  J.  Condon,  who 
joined  the  Order  in  Springfield,  but  who  had  before  joining 
learned  a  great  deal  of  it  in  his  various  visits  to  Chicago. 
Upon  his  representations  Michael  W.  Gleason  came  to  Bloom- 
ington, and  after  conferring  with  Mr.  Condon  called  upon 
Joseph  J.  Thompson,  then  a  young  lawyer  of  the  McLean 
County  Bar.  Mr.  Thompson  at  the  request  of  Mr.  Condon  and 
Mr.  Gleason  at  once  took  an  active  interest,  and  soon  interested 
several  other  men,  including  Patrick  W.  Coleman,  Daniel  S. 
Tuohy,  Daniel  D.  Donahue,  and  some  others.  In  the  prelim- 
inary arrangements  Mr.  Condon  was  chairman  of  the  organi- 
zation committee,  and  attended  to  all  details  of  providing  for 
the  degree  work,  so  that  when  the  day  of  initiation  arrived 
everything  was  in  readiness.  A  degree  staff  from  Springfield 
Council  conferred  the  first  degree,  and  another  from  Spalding 
Council,  Peoria,  conferred  the  second.  The  major  degree  was 
in  charge  of  the  State  Deputy,  Patrick  L.  McArdle,  while  an 
important  part  of  the  second  degree  was  entrusted  to  Very 
Rev.  Francis  J.  Reilly,  then  of  Peoria.  At  the  conclusion 
of  the  degree  work  a  sumptuous  banquet  was  served  at  the 
Illinois  Hotel,  which  brought  out  a  galaxy  of  orators.  The 
new  Council  started  on  its  successful  career  with  Joseph  J. 
Thompson,  afterwards  State  Deputy,  as  Grand  Knight,  who 
served  in  that  capacity  for  five  years,  and  until  elected  State 


31.  Galesburg   Council    entertained    the    State   Convention    in    1922    in   a 
very  creditable  manner. 


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Deputy.  The  Council  has  been  active  in  every  phase  of  the 
work  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  has  grown  to  a  large 
membership. 

It  was  well  represented  in  the  war  and  contributed  very 


REV.    H.    A.    O'KELiLY. 
Streator  Council 


REV.  WILLIAM  A.  HEFFERMAN, 
Mt.  Sterling  Council 


liberally  to  all  the  war  welfare  work.  Almost  from  inception 
the  Council  has  maintained  commodious  club  rooms  and  at  the 
present  time  has  a  most  comfortable  and  convenient  head- 
quarters in  the  center  of  the  city.  The  venerable  Monsignor 
Michael  "Weldon  has  been  Council  Chaplain  since  the  institu- 
tion of  the  Council.  ^^ 


.32.  Although  Bloomington  Council  does  not  own  the  building  in  which 
it  maintains  its  headquarters,  the  rooms  are  amongst  the  most  commodious  of 
the  entire  state. 


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577    DECATUR  COUNCIL,  Decatur 

CHAPLAINS —  James   O'Mara  Louis  N.   Rohr 

Very  Rev.  Dean  Jere-  Michael  Fahey  Thomas  F.  Muleady 

miah   Murphy  Thomas  Carson  W.  Scott  Seegar 

nviA-Kir,  T^MTrwT'C!  James  Duggan  John  M.  Hayes,  M.D. 

(jKAND  KNIGHib—  John  Barnum  John  Duggan 

John   R.    Fitzgerald  Lawrence  Ryan 

Decatur  Council  No.  577  was  instituted  on  May  1,  1901. 
The  establishment  of  the  Order  in  Decatur  came  at  an  inop- 
portune time,  and  at  a  time  when  many  of  the  formerly  active 
societies  were  smarting  under  a  succession  of  failures.  The 
first  members  joined  the  Knights  of  Columbus  reluctantly  and 
under  persuasion.  Upon  the  institution  of  the  Council  their 
diffidence  turned  at  once  into  enthusiasm,  however,  and  every 
member  became  an  ardent  advocate  of  the  Order.  The  State 
Deputy,  Patrick  L.  McArdle,  had  charge  of  the  major  degree, 
which,  as  well  as  the  first  and  second  degrees,  was  a  brilliant 
success.  The  Pastors  of  both  Catholic  parishes  took  a  deep 
interest  in  the  new  society,  and  the  movement  was  firmly 
launched.  The  Council  became  active  in  the  spread  of  the 
Order  elsewhere  as  well  as  in  Decatur.  The  first  Grand  Knight 
was  John  R.  Fitzgerald,  and  the  succeeding  Grand  Knights 
were  James  O'Mara,  Michael  Fahey,  James  Duggan,  John 
Barnum,  Lawrence  Ryan,  Thomas  Carson,  Louis  N.  Rohr, 
Thomas  R.  Muleady,  W.  Scott  Seegar  and  Dr.  John  M.  Hayes. 
From  the  earliest  days  the  Council  has  done  a  great  deal  of 
educational  and  charitable  work,  and  has  always  maintained 
extensive  club  rooms,  although  not  the  owner  of  a  building. 
The  first  club  room  was  located  on  the  third  floor  of  the  Conk- 
lin  building,  where  the  Council  was  quartered  for  a  number 
of  years,  but  latterly  the  entire  third  floor  of  the  Moran  build- 
ing, North  Water  street  and  East  North  street  has  been  used, 
where  it  maintains  one  of  the  largest  and  best  appointed  club 
room  quarters  in  the  state,  and  where  the  State  Convention 
was  held  in  May,  1915.  Decatur  Council  had  the  distinction  of 
entertaining  the  State  Convention  twice,  the  first  time  in  1902. 
Decatur  Council  has  reason  to  be  proud  of  its  war  record.  From 


158         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

a  membership  of  500,  at  the  time  the  call  for  recruits  came,  126 
members  responded,  over  half  of  whom  enlisted  voluntarily.  The 
Council  subscribed  for  $5,000  worth  of  Liberty  Bonds;  furn- 
ished a  large  number  of  Four-Minute  men,  and  in  all  the  local 
Liberty  Bond,  Red  Cross,  War  Stamp,  United  drives  and  other 
movements  during  the  war,  the  members  took  a  prominent 
part.  For  the  Knights  of  Columbus  drives  the  Council  sent  to 
the  Supreme  Secretary  a  total  of  $13,219.08.  ^^ 

583     QUINGY  COUNCIL,  Quincy 

CHAPLAINS —  Rev.    Edward  J.   Scan-  John   A.   Connery 

Rev.  John  P.  Brennan  Ian  Lawrence  J.   Jocheml 

Very   Rev.    Dean   John  Rev.   P.   Optatus  Loef-  John  W.   Kerkering 

P.   Kerr  fler,   O.  F.   M.  John  B.  Carroll 

Rev.  Anthony  Zurbon-  _,„  a  x-t^  T^T.TT/-<TTmc.  Theodore  F.  Ehrhart 

sen  GRAISD  KNIGHTS—  john   G.    Blomer 

Rev.        Anthony        G.  Thomas  A.  Scherer  R.  J.  Padberg,  M.  D. 

Kunsch  J.    N.    Tibesar  Thomas  J.   Gillespie 

Rev.  Joseph  J.  DriscoU  Joseph  J.   Freiburg  W.  E.  Coyle 

Quincy  Council  No.  583  was  instituted  June  2,  1901.  Na- 
tional Organizer,  Michael  W.  Gleason,  visited  Quincy  in  the 
spring  of  1901,  cariying  a  letter  of  introduction  to  James  H. 
O'Neill,  After  some  preliminary  conferences  a  meeting  was 
held  at  Hotel  Newcomb  on  May  27, 1901,  presided  over  by  Very 
Rev.  Dean  John  P.  Kerr.  Arrangements  went  forward  rapidly 
and  the  Council  was  instituted  on  the  date  above  mentioned. 
Degree  teams  from  the  neighboring  Councils  of  Alton  and 
Springfield  exemplified  the  first  and  second  degrees  and  State 
Deputy  Patrick  L.  McArdle  and  staff  of  Chicago  conferred  the 
major  degree.  The  initial  class  consisted  of  38  members.  The 
early  meetings  of  the  council  were  held  in  any  convenient  place 
of  sufficient  size  to  hold  a  quorum,  principally  in  the  law  offices 
of  Thomas  A.  Scherer,  first  Grand  Knight,  and  in  the  Kadeski 
garment  factory.  In  1903  quarters  were  established  at  SOSy^ 
Main  Street,  where  the  Council  met  for  nine  years,  during 
which  time  it  experienced  a  healthy  growth.  It  was  early  ap- 
preciated that  a  council  home  would  be  of  great  value,  and  the 


33.   Information  furnished  chiefly  by  Dr.  John  M.  Hayes,  G.  K. 


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credit  for  the  launching  of  a  successful  movement  to  that  end  is 
due  Leonard  M.  Schmitt,  deceased.  Mr.  Schmitt's  plan  was 
adopted,  and  on  February  10,  1911,  the  Columbus  Home  Asso- 
ciation was  chartered  by  the  Secretary  of  State.  A  bond  issue 
of  $25,000  was  floated  by  this  association,  and  within  three 
months  after  the  first  meeting  was  called  to  consider  the  project 
of  building  the  entire  bond  issue  had  been  subscribed.  The 
affairs  of  the  home  are  managed  by  a  board  of  nine  directors 
who  in  turn  elect  officers.  The  members  of  the  first  board  of 
directors  were  James  R.  Albright,  John  A.  Connery,  William 
T.  Duker,  Joseph  Faerber,  Richard  T.  Lyons,  Thomas  A. 
Scherer,  Leonard  M.  Schmitt,  John  L.  Soebbing  and  Joseph  J. 
Freiburg.  The  last  named,  Joseph  J,  Freiburg,  was  elected 
president  of  the  association,  and  has  continued  in  that  capacity 
to  the  present  time.  It  is  due  President  Freiburg  to  state 
that  much  of  the  success  of  the  Council  Home  has  resulted 
from  his  untiring  efforts.  Ground  was  broken  for  the  structure 
in  the  autumn  of  1911,  and  the  building  was  dedicated  with 
appropriate  ceremonies  under  the  direction  of  the  Council 
Chaplain,  Rev.  Anthony  Zurbonsen  on  September  12,  1912. 
Since  the  early  days  of  its  organization  the  Council  has  been 
a  strong  advocate  of  education.^*  Annually,  in  all  parish 
schools  of  the  city,  medals  for  proficiency  in  Christian  Doctrine 
are  awarded.  At  regular  intervals,  for  the  benefit  of  the  read- 
ing public,  a  catalogue  of  works  by  Catholic  writers  to  be  found 
in  the  public  library,  is  issued.  Numerous  volumes  have  been 
contributed  to  the  Public  Library,  as  well  as  to  local  schools, 
colleges  and  academies.  Four  members  of  the  Council  have 
won  scholarships  in  the  Catholic  University  at  Washington, 

D.  C,  under  the  terms  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  Endowment. 
These  were  Staunton  E.  Boudreau,  Stephen  E.  Hurley,  Charles 

E.  Roberts  and  Virgil  Rupp.  The  Council  has  gained  an 
enviable  reputation  as  a  leader  in  the  production  of  high  class 


34.  Note   that  four  members  received  K.   of  C.  scholarships  at  Catholic 
University. 


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^mm^ms^. 


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PIONEER  COUNCILS  161 

amateur  theatricals.  The  charity  work  of  the  Council  has  been 
extensive.  While  the  Council  was  yet  young  it  furnished  com- 
plete a  room  in  St.  Mary's  Hospital.  A  considerable  charity 
fund  is  maintained  for  emergency  relief.  The  Council  has 
contributed  to  all  calls  in  the  cases  of  national  or  local  dis- 
asters. During  the  past  two  years  more  than  $2,100  have 
been  expended  for  charity,  some  $800.00  of  which  was  donated 
to  the  Benedictine  Sisters  of  Nauvoo  to  aid  in  regaining  their 
property.  Committees  from  the  council  took  a  prominent  part 
in  the  solicitation  of  funds  for  the  erection  of  St.  Aloysius' 
Orphanage,  one  of  the  city 's  worthiest  charities.  Years  ago  the 
council  established  the  custom  of  providing  Christmas  dinner 
for  the  orphans  of  this  institution.  To  assist  in  the  charity 
work  of  the  council  as  well  as  to  grace  the  military  activities  a 
ladies'  auxiliary  was  formed.  Always  active  and  never  sparing 
in  effort  they  have  accomplished  nuich  and  their  enthusiasm  has 
been  a  source  of  emulation  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  Quincy 
council  is  proud  of  the  assistance  it  rendered  in  the  establish- 
ment of  new  councils  at  Edina,  Hannibal  and  Monroe  City,  Mis- 
souri ;  Mount  Sterling,  Macomb  and  Nauvoo,  Illinois.  A  galaxy 
of  able  District  Deputies  have  been  selected  from  Quincy  Coun- 
cil, including  Thomas  A.  Scherer,  Joseph  J.  Freiburg,  James 
David  Wall,  John  J.  Moriarty  and  Thomas  J.  Gillespie.  Under 
their  leadership  degree  teams  chosen  from  the  membership  of 
the  council  have  exemplified  the  major  degree  at  Keokuk,  Bur- 
lington and  Fort  Madison,  Iowa;  Galesburg,  Macomb,  Mount 
Sterling  and  Nauvoo,  Illinois ;  Edina,  Hannibal,  Monroe  City 
and  St.  Joseph,  Missouri.  When  in  the  spring  of  1917  the  nation 
became  involved  in  the  world  war  Quincy  Council  united  its 
forces  as  never  before  to  help  at  home  and  abroad  in  the  great 
struggle.  In  the  sale  of  Liberty  Bonds  and  War  Savings 
Stamps  committees  from  the  council  led  those  of  other  organi- 
zations. The  dues  of  the  members  in  the  military  service  were 
remitted  and  much  was  done  to  keep  the  home  fires  burning.^'' 


35.  Information   furnished   by  Thomas  J.   Gillespie,  G.   K. 


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592    EAST   ST.  LOUIS  COUNCIL,  East  St,  Louis 

CHAPL^AINS —  James  M.  Kelly  John  E.  Keefe 
Rev.  John  P.  Harkins  Peter  P.   Gaynor  Thomas  J.  Hayes,  Jr. 
Rev.  Peter  Engle  David  E.   Keefe  Thomas  J.   Godfrey 
Rev.  Patrick  J.  Byrne  James  H.  Donahue  Thomas  J.  Canavan 
„„  M.   C.   Reis  Robert  E.  Davies 

GRAND  KNIGHTS—  james  F.   Galvin  Sidney  W.   Ring 

Maurice  V.  Joyce  D.   J.   Mulcahy  John  T.  Murphy 

East  St.  Louis  Council  No.  592  was  instituted  June  30, 
1901.  The  first  degree  was  conferred  by  the  officers  of  Alton 
Council ;  the  second  by  the  officers  of  St.  Louis  Council,  and  the 
third  by  a  degree  team  from  Chicago.^^  The  charter  class 
numbered  34.    The  first  Grand  Knight  was  Maurice  V.  Joyce. 

East  St.  Louis  Council  was  instituted  without  the  formal 
approval  of  the  Bishop  of  the  diocese,  presumably  on  the  sup- 
position that  the  Bishop  would  approve  as  a  matter  of  course. 
It  transpired,  however,  that  he  had  serious  objections,  and  he 
and  some  of  the  reverend  clergy  in  the  diocese  expressed  opposi- 
tion, which  made  it  difficult  for  East  St.  Louis  Council  to 
progress.  As  is  noted  on  other  pages,  however,  the  disagree- 
ments were  after  a  time  accommodated,  and  East  St.  Louis 
Council  grew  apace.^^  The  council  moved  rather  deliberately 
for  several  years,  and  really  received  its  first  great  impetus  dur- 
ing the  war,  one  hundred  of  the  four  hundred  members  which 
constituted  the  council  membership,  when  the  call  to  arms  was 
made,  joined  the  colors,  and  the  council  became  very  active  in 
all  war  movements.  Four  of  the  members  made  the  supreme 
sacrifice  during  the  war,  and  one  died  shortly  after  returning 
home,  from  the  effects  of  gas  poisoning.  The  council  has  had  a 
building  intended  for  a  home  for  some  years,  but  is  negoti- 
ating for  the  sale  of  this  building  and  the  erection  of  a  more 
suitable  one. 


36.  Headed  by  State  Deputy  Patrick  L.  McArdle. 

37    See  account  of  Belleville  Council  for  these  difficulties. 


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632     CALUMET  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  A.  M.  Reilly  John  A.  McCormlck 

Rev.  William  M.  Foley  Rev.  J.  P.  Suerth  John  B.  Byrnes 

Rev.  T.  R.  Shrewbridge  Rev.  E.  E.  Broderick  Joseph  P.  Walsh 

Rev.    John    Kranjec  ^_  .  -.-^  ^^^^^^^^^^  James  J.   Danaher 

Rev.    L.   J.   Broens  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  Joseph  M.  Cusick 

Rev.  Thomas  Small  Thomas  W.  Flynn 

Calumet  Council  No.  632  of  Chicago,  was  instituted  De- 
cember 30,  1901.  In  the  early  faU  of  1901  a  few  Catholic 
gentlemen  residing  in  the  suburb  of  Woodlawn,  having  heard 
of  the  activities  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  eastern  cities, 
and  knowing  of  the  existence  of  a  few  councils  then  operating 
in  Chicago,  decided  to  call  a  meeting  of  representative  men 
in  that  and  the  Calumet  region.  A  dozen  men  only  responded 
to  the  call.  This  was  discouraging  to  the  promoters  to  say  the 
least.  Subsequently  meetings  were  held,  however,  and  a  tem- 
porary organization  was  affected,  of  which  Edward  P.  Flynn 
was  made  Chairman  and  Arthur  W.  Fleming,  Secretary, 
Thomas  W.  Flynn,  a  prominent  attorney,  and  one  of  the  earliest 
members  of  the  Order  in  Chicago,  at  that  time  a  member  of 
Chicago  Council,  outlined  what  the  Order  was  striving  to  do. 
Mr.  Flynn  was  enthusiastic  and  agreed  to  call  upon  the  then 
State  Deputy,  Patrick  L.  McArdle,  and  recommend  that  the 
petitioners  be  given  an  opportunity  to  prove  what  they  might 
be  able  to  do,  if  permission  were  granted  to  organize  a  council 
in  the  Calumet  district.  Mr.  McArdle  was  reluctant  to  grant 
the  permission  requested,  believing  as  he  did  that  the  time  was 
inopportune,  there  being  at  that  time  seven  councils,  with  a 
total  of  approximately  1,000  members  in  Chicago.  However, 
the  appeals  of  Mr.  Flynn  and  the  committee  were  so  urgent 
that  the  State  Deputy  assented  upon  condition  that  fifty  mem- 
bers could  be  secured. 

After  canvassing  the  district,  including  the  territory  of 
Pullman  on  the  extreme  south  end  of  the  city,  the  committee 
was  successful  in  its  mission,  and  upon  approval  of  its  charter 
list  sixty  candidates  were  initiated  in  Calumet  Hall,  East  63rd 
Street  and  Stony  Island  Avenue,  the  first  and  second  degree 


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being  successfully  exemplified  by  officers  from  Chicago,  De 
La  Salle  and  Englewood  Councils.  The  major  degree  was 
conferred  by  State  Deputy  Patrick  L.  McArdle.  On  the  oc- 
casion of  the  first  election  of  officers  Thomas  W.  Flynn  became 
the  Grand  Knight.  Mr.  Flynn  remained  in  office  until  Janu- 
ary 1st,  1904.    During  his  term  of  office  the  membership  in- 


CALUMET   COUNCIL   HOME 

creased  from  sixty  to  208.  ]\Iany  brilliant  social  functions 
were  conducted  under  his  administration,  and  it  was  predicted 
that  the  council  would  some  day  be  the  largest  in  the  Order. 
John  A.  JMcCormick  was  elected  to  succeed  Mr.  Flynn,  and 
continued  in  the  office  of  Grand  Knight  until  January  1,  1908, 
during  which  time  the  council  increased  its  membership  to 
432.  JNIany  successes  were  achieved  under  his  direction.  Men 
prominent  in  all  walks  of  life  made  up  the  rank  and  file  of 
the  council  membership  in  those  days,  and  the  council  became 


PIONEER  COUNCILS  165 

conspicuous  in  the  local  fraternal  field.  During  Mr.  Mc- 
Cormick's  administration  a  committee  was  organized  to  visit 
the  neighboring  councils  in  the  interest  of  a  club  house 
for  the  Knights  of  Columbus  on  the  south  side  of  the 
city.  Grand  Knight  McCormick  was  succeeded  by  the  then 
Deputy  Grand  Knight,  John  E.  Byrnes,  later  president  of  the 
Chicago  Chapter  and  District  Deputy.  Mr.  Byrnes  held  office 
for  ten  successive  terms,  during  which  time  the  council  in- 
creased its  membership  from  432  to  1,442,  and  the  prediction 
made  during  the  term  of  Mr.  Flynn  w^as  verified — Calumet 
Council  then  became  the  largest  in  the  Order.^^  During  this 
period  many  splendid  accomplishments  were  credited  to  the 
council,  chief  of  which  was  the  construction  of  the  first  council 
home  in  Chicago,  built  in  1913,  at  the  corner  of  62nd  street  and 
Cottage  Grove  Avenue,  where  magnificently  equipped  club 
rooms,  lodge  halls,  stores  and  offices  are  maintained.  The 
laying  of  the  corner  stone  of  the  club  house  brought  to  Wood- 
lawn  more  than  20,000  persons,  who  expressed  their  admiration 
for  the  building  and  praised  the  council  for  its  great  work. 
Grand  Knight  Byrnes  retired  from  office  at  the  annual  election 
of  1917.  Deputy  Grand  Knight  Joseph  P.  Walsh  was  elected 
to  succeed  Mr.  Byrnes.  Mr.  Walsh  held  office  from  October, 
1917  to  October,  1920,  or  during  the  period  of  the  World  War. 
The  administration  of  Grand  Knight  Walsh  was  also  fruitful 
jf  great  good  to  the  Order.  During  his  three  terms  of  office 
1,272  new  members  were  initiated  into  Calumet  Council  and  he 
retired  leaving  a  membership  of  2,598,  of  which  1,272  are 
Insurance  and  1,326  are  Associate  members.  War  activities  were 
the  chief  duties  of  this  administration.  Five  hundred  and 
twenty-two  members  of  the  council  responded  to  the  call  of  our 
government.  During  the  war  dues  of  the  men  in  the  service 
were  remitted  by  the  council.  Tobacco  showers  were  held  for 
their  benefit,  and  ' '  smokes ' '  and  tobacco  were  sent  to  the  various 
cantonments  to  which  the  members  were  assigned.    Magazines 


38.  The  council  maliitainod  this   supremacy  until  1922. 


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and  publications  of  all  kinds  were  collected  and  distributed  to 
the  members  "over  there"  and  in  training,  and  every  possible 
helpful  thing  was  done  for  the  service  men.  The  members 
of  Calumet  Council  raised  over  $10,000  for  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  "War  Camp  Fund.  The  Club  House  was  opened 
at  all  times  for  men  in  the  government  service.  "Every- 
body welcome  and  everything  free"  for  the  service  men  was 
the  policy  of  this  great  council  during  the  war.  Several 
social  parties  were  given  and  a  Home-coming  Banquet  was 
tendered  to  ex-service  men  at  the  Hotel  Morrison,  January 
29th,  1920,  at  which  time  over  400  members  were  entertained 
at  the  expense  of  the  the  Calumet  Council.  The  officers,  ably 
directed  by  Grand  Knight  "Walsh,  have  exerted  themselves 
especially  on  behalf  of  the  younger  members  by  assisting  them 
in  every  known  form  of  athletics,  and  this  has  stimulated 
friendly  rivalry  among  competing  teams  representing  other 
councils,  all  of  which  did  much  towards  winning  renown  for 
the  council.  Grand  Knight  "Walsh  strongly  supported  every 
proposition  that  was  presented  by  the  State  and  Supreme 
Officers.  He  retired  from  office  at  the  annual  election  of  1920, 
after  serving  three  successful  terms.  Deputy  Grand  Knight 
James  J.  Danaher,  a  promising  young  attorney,  succeeded 
Mr.  Walsh  as  Grand  Knight.^^ 

634    STARVED  ROCK  COUNCIL,  Ottawa 

CHAPLAINS  Rev.  Michael  Tracey  William  J.  Dwyer 

Rev.  M.  A.  Quirk  r-t,*T.,T->  f^Trr^uTa  Michael  J.   Sheehan 

Rev.  Dean  T.  S.  Keat-  GRA^D  KNIGHTS—  ggi-t  M.  Baily 

ing  Daniel  R.   Burke  Thomas   McNamara 

Rev.    Casimer  Miller  Henry  M.   Kelley  Owen   W.   Fox 

Rev.   L.   E.  Hackett  Edward  J.   Kelley  John  J.  Farrell 

Rev.  E.  S.  Dunn  James   F.    Graham 

Starved  Rock  Council  No.  634  of  Ottawa  was  instituted 
on  January  26,  1902.  To  the  indomitable  energy  and  perse- 
verance of  Rev.  M.  A.  Quirk,  deceased.  Starved  Rock  Council 
owes  its  inception.    "With  the  sanction  of  the  State  Deputy  and 

39.  This  very  complete  account  of  Calumet  Council  was  furnished  chiefly 
by  P.  G.  K.  and  D.  D.  Joseph  P.  Walsh. 


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under  the  direction  of  Joseph  J.  Thompson,  District  Deputy, 
he  set  about  the  organization  and  marshaled  sixty-five  appli- 
cants. By  common  consent  the  name  Starved  Rock  was  given 
the  council  on  account  of  its  proximity  to  the  rocky  hill  that 
had  been  the  first  outpost  of  civilization  in  this  region,  and  the 


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abiding  place  of  the  early  missionaries  and  explorers.  At 
the  first  regular  meeting  Daniel  R.  Burke  was  chosen  Grand 
Knight,  and  Rev.  M.  A.  Quirk,  Chaplain.  The  council  has 
been  uniformly  progressive,  has  been  active  in  local,  state  and 
national  activities  of  the  Order,  and  has  accomplished  much 
good.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  war  the  council  had  a  membership 
of  312,  of  whom  93  answered  the  country's  call;  five  made  the 
supreme  sacrifice ;  eight  were  wounded  or  gassed ;  one  received 


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the  Croix  de  Guerre  and  Palm;  two  were  cited  for  bravery; 
six  commissioned  officers  in  the  army,  and  nineteen  non-com- 
missioned ;  two  served  as  Knights  of  Columbus  secretaries. 
The  council  holds  $1100.00  worth  of  Liberty  Bonds.*" 


650    DAMEN  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  William   J.   Shelley 

Rev.   P.    J.    Scanlan  John  T.   McEnery  Joseph    A.    McMahon 

Rev.  Charles  Monahan  John    M.    Rogers  William   Shay 

Rev.  John  F.  Coleman  Joseph  Regan  John    T.    Broderick 

Rev.  Matthew  A.  Can-  Thomas   H.   Hoy  George  H.  Braasch 

nlng  Edward    J.    McMahon 

Damen  Council  No.  650  of  Chicago  was  instituted  Febru- 
ary 24,  1902.  After  due  deliberation  it  was  thought  that  the 
locality  in  which  Holy  Family  Church  was  located  should  have 
a  council  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  John  T.  McEnery, 
a  resident  of  that  parish,  and  an  officer  of  Chicago  Council, 
was  authorized  to  take  steps  for  the  organization  of  a  council 
there,  with  the  result  that  on  February  24,  1902,  a  council 
was  instituted  with  a  charter  membership  of  60.  The  first  and 
second  degrees  were  conferred  by  the  officers  of  Phil  Sheridan 
Council.  The  major  degree  was  conferred  by  State  Deputy 
Patrick  L.  McArdle. 

The  name  selected,  Damen,  is  that  of  the  founder  of  Holy 
Family  parish  and  the  pioneer  of  the  modern  Jesuits  in  Chi- 
cago, Rev.  Arnold  Damen.  John  T.  JMcEnery,  the  organizer, 
became  the  first  Grand  Knight,  and  has  continued  to  be  a  very 
active  member  of  the  council  ever  since.  About  the  first  exter- 
nal work  of  the  council  was  the  endowment  of  a  perpetual 
scholarsliip  in  St.  Ignatius  College.  Later  a  series  of  educa- 
tional lectures  by  the  late  Rev.  L.  J.  Vaughan  gave  Damen 
Council  a  conspicuous  place.  The  council  held  a  place  of 
extraordinary  prominence  in  athletics,  almost  since  its  organi- 
zation, and  has  been  thrice  Avinner  of  the  baseball  champion- 

40.  Accounts  of  various  activities  of  Starved  Roclc  Council  will  bf 
found  In  other  chapters. 


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ship,  and  at  least  once  of  the  indoor  championship.  Out  of  a 
total  membership  of  450,  124  entered  the  service  during  the 
war.  The  council  subscribed  for  $1500.00  worth  of  Liberty 
Bonds,  and  $50.00  worth  of  War  Savings  Stamps.  Besides 
joining  in  all  the  general  welfare  movements  the  council  had 
a  well  organized  welfare  committee  of  its  own,  which  rendered 
excellent  service.*^ 

653     FREEPORT  COUNCIL,  Freeport 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  W.   J.   Goff 

Rev.  D.  Croke  George    G.    McCarthy  E.  A.  Blust 

Rev.  T.  F.  Leydon  Thomas  T.  McMahon  A.  A.  Grant 

Rev.  J.  K.   Nilles  F.    T.    Roach  C.  D.  Osborne 

Rev.   P.   M.  W^ilkin  J.  F.  Manion  J.  Burkard 

Rev.   W.   G.   McMillan  J.   F.   Riordan  A.  B.  Tracy 

Rev.  J.  M.  Bgan  W.   A.   Mann 

Freeport  Council  No.  653  was  instituted  March  23,  1902. 
Dr.  R..  J.  Burns  and  Bernard  Fagan  heard  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  through  some  of  Dr.  Burns'  friends  of  Rockford, 
and  as  a  result  applied  for  membership  in  Rockford  Council. 
Later,  however,  sentiment  spread  in  Freeport  in  favor  of  the 
organization  of  a  council,  and  a  meeting  was  held,  at  which 
John  R.  Brown  and  Thomas  Sizer,  both  of  Rockford,  appeared. 
This  meeting  was  so  enthusiastic  that  the  Rockford  members 
suggested  another  meeting,  which  was  held  in  St.  Mary's  Hall 
the  following  Sunday.  The  original  Rockford  visitors  with 
others  came  to  this  meeting,  and  found  65  Catholic  gentlemen 
of  Freeport  ready  to  join.  Accordingly  arrangements  were 
completed  and  the  three  degrees  were  conferred  on  the  date 
above  stated,  under  the  direction  of  State  Deputy  Patrick  L. 
McArdle  and  several  capable  assistants.  The  principal  officers 
elected  at  the  time  of  institution  were :  Grand  Knight,  George 
G.  McCarthy ;  Deputy  Grand  Knight,  Bernard  Fagan ;  Chan- 
cellor, J.  N.  Fleck;  Financial  Secretary,  E.  J.  Scanlan;  Re- 
corder, J.  F.  Manion;  Treasurer,  R.  S.  Schwarz.  Rev.  D. 
Croke  was  selected  as  Chaplain,  and  Judge  A.  J.  Clarity  was 


41.  Damen   Council  has  always  prospered  and  has  experienced  a  steady 
and  healthy  growth. 


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charged  with  the  conduct  of  an  important  part  of  the  initiatory 
ceremonies.  The  council  has  been  very  progressive  and  now 
numbers  685  members.  Amongst  some  of  the  important  ac- 
complishments of  the  council  may  be  named  the  equipping  of 
a  room  in  St.  Francis'  Hospital  at  a  time  when  the  Franciscan 
Sisters  were  struggling  with  the  establishment  of  the  hospital. 
The  council  arranged  two  Landing  Day  celebrations,  the  second 
of  which  in  1919  attracted  state-wide  attention.  The  council 
participated  in  the  local  celebration  of  the  State  Centennial, 
and  in  the  celebration  commemorating  the  Black  Hawk  war, 
which  was  fought  in  the  neighborhood  of  Freeport.  In  this 
celebration  one  of  the  charter  officers,  J.  N.  Fleck,  took  one  of 
the  leading  parts  in  the  pageant  staged  in  a  picturesque  woods 
— ^that  of  a  Missionary  Father.  The  council  sponsored  an  an- 
nual Christmas  dinner  for  the  orphans  and  old  folks  of  St. 
Vincent's  Orphanage  and  St.  Vincent's  Old  Folks  Home  of 
Rockford  diocese.  The  idea  of  giving  an  annual  dinner  to 
Past  Grand  Knights  originated  in  Freeport  Council.  The  coun- 
cil sponsored  the  Boy  Scout  movement  in  Freeport  during  the 
summer  of  1921,  and  originated  the  idea  of  giving  an  annual 
dinner  to  ex-service  men  on  Armistice  Day.  Freeport  Council 
takes  pride  in  the  fact  that  one  of  its  charter  members,  John 
J.  Flanagan,  entered  the  priesthood  and  cherishes  as  its  choic- 
est treasure  the  Apostolic  blessing  of  Pope  Pius  X,  given  at  the 
request  of  Father  Flanagan,  the  memo  of  which  is  as  follows : 
"Animated  by  filial  love  and  humility,  the  members  of  Free- 
port  Council  No.  653  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  beg  the 
Apostolic  Benediction  and  a  Plenary  Indulgence  in  Articulo 
Mortis  on  the  fifth  anniversary  of  its  institution,  March  23rd, 
1907.  (Signed)  Pope  Pius  X.  Dated  in  the  Vatican,  3rd 
March,  1907."  During  the  war  54  members  of  the  council 
entered  the  service.  Rev.  W.  G.  McMillan,  E.  A,  Blust  and 
Judge  A.  J.  Clarity,  members  of  the  council,  devoted  a  great 
deal  of  time  in  making  addresses  throughout  the  county  in  the 
various  campaigns  for  funds  and  for  the  sale  of  Liberty  Bonds 


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and  other  war  securities.  Members  of  the  council,  whose  age 
prevented  their  entering  the  service,  were  included  in  the  or- 
ganizations of  various  kinds  engaged  in  war  work.  The  council 
has  expended  for  educational  purposes  $500.00;  for  religious 
purposes,  $525.00;  for  charitable  purposes,  $2,046.00;  for  war 
welfare  work,  $2,150.00,  and  for  Liberty  Bonds,  $3,500.00. 


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654     ELGIN  COUNCIL,  Elgin 

CHAPLAINS —  Thomas  J.  Cleary  Emil  Kothe 

Rev.  John  J.  McCann  Fred  A.   Quinn  Frank  Miller 

Rev.   H.   E.    Ouimet  James  Meehan  Albert  J.  Sullivan 

rviA-Ki-r,  T^TvjTr'WT^<5  Edward  A.  Kelley  Eugene  P.  Ferron 

UKAiNU  KJN  lL.il  ib—  Frank   E.   Shopen  Thomas  H.  Rogers 
Lawrence  Crane 

Elgin  Council  No.  654  was  instituted  April  20,  1902,  with 
a  charter  membership  of  63,  amongst  whom  were  four  clergy- 
men, namely,  Rev.  Maurice  Stack,  Rev.  J.  J.  McCann,  Rev.  J. 
Gildea  and  Rev,  J.  B.  Murray.  Other  charter  members  were: 
D.  M.  Egan,  C.  F.  Blake,  D.  R.  Kennedy,  M.  J.  O'Connor,  W. 
B.  Keenan,  Jas.  Gallagher,  Dr.  H.  J.  Gahagan,  Frank  E. 
Shopen  and  Thomas  E.  Roach.  There  was  always  an  insistent 
demand  for  club  rooms  for  the  council,  and  convenient  quarters 
have  been  maintained  since  1909.  A  building  fund  is  being 
created,  however,  and  a  home  is  in  contemplation.  The  council 
has  at  all  times  provided  its  full  quota  of  effort  and  contribu- 
tions to  the  work  of  the  Order.  It  contributed  $500.00  to  the 
endowment  fund  of  the  Catholic  University  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  and  met  the  fuU  requirements  in  the  war  drive.  Over 
fifty  per  cent  of  the  membership  of  the  council  served  the  coun- 
try in  one  capacity  or  another  during  the  war.  The  council 
was  particularly  active  at  the  Elgin  State  Hospital  during  the 
war  in  behalf  of  the  soldiers  and  sailors  brought  there.  Elgin 
Council  has  been  conspicuous  in  the  civic  and  community  af- 
fairs of  the  city.  The  Knights  of  Columbus  headquarters  is  in. 
reality  the  Catholic  center  of  Elgin.  Various  Church  and  af- 
filiated societies  meet  in  the  assembly  hall,  and  hold  their  social 


42.  Information  furnished  by  the  council. 


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gatherings  in  the  club  rooms.     In  all  the  celebrations,  home- 
coming parades,  etc.,  the  council  has  taken  a  leading  part.*^ 

658     ALLOUEZ  COUNCIL,  Rock  Island 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—        Albert  Huber 

Rev.  W.  P.  Launault  Thomas  LaVelle  M.   H.   Sexton 

Rev.   J.  B.  Culemans  E.  J.  Burnes  J.  M.  Welsh 

Rev.  J.  J.  Quinn  J.  T.  Marron  ^V.  H.  Leithner 

Rev.  William  Clery  P.  J.  Murray  G.  A.  Buschle 

Rev.  C.  P.  O'Neil  J.  F.  Murphy  W.  H.  Toal 

Rev.  P.  J.  Barry  F.  A.  Burt  Walter  J.  Griffin 

Rev.   Peter  Zwart  J.  E.  Reidy 

Allouez  Council  No.  658  of  Rock  Island  was  instituted 
April  22,  1902.  The  tirst  effective  steps  taken  for  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  in  Rock  Island  occurred  in  the  fall  of  1900,  when 
several  gentlemen,  including-  Dr.  J.  P.  Cometys,  Thomas  F. 
Lavelle,  J.  T.  Shields,  Joseph  Geiger,  E.  J.  Burns,  and  Henry 
Y.  Burns  began  to  create  an  interest.  During  the  next  year  the 
men  named  became  members  of  Loras  Council  at  Davenport, 
Iowa,  and  took  steps  to  secure  consent  to  organize  a  council  in 
Rock  Island.  After  the  necessary  preliminary  work  the  council 
was  instituted  with  only  25  members.  It  was  decided  to  name 
the  new  council  Allouez,  in  honor  of  Rev.  Claude  Jean  Allouez, 
one  of  the  most  famous  of  the  early  Jesuit  missionaries  of  Illi- 
nois and  other  states  of  the  Lake  region.*^  The  first  Grand 
Knight  was  Thomas  F.  LaVelle;  Deputy  Grand  Knight,  E.  J. 
Burns;  Financial  Secretary,  Fred  M.  Burt;  Recording  Secre- 
tary, W.  P.  Griffin.  A  steady  growth  and  a  series  of  interest- 
ing activities  has  brought  the  council  membership  up  to  more 
than  600.  During  the  war  the  council  was  well  represented, 
had  103  of  its  members  in  the  service,  and  made  liberal  dona- 
tions to  the  war  welfare  work.    The  council  also  has  the  unique 


43.  Elgin  Council  has  but  311  members  (April  1,  1921)  and  has 
accomplished  much  for  a  small  council. 

44.  Father  Allouez  was  born  at  St.  Didier,  France,  June  6,  1622.  Came 
to  Canada  in  1654  ;  was  the  immediate  successor  of  Father  Marquette  in  the 
Illinois  missions.  lie  arrived  at  the  Kaskaskia  village  (opposite  Starved 
Rock)  on  the  27th  of  March,  1677,  and  labored  in  Illinois  and  Indiana  until 
his  death,  which  occurred  on  the  night  of  August  27-2S,  16S9,  at  age  67.  He 
was  called  a  second  Francis  Xavior,  and  was  credited  with  having  instructed 
during  his  apostolic  career  100,000  natives,  10,000  of  whom  he  baptized.  For 
an  extended  account  of  Father  Allouez,  quoting  and  citing  authorities,  see 
Illinois  Catholic  Historical  Review,  Vol.  V,  p.  99,  et.  seq. 


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distinction  of  having  adopted  three  French  orphans.  It  also 
operated  a  free  employment  bnreau  for  all  returned  service 
men. 

661     BEARDSTOWN  COUNCIL,  Beardstown 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—       E.   E.   Schultz 

Rev.     Herman    Gesen-  Joseph  J.  Cook  A.   G.   Schultz 

house  T.  V.   Brannan  D.  I.  McCarthy 

Rev.  Patrick  J.  Laugh-  C.  P.  Hunt  C.  P.  Dugan 

ney  D.   M.   Maney  W.    Varley 

Rev.  James  Marnaine  J.  W.  Morrisey  J.  W.  Crowe 

Rev.    George   Hensey  John   Schultz  Elmer  J.  Minonk 

Beardstown  Council  No.  661  was  instituted  April  26, 
1903.  It  has  been  stated  that  never  in  the  history  of  Beards- 
town was  there  such  a  representative  and  impressive  body  of 
men  present  within  the  historic  old  city  as  gathered  for  the  in- 
stitution of  this  council.  To  T.  V.  Brannan  and  J.  J.  Cooke, 
charter  members  of  Quincy  Council,  E.  E.  Schultz,  William 
Langdon,  Daniel  Hunt,  Daniel  Maney,  D.  C.  Leary  and  Wil- 
liam Tole,  members  of  Galesburg  Council,  a  great  deal  of 
credit  is  due  for  the  work  and  interest  taken  in  organizing,  at 
that  time,  a  Knights  of  Columbus  council  in  one  of  the  smallest 
cities  in  the  State  of  Illinois.  With  Mr.  J.  H.  Ryan,  of  Win- 
chester, and  Rev.  M.  G.  Davis,  of  Virginia,  working  with  the 
Rev.  Herman  Gesenhaus,  of  Beardstown,  and  the  local  com- 
mittee, they  were  successful  in  organizing  the  council.  Spring- 
field Council  conferred  the  first  and  second  degrees,  while 
Galesburg  council,  with  District  Deputy  M.  J.  Dougherty, 
conferred  the  major  degree  to  about  sixty  candidates.  Mr. 
John  Schultz  donated  $10,000  for  a  council  home,  to  be  known 
as  the  Schultz  Hall,  which  was  dedicated  on  May  17,  1914.  On 
the  occasion  of  the  dedication  Governor  Edward  F.  Dunne  was 
present  and  made  an  address,  as  were  also  Past  State  Deputies 
LeRoy  Hackett  (who  was  the  principal  speaker  of  the  occasion) 
and  William  N.  Brown,  The  council  was  well  represented  in 
the  war  and  suffered  no  casualties,  nor  were  any  of  the  men  in 
the  service  wounded  or  otherwise  injured.  All  war  welfare 
work  was  entered  upon  zealously,  and  the  full  quota  of  funds 


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was  subscribed.  For  years  the  council  has  donated  to  the  peo- 
ple of  the  parish  100  copies  each  week  of  ''Our  Sunday 
Visitor",  hundreds  of  pamphlets  are  distributed  free  of 
charge,  and  a  donation  of  $500.00  was  made  to  the  pastor  for 
needed  improvements  on  church  property.*^ 

662    STERLING  COUNCIL,  Sterling 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  L.  C.  Ryan 

Rev.  Henry  M.  Fegers       John  A.  Annas  T.  J.  McDonald 

Rev.  James  J.  Bennett       A.   M.  Clavin  H.  J.  Weber 

Rev.  Andrew  J.  Burnes       W.  A.  ICannally  Thomas  O'Brien 

W.  J.   Gallagher  P.  J.  McAndrews 

A.  L.  Heckman  P.  J.  Peters 

Sterling  Council  No.  662  was  instituted  June  1,  1902. 
John  A.  Annas,  who  afterwards  became  State  Secretary,  was 
the  original  promoter  of  the  council.  Michael  W.  Gleason,  Na- 
tional Organizer,  visited  Sterling  and  directed  the  preliminary 
work.  The  officers  of  Damen  Council,  with  John  T.  McEnery, 
as  Grand  Knight,  exemplified  the  first  and  second  degrees,  and 
State  Deputy  Patrick  L.  McArdle,  assisted  by  Patrick  Murphy 
and  an  able  staff  conferred  the  third  degree.  At  that  time 
Freeport  was  the  only  existing  council  in  the  district  and  about 
40  members  of  the  council  attended  the  institution.  There  were 
a  few  members  including  Thomas  Lavelle  from  Rock  Island, 
and  David  T,  Stackhouse  of  Davenport  from  outside  councils, 
and  a  delegation  from  Chicago,  including  the  degree  staffs  and 
Michael  V.  Kannally,  formerly  of  Sterling,  who  took  an  active 
part  in  the  degree  w^ork.  The  principal  officers  elected  at  the 
time  of  institution  were:  Grand  Knight,  John  A.  Annas; 
Deputy  Grand  Knight,  A.  M.  Clavin;  Chancellor,  Rev.  J.  J. 
Bennett ;  Financial  Secretary,  Harry  Unverf orth ;  Recorder, 
Peter  Peters.  Rev.  H.  M.  Fegers  was  selected  as  Chaplain. 
The  council  has  done  its  full  share  of  charitable  work;  has 
given  a  scholarship  each  year  to  graduates  from  the  parochial 
school.    A  council  home  and  equipment,  valued  at  $20,000,  is 

45.  Beardstown  Council  has  a  membership  of  only  SO  (April  1,  1921), 
but  has  succeeded  well. 


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175 


enjoyed  by  the  council.  This  home  is  located  at  206-208  First 
Avenue,  and  consists  of  a  two-story  building ;  on  the  first  floor 
is  a  club  room,  two  bowling  alleys,  three  pool  tables,  one  billiard 


STERLING   COUNCIL  HOME 

table,  card  tables,  etc.;  on  the  second  floor  is  the  auditorium 
and  council  chamber.  In  the  early  days  Sterling  Council  had 
an  excellent  degree  team  that  became  well  known  throughout 
the  westera  part  of  the  state.    The  councils  at  Dixon,  Clinton, 


176         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Iowa,  Rochelle,  DeKalb,  Oregon  and  Amboy  are  in  a  sense  off- 
shoots of  Sterling  Council.  Out  of  a  membership  of  250  at  the 
time  sixty  members  were  in  the  service  of  their  country  during 
the  war,  and  the  council  raised  for  war  welfare  funds  $9,200 
on  Knights  of  Columbus  drives,  and  a  large  sum  in  addition 
for  the  joint  drive,**^ 


663     CARLINVILLE  COUNCIL,  Carlinville 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  Matthew  Seyfrit 

Rev.  Thomas  Costello         David  E.  Keefe  Peter  P.  Mack 

Rev.    Andrew    A.    Mc-       Joseph  Murphy  Thomas  J.  Costello 

Donnell  Casper  Westermeier  M.  J.  Boehm 

Rev.  William  Michael         Louis  P.  Daley  Richard  Ryan 

James  Harkins  R.  V.  Kelly 

Carlinville  Council  No.  663  was  instituted  May  18,  1902. 
This  was  one  of  the  very  early  councils  and  National  Organizer 
Michael  W.  Gleason  visited  Carlinville  and  did  the  preliminary 
work.  The  officers  of  East  St.  Louis  and  Alton  Councils  had 
charge  of  the  first  and  second  degrees,  and  State  Deputy  Pat- 
rick L.  McArdle  exemplified  the  third  degree.  The  principal 
officers  elected  at  the  time  of  the  institution  of  the  council  were : 
David  E.  Keefe,  Grand  Knight;  Wm.  Kelly,  Deputy  Grand 
Knight;  James  H.  Murphy,  Financial  Secretary;  James  M. 
Mahoney,  Chancellor;  W.  C.  Westermeier,  Treasurer.  Rev. 
Thomas  Costello  was  selected  as  chaplain.  The  council  began 
with  a  membership  of  45  and  has  increased  to  133.  Being  a 
small  council,  situated  in  a  neighborhood  where  Catholics  are 
few,  the  opportunity  for  extended  effort  is  limited.  The 
council  has,  however,  met  every  reasonable  call  for  charity, 
expending  an  aggregate  of  $250.00  for  that  purpose.  When 
the  war  came  on  and  funds  were  needed,  $2,500.00  was  raised 
for  war  welfare  work,  and  as  expressive  of  the  spirit  of  the 
members  one  $50.00  Liberty  Bond  was  purchased.*^ 


46.  On  April  1,  1921,  Sterling  Council  had  a  membership  of  452. 

47.  On  April  1,  1921,  Carlinville  Coxmeil  had  a  membership  of  144. 


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665     EFFINGHAM  COUNCIL,  Effingham 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  Harry  J.  Alt 

Rev.  William  J.  Healy  Michael   O'Donnell  H.  Taphorn    M    D 

Rev.  J.  A.  M.  Wilson  C.  L.  Nolte  William  B.  Ordner 

Rev.  J.  J.  Cronin  J.  B.  Worman  J.  P.  Johanns 

Rev.   J.   P.  Walsh  C.  D.  Miller  G.  J.  Began 

Rev.  D.  J.   Doyle  M.   A.  Began  George  H.  Bauer 

Effingham  Council  No.  665  was  instituted  May  25,  1902. 
The  sponsors  of  Effingham  Council  were  Rev.  William  J. 
Healey,  Michael  O'Donnell  and  John  J.  Doheny.  National 
Organizer  Michael  W.  Gleason  visited  Effingham  and  assisted 
in  the  organization.  At  the  time  of  the  institution  the  first 
and  second  degrees  were  conferred  by  the  officers  of  Alton 
Council.  State  Deputy  Patrick  L.  McArdle  conferred  the 
major  degree,  assisted  by  a  staff  from  Chicago,  headed  by  the 
then  State  Secretary  John  A.  Lambert.  The  principal  officers 
elected  at  the  first  election  were :  Grand  Knight,  Michael 
O'Donnell;  Deputy  Grand  Knight,  C.  L.  Nolte;  Financial  Sec- 
retary, J.  M.  Purtill ;  Warden,  Joseph  Reed.  Rev.  William  J. 
Healey,  M'ho  afterwards  became  State  Chaplain,  was  selected 
as  Chancellor  and  Chaplain.  Effingham  Council  had  the  bene- 
fit of  one  of  the  most  active  members  that  ever  joined  the 
Order  in  Illinois,  the  Rev.  William  J.  Healey,  deceased.  The 
council  developed  gratifyingly  in  a  locality  disadvantageously 
circumstanced,  and  always  kept  abreast  of  the  activities  of  the 
Order.  For  some  years  club  rooms  have  been  maintained  in 
which  a  small,  but  select  library  is  available  to  the  members, 
as  well  as  billiard  and  pool  tables  and  recreation  rooms.  The 
council  has  always  co-operated  with  all  civic  and  public  organ- 
izations for  the  advancement  of  the  community;  has  made 
many  private  donations  to  the  poor  and  dependent.  Eighty- 
nine  members  were  in  the  service.  Of  these  four  were  wounded ; 
two  gave  their  lives — one  on  the  battle  front,  and  one  in  camp. 
The  council  subscribed  to  each  of  the  several  loans  and  took 
an  active  part  in  all  the  drives  for  welfare  funds.  Despite 
the  scarcity  of  Catholics  in  the  neighborhood  the  council  mem- 
bership has  increased  to  more  than  300.*^ 

48.  On  April  1,   1921,  344. 


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682     PIERRE  GIBAULT  COUNCIL,  Macomb 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  Sebastian  Koch 

Rev.  F.  G.  Lentz  Patrick  Whelan  E.  D.  Riordan 

Rev.  Michael  Ryan  David  Gallagher  F.  C.  McGuire 

P.  A.  Kennedy  Leo  Woerly 

Arthur  Burke  J.  E.  Holden 

Pierre  Gibault  Council  No.  682  of  Macomb  was  insti- 
tuted April  10,  1904.  To  Rev.  F.  G.  Lentz  belongs  the  credit 
of  bringing  the  Knights  of  Columbus  to  Macomb.  At  the  in- 
stitution the  first  and  second  degrees  were  conferred  by  the 
officers  of  Galesburg  Council,  and  the  major  degree  by  District 
Deputy  Michael  J.  Daugherty,  assisted  by  James  McKinney 
and  others.  Patrick  Whalen  was  the  first  Grand  Knight,  and 
Rev.  F.  G.  Lentz  the  first  Chaplain.  The  council  has  estab- 
lished club  rooms  in  the  Allison  Building,  on  the  west  side 
of  the  public  square,  where  billiard  and  card  rooms  and  gym- 
nasium are  maintained.  At  the  time  of  institution  there  were 
but  35  members,  but  the  membership  has  increased  to  118. 
The  council  has  been  most  of  the  time  in  the  Quincy  district, 
and  under  the  supervision  of  District  Deputy  Joseph  J.  Frei- 
burg, who  has  taken  a  very  helpful  interest.  The  council  has 
been  prompt  and  effective  in  works  of  charity  and  religion,  and 
responded  fully  for  all  war  welfare  work.  This  council  bears 
one  of  the  most  distinguished  names  on  the  council  roster  of 
the  Order.  Pierre  Gibault,  the  patriot  priest  of  the  Mississippi 
Valley,  when  accorded  his  just  deserts,  will  stand  out  as  one 
of  the  greatest  figures  in  American  history.  Pierre  Gibault, 
Illinois'  first  citizen,  was  the  real  founder  of  the  great  empire 
of  the  old  Northwest,  and  primarily  responsible  for  the  gaining 
of  that  vast  territory  comprised  in  the  states  of  Illinois,  Indi- 
ana, Ohio,  Michigan  and  Wisconsin  for  the  United  States. 
Besides  being  a  most  exemplary  priest,  Pierre  Gibault  was  a 
patriot  par  excellence.  Illinois,  the  Mississippi  Valley,  the  old 
Northwest  and  the  United  States  are  under  heavy  obligations 
to  Pierre  Gibault,  no  fraction  of  which  either  of  them  has  dis- 
charged.   Those  who  love  fair  play  should  insist  persistently 


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upon  due  honor  and  recognition  of  the  memory  of  Pierre 
Gibault/'* 

690    DIXON  COUNCIL,  Dixon 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  John  P.  Devine 

Rev.  Michael  Foley  John  E.  Ford  William  F.  Hogan 

Rev.    James    T.    Dono-       John  E.  Erwin  George  F.  Murray 

hue  M.  Maloney  J.  M.  Reynolds 

M.  J.   Gannon  M.  J.  Gannon,  Jr. 
Charles  Kearney 

DixoN  Council  No.  690  was  instituted  June  29,  1902, 
through  the  efforts  of  John  Ford,  John  E.  Erwin  and  several 
other  Catholic  men  of  that  city,  with  a  class  of  60,  John  Ford 
was  elected  Grand  Knight  of  the  new  council,  and  Rev.  Michael 
Foley  was  selected  as  Chaplain.  The  council  has  always  been 
active  in  the  work  of  the  Order  locally,  and  entertained  the 
State  Convention  in  1911.  Out  of  a  membership  of  160,  47 
men  were  in  the  service.  In  war  activities  the  council  was  a 
leader.  It  was  the  first  organization  to  take  hold  of  the  first 
Red  Cross  drive  for  funds,  beginning  June  28,  1917.  It  ar- 
ranged and  managed  two  concerts  by  the  Paulist  Choir  of 
Chicago,  and  turned  over  to  the  Red  Cross  the  receipts  amount- 
ing to  $778.02.  Soon  after  this  country  entered  the  war  a  city 
committee  was  named  by  the  council  to  take  charge  of  all 
drives.  Mr.  Edward  W.  Vaile,  a  member  of  Dixon  Council, 
was  made  chairman.  The  council  bought  $1,000  of  Liberty 
Bonds,  and  raised  $3,000  for  war  welfare  work.  Plans  are 
now  under  way  to  build  a  home  at  a  cost  of  $40,000,  which  will 
soon  be  completed.^" 

696     GALENA  COUNCIL,  Galena 

CHAPLAINS—  T.   L.  McDermott  Orin  Smith 

Rev.   J.   E.    Shananhan       M.  J.  Burns  Henry  Engels 

D.  A.  Callahan  Frank  Desmond 

GRAND  KNIGHTS-       paul  Kerz 
M.  H.  Cleary 

Galena  Council  No.  696  was  instituted  August  24,  1902, 
through  tlie  efforts  of  Michael  W.  Gleason  of  Chicago,  and 

49.  A  series  of  studies  of  the  life  and  labors  of  Father  Gibault  will  be 
found  in  the  Illinois  Catholic  Historical  Review,  beginning  in  1918,  and  still 
continued.  Materials  have  been  gathered  for  a  volume  treating  of  this  great 
patriot  priest,  and   an  attempt  will  be  made  to  publish   the  work. 

50.  On  April  1,  1921,  Dixon  Council  had  a  membership  of  257. 


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Leo,   Moline  Braidwood 

GROUP  OF  KNIGHTS   OF  COLUMBUS   HOMES, 


John  R.  Brown  of  Rockford.  In  the  city  of  Galena  for  many 
years  prior  to  the  organization  of  the  council,  there  existed 
two  substantial  congregations  among  the  Catholics:  St. 
Michaels  and  St.  Marys;  the  former  antedated  the  latter  in 


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organization  by  many  years ;  the  latter  was  organized  to  meet 
the  requirements  of  the  German  speaking  Catholics  of  this 
vicinity.  While  a  goodly  portion  of  the  residents  of  this  city 
of  about  6,000  people  attended  these  two  churches,  in  a  social 
way,  there  existed  no  organization  to  bring  together  the  several 
Catholics  of  the  city  and  vicinity  prior  to  the  advent  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus.  While  both  congregations  were  repre- 
sented in  the  Charter  membership,  those  from  St.  Michaels 
predominated,  and  for  some  time  the  organization  failed  to 
attract  members  of  St.  Mary's  congregation,  as  the  original 
organizers  of  the  council  had  hoped  it  would.  In  recent  years 
a  marked  change  in  this  regard  is  evidenced  in  its  membership, 
so  that  now  it  can  be  truthfully  said  that  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus is  recognized  by  all — even  non-Catholics — as  distinctively 
representative  of  the  social  and  fraternal  spirit  of  the  Catholic 
life  of  the  community.  Its  membership  now  is  representative 
of  the  Catholic  people  of  the  entire  county.  The  council  main- 
tained club  rooms  from  the  first  year  of  its  organization,  and 
has  taken  an  active  interest  in  Catholic  literature.  It  was  well 
represented  in  the  war,  and  took  a  prominent  part  in  war  wel- 
fare work."^  On  April  1,  1921,  the  council  had  a  membership 
of  467. 

716    LEO  COUNCIL,  MolJne 

CHAPLAINS —  W.   R.  Moore  J.  H.  Coburn 

Rev    J.  S.  Kelly  Edward  Coryn  George  T.  Rank 

Rev.  J.  B.  Culemans  H.  T.   Moss  Rev.  D.  F.  Monaghan 

J.  E.  Murphy  A.   T.  Kipping 

GRAND  KNIGHTS—       Benjamin   DeJaeger  John  C.  McGreevy 

Frederick  W.   Rank  R.  W.  Rank  Francis  C.  King 

Leo  Council  No.  716  of  Moline  was  instituted  October  26, 
1902.  A  number  of  prominent  Catholic  men  in  the  city  of 
Moline,  who  were  members  of  Loras  Council  of  Davenport, 
Iowa,  held  a  meeting  in  the  summer  of  1902  and  decided  to 
take  steps  for  the  organization  of  a  council  of  the  Knights 
of  Columbus.    Their  work  was  fruitful,  and  a  council  known 


51.  Information  furnished  by  Hon.  M.  H.  Cleary. 


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ds  Leo  Council  No.  716  was  instituted  on  the  date  above  named, 
with  a  charter  membership  of  28.  Frederick  W.  Kank  was 
elected  the  first  Grand  Knight  and  Eev.  J.  S.  Kelly  was  selected 
as  Chaplain.  Leo  Council  took  an  active  interest  in  all  the 
work  of  the  Order,  and  grew  to  gratifying  numbers.  When  the 
first  call  came  for  funds  to  carry  on  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
war  welfare  program  the  council,  in  a  drive  through  Moline, 
collected  $6,000  and  in  subsequent  drives  shared  in  the  war 
chest  which  was  created  in  Moline.  The  council  purchased 
$1,200.00  of  Liberty  Bonds.  Forty-six  of  the  less  than  200 
members  at  the  time  were  in  the  service.  A  notable  event  in 
which  Leo  Council  was  interested  was  the  military  funeral  of 
Commandant  C.  M.  Ripperger  of  the  Rock  Island  Arsenal. 
Lieut.  Ripperger  was  a  professor  in  the  School  of  Aviation  of 
the  Army,  and  lost  his  life  in  the  performance  of  his  duty  at 
Marshfield,  Riverside,  California,  on  March  31,  1919.  His 
remains  were  brought  to  Moline  and  accorded  a  military  fu- 
neral, in  which  Leo  Council  took  part  as  a  body.  Leo  Council 
has  a  valuable  council  home  in  the  business  district  of  Moline, 
containing  a  meeting  hall  and  club  rooms.^^  A  cut  of  Leo 
Council's  Club  room  may  be  seen  on  page  180,  with  other 
council  homes, 

717    DE  KALB  COUNCIL,  De  Kalb 

CHAPLAINS —  Thomas  Halloran  Michael  Malone 

Rev.  H.  M.  Fegers  Charles  F.  Fitzgerald  John   L.   Murphy 

Rev.  H.  G.  VanPelt  John  A.  Dowdall  Michael    Kennedy 

^T,  .  i^TT^  -r^-^r^^-r-rr^r,  William    J.    Hope,   Sr.  Edward  M.  Conlin 

GRAND  KNIGHTS—  Edward    P.    Malone  Joseph  Hart 

John  H.  Riley  Edward  J.  Powers 

DeKalb  Council  No.  717  was  instituted  November  30, 
1902,  and  has  drawn  its  membership  chiefly  from  the  rural  dis- 
tricts of  the  townships  of  South  Grove,  Mayfield,  Sycamore, 
Malta,  DeKalb,  Cortland,  Milan,  Clinton,  Afton,  Pierce,  Sha- 
bona.  Squaw  Grove  and  Virgil,  and  has  been  active  at  all  times 
in  the  usual  work  of  the  Order.    The  council  responded  to  all 


52.  Leo  Council  had  a  membership  of  269  on  April  1,  1921. 


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183 


calls  during  the  war,  using  the  quarters  as  a  directing  center, 
the  members  in  the  various  localities  acting  in  their  several 


DE   KALB    COUNCIL.  HOME 


vicinities.  William  F.  Murphy  served  all  through  the  war  on 
the  county  Exemption  Board.  Thomas  Halloran  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Exemption  Board.     The  following  members  were 


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very  active  in  all  loan  and  war  work  campaigns :  John  S. 
Murphy,  James  Fitzgerald,  B,  W.  Lyons,  J,  E.  Quinn,  Dennis 
0  'Brian,  Daniel  0  'Brien,  John  0  'Brien,  John  Brennan,  P.  H. 
Boyd,  M.  F.  Malone,  Edward  Raymond,  and  J.  P.  Kane.  The 
council  has  a  commodious  Home  in  which  comfortable  club 
rooms  are  maintained. '^^ 

730     CHATSWORTH  COUNCIL,  Chatsworth 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  W.   C.   Quinn 

Rev.  J.  J.  Quinn  J.  C.  Corbett  D.  W.  Ryan 

Rev.  W.  J.  Burke  G.   W.  McCabe  Leo  F.  Garrity 

Rev.  Edward  C.  Hearn       J.   A.   O'Neil  D.  W.  McCarthy 

J.  W.  Garrity  J.    A.    Kerrins 

J.  E.  Roach  John  P.  Baldwin 

Chatsworth  Council  No.  730  was  instituted  January  18, 
1903.  National  Organizer  Michael  W.  Gleason  visited  Chats- 
worth and  put  the  organization  procedure  in  motion.  At  the 
time  of  institution  the  first  and  second  degrees  were  conferred 
by  the  officers  of  Peoria  Council,  including  Rev.  Francis  J. 
Reilly  in  an  important  role.  State  Deputy  Patrick  L.  Mc- 
Ardle  and  staff  from  Chicago  exemplified  the  major  degree. 
The  class  was  a  notably  large  one,  consisting  of  100  candidates. 
An  interesting  question  arose  at  the  institution  in  relation  to 
membership  in  societies  forbidden  by  the  Church,  which  was 
eventually  settled  satisfactorily.  At  the  first  election  after 
institution  the  principal  officers  elected  were  Grand  Knight 
J.  C.  Corbett ;  Deputy  Grand  Knight,  J.  F.  Sullivan ;  Financial 
Secretary,  E.  M.  Reising;  Recorder,  J.  W.  Garrity;  Treasurer, 
George  W.  McCabe.  Rev.  James  J.  Quinn  was  selected  as 
Chaplain.  The  council  was  successful  from  the  beginning,  and 
has  reached  a  membership  of  360.  A  room  in  St.  James'  Hos- 
pital, Pontiac,  was  furnished  by  the  council ;  $2,000  has  been 
expended  for  educational  purposes ;  $750.00  for  religious  pur- 
poses ;  $500.00  for  war  welfare  work,  and  $200.00  for  Liberty 
Bonds  and  War  Stamps.^* 


53.  See  cut  of  Council  Home  on  p.  184. 

54.  Chattsworth  Council  had  366  members  on  April  1,  1921. 


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731     WAUKEGAN  COUNCIL,  Waukegan 


CHAPLAINS— 
R  e  V.     William     V  e  r- 

Halen 
Rev.  D.  J.   Schuette 
Rev.   John  Plevnick 
Rev.  Edmund  A.  Brod- 

man 
Rev.  M.   H.   Shea 


Rev.  J.  B.  Foley 
Rev.  Joseph  B.  Lauer- 
mann 

GRAND  KNIGHTS— 

John   Conrad 
John   Doyle 
John  Reardon 


J.   R.   Durkin 
E.  W.  Tobin 
Thomas  Durkin 
Frank   Golden 
Joseph   Daly 
E.  P.   Bidinger 
Walter  B.  Durkin 


Waukegan  Council  No.  731  was  instituted  March  9,  1903. 
The  pioneer  mover  for  the   council  was   James  McCloskey, 


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who  was  very  ably  assisted  by  Rev.  E.  W.  Gavin,  Pastor  of  the 
Church  of  the  Immaculate  Conception.  The  degree  work  was 
in  charge  of  State  Deputy  Patrick  L.  McArdle,  and  he  was 
assisted  in  the  third  degree  by  Patrick  Murphy  and  other  pop- 


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ular  degree  officers.  The  first  Grand  Knight  was  John  Con- 
rad, and  the  first  Chaplain  was  Rev.  William  Ver  Halen.  Since 
organization  the  council  has  been  conspicuously  active  in  all 
the  work  of  the  Order,  and  has  an  enviable  record  for  charita- 
ble, religious  and  educational  effort.  In  1919  Waukegan  Coun- 
cil, through  the  Columbus  Institute,  a  corporation,  acquired 
title  to  property  in  Waukegan,  valued  at  approximately  $125,- 
000.  This  property  was  purchased  at  a  very  low  price,  and  is 
all  paid  for  with  the  exception  of  $20,000.  The  building  con- 
sists of  a  24-room  hotel,  lodge  hall  and  club  rooms,  as  well  as 
a  splendidly  equipped  theater  with  a  seating  capacity  of 
1,500.  As  appears  in  other  chapters  this  property  was  prac- 
tically turned  over  for  the  use  of  the  men  in  the  service  of  the 
United  States  during  the  war  in  training  at  the  Great  Lakes 
Naval  Training  Station,  three  miles  distant  from  Waukegan, 
and  of  the  men  at  Fort  Sheridan,  and  a  large  part  of  the  war 
welfare  work  of  this  region  was  here  conducted.^^ 


734     SANTA  MARIA  COUNCIL,  Kewanee 

CHAPLAINS—  Thomas  O'Brien  John    P.    Cavanagh 

Rev.  D.  L.  Crowe  Eugene  O'Connor  Harry  N.  Bauer 

Rev.   P.  H.  Durkin  Philip  O'Grady  Cameil  D.  DePauw 

Rev.  William  P.  Burke  John   Barnes  William  Hagerty 

Rev.  Charles  Frencken  Harry    Carlin  William   D.   Calvin 

GRAND  KNIGHTS—  Thomas  Bradley  Dr.  J.  T.  Boswell 
Peter  Fischer 

Santa  Maria  Council  No.  734  of  Kewanee  was  organized 
through  the  efforts  of  the  late  Rev.  D.  L.  Crowe,  in  his  lifetime 
Pastor  of  Visitation  Parish,  Kewanee.  The  council  was  insti- 
tuted on  August  23,  1903,  under  the  direction  of  Michael  J. 
Daugherty,  District  Deputy  and  staff  of  Galesburg.  It  has 
always  been  active,  and  during  the  world  war  took  a  conspicu- 
ous part  in  all  the  war  work,  raising  $6,000  for  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  Welfare  Fund.  Fifty-two  of  the  members  were 
in  the  service  of  their  country,  and  one,  Herbert  Bailey,  gave 

B5.   See  account  in  the  chapter  on  War  Work. 


PIONEER  COUNCILS  187 

up  his  life.  The  first  Grand  Knight  was  Peter  Fischer,  and 
the  first  Chaplain  was  Rev.  D.  L.  Crowe.  The  council  has  pur- 
chased a  building  lot  for  a  home  at  a  cost  of  $8,250.00.  Be- 
sides collecting  $6,000  for  war  relief  work,  the  council  bought 
$500.00  worth  of  Liberty  Bonds.^« 


735     BELVIDERE  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  C.  C.  Benvenutie 

Rev.  J.  C.  Murphy  John  J.  Shanesy  Raymond  Downs 

Rev.  J.  P.   Joyce  Patrick   H.    O'Donnell  Earl  Coppinger 

H.  H.   Kennedy 

Belvidere  Council  No,  735  was  instituted  January  11, 
1903.  The  honor  of  bringing  the  Knights  of  Columbus  to  Bel- 
videre  is  due  John  R.  Brown,  at  the  time  Grand  Knight  of 
Rockford  Council  and  District  Deputy.  Since  its  institution 
the  council  has  shown  a  steady  healthy  growth.  During  the 
great  war  Belvidere  Council  assumed  leadership  in  every  one 
of  the  home  duties.  Under  the  inspiration  of  the  chaplain  of 
the  council,  Rev.  J.  P.  Joyce,  assisted  by  Rev.  William  A. 
0  'Rourke,  assistant  pastor,  the  council  responded  patriotically, 
and  it  was  publicly  acknowledged  that  the  efforts  of  Father 
Joyce  were  second  to  none  in  Boone  County.  Twenty  of  the 
101  members  of  the  council  were  in  the  service  during  the 
war.  Amongst  those  whose  efforts  have  contributed  to  the 
maintenance  and  success  of  the  council  are  John  J.  Shanesy 
(deceased),  Patrick  H.  O'Donnell,  Homer  H.  Kennedy,  Claude 
Benevenuti,  Raymond  Downs,  and  Frank  Farley."  The  coun- 
cil has  expended  for  religious  purposes  $200.00;  for  charity, 
$500.00,  and  for  war  welfare  work,  $250.00.  The  history  of 
the  council  would  be  incomplete  without  reference  to  the  late 
Rev.  P.  H.  McKeown,  who,  while  stationed  at  Belvidere  as 
assistant  pastor,  acted  as  Chaplain  of  the  council. 


56.  Santa  Maria  Council  on  April  1,   1921,  had  363  ini-mbors. 

57.  Of  course   this  list  could  with   propriety  be  extended,   but  these  are 
entitled  to  special  mention. 


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736     AURORA  COUNCIL,  Aurora 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  F.  B.  Streeter 

Rev.   F.   S.   Reynolds  J.  W.   Cyr  Michael  Demuth 

Rev.  Leon  M.  Linden  John  R.  Walsh  Oscar  J.  Casey 

Rev.   James  Quinn  Frank  Wilkinson  R.   A.  Milroy 

Rev.  J.  P.   McGuire  Frank    P.   Hanafin  Oliver  J.   Gibbs 

Aurora  Council  No.  736  was  instituted  February  8,  1903. 
Eighty-five  men  made  application  to  the  Supreme  Council  for 
a  charter  and  with  the  request  that  the  new  council  be  called 
Aurora.  The  application  was  acted  upon  favorably  by  the  Su- 
preme Council,  and  a  charter  granted.  Joseph  Cyr,  prominent 
in  all  things  Catholic,  was  elected  the  first  Grand  Knight,  and 
Rev.  F.  S.  Reynolds  was  the  first  Chaplain.  From  eighty-five 
members  the  council  has  grown  to  a  membership  of  954.  A 
building  was  purchased  in  the  year  1912,  for  Club  House  pur- 
poses, and  immediately  the  membership  of  Aurora  Council  was 
doubled.  In  1919  one  of  the  finest  sites  in  the  city  was  pur- 
chased, upon  which  it  is  planned  to  erect  a  $250,000  building 
for  Club  House  purposes,  and  as  a  Catholic  social  center.  One 
hundred  twenty-six  men  of  Aurora  Council  answered  their 
country's  call  in  the  great  war.  One  of  these  was  wounded, 
although  many  were  gassed.  Two  of  the  members  served  as 
Knights  of  Columbus  secretaries,  one  serving  overseas,  and  the 
other  in  the  encampments  in  this  country.  The  council  took 
an  active  part  in  all  the  war  activities  of  the  city  and  received 
much  praise  for  loyalty.  Aurora  Council  has  shown  a  remark- 
able growth.  The  members  are  workers  and  the  meetings  are 
well  attended.  No  big  civic  improvement  matter  is  put  for- 
ward in  this  city  but  Aurora  Council  members  take  an  active 
part  and  they  have  dispelled  almost  entirely  all  religious  preju- 
dice.'^* 


5S.  More  will  be  seen  of  Aurora  Council's  activities  in  other  chapters. 


PIONEER  COUNCILS  189 


740    KEENAN  COUNCIL,  Amboy 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.   T.   J.  Cullen  William  E.  Clark 

Rev.  J.  P.  Leddy  pr  Aivm^TNjTr-WTcj  Charles  W.  Rabbit 

Rev.  J.  P.  Heaney  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  joh^  p.  Canavan 

Rev.  L.  Berthold  H.    W.    O'TooIe  William  Kirby 

James  H.  Kelleher 

ICeenan  Council  No.  740  was  instituted  June  21,  1903,  at 
Amboy.  The  first  and  second  degrees  were  in  charge  of  Free- 
port  and  Sterling  Councils,  and  the  third  degree  was  conferred 
by  District  Deputy  John  R.  Brown  of  Rockford,  assisted  by  a 
team  from  councils  in  Rockford,  Freeport,  Belvidere  and  Chi- 
cago. H.  W.  0 'Toole,  John  P.  Canavan,  Dr.  E.  A.  Sullivan, 
John  P.  Kester,  John  Kehoe  and  Charles  W.  Rabbit  were  mem- 
bers of  Sterling  Council  prior  to  the  institution  of  Keenan 
Council,  and  it  was  through  their  efforts  that  this  council  was 
started.  Shortly  after  the  council  was  instituted  a  club  room 
and  reading  room  were  equipped  and  have  been  maintained 
for  members  and  friends.  William  Kirby,  during  the  war,  was 
in  service,  as  were  also  a  large  number  of  members  of  the  coun- 
cil, among  whom  was  Thomas  LaVelle,  who  was  killed  in 
France.  During  the  war  the  members  at  home  took  an  active 
part  in  welfare  work  for  the  soldiers,  acting  on  committees, 
etc.,  having  charge  of  drives  launched  for  the  purpose  of  rais- 
ing money  for  the  Knights  of  Columbus  and  the  different  war 
welfare  organizations.^^ 

745     ST.  VIATEUR'S  COUNCIL,  Kankakee 

CHAPLAINS —  Rev.   J.   P.    Parker  W.   H.  Savery 

Rev.  T.  J.   Whelan  Rev.  J.   F.   Ryan  James  T.  Burns 

Rev.    M.    Hanley  Rev.  J.  W.  R.  Maguire  Philip   T.    Lambert 

Rev.  D.  O'Dwyer  Rev.   A.   F.   Korthals  H.  A.   Zinkman 

Rev.    J.    T.   Bennett  Rev.  F.  A.  Sheridan  A.    E.    Morcotte 

Rev.   E.  A.  Kolevireski  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  James  L.  Dougherty 

Rev.  A.  D.  Granger  Thomas   F.  Donovan  James   Coen 

Rev.  J.  C.  Milot  Armand   E.    Smith  Armand    E.    Smith 

Rev.   W.  J.  Bergin  James    F.    Shields  Z.   L.  Duchene 

Rev.  J.  P.  O'Mahoney  Louis    P.    LeCour  W.  J.  Nourie 

Rev.  W.  J.  Suprenant  William  Hickey  lohn  P.  Hickey 

St.  Viateur's  Council  No.  745  of  Kankakee,  was  insti- 
tuted April  5,  1903.     Thomas  F.  Donovan,  then  residing  in 


59.  Keenan  Council  had  a  membership  of  125  on  April  1,  1921. 


190         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Kankakee,  was  initiated  into  the  Order  at  the  institution  of 
Chatsworth  Council  on  January  18,  1903,  Immediately  upon 
returning  to  Kankakee  he  began  an  agitation  for  the  organi- 
zation of  a  council  there,  and  though  he  was  the  only  member 
of  the  Order  in  Kankakee  he  created  such  an  interest  that 
a  large  class  was  ready  for  initiation  upon  the  date  mentioned 
above.  Officers  from  Joliet,  Bloomington  and  Chatsworth 
councils  co-operated  in  the  exemplification  of  the  first  and 
second  degrees.  The  major  degree  was  conferred  by  the  then 
State  Deputy  Patrick  L.  jMcArdle,  assisted  by  an  able  staff. 
The  institution  of  St.  Viateur  's  Council  was  attended  with  some 
circumstances  that  made  it  especially  notable.  Perhaps  up  to 
that  time  there  had  never  been  in  Illinois  such  a  large  gathering 
of  members  of  the  Order  to  witness  the  institution  of  a  council. 
Special  trains  were  run  from  Chicago,  Joliet,  Bloomington 
and  Chatsworth,  and  the  exercises  were  unusually  successful. 
This  was  true  especially  of  the  sumptuous  banquet  served 
under  the  direction  of  the  mothers,  wives  and  sweethearts  of 
the  members.  At  the  time  of  institution  Thomas  F.  Donovan 
was  selected  as  Grand  Knight.  The  late  A.  E.  Smith  was 
selected  as  Deputy  Grand  Knight,  and  Eev,  T.  J.  Whalen  as 
Chaplain.  Previous  to  the  war  St.  Viateur 's  Council  had 
complied  with  aU  requests  of  the  State  and  Supreme  bodies  in 
respect  to  the  work  of  the  Order,  such  as  the  placing  of 
Catholic  Encyclopedias  in  the  libraries  of  the  city,  awarding 
scholarship  at  St.  Viateur 's  College,  Bourbonnais,  lU.,  and  in 
the  distribution  of  prizes  for  essays  on  the  life  of  Columbus. 
Previous  to  and  during  the  war,  when  not  taking  the  initiative 
St.  Viateur 's  was  always  active  in  the  promotion  of  patriotic 
meetings  and  parades,  such  as  the  war  preparedness  parade, 
Red  Cross  and  Liberty  Bond  parades  and  the  meetings  con- 
nected with  them,  for  which  the  council  at  various  times  pro- 
vided the  speakers.  St.  Viateur 's  also  conducted  meetings 
for  the  advancement  of  aU  of  the  Red  Cross  and  Knights  of 
Columbus  war  fund  drives.  United  War  work  drives,  Liberty 


PIONEER  COUNCILS 


191 


Bond  and  "War  Savings  Stamp  meetings  and  furnished  at  all 
times  a  goodly  share  of  the  four  minute  men  and  solicitors. 
St.  Viateur's  Council  was  the  first  organization  of  any  kind 
that  publicly  welcomed  the  return  of  the  soldiers;  a  welcome 
which  they  continued  later  by  a  repetition  of  the  war  work  at 
the  front,  which  was  given  at  a  Community  Welcome.  St. 
Viateur's  during  the  war  entertained  and  offered  recreation  in 


ST.  VIATEUR'S  COUNCIL,  HOME,   KANKAKEE 


its  club  rooms  for  all  of  the  S.  A.  T.  C.  men  from  St.  Viator's 
College.  ^Vhen  its  quota  of  $700.00  was  set  for  the  first  Knights 
of  Columbus  war  fund  its  members  promptly  remitted  to  the 
Supreme  Body  $3,000.00.  Because  of  its  patriotic  stand  and 
its  activities  during  the  war  the  membership  of  St.  Viateur's 
jumped  from  less  than  four  hundred  to  one  thousand  and  its 
membership  is  still  being  added  to  each  week.  St.  Viateur's 
Council  is  the  first  council  in  the  state  of  lUinois  to  announce 
plans  for  the  erection  of  a  Catholic  Community  Center  Build- 
ing and  before  this  history  is  off  the  press  it  wiU  have  erected 
a  $200,000  building  which  is  to  accommodate  meetings  of  the 
Catholic  men,  women,  boys  and  girls  of  the  community.    It  will 


192         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

contain  a  large  gymnasium,  bowling  alley,  swimming  pool,  club 
rooms,  rest  rooms,  libraries,  etc.,  usually  found  in  buildings 
of  a  similar  nature.  Much  of  the  success  of  St.  Viateur's  Coun- 
cil is  attributed  to  the  active  interest  taken  in  it  by  the  Rev. 
J.  P.  O'Mahoney,  former  president  of  St.  Viator's  College, 
Rev.  W.  J.  Bergin  and  Rev.  J.  W.  R.  Maguire,  also  of  St. 
Viator's  College,  the  parish  priests  of  Kankakee  county  and 
particularly  the  aid  and  assistance  given  the  council  by  the 
Rev.  L.  G.  Libert  who  died  later  from  the  effects  of  illness 
caused  by  serving  as  a  chaplain  with  the  army.  Father  Bergin 
and  Father  ]\Iaguire  also  served  with  the  army  as  Knights  of 
Columbus  chaplains.  A  schedule  of  activities  discloses  that  the 
council  has  expended  for  educational  purposes  $1,200; 
for  religious  purposes  $1,500;  for  charity  $1,600;  for  war 
welfare  work  $18,500,  and  for  Liberty  Bonds,  war  stamps, 
etc.,  $5,000."" 


749    FEEHAN  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  Michael  J.  Flynn 

Ilev.    Michael    Bonfield  William  R.  Maloney  T.    Francis    Cavanagh 

Rev.  George  W.  W'un-  LeRoy  Hackett  Robert  J.  Burns 

der  George  W.  Lyon,  Jr.  Edward  J.  Neville 

Rev.    Cyril    F.    Meade  Harry  J.   Barton  Edward  J.  Sordelet 

Feehan  Council  No.  749  of  Chicago  was  instituted  March 
19,  1903.  Rev.  Michael  Bonfield  conceived  the  idea  that  re- 
sulted in  the  organization  of  Feehan  Council,  having  been 
impressed  with  the  beauty  and  solemnity  of  the  Ritual  of  the 
Order,  appreciating  its  power  for  good  and  realizing  the  need 
of  such  a  society  in  the  Lawndale  District,  Father  Bonfield 
sought  and  procured  permission  for  a  council,  and  in  con- 
junction with  an  organization  committee,  composed  of  William 
R.  Maloney  of  De  Soto  Council,  John  J.  Coyle  of  Damen  Coun- 
cil, Homer  J.  Buckley  of  LaFayette  Council,  and  George  W. 
Lyon,  Jr.,  of  Illinois  Council,  all  of  St.  Agatha's  Parish,  the 

60.  This  very  comprehensive  report  of  the  activities  of  St.  Viateur's 
Council  was  furnished  by  Fred  G.   Kamp. 


PIONEER  COUNCILS  193 

preliminary  work  was  performed  and  the  council  was  insti- 
tuted on  the  date  above  stated.  The  first  and  second  degrees 
were  in  charge  of  Damen  Council,  and  the  major  degree  was 
exemplified  by  State  Deputy  Patrick  L,  McArdle  and  staff 
headed  by  James  J.  Callahan.  From  a  charter  membership  of 
50  the  council  has  grown  to  its  present  membei'ship  of  582,  and 
has  always  been  in  the  front  rank  in  all  activities  of  the  Order. 
During  the  war  the  council  purchased  $1,800  worth  of  liberty 
bonds,  and  was  well  represented  among  salesmen  and  speakers, 
in  all  bond  drives.  Knights  of  Columbus  war  work,  the  Red 
Cross  and  the  United  War  Work  campaign.  Dues  were 
waived  from  all  members  of  the  council  in  the  service  upon 
application.  Everything  possible  was  done  for  the  comfort 
and  benefit  of  the  members  who  were  in  the  service,  and  many 
<)f  the  families  of  members  were  aided.  The  council  displayed 
a  service  flag  containing  89  stars,  including  three  gold  stars. 
The  distinguished  Service  Cross  for  bravery  in  action  was 
conferred  upon  one  member  of  the  council  viz.,  Serg.  Major 
Daniel  J.  Hartnett,  Jr.  The  gold  stars  were  Edward  J.  Barry, 
killed  in  action  in  Prance,  and  decorated  with  the  Distinguished 
Service  Cross;  Leo  Hanley,  killed  in  action,  and  James  E. 
Ryan  who  died  in  the  service.  Ten  members  of  the  council 
received  commissions  in  the  United  States  Army,  viz.,  Lieut. 
Rev.  George  J.  Wunder,  Chaplain  of  the  council;  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Dr.  William  R.  Larkin;  Captain  Thomas  A.  Hoy; 
Lieut.  Malcomb  J.  Boyle ;  Lieut.  Howard  A.  Brundage ;  Lieut. 
John  J.  Cummings;  Lieut.  Thomas  E.  Dunn;  Lieut.  John  C. 
Gannon;  Lieut.  Emmett  Morrissey  and  Lieut.  Clement  I. 
TNIcCarthy. 

Among  the  active  leaders  of  Feehan  Council  should  be 
named  William  R.  Maloney  (deceased),  the  first  Grand 
Knight ;  LeRoy  Hackett,  who  became  State  Secretary  and  State 
Deputy  and  George  W.  Lyon,  Jr.,  who  was  for  several  years 
State  Secretary.*'^ 


61.  Information   furnished   by   George   W.   Lyon. 


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754    DANVILLE  COUNCIL,  Danville 

CHAPLAINS —  Rev.  T.   F.   Monohan  F.   P.   Myers 

Very  Rev.  Dean  F.   C.  Rev.   Thomas  C.  Gary  J.    M.    Boyle 

Duffy  Rev.   A.   Jajodziniski  P.    X.    Sanger 

Rev.  P.  C.  O.  Cullerton  Rev.  F.  J.  Schaff  C.    R.    Shannon 

Rev.    John    Costello  ot?  atvtt,  xnvTTr-wT^Q  Thomas   O'Connell 

Rev.  H.  V.  O'Brien  OKAIn  jj  iUN iu±i  i  to—  Herman   Ewing 

Rev.  Leo  Henkle  F.  E.  LeSeure  John  F.  Gllmore 

Very  Rev.  Dean  Fran-  J.  T.  Morrisey  Joseph  Smith 

els  J.  O'Reilly  E.  L.  Dowllng  Herman  Ewlng 

Danville  Council  No.  754  was  instituted  April  19,  1903. 
The  first  move  for  a  council  in  Danville  was  made  by  Frank  E. 
LeSeure  who  called  a  meeting  of  members  belonging  to  neigh- 
boring councils,  but  residing  in  Danville,  on  March  1,  1903. 
Present  at  the  meeting  were  Frank  E.  LeSeure,  M.  F.  Keegan, 
E.  L.  Dowling,  Edward  Foran  and  J.  W.  Plaster.  Work  was 
immediately  begun  on  the  organization  of  the  council,  and  on 
the  date  mentioned  a  class  of  71  candidates  received  the  de- 
grees. Large  delegations  were  in  attendance  from  Indianapolis, 
Terre  Haute  and  Lafayette,  Indiana,  and  from  Springfield, 
Illinois.  The  first  and  second  degrees  were  exemplified  by 
degree  officers  chosen  from  Indianapolis  and  Springfield  coun- 
cils, and  the  major  degree  was  conferred  by  District  Deputy 
Joseph  J.  Thompson,  assisted  by  Thomas  P.  McDonnell  and 
several  members  of  District  Deputy  Thompson's  staff  from 
Bloomington.  Frank  E.  LeSeure  was  elected  as  first  Grand 
Knight  and  Rev.  Dean  F.  C.  Duffy  was  chosen  as  Chaplain. 
Danville  Council  has  steadily  progressed  since  organization ; 
lias  taken  part  in  all  the  activities  of  the  Order,  national  and 
state,  and  met  all  calls  upon  the  council  for  religious,  charitable 
and  educational  purposes.  On  the  outbreak  of  the  war  51  mem- 
bers of  the  council  entered  the  service,  one  died  and  three 
were  wounded.  The  council  oversubscribed  its  quota  for  wel- 
fare aid  and  invested  money  of  its  general  fund  in  Liberty 
Bonds.  Since  the  war  the  council  adopted  a  division  of  the  Boy 
Scouts  and  has  given  them  liberal  support.**^ 


62.  Danville  Council  on  April  1,  1921,  had  225  members. 


PIONEER  COUNCILS 


195 


761     CHARLES  CARROLL  COUNCIL,  Chicago 


CHAPLAINS— 
Rev.  James  Jennings 


GRAND  KNIGHTS- 
James  J.  Donahoe 
Patrick  J.   Murpliy 
Joseph  Ratigan 


George   Reinhart 
Thomas  F.  O'Connell 
James  J.  Walsh 
Joseph  v.  Lang 


Charles  Carroll  Council  No.  761  of  Chicago  was  instituted 
April  26,  1903.  The  idea  of  carrying  the  Knights  of  Columbus 


REV.   JAMES  J.   JENNINGS 
Charles    Carroll    Council 


HON.  EDWARD  O.   BROWN. 
Marquette   Council 


to  the  great  west  side  of  Chicago  was  conceived  in  the  minds 
of  two  prominent  members  of  Illinois  Council.  With  the  sanc- 
tion of  their  Grand  Knight  and  the  State  Deputy,  James  Dona- 
hoe and  James  McLennon  set  about  the  task  of  organizing  a 
new  council.  In  a  short  time  they  gathered  together  fifty-nine 
of  their  friends  and  made  application  to  the  Supreme  Council 


196         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

for  a  charter  with  the  request  that  the  new  council  be  called  the 
Charles  Carroll  of  CarroUton.  At  the  first  re^lar  meeting, 
which  Avas  held  at  Lowther  Hall,  West  Madison  Street  and 
California  Avenue,  in  recognition  of  the  great  work  they  had 
accomplished,  James  Donahoe  was  elected  the  first  Grand 
Knight  and  James  McLennon  Deputy  Grand  Knight.  At  once 
Charles  Carroll  started  to  thrive.  From  sixty-one  members  it 
has  grown  to  eleven  hundred  twenty-four.  Its  activities  are 
known  throughout  all  Knights  of  Columbus  circles.  A  special 
interest  has  been  shown  in  educational  affairs  and  liberal  con- 
tributions have  been  made  for  Catholic  education.  Charles 
Carroll  Council  made  a  splendid  record  in  the  late  war.  Two 
hundred  and  forty-one  members  answered  the  country's  call. 
Of  these,  fiive  made  the  supreme  sacrifice.  Thirteen  were  com- 
missioned officers  in  the  Army  and  Navy  and  twelve  were  non- 
commissioned. Three  priests,  members  of  the  council,  enlisted 
as  chaplains  and  seven  members  served  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus as  secretaries.  Of  these  one  was  Supervisor  of  the  middle 
west  camps,  one  served  overseas  and  five  at  various  camps  in 
this  country.  The  trustees  report  shows  that  Charles  Carroll 
Council  holds  two  thousand  dollars  worth  of  liberty  bonds. 
The  meetings  of  the  council  are  well  attended.  Very  seldom  is 
a  session  held  with  less  than  twenty-five  percent  of  the  mem- 
bership present.  Good  fellowship  is  supreme.  The  members 
not  only  work  for  the  welfare  of  their  council,  but  for  that  of 
the  Order  as  well.®^ 

773     FORT  DEARBORN  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—        Thomas  J.   McMahon 

Rev.  John  Gillen  George  Bohan  Thomas  J.  O'Connell 

Rev.  J.  J.  O'Hern  William  J.  Donovan  Austin  E.  Regan 

Rev.  C.  B.  McClellan  Dr.  J.  J.  McLaughlin 
Rev.  F.   J.  Gillespie 

Fort  Dearborn  Council  No.  773  was  instituted  July  1, 
1903.    It  was  organized  during  the  time  that  preparations  were 


63.  Accounts  of   activities   of   members   of   the   council  will   be  found   in 
otber  chapters. 


PIONEER  COUNCILS  197 

being  made  for  the  celebration  of  the  Centenary  of  the  Fort 
Dearborn  Massacre  and  was  for  that  reason  named  Fort  Dear- 
born. John  Trauscht  was  the  man  who  conceived  the  idea  of 
organizing  a  council  in  the  vicinity  of  All  Saints  Parish,  25th 
Place  and  Wallace  Street,  and  may  justly  be  called  the  ''Father 
of  Fort  Dearborn  Council."  He  was  assisted  ably  by  Alder- 
man John  E.  Richert  and  Alderman  Charles  A.  Biederman. 
The  council  has  always  been  active  in  all  movements  of  the 
Order,  and  has  responded  to  every  call  of  the  Supreme  or 
State  Council.  During  the  World  War  the  council  had  in  the 
Air  Service  1 ;  in  the  Navy  21 ;  in  the  Army  84 ;  in  the  Marines 
3,  making  a  total  of  109  out  of  a  membership  at  the  time  of 
290.  One  member,  George  Bonfield,  was  killed  in  battle  the 
day  before  the  Armistice  was  signed,  and  three  members.  Rev. 
John  J.  Ahern,  Captain  Chaplain;  Serg.-Major  Wm.  A.  Mc- 
Cormick,  and  Serg.  Edward  J.  O'Donnell  were  cited  for 
bravery.  The  council  bought  $750  worth  of  liberty  bonds, 
and  did  excellent  welfare  work  under  the  leadership  of  Arthur 
A.  Baadte  and  Edward  J.  Ryan.^* 

776    WOODSTOCK  COUNCIL,  Woodstock 

CHAPLAINS—  D.  F.  Quinlan  R.   H.   Corr 

Rev.  M.  S.  Gilmartin  E.  J.   Gerry  R.   M.    Wienke 

^r>  ATVTT^  T^xTT,-.tTrr.c.  Johii  Bolger  James   B.  Riley 

GRAND  KNIGHTS—  c.   Frank  Daly  J.  T.  Pratt 

John  J.  Cooney  James  P.  Green 

Woodstock  Council  No.  776  was  instituted  May  3,  1903, 
with  State  Deputy  Patrick  L.  McArdle  in  charge.  The  foun- 
ders and  sponsors  of  Woodstock  Council  included  Rev.  M.  S. 
Gilmartin,  John  J.  Cooney,  D.  F.  Quinlan,  Frank  Daly  and 
James  P.  Green.  The  council  has  had  a  steady  solid  growth  ; 
has  made  a  fixed  annual  contribution  for  religious  purposes, 
and  contributed  $3,000  for  war  welfare  work.  It  maintains 
commodious  club  rooms  covering  an  entire  floor  in  a  prominent 
building  on  the  public  square.    Thirty-five  percent  of  the  mem- 


64.  Fort  Dearborn  has  grown  to  bo  one  of  the  larger  councils,  having  on 
April  1,  1921,  1,105  members. 


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bership  of  the  council  served  in  the  war;  two  members  gave 
their  lives ;  one  of  them,  Henry  Schmitt,  in  the  Battle  of  Chip- 
pily  Ridge,  on  August  9,  1918.^^ 

790    STREATOR  COUNCIL,  Streator 


CHAPLAINS— 
Rev.  H.  A.  O'Kelley 

GRAND  KNIGHTS- 
P.  J.  Lucey 
G.  G.  Reinhard 


J.  E.  Condren 
B.  T.  Keating 
M.  H.   Linskey 
James  Radigan 
F.  C.  Kilroy 


Raymond  J.  Jennett 
J.  E.  McGuire 
Edward  P.  Lyons 
Thomas  J.  Walsh 
Frank  A.  Ryan 


Streator  Council  No.  790  was  instituted    January    10, 
1904.    The  sponsors  of  Streator  Council  were  Patrick  J.  Lucey 


D.   F.   QUINLAN, 
Woodstock  Council 


PETER    BWERTS, 
Fort    Dearborn    Council 


and  G.  G.  Reinhard,  who  belonged  to  the  Order  before  Streator 
Council  was  instituted.  Late  in  the  year  1903  these  men  called 
a  meeting  which  was  held  in  the  Spalding  Lyceum,  at  which  it 
was  resolved  to  take  the  necessary  proceedings  for  the  insti- 
tution of  a  council.    At  the  institution  the  officers  of  Starved 


65.  On  April  1,  1921,  Woodstock  Council  had  a  membership  of  222. 


PIONEER  COUNCILS  199 

Rock  Comicil  of  Ottawa  exemplified  the  first  and  second  de- 
grees, and  District  Deputy  James  G.  Condon  of  Chicago  con- 
ferred the  major  degree.  The  principal  officers  elected  at  the 
time  of  institution  were :  Patrick  J.  Lucey,  Grand  Knight ;  H. 
F.  Rowland,  Deputy  Grand  Knight ;  R.  F.  Purcell,  Chancellor ; 
A.  A.  Solon,  Recorder;  G.  G.  Reinhard,  Financial  Secretary, 
and  W.  A.  Sullivan,  Treasurer.  Rev.  H.  A.  0 'Kelly  was 
selected  as  Chaplain  and  has  held  that  post  ever  since.  The 
council  has  been  very  successful  and  has  increased  to  a  mem- 
bership of  nearly  500.  The  social  affairs  of  the  council  have 
been  numerous  and  creditable.  Columbus  Day  has  been  cele- 
brated every  year,  and  has  always  been  a  social  success.  The 
council  has  engaged  in  much  charitable,  religious  and  edu- 
cational work,  and  was  prompt  and  effective  in  war  welfare 
work.  Headquarters  are  maintained  at  116  S.  Monroe  Street, 
consisting  of  parlor,  billiard  hall  and  lodge  room.  A  building 
site  has  been  purchased,  in  a  very  favorable  location,  and  build- 
ing will  be  begun  as  soon  as  conditions  are  favorable.  The 
council  raised  $3,800  for  the  Knights  of  Columbus  war  drives, 
and  purchased  $1,200  worth  of  war  securities.®^ 

792    CALVERT  COUNCIL,  La  Salle 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  J.  C.  Kennedy  P.  J.  Byrne 

Rev.  J.  E.  Hennelly  ^„  .  ^.^.^  ^^^.^^^^-^  J.  B.  McManus 

Rev.  Edward  Grobusch  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  ^    j    Kirby 

Rev.  P.  M.  O' Regan  Thomas  F.  Doyle  J.   E.  McGrail 

Rev.  J.  J.  Murray  J.  B.  Malone.  Jr.  E.  J.  McNultv 

Rev.  D.  D.  Lane  P.  E.  Coleman  W.  A.  Shields 

Calvert  Council  No.  792  of  La  Salle  was  instituted  Juiy 
13,  1903,  with  a  membership  of  about  fifty,  many  of  whom  had 
transferred  from  Starved  Rock  Council,  of  Ottawa.  The  pre- 
liminary work  for  the  organization  of  the  council  was  done 
by  National  Organizer,  Michael  W.  Gleason.  Starved  Rock 
Council  had  charge  of  the  first  and  second  degrees,  and  District 
Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thompson,  assisted  by  Thomas  P.  McDon- 


66.  The  membership  is  slightly  less  than  500  ;  467  on  April  1,  1921. 


200         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

neU,  and  staff  selected  from  Bloomington  Council,  conferred 
the  major  degree.  The  council  has  experienced  a  healthy  and 
rapid  growth;  has  engaged  in  much  religious  and  charitable 
work,  and  has  been  especially  conspicuous  for  its  social  activi- 
ty. When  America  entered  the  war  the  council  at  once  en- 
gaged in  all  the  war  activities.  One  hundred  and  fifteen  out 
of  490  members  of  the  council  were  in  the  service  and  four 
gave  up  their  lives.  The  quota  of  Calvert  Council  in  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  drive  for  war  welfare  work  was  $5,000, 
but  the  council  raised  $7,100.  It  also  purchased  $1,590  of 
liberty  bonds. 

The  council  has  acquired  a  lot  located  at  Second  and  Mar- 
quette streets,  in  the  heart  of  the  business  district  of  La  Salle, 
at  a  cost  of  $13,000,  and  plans  have  been  drawn  and  accepted 
for  a  building,  which  will  furnish  ample  accommodations  as  a 
Knights  of  Columbus  home."^ 

805    LEO  XIII  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  John  L.  Sheridan 

Rev.  William  O'Shea  Joseph  E.  O'Meara  Harry  J.  Hill 

Rev.    Patrick  McGee  Francis  J.   Houlihan  Barney  J.  Payton 

Rev.   J.   P.  Cannell  Michael  E.  Dalton  Samuel  R.  Tomkins 

Rev.  E.  Kelly  Thomas  Hughes  Sidney  M.  Doheny 

Rev.  H.  P.  Coughlin  John  J.   Sullivan  James  J.  McDermott 

Leo  XIII  Council  No.  805  of  Chicago  was  instituted  Aug- 
ust 2,  1903.  The  council  owes  its  origin  to  Joseph  E.  O'Meara, 
originally  a  charter  member  of  Illinois  Council,  and  Thomas  J. 
0  'Hare.  The  original  territory  of  the  council  lay  in  All  Saints 
and  Nativity  Parishes.  The  first  and  second  degrees  were  con- 
ferred on  68  candidates  by  the  officers  of  Damen,  Lafayette, 
and  Calumet  Councils.  The  third  degree  was  conferred  by 
Joseph  J.  Thompson  and  staff  with  Thomas  P.  McDonnell, 
Patrick  J.  White,  Frank  W.  Gregory  and  Albert  A.  Ulbrich, 
all  of  Bloomington,  in  leading  roles.  The  first  officers  of  Leo 
XIII  Council  were  Joseph  E.  O'Meara,  Grand  Knight;  Thomas 
J.  O'Hare,  Deputy   Grand  Knight;  James  0 'Shaighnessey, 

67.  On  April  1,  1921,  Calvert  Council  had  702  members. 


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201 


Chancellor ;  Francis  J.  Houlihan,  Advocate ;  Rev.  Wm.  0  'Shea, 
Chaplain ;  Dr.  Thos.  Hughes,  Treas. ;  Chas.  Cavauagh,  Financial 
Secretary;  Thos.  O'Connor,  Recorder;  Jos.  P.  Wall,  Warden; 
Thos.  Burke,  Lecturer;  Michael  Healy,  Inside  Guard;  Jas.  F, 
Larkin,  Outside  Guard;  August  Floegel,  Edgar  Harris  and 


LEO    XIII    COUNCIL    HOME 

John  J.  Priestly  Trustees.  The  Grand  Knights,  as  well  as 
several  of  the  other  officers  who  succeeded  the  first  officiary  were 
men  of  distinction.  The  next  in  succession  after  Mr.  0  'Meara 
was  Francis  J.  Houlihan,  a  distinguished  lawyer,  and  after- 
wards a  prominent  District  Deputy.  Next  came  Michael  E. 
Dalton,  who  afterwards  became  State  Secretary.  Dr.  Thomas 
Hughes  succeeded  Mr.  Dalton,  and  became  so  endeared  to  the 
council  as  to  be  known  as  "the  grand  old  man  of  Leo  XIII." 


202         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

It  is  said  of  Dr.  Hughes  that  no  other  man,  officer  or  member 
has  been  a  more  loyal  and  consistent  supporter  of  Leo  Council. 
Next  in  succession  was  Hon.  John  J.  Sullivan,  Judge  of  the 
Superior  Court  of  Cook  County  who  was  succeeded  by  John  L. 
Sheridan.    Sheridan  was  succeeded  by  Harry  J.  Hill.    Barney 
J.  Pay  ton  took  office  just  before  the  war,  but  became  a  volunteer 
in  the  Navy,  and  interrupted  his  term  of  service.     He  was 
succeeded  by  Samuel  R.  Tomkins,  one  of  whose  claims  to  fame 
in  the  Knights  of  Columbus  is  the  organization  of  the  Leo 
Boys '  Club.     Mr.  Tomkins  was  succeeded  by  Barney  J.  Payton, 
on  his  return  from  the  Navy,  who  served  one  year.     Mr.  Pay- 
ton  was  succeeded  by  Sidney  M.  Doheny.       Grand  Knight 
Doheny  has  served  Leo  XIII  Council  for  the  past  ten  years 
in  various  offices.     He  was  Secretary  of  Leo  XIII  Council 
Building  Association  for  six  years  and  also  deserves  in  a  large 
measure  the  credit  for  the  success  of  Leo  XIII  Council  by 
reason  of  his  superior  knowledge  of  finances,  having  success- 
fully handled  the  finances  of  Leo  XIII  Council  for  the  past 
nine  years.     Brother  Doheny  has  been   commonly  referred 
to  as  the  ' '  Watch  Dog ' '  of  the  Treasury.     Grand  Knight  Sul- 
livan is  entitled  to  a  large  part  of  the  credit  for  the  Leo  Coun- 
cil's magnificent  club  house.    Working  successfully  with  Past 
Grand    Knight    Francis    J.  Houlihan,    J.  J.  Conroy,    S.  M. 
Doheny,  Dr.  Thos.  Hughes,  J.  J.  Goode,  Thomas  Turick,  T. 
A.  Murphy,  H.  J.  Hill,  T.  J.  Leydon,  Michael  E.  Dalton,  J. 
H.  Evans,  L.  McCoy,  J.  L.  Sheridan  and  William  Hanrahan, 
the  club  house  was  brought  to  a  successful  completion  and 
is  one  of  the  best  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  homes.       Leo 
Council  is  entitled  to  credit  for  a  great  many  meritorious 
works.      It  has  always  been  active  in  the  religious,  charitable 
and  educational  movements  of  the  Order.       It  stood  in  the 
front  rank  of  sports  and  athletics.       It   was    always    active 
in  the  Christmas  cheer  work,  and  in  every  form  of  relief.    But 
aside  from  its  splendid  war  record  the  council  takes  its  greatest 
satisfaction  from  the  gift  of  a  magnificent  mosaic  floor  for 


PIONEER  COUNCILS  203 

the  Sanctuary  of  Visitation  Church.  Responding  to  the  appeal 
of  Rev.  H.  P.  Coughlin,  Pastor  of  Visitation  Church,  for  aid 
in  making  necessary  improvements  and  repairs,  the  council 
offered  to  replace  the  sanctuary  floor  in  mosaic.  Their  offer 
was  promptly  accepted  by  the  Pastor,  and  the  beautiful  floor 
stands  as  a  memorial  to  the  loyalty  of  spirit  of  Leo  Council. 

Two  hundred  and  ninty-five  of  the  members  of  Leo  Council 
served  the  country  during  the  war.  Of  these,  13  were  com- 
missioned officers  and  four  gave  their  lives.^^ 

845     DU  PONTARIS  COUNCIL,  Morris 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  J.  E.  Connor 

Rev.  W.  G.  Meehan  J.  B.  McCann  P.  J.  Walsh 

Rev.  J.  D.  D'Arcy  C.  Reardon  P.  T.  Murray 

Rev.  D.  J.  Tuohy  J.  A.  Henebery  P.  S.  Carahan 

Rev.  T.  B.  O'Brien  P.  H.  Hayes  A.  V.  Griffin 

R.  G.  McGrath  Dr.  Paul  H.  Anthony 

DuPoNTARis  Council  No.  845  of  Morris,  Illinois,  was  insti- 
tuted February  21,  1904.  It  was  organized  through  the  efforts 
of  James  B.  McCann  and  a  few  others,  and  a  class  of  40  was 
given  the  three  degrees  under  the  direction  of  District  Deputy 
Daniel  R.  Burke.  The  degree  work  was  followed  by  a  banquet 
attended  by  500  persons.  The  council  had  its  struggles  against 
lack  of  interest  for  a  number  of  years,  but  has  attained  a  flour- 
ishing condition.  It  has  scored  a  success  in  educational 
work.  Through  the  aid  of  high  school  teachers  it  has  conducted 
night  schools  for  the  foreign  population  of  the  city.  In  the 
year  1920  ten  young  men  of  Polish,  German  and  Lithuanian 
birth  were  given  diplomas  from  the  eighth  grade  through  the 
night  school.  The  council  maintains  club  rooms  which  are  a 
source  of  pleasure,  especially  to  the  younger  members.  The 
social  side  is  given  due  attention.  Charities  have  been  as  gen- 
erous as  the  treasury  would  permit.  The  council  was  well 
represented  in  the  World 's  War.  One  member,  Thomas  Kin- 
sella,  dying  of  pneumonia  in  an  English  hospital.  The  fol- 
lowing is  the  record :  Dr.  Paul  H.  Anthony,  First  Lieutenant 


68.  Leo  XIII  had  a  membership  on  April  1,  1921,  of  1,077. 


204         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

in  the  Medical  Corps;  Frank  Flood,  army;  Daniel  Warren, 
army ;  Andrew  Morrison,  wounded  severely  in  France ;  Robert 
Morrison,  E,  S.  Shields,  army;  Edward  McLierman,  navy; 
Frank  Murray,  navy;  Thomas  Kinsella,  army;  Leon  Cast, 
navy;  George  Brady,  navy.  The  council  did  such  welfare 
work  as  came  to  its  hands,  and  purchased  a  liberal  amount  of 
bonds."'' 

699     LITCHFIELD  COUNCIL,  Litchfield 

CHAPLAINS—  James  A.  Kniery  G.  A.  W^and 

Rev.  P.  P.  Carroll  R.  McElllgott  Joseph  A.  Kniery 

.  ^^^  ,,^,^^^-,..,o,  Joseph  M.   Gallagher  •     C.  J.  Heise 

GRAND  KNIGHTS-  Albert  L.  Kane  J.  J.  Murray 

Dr.  P.  M.  Kelly  Leo  B.  Lager  Daniel  Macreiewski 

Litchfield  Council  No.  699  was  instituted  February  14, 
1904.  The  members  of  Litchfield  Council  have  just  cause  to  be 
proud  of  their  organization — not  in  numbers,  but  in  good 
work,  can  Litchfield  council  be  considered.  Organized  on  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1904,  Litchfield  was  the  most  active  council  south  of 
Springfield  and  east  of  Alton.  The  prime  movers  in  organiz- 
ing Litchfield  Council  were  Edward  J.  Sweeney,  C.  B,  Munday, 
Jr.,  and  D.  A.  Sweeney,  who  were  members  of  other  councils. 
A  meeting  was  held  here  early  in  January,  1904,  at  which 
time  it  was  decided  and  enough  members  secured  to  organize 
a  council.  This  meeting  was  attended  by  District  Deputy, 
E.  J.  Mon-isey,  of  Alton;  State  Chaplain,  Rev.  William  J. 
Healy,  of  Effingham  and  several  members  of  Alton  council. 
The  date  was  set  at  this  meeting  for  the  organization.  The 
first  and  second  degrees  were  conferred  by  Effingham  council, 
assisted  by  Mr.  Mahoney,  of  Alton.  The  third  degree  was  con- 
ferred by  District  Deputy  Morrisey  and  his  efficient  staff,  of 
Alton.  The  first  officers  of  Litchfield  Council  were :  Grand 
Knight,  Dr.  P.  M.  Kelly;  Deputy  Grand  Knight,  M.  J.  Mc- 

69.  This  council  was  named  with  the  intention  of  honoring  Father 
Hippolyte  DuPontavice,  one  of  the  early  priests  who  ministered  to  the  faithful 
in  Northern  Illinois  from  December,  1839,  to  January,  1844.  He  was  pastor 
at  Joliet,  but  traveled  through  all  the  surrounding  neighborhood.  See 
account  in  Illinois  Catholic  Historical  Revieic,  Vol.  V,  p.  141  et.  seq.  Diflacult 
penmanship  is  responsible  for  the  error  which  makes  the  name  of  the  Council 
DuPontaris.     It  should  be  DuPontavice. 


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Grath ;  Chancellor,  Daniel  M.  Sullivan ;  Recorder,  William  P. 
Kaveney;  Financial  Secretary,  M.  J.  Buscherj  Treasurer,  Wil- 
liam A.  Bartman;  Lecturer,  Richard  McElligott;  Advocate, 
Joseph  Welsh;  Warden,  Christopher  Wiegers;  Inside  Guard, 
William  C.  Goodin;  Outside  Guard,  Isaac  Daly;  Chaplain, 
Rev.  P.  F.  Carroll ;  Trustees,  John  P.  Carroll,  John  Motherway 
and  John  Holland. 

It  might  be  well  to  state  here  that  Rev.  P.  F.  Carroll,  the  first 
chaplain,  still  serves  the  council  in  that  capacity.  He  is  the 
pastor  of  St.  Mary 's  Church,  and  has  one  of  the  finest  churches 
and  schools  in  this  vicinity. 

Litchfield,  when  organized,  had  a  large  and  fruitful  terri- 
tory to  draw  from  and  in  a  short  time  had  a  large  and  prosper- 
ous membership,  but  Morrisonville  and  Farmersville,  each  just 
a  few  miles  distant,  came  knocking  at  the  door  in  1906  for  per- 
mission to  organize  separate  councils,  which  permission  was 
granted.  Later  on,  Gillespie  and  then  Staunton  were  organ- 
ized, so  Litchfield  is  the  mother  of  four  substantial  councils. 

In  athletics,  Litchfield  council  organized  and  maintained 
for  a  number  of  years  a  baseball  team  and  had  the  finest 
equipped  and  most  picturesque  ball  park  in  Central  Illinois. 
The  club  was  known  as  the  Anchor  Club.  They  instituted 
"Schalk  Day,"  in  honor  of  Ray  Schalk,  famous  catcher  of 
the  Chicago  White  Sox,  who  is  a  Litclifield  boy.  This  day  is 
still  kept  up  each  year  and  is  considered  the  greatest  baseball 
event  of  South  Central  Illinois. 

Dr.  P.  M.  Kelly,  the  first  grand  knight  of  Litchfield  council, 
was  an  ardent  worker  for  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  He 
served  Litchfield  Council  faithfully  in  several  capacities  and 
also  served  as  District  Deputy.  He  was  appointed  Superin- 
tendent of  the  Illinois  State  Hospital,  at  Kankakee,  which  po- 
sition he  held  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  World  War,  Leo  B.  Lager,  a  true 
knight  and  a  tireless  worker  in  the  cause  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus,  was  Grand  Knight.     When  the  call  came  for  funds. 


206         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

he  organized  a  War  Relief  Committee  of  seven  members  and 
this  committee  raised  $4,100.00  for  war  relief  work.  Grand 
Knight  Lager  was  a  victim  of  the  ''flu"  in  1918  and  he,  too,  left 
a  place  in  Litchfield  council  that  can  never  be  filled. 

The  social  activities  of  Litchfield  council  are  many  and 
various,  but  the  outstanding  feature  is  the  St.  Valentine's  Ball, 
an  annual  event  to  commemorate  the  anniversary  of  the  organi- 
zation of  the  council.'^" 

Litchfield  Council  just  recently  moved  into  a  new  home  on 
Kirkham  and  Harrison  streets,  within  a  stone's  throw  of  the 
Post  Office  building.  The  home  compares  favorably  with  the 
best  Knights  of  Columbus  homes.  It  serves  as  a  council  for 
the  meeting  place,  and  a  real  home  for  the  members  who  desire 
to  room  there.  It  is  truly  ''a  house  by  the  side  of  the  road." 
For  the  possession  of  the  beautiful  home,  too  much  credit 
cannot  be  given  the  present  Grand  Knight,  Charles  J.  Heise, 
who  never  tires  in  working  for  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  but 
especially  for  Litchfield  Council. 

851     COMMERCIAL  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  Dennis  J.  O'Brien 

Rev.   Edward   E.    Mul-  Edward  Bailey  Charles  W.   Witthoeft 

laly  James  Dalton  James  J.   Coughlin 

Rev.    James    O'Donag-  Hames  A.  Beggs  Peter  J.  Monahan 

hue  Patrick  J.  Byrne  Albert  J.   Smith 

Rev.  H.  G.  Wellman  Harry  P.  Dolan  James  A.  Gillespie 

Commercial  Council  No.  851  of  Chicago  was  instituted 
March  12,  1904.  This  council  was  organized  in  the  Board  of 
Trade  by  some  of  the  brightest  young  men  of  that  great  com- 
mercial institution  from  which  it  derives  its  name.  The 
council  was  instituted  with  80  members,  every  one  an  insurance 
member,  and  was  the  first  council  in  the  Order  since  associate 
members  were  permitted  to  organize  with  one  hundred  per 
cent  insurance.  Edward  Bailey,  the  first  Grand  Knight,  was 
the  youngest  Grand  Knight  in  the  Order,  and  just  past  twenty- 


70.  This   satisfying  sketch   is   provided  by   J.   J.  Murray,   Council   Histo- 
riographer. 


PIONEER  COUNCILS  207 

one  years,  when  he  was  elected  to  that  high  and  honorable  posi- 
tion. For  the  first  five  years  it  was  the  most  enthusiastic  coun- 
cil in  the  state,  for  the  reason  that  98  per  cent  of  the  members 
were  under  30  years  of  age.  It  became  famous  throughout  the 
city  for  its  receptions  and  entertainments,  also  its  baseball 
club,  for  it  had  some  stars  and  was  managed  by  John  J.  Mor- 
gan. The  second  Grand  Knight  was  James  R.  Dalton,  one  of 
the  directors  of  the  Board  of  Trade.  The  third  was  James  A. 
Beggs,  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trade.  The  fourth  was  Pat- 
rick J.  Burns,  in  the  banking  business;  fifth,  Judge  Harry  P, 
Dolan ;  sixth,  Dennis  0  'Brien ;  seventh,  Charles  H.  Witthoeft  ; 
eighth,  James  Coughlin ;  ninth,  Peter  J.  Monaghan,  who  was 
a  very  hard  worker,  and  who  increased  the  membership  by  50 
per  cent.  The  council  during  the  world  war  had  in  the  service 
36  members,  20  in  the  army,  15  in  the  navj',  and  one  in  a"vda- 
tion ;  all  of  them  came  back  safe  to  their  loved  ones.^^ 

852  HILDEBRAND  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  Thomas  "W.  Campbell 

Rev.  Thomas  E.  Judge         Joseph  Donlan  George  Holbrook 

Rev.  William  J.  Mc-  John  E.  Cooney  Edward  Gannon 

Namee  Daniel  A.  McCann  James  J.  Gillen 

Joseph  McGeean  Patxick  J.  Bonner 
Martin  Walsh 

HiLDEBRAND  COUNCIL  No.  852  of  Chica^o  was  instituted 
May  27,  1904.  National  Organizer  Michael  "W.  Gleason  did  the 
preliminary  work  of  the  council.  The  first  and  second  degrees 
were  conferred  by  the  officers  of  Leo  XIII  Council,  and  the 
major  degree  by  District  Deputy  Daniel  D.  Donahoe.  The 
principal  officers  elected  upon  the  institution  of  the  council 
were  Joseph  Donlon,  Grand  Knight,  and  John  E.  Cooney, 
Deputy  Grand  Knight.  Hildebrand  Council  took  part  in  aU 
activities  of  the  Order,  and  was  one  of  the  first  members  of  the 
Chicago  Chapter,  and  one  of  the  first  councils  to  hold  its  meet- 
ings in  the  Chapter  Council  Room.  The  meetings  of  the  coun- 
cil were  held  there  until  1920,  when  the  location  of  the  council 


71.  On  April  1,  1921,  Commercial  CouncU  had  327  members. 


208         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


was  changed  to  the  west  side.  Since  the  change  of  location  the 
council  membership  has  increased  125  per  cent/-  Hildebrand 
Council  has  initiated  some  quite  notable  members.  Early  mem- 
bers of  the  Order  will  recollect  the  institution  of  the  council, 
and  such  as  were  present  and  witnessed  the  ceremonies  will 


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Commercial    Council 


DENNIS  F.  KELLY,   K.   S.  G., 
Father   Setters  Council 


remember  with  satisfaction  the  interest  which  the  then  Chief 
of  Police  of  Chicago,  Francis  J.  O'Neill,  manifested  in  the 
proceedings.  One  of  his  assistants,  Frank  J.  Callahan,  took 
a  prominent  part  in  the  degree  work,  and  a  few  more  members 
of  the  Police  Force  were  present.  The  Chief  naturally 
exacted  the  customary  respect  and  obedience  from  his  sub- 
ordinates, and  they  in  their  turn  paid  all  due  deference  to 

I'i.  On  April  1,  1921,  Hildebrand  Council  had  237  members. 


PIONEER  COUNCILS  209 

their  Chief,  all  of  which  was  interesting,  especially  to  the 
member  spectators.  Edward  Hines,  since  a  Knight  Com- 
mander of  the  Order  of  St.  Gregory,  by  nomination  of  Pope 
Benedict  XV.,  was  another  member  of  the  charter  class  of 
Hildebrand.  Rev.  Thomas  E.  Judge,  the  distinguished  writer 
and  pulpit  orator,  was  a  charter  member  also.  The  lamented 
Michael  W.  Gleason  transferred  from  Chicago  Council,  and 
became  a  member  of  Hildebrand  at  the  time  of  the  institution, 
and  held  his  memberehip  in  that  council  until  his  death.  Daniel 
A.  McCann,  who  afterwards  became  President  of  the  Chicago 
Chapter,  also  was  a  charter  member  of  Hildebrand  Council. 
The  council  has  produced  two  active  district  deputies  in  the 
persons  of  Martin  Walsh  and  John  E.  Cooney.  It  is  believed 
that  more  degree  staff  officers  have  come  from  Hildebrand  than 
any  other  single  council.  In  this  regard  every  place  on  a  de- 
gree staff  has  been  frequently  filled  by  members  of  the  coun- 
cil. Hildebrand  council  has  been  especially  active  in  athletics, 
and  has  developed  some  of  the  distinguished  athletes  of  the 
Order.  ]  ^' 

854     PONTIAC  COUNCIL,  Pontiac 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—       E.  A.  Chalmers 

Rev.  James  A.  DoIIard  E.  A.  Simmons  F.  A.  Ortman 

Rev.  William  Dooley  W.  J.  Butler 

Rev.  John  H.  Cannon  P.   A.   Gibbons 

Pontiac  Council  No.  854  was  instituted  May  1, 1904,  Rev. 
James  A.  Dollard,  assistant  pastor  at  Pontiac,  was  the  chief 
proponent  of  the  council.  William  Burke  and  E.  A.  Sim- 
mons, of  Pontiac,  who  had  joined  Chatsworth  Council  sometime 
before  the  organization  of  Pontiac  Council,  rendered  valuable 
assistance.  The  council  was  organized  under  the  personal  di- 
rection of  Joseph  J.  Thompson,  then  District  Deputy  of  Bloom- 
ington,  Illinois.  At  the  institution  the  first  and  second  degrees 
were  conferred  by  Joliet  Council,  and  the  major  degree  by 
District  Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thompson  and  staff.  There  were 
delegations  present  from  Bloomington,  Kankakee,  Chatsworth 


210         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

and  Joliet.  The  principal  officers  elected  on  the  day  of  insti- 
tution were:  Grand  Knight,  E.  A.  Simmons;  Deputy  Grand 
Knight,  Joseph  P.  Lyons ;  Chaplain,  Rev.  James  A.  Dollard ; 
Chancellor,  Daniel  Callahan;  Financial  Secretary,  M.  E. 
Lyons ;  Treasurer,  F.  J.  Butler.  The  council  commenced  with 
41  members,  doubled  the  number  at  the  next  initiation,  and 
occupied  a  hall  of  its  own,  which  it  leased,  with  small  club 
rooms.  In  the  course  of  its  progress  the  council  has  furnished 
a  room  in  St.  James  Hospital  twice  (fire  having  destroyed  the 
hospital  once),  contributed  its  full  quotas  to  the  Chair  of 
Secular  History,  and  the  Endowment  Fund  for  the  Catholic 
University  at  Washington ;  placed  the  Catholic  Encyclopedia 
in  the  public  library ;  furnished  Christmas  tree  and  prizes  for 
scholarships  annually  at  St.  Mary 's  Parochial  School ;  contrib- 
uted full  assessment  for  the  war  fund  and  raised  $2,000  for  the 
war  camp  fund.  The  third  degree  staff,  under  the  direction  of 
District  Deputy  E.  A.  Simmons,  has  gained  an  enviable  rep- 
utation and  has  conferred  the  major  degree  in  Indiana  and 
Wisconsin,  twice  in  St.  Louis,  and  very  frequently  in  Illinois.^ 


3 


73.   See  accounts  in   other  chapters. 


CHAPTER  VII 


COQNJILS   INSTITUTED  UNDER  THE  DIRECTION  OF  STATE  DEPUTIES 
JOSEPH  J.   I'HOMPSON  AND  LEWIS  EDWARD  SAUTER 

Joseph  J.  Thompson  joined  the  Order  through  Blooming- 
ton  Council  in  1901.  Shortly  after  becoming  a  member  he 
was  appointed  District  Deputy  by 
State  Deputy  Patrick  L.  McArdle, 
and  immediately  was  called  into  ac- 
tion to  assist  in  extending  the  Order 
through  the  institution  of  new  coun- 
cils. Although  as  District  Deputy 
Mr.  Thompson  had  taken  a  prominent 
part  in  the  organization  of  St.  Vai- 
teur's,  Danville,  Beardstown,  Calvert, 
Litchfield,  and  Pontiac  Councils,  the 
first  council  instituted  after  his  elec- 
tion as  State  Deputy  was  that  at 
Paris.  From  that  time  on  the  new 
councils  came  thick  and  fast,  so  that 
within  the  two  years  of  his  incumbency  thirty-seven  councils 
were  instituted. 


860     PARIS  COUNCIL,  Paris 


CHAPLAINS— 
Rev.  P.  Fallon 
Rev.  John  Crossin 
Rev.  P.  A.  Lyons 

GRAND  KNIGHTS- 
O.  J.  McGurty,  M.  D. 


William  Sullivan 
J.  I.   Blackman 
Frank  Meloy 
William  H.  Dillon 
William  Boyle 
Edward  Dunn 
Robert  Waller 


George  Schaak 
Edward  C.   O'Brien 
Willard  Kelley 
James  E.  Garvin 
Daniel  A.   Halloran 
R.  J.  Hunter 
W.  E.  Conklin,  M.  D. 


Paris  Council  No.  860  was  instituted  May  8,  1904.  A 
number  of  members  of  Terre  Haute,  Indiana,  Council  No. 
541  residing  in  Paris,  including  0.  J.  McGurty,  M.  D.,  J.  I. 
Blackman,  James  Carroll,  Al  Bell,  Rev.  P.  Fallon,  J.  A.  Gavin, 


211 


212         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

William  Sullivan  and  Ed  Blackman  are  responsible  for  the 
establishment  of  the  council,  to  which  they  transferred.  Seven- 
ty-two candidates  signed  the  original  charter.  The  first  and 
second  degrees  were  conferred  by  the  officers  of  Terre  Haute 
Council,  and  the  third  by  Daniel  Ragin,  District  Deputy  from 
Indiana.  The  principal  officers  elected  at  the  institution  of  the 
council  were  Grand  Knight  Dr.  0.  J.  ]\IcGurty ;  Deputy  Grand 
Knight  J.  I.  Blackman,  Chancellor  Andrew  A.  Bell ;  Financial 
Secretary  W.  A.  Halloran ;  Recorder  Frank  Meloy ;  Treasurer 
George  W.  Wood.  Rev.  P.  Fallon  was  selected  as  Chaplain. 
Paris  Council  has  been  conspicuous  for  its  activity  in  all  the 
work  of  the  Order.  A  summary  of  the  efforts  of  the  council 
shows  that  it  expended  for  educational  purposes  $600.00 ;  for 
religious  purposes,  $1,000 ;  for  charity,  $700.00 ;  for  welfare 
work,  $1,200.00.  The  council  has  a  home  of  its  own  valued  at 
$40,000,  the  lower  floor  of  which  is  rented  for  commercial 
purposes,  and  the  second  and  third  floors  used  by  the  council. 
At  the  time  the  building  was  purchased  there  were  only  146 
members  in  the  council,  and  the  membership  has  never  reached 
200.  Paris  contains  less  than  10,000  population,  and  there  are 
but  165  Catholic  families  in  the  territory  of  the  council.  There 
are  not  now  more  than  25  Catholic  men  in  the  territory  eligi- 
ble to  membership  who  have  not  become  members.^ 

868    .JACKSONVILLE  COUNCIL,  Jacksonville 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  James   McGinnis 

Rev.    Dean   J.    W.  J.   C.    McEnery,   M.   D.  William  T.  Harmon 

Crowe  R.    E.   Harmon  D.    Scott   Sweeney 

Rev.  Charles  L.  Degen  Eugene  Kettering  James    V.   Kennedy 

Rev.  William  T.  Sloan  D.   J.  Harries  Thomas   J.    Duffner 

Rev.  E.  J.  Cahill  P.   H.    Lonergan  Leo  J.  Flood 

Jacksonville  Council  No.  868  was  instituted  July  21, 
1904.  National  Organizer  IMichael  W.  Gleason  visited  Jack- 
sonville and  in  conjunction  with  James  McGinnis,  James  Mc- 
Bride,  Thomas  W.  Magner  and  D.  E.  Sweeney,  did  the  pre- 

1.  Very  few  councils  have  so  nearly  exhausted  the  eligibles  in  the 
community.  ,  ' 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS 


213 


liminary  work.  The  officers  of  Beardstown  and  Springfield 
Councils  conferred  the  first  and  second  degrees,  and  State 
Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thompson  and  staff  exemplified  the  third 
degree.  The  first  officers  of  Jacksonville  Council  were  Grand 
Knight,  Dr.  J.  C.  McEnery;  Deputy  Grand  Knight,  R.  E.  Har- 


REV.  F.  X.  McCABE,  C.  M.,  L.L.D. 
Brownson  Council 


REV.  JOHN  WEBSTER  MELODY. 
D.D. 

Americus  Council 


mon;  Chancellor,  L.  F.  McDonnell;  Financial  Secretary, 
George  D.  Hagel;  Recording  Secretary,  John  Johnson; 
Warden,  J.  M.  Carroll;  Treasurer,  Michael  White;  Advo- 
cate, J.  H.  McDonnell;  Lecturer,  John  A.  Schmalz;  Inside 
Guard,  James  Trahey;  Outside  Guard,  Timothy  Riley;  Trus- 
tees, F.  F.  Schmalz,  James  W.  Harrington  and  D.  E.  Sweeney ; 


2U         KNIGHTS  OF  COLOIBUS  IX  ILLINOIS 

the  first  Oiaplain  of  JacksonTille  Council  was  R^v.  Dean  J. 
W.  Crowe.  The  conncil  has  progressed  steadily,  joining  in  all 
the  activities  of  the  Order,  and  making  a  creditable  record  in 
religiotis.  charitable  and  educational  work.  TVhen  the  war  caU 
came  one  hundred  nineteen  members  responded.  Three  of 
these  gave  their  lives.  All  calls  for  war  welfare  funds  were 
promptly  and  KberaUy  responded  to.  and  the  members  joined 
in  all  the  general  war  work.  A  very  successful  degree  staff 
under  the  direction  of  District  Deputy  John  J.  Ferry  has 
been  developed  from  the  council.- 

"Wexona  Council  No.  884  was  instituted  in  Wenona.  on 
June  20.  1904.  at  the  instance  of  Eev.  J.  P.  Smith.  Pastor  of 
St.  Marv's  Church,  at  Wenona.  Leave  was  granted  bv  State 
Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thompson  for  the  organization  of  the  coun- 
ciL  The  preliminary  work  was  largely  taken  care  of  locally 
with  one  visit  from  the  National  Organizer,  ^lichael  "SV.  Glea- 
son.  The  institution  of  the  council  took  place  on  an  extremely 
warm  day  in  the  basement  of  the  Catholic  school.  Degree 
staffs  from  Pontiac  and  Peoria  were  in  charge  of  the  first  and 
second  degrees,  and  State  Deputy  Thompson  and  his  staff. 
selected  from  Bloomington  Council,  exemplified  the  third 
degree.  The  institution  of  the  council  was  propitious  and  its 
early  progress  satisfactory.  In  the  course  of  a  short  time. 
however,  difficulties  arose  which  apparently  could  not  be  accom- 
modated. The  pastor,  Father  Smith,  who  was  the  original 
sponsor  of  the  council,  felt  that  the  proper  kind  of  progress 
was  not  being  made,  and  withdrew  his  approval.  The  council 
languished  and  surrendered  its  charter  in  1906.  This  was  the 
first  and  only  council  in  Illinois  to  suspend.  There  have  been 
several  mergers,  but  Wenona  is  the  only  instance  of  a  coun- 
cil surrendering  its  charter.  Many  of  the  members  of  Wenona 
transferred  to  councils  in  neighboring  cities.' 


2.  Sec  account  of  degree  staff  elsewhere. 

3.  S«*  aeeonni  of  surrender  of  charter  in  Eepon  of  State  Deputy  Sauter 
to  State  Convention,  1906. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  215 


887     IR\TS'G  FARK  COUNCIL.  Chicago 

CHAPLAIN'S—  GRAXD  KNIGHTS—  James  F.  Clancr 

Rev.  J.  J.  Cregan  TT.  J.  Kelly  inchael  J.   Gaxrity 

James  E.  Morris«y  Philip  J.  Ra-rv 

Thomas  F.   Gayer  Frank  J.  Enrigiit 


887     FATHER  O  CONNOR     IRMNG  PARK    Chica^ 

CHAPTiuArNS —  GRAXD  KNIGHTS —       ^rmiajtn  N.  Guerin 

Rev.  M.  P.  ^Veidner  Frank  J.   Enright  Joseph  A.  Manning 

Rev.    John    P.    Camp- 

beU 

Ikvts'g  Park  CorxciL  No.  S81  (now  named  Father  O'Con- 
nor) was  institnted  June  16.  1904.  The  original  organizers 
were  W.  J.  Kelly,  Nicholas  J.  Leavitt  and  C.  D.  Downie.  The 
first  and  second  degrees  were  conferred  bv  the  of&eers  of  Com- 
mercial Council,  and  the  third  by  District  Deputy  Daniel  D. 
Donahoe.  The  principal  officers  elected  at  the  time  of  the  in- 
stitution were  W.  J.  Kelly,  Grand  Knight :  Thomas  F.  Connor, 
Deputy  Grand  Knight :  C.  D.  Downie.  Recorder :  N.  J.  Leavitt, 
Financial  Secretary:  T.  J.  "Wilson.  Chancellor:  and  Joseph 
Hechinger.  Treasurer.  Rev.  J.  J.  Cregan  was  selected  as  Chap- 
lain. Irving  Park  Council  began  its  career  with  a  member- 
ship of  23.  and  ran  along  very  conservatively,  building  up  a 
solid  membership,  until  at  the  beginning  of  192<3  there  were 
465  members  enrolled,  more  than  half  of  them  being  insurance 
members.  During  these  sixteen  years  the  c-ouncil  took  part  in 
all  the  general  activities  of  the  Order  and  assumed  and  properly 
discharged  all  the  obligations  resting  upon  it.  One  hundred 
and  two  of  the  members  were  in  the  service  of  the  United 
States  during  the  war  and  the  members  who  were  not  called 
co-operated  with  the  good  citizens  in  all  home  war  work.  After 
the  war  was  over  the  younger  members  gradually  returned. 
and  the  activities  of  the  council  increased.  The  membership 
grew,  and  the  council  was  in  a  prosperous  c-ondition  and  very 
progressive  under  the  leadership  of  Grand  Knight  Frank 
J.  Enright,  who  was  twice  re-elected.    A  very  important  event 


216        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

in  the  history  of  the  council  occurred  at  a  regular  meeting  held 
on  March  11,  1920.  On  that  date  a  committee,  representing  a 
number  of  the  members  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  residing 
in  Our  Lady  of  ]\Iercy  Parish,  amongst  whom  were  William 
N.  Gruerin,  later  Grand  Knight  of  Father  O'Connor  Council, 


FRANK   J.    ENRIGHT 
Father   O'Connor  Council 


MARTIN   J.    HOUGH 
Father  O'Connor  Council 


John  W.  Carroll  and  Martin  J.  Hough,  the  well-known  degree 
officer,  presented  a  letter  to  the  council,  asking  assent  to  the 
organization  of  a  new  council  in  virtually  the  same  territory, 
to  be  known  as  Father  O'Connor  Council.*  It  was  proposed 
to  have  the  meetings  of  the  new  council  at  a  hall  adjacent  to 
the  one  used  by  Irving  Park  Council.  The  officers  and  mem- 
bers of  Irving  Park  Council,  most  of  whom  knew  Father  0  'Con- 


4.  In  honor  of  Rev.  Edward  P.  O'Connor,  born  in  Chicago,  March  10, 
1888,  educated  in  St.  Ignatius  College  and  Niagara  University.  He  was 
ordained  at  Niagara  in  1912.  While  stationed  at  Our  Lady  of  Mercy  Church. 
Chicago,  ho  volunteered  as  an  army  chaplain.  After  his  discharge  he  was 
sent  first  to  St.  Sylvesters  and  from  there  to  St.  Ann's.  While  there  he 
contracted  the  "flu"  and  died  February  4,  1920. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  217 

nor  during  his  active  priesthood,  were  very  desirous  of  having 
his  memory  honored,  for  he  was  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him. 
Catholic  and  non-Catholic,  and  rated  as   one  of  the   ablest 
young  priests  of  the  Archdiocese  of  Chicago.    Upon  consider- 
ation of  the  matter  a  counter-proposal  was  evolved,  and  sug- 
gested to  the  committee  by  Grand  Knight  Enright.    The  com- 
mittee was  advised  that  Irving  Park  Council  was  entirely  will- 
ing to  grant  the  request,  if  no  more  satisfactory  arrangement 
could  be  arrived  at,  but  since  all  were  anxious  to  honor  the 
memory  of  Father  O'Connor,  it  was  proposed  that  Irving 
Park  Council  change  its  name  to  Father  O'Connor  Council, 
and  change  the  meeting  place  to  a  larger  and  more  commodious 
hall,  and  arrange  to  have  all  the  proponents  of  the  new  council 
and  the  candidates  then  in  mind  join  this  reorganization.    The 
suggestion  came  as  a  surprise  to  the  committee  as  they  had 
expected  some  opposition,  but  when  they  found  that  the  coun- 
cil would  not  only  assent  to  the  formation  of  a  new  council, 
if  necessary,  but  that  the  members  were  willing  to  merge  with 
the  prospects  and  thus  give  standing  and  perfected  organiza- 
tion with  sixteen  years  of  experience  in  Knights  of  Columbus 
activities,  and  a  live  progressive  and  active  membership  of 
465  men,  they  were  highly  pleased.    The  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee, William  N.  Guerin,  stated  that  his  committee  had  full 
power  to  act,  and  on  behalf  of  the  committee  accepted  the  sug- 
gestions of  Grand  Knight  Enright,  and  in  an  eloquent  and 
impressive  talk  urged  the  membership  of  Irving  Park  Coun- 
cil to  ratify  the  proposal.    Accordingly,  a  special  meeting  of  the 
council  was  held,  which  was  very  largely  attended,  and  upon 
motion  it  was  unanimously  agreed  to  instruct  the  Grand  Knight 
and   Recorder   to   forward  suitable  resolutions  to  the   State 
Deputy  and  the  Supreme  Board  of  Directors  advising  them  of 
the   action  taken,   and  asking   approval.     In   due   time  this 
approval  was  received,  and  the  name  was  accordingly  changed, 
and  the  membership  expanded  until  it  reached  on  April  1st, 


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1921,  978.  Since  the  merger  the  first  Grand  Knight  of  Father 
0  'Connor  Council  was  Frank  J.  Enright,  who  was  succeeded  at 
the  1920  election  by  Wm.  N.  Guerin,  under  whose  leadership 
the  council  has  progressed  gratifyingly.^ 


890     PATRICK  FEEHAN  COUNCIL,  Fulton 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.    Robert    Troy  GRAND  KNIGHTS— 

Rev.  J.  L.  Maloney  Rev.  H.  C.  McClellen  W.  H.  Fiolcl 

Rev.    J.   J.   Clancy  J.  P.  Hook,  Jr. 

Patrick  Feehan  Council  No.  890  of  Fulton,  was  instituted 
December  11,  1904,  with  40  charter  members.  The  prelimin- 
aries of  organization  and  the  institution  were  in  charge  of 
District  Deputy  John  R.  Brown  of  Rockford.  Shortly  after 
institution  club  rooms  were  established  in  the  Allison  Building, 
but  on  June  1,  1910,  the  council  removed  to  the  old  Church 
Building  on  12th  Avenue  and  7th  Street,  which  was  fitted  up 
for  meeting  hall  and  club  room  purposes.  Pool  and  billiard 
tables  were  installed  and  the  premises  were  equipped  for  social 
entertainments  of  every  charcter.  The  council  took  a  very 
active  part  in  the  various  war  drives.  Being  very  small  the 
representation  in  the  war  was  not  large,  twelve  members  only 
being  called  to  the  service,  one  of  whom,  John  E.  Smith,  gave 
his  life," 

891     TWIN  CITY  COUNCIL,  Champaign 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  John  A.  O'Brien  John  McDonnell 

Rev.  J.  H.  Cannon  Rev.    Louis   M.   O'Con-  W.   J.   Dolan 

Rev.   Beno  Blaschke  nor  A.  C.  Parris 

Rev.  W.  E.  Frawley  r-u  a  mt^  T.-xTTr^xjrpo  P.    P.    Schaefer 

Rev.  R.  F.  Flynn  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  q     a.    Petry 

W.   F.  Woods  Joseph  B.  Casserly 

Tv^iN  City  Council  No.  891  of  Champaign,  was  instituted 
August  7,  1904.  Rev.  John  H.  Cannon  was  the  prime  mover 
for  this  council,  named  when  first  founded  Urbana,  but  later 

.5.   We  are  indebted  for  the  above  satisfying  account  to  Frank  J.  Enright. 
6.  The  council  has  but  94  members,  but  gets  along  well. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  219 

changed  to  Twin  City  Council,  and  permanently  located  at 
Champaign.  At  the  time  of  institution  the  officers  of  St. 
Viator's  Council  conferred  the  first  and  second  degrees,  and 
State  Deputy  Joseph  J,  Thompson  conferred  the  major  degree. 
At  the  first  meeting  after  its  institution  the  new  born  organiza- 
tion selected  William  F.  Woods  as  Grand  Knight,  who  served 
in  that  capacity  until  the  year  1908,  when  John  McDonnell  was 
chosen  to  the  office.  Mr.  McDonnell  served  but  one  year. 
Woods  being  again  chosen  to  the  office,  and  continuing  therein 
for  four  years.  In  1912  William  J.  Dolan  was  elected  Grand 
Knight  and  served  two  years.  Succeeding  Mr.  Dolan  in  1914, 
A.  C.  Parris  was  elected  and  served  as  Grand  Knight  for  four 
years,  being  succeeded  by  P.  P.  Schaefer,  who  served  for  one 
year.  Mr.  Schaefer  was  succeeded  by  C.  A.  Petry  in  1919, 
Twin  City  Council  has  expanded  in  a  very  notable  manner. 
Originally  confined  to  St.  Patrick's  parish,  it  now  reaches  out 
into  each  of  the  twelve  parishes  in  the  county  of  Champaign. 
It  has  been  active  since  organization  in  all  of  the  work  of  the 
Order,  and  has  become  conspicuous  in  connection  with  the  State 
University.  The  council  is  fortunate  to  be  located  in  the  same 
city  as  is  the  University  of  Illinois,  and  more  especially  so 
since  the  State  Council  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  has  assisted 
in  maintaining  a  chaplaincy  at  the  University.  The  story  of 
the  work  at  the  State  University  is  told  in  another  chapter.^ 
The  council  is  on  record  as  supporting  all  of  the  various  plans 
of  raising  money  for  conducting  the  war.  Its  treasury  re- 
sponded to  the  Liberty  Loan,  War  Savings,  Red  Cross  and 
other  forms  of  appeal,  and  Knights  of  Columbus  were  con- 
spicuous and  active  in  every  organization  formed  to  promote 
war  work  at  home.  The  activities  of  the  council  in  connection 
with  the  Chanute  Field  are  told  in  the  chapter  relating  to  War 
Welfare  Work.  An  organization  is  being  perfected  to  build 
a  suitable  club  house  for  the  use  of  the  council. 


7.  Under  Extraordinary  Work  of  the  State  Council. 


220         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


895    ODELL  COUNCIL,  Odell 


CHAPLAINS— 
Rev.  P.  Griffy 
Rev.  S.  A.  Aout 
Rev.  Vincent  O'Brien 
Rev.  J.  P.  Barry 


GRAND  KNIGHTS- 
W.   P.   Cleary 
E.  J.  Morrow 
S.   J.  Lyons 
W.  A.  Watson 


M.  H.  Craven 
B.  A.  Lyons 
J.  E.  Higgins 
James  Ready 
J.  J.  Matern 
P.  H.  O'Donnell 


Odell  Council  No.  895  was  instituted    May    22,    1904, 
State  Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thompson  made  several  visits  to  Odell, 


REV.  J.  H.  SCHLARMANN 
Belleville  Council 


REV.   FREDERIC   SIEDENBURG, 
S.  J. 


and  worked  with  William  H.  Cleary  (deceased),  William  A. 
Watson,  Stephen  J.  Lyons,  Dr.  Michael  L.  Walsh  and  Rev. 
Patrick  W.  Griffy.  The  pastor  was  very  active  and  rendered 
very  valuable  assistance  in  the  organization  and  development 
of  the  council.    Joliet  Council  under  the  direction  of  Thomas 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  221 

V.  Brennan,  and  Bloomington  Council,  assisted  in  the  first  and 
second  degrees,  and  State  Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thompson  and 
a  staff  selected  from  Bloomington  Council,  conferred  the  third 
degree.  For  a  small  council  Odell  Council  has  been  very  active. 
Thirty  of  the  members  were  in  the  service  during  the  war. 
Bernard  M.  Lyon  and  Alvin  Wolf  gave  their  lives,  and  Leo 
M.  Wolf  was  cited  for  bravery.  The  council  took  an  active 
part  in  all  war  welfare  work,  and  many  of  the  members  were 
leaders  in  the  general  war  activities.  A  schedule  of  accomplish- 
ments indicates  that  $550.00  was  expended  for  educational  pur- 
poses ;  $1,250.00  for  religious  purposes ;  $500.00  for  charity,  and 
$2,500.00  for  war  welfare  work.® 

896     PANA  COUNCIL,  Pana 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  George    Goodhouse 

Rev    C    Johannes  Charles  O.  Molz,  M.  D.  William  Jackson 

Rev'  J    P.  Moroney  Frank  Schields  John  O'Brien 

Rev.  P.  J.  Fox  August  Reahr  J.    J.   Long 

Rev.   B.   Wubbe  T.  D.  Kellegar  Fred  Flesch 

Rev.  A.  E.  Roberson  J.    A.    Methaney  John  Gillespie 

C.   J.    Marty  R-  W.  Sauerbuer 

Pana  Council  No.  896  was  instituted  July  10,  1904. 
Amongst  the  men  who  were  active  in  the  organization  were 
Dr.  Charles  0.  Molz,  John  O'Brien,  0.  P.  Galvin  and  Francis 
Shields.  The  first  and  second  degrees  at  the  time  of  institu- 
tion were  conferred  by  Decatur  and  Effingham  Councils,  and 
the  major  degree  by  District  Deputy  Edward  J.  Morrissey  and 
staff,  of  Alton.  Dr.  Charles  0.  Molz  was  elected  the  first  Grand 
Knight  and  Francis  Shields  the  first  Deputy  Grand  Knight. 
Rev.  C.  Johannes  was  selected  as  Chaplain.  Pana  Council 
entered  into  all  parish  charities  and  all  official  Knights  of 
Columbus  work ;  contributed  its  quota  to  the  Endowment  Fund 
of  the  Catholic  University,  and  supplied  its  full  quota  of  men 
and  means  during  the  war.  Since  the  war  the  council  has 
sponsored  the  American  Legion  and  provided  sufficient  finan- 
cial aid  to  enable  it  to  organize  and  establish  local  quarters.^ 

8.  On  April  1,  1921,  OdeU  Council  had  a  membership  of  230. 

9.  Pana  Council  had  a  membership  of  163  on  April  1,  iJ-i. 


222         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


914     LOYOLA  COUNCIL,  Chicago 


CHAPLAINS — 
Rev.  John  H.  Nawn 
Rev.   E.    L.   Dondaiiville 
Rev.    John    A.    Keating, 

Ph.D. 


GRAND  KNIGHTS- 
Paul  A.  Hazard 
Philip  D.  Sloan 
Charles  J.  Zahringer 
James  Duggan 


Vincent  C.  Mooney 
Louis  J.  Behan 
Peter  B.  Carey 
Walter  M.  Kelleher 


1438     HYDE  PARK  COUNCIL,  Chicago 


CHAPLAINS — 
Rev.  Jam's  P.  Kieley 
Rev.  Thomas  J.  Kelly 
Rev.    Thomas    V.    Shan 

non,  LL.D. 


GRAND  KNIGHTS — 
P.  J.  Wallace 
Dr.  Thomas  A.  Cahill 
S.  V.  Mahoney 
A.  W.  Chambers 


A.  J.  Shea 
Joseph  T.  Garrity 
Henry  M.  Koll 
P.  P.  Minaghan 


914     LOYOLA-HYDE  PARK  COUNCIL,  Chicago 


CHAPLAINS — 
Rev.    Thomas    V.    Shan- 
non,   LL.D. 


Rev.  William  J.  O'Brien, 
D.D. 


GRAND  KNIGHTS— 
Donald  A.  Callahan 
Ben  Franklin   Meyer 
John  T.  Donohue 


Loyola-Hyde  Park  Council  No.  914,  of  Chicago,  was  in- 
stituted January  6,  1918  by  merging  of  Loyola  Council  No. 
914  and  Hyde  Park  Council  No.  1438.     The  original  Loyola 


JOHN   T.  DONOHUE, 

Loyola-Hyde  Park 

Council 


GEORGE  CONNORS, 
Illinois    Council 


JOSEPH   E.   O'MEARA, 

Loyola-Hyde  Park 

Council 


Council  was  organized  August  14,  1904.  National  organizer 
Michael  W.  Gleason  did  much  of  the  preliminary  work  in  con- 
junction with  Paul  A.  Hazard,  who  proposed  the  organization. 
An  organization  committee  was  appointed  consisting  of  Paul 
A.  Hazard,  George  P.  Vosbrinck,  John  R.  Mauff,  Edwin  A. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS 


223 


Hazard,  J.  C.  Curley,  Vincent  C.  Mooney,  James  Dugg'an, 
Philip  Sloan  and  James  H.  Donohue.  De  La  Salle  Council 
exemplified  the  first  and  second  degrees,  with  Samuel  E.  Cook, 
now  deceased,  in  charge.  State  Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thompson 
and  Staff,  conferred  the  major  degree.     The  name  of  the  Coun- 


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Loyola-Hyde   Park   Council 


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Leo.    XIII    Council 


cil  was  proposed  by  John  R.  Mauff.  Paul  A.  Hazard  was  the 
first  Grand  Knight,  James  Duggan,  the  first  Deputy  Grand 
Knight,  Edwin  A.  Hazard,  Financial  Secretary,  and  James 
Curley,  Treasurer.  Rev.  John  A.  Nawn  was  the  first  Chap- 
lain. In  the  early  years  of  the  Council,  besides  the  regular  rou- 
tine work  of  the  order,  a  number  of  educational  lectures  were 
featured. 


224         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Hyde  Park  Council  No.  1438  was  instituted  October  24, 
1909,  at  Oakland  Music  Hall,  with  District  Deputy  J.  Joseph 
Kelly  in  charge  of  the  degree  work,     Felix  J.  "Wallace  who 
transferred  from  De  La  Salle  Council,  organized  the  Council 
and  was  elected  the  first  Grand  Knight,  Dr.  Thomas  A.  Cahill, 
the  first  Deputy  Grand  Knight,  Daniel  D.  Keating,  Financial 
Secretary  and  Arthur  Borgeau,  Treasurer.    Loyola-Hyde  Park 
Council  feels  quite  proud  of  its  name,  for  it  represents  their 
patron  and  the  district  of  Chicago  in  which  the  Council  is 
located.     Since  the  merger  the  Council  has  been  active  in  all 
the  work  of  the  order,  and  has  an  especially  creditable  war 
record.     The  Council  supports  and  maintains  teams  in  all  of 
the  various  Knights  of  Columbus  athletic  leagues.    Summing 
up  council  activities  the  report  shows  that  $250.00  has  been 
expended  for  religious  purposes;  $3,200.00  for  charitable  pur- 
poses; $400.00  for  creature  comforts  for  men  in  the  service, 
and  $600.00  for  liberty  bonds  and  war  saving  stamps.     Ninety- 
six  men  were  in  the  service.     Four  of  the  distinguished  war 
Chaplains  are  members  of  the  Council,  viz..  Rev.  A.  L.  Girard, 
Captain ;  Rev.  C.  F.  Donovan,  First  Lieutenant ;  Rev.  Lawrence 
Trouley,  First  Lieutenant,  and  Rev.  C.  C.  Boyle,  First  Lieu- 
tenant.    Rev.  T.  V.  Shannon,  a  former  Chaplain,  was  head  of 
the  Catholic  War  Activities  in  Chicago  during  the  war.     Four 
members  made  the  supreme  sacrifice  in  the  war,  viz.,  Frank  L. 
Fairfax,  James  Donohue,  Wallace  Phillips    and    Edward    I. 
Kelly. 

Loyola-Hyde  Park  Council  has  provided  the  use  of  the 
entire  second  floor  of  the  building  at  1467  East  55th  St.,  Cor- 
ner Harper  Avenue,  for  its  membership,  wherein  club  rooms 
and  a  meeting  place  are  maintained.  These  rooms  are  opened 
daily.  They  have  a  reading  and  lounging  rooms  and  pool  and 
billiard  tables.  Weekly  dances  are  also  held  for  members  and 
their  friends.  Regular  meetings  are  held  on  the  second  and 
fourth  Tlfursdays." 

10.  On  April  1,  1921,  Loyola-Hyde  Park  Council  had  a  membership  of  525. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  225 


915    IMMACULATE  CONCEPTION  COUNCIL,  Ohio 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.   J.   W.   Cummings  M.  J.  Dolan 

Rev.  Richard  K  Flynn  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  James  P.  Dunn 

Rev.   Charles   H.   Med-  jq^h  Murray  W.   H.   Knuth 

calf  j_  ^    Malley,  M.  D.  Charles  P.  Anderson 

Immaculate  Conception  Council  No.  915  of  Ohio,  was  in- 
stituted August  28,  1904,  with  38  charter  members,  largely 
as  the  result  of  the  interest  manifested  in  the  Order  by  Kev. 
Richard  Flynn,  at  that  time  Pastor  of  Immaculate  Conception 
Church  at  Ohio.  Ohio  is  a  city  of  1,500  population,  one  of 
the  smallest  cities  in  the  state  to  sustain  a  council  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus,  yet  in  proportion  to  the  size  of  the 
council  it  has  maintained  the  reputation  of  the  Order.  The 
membership  of  a  little  over  100  at  present  is  about  equally 
divided  between  associate  and  insurance.  The  council  has  been 
active  in  the  distribution  of  Catholic  literature,  and  has  con- 
tributed liberally  to  the  building  of  a  home  for  the  aged  of 
the  Rockford  diocese.  It  had  but  five  men  in  the  service  during 
the  war,  but  contributed  liberally  to  all  welfare  work,  send- 
ing $505.00  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus  welfare  fund  and 
assisting  enthusiastically  in  all  the  other  drives,  bond  sales, 
etc." 

922     OUILMETTE  COUNCIL,  Wilmette 

CHAPLAINS-  GRAND  KNIGHTS—       Charles  M.    Schneider 

Rev.   E.   Byrnes  Frank  Flaherty  Frank  J.   Seng 

Rev.  Thomas  V.  Shan-  Thomas  G.  Morris  O.   G.    Corns 

non  John   P.   Milnamo  Edward  F.  Kelley 

Rev.  J.  J.  Shannon  B.    B.   Dolan  Joseph   J.    Schroeder 

Rev.  Arthur  Mescher  William   M.    Dooley  William  C.   Napier 

Rev.  Nicholas  Kramer  George  English 

OuiLMETTE  Council  No.  922  of  Wilmette,  was  instituted 
August  21,  1904,  under  the  direction  of  Joseph  J.  Thompson, 
State  Deputy.  Those  active  in  the  organization  were  Frank 
Flanagan,  John  P.  Milnamo,  J.  D.  A.  Cross,  John  Williams, 
Wm.  L.  Robinson,  Frank  Seng,  George  English,  E.  B.  Dolan, 

11.  Another  council  of  the  same  name  exists  in  Ivesdale. 


226         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Chas.  Snyder,  Edward  Kirchberg,  John  Mooney,  0.  G.  Corns, 
Edward  Kelly,  and  James  Monahan.  Among  the  prominent 
candidates  in  the  charter  class,  especially  worthy  of  mention, 
were  Louis  B.  Clarke,  of  the  Hibernian  Bank,  who  distin- 
guished himself  on  the  occasion  of  the  initiation,  and  John 
Evers,  then  and  since  that  time  so  prominent  in  the  baseball 
world.  Ouilmette  Council  is  proud  of  being  the  mother  of 
Lake  Forest  and  Newman  Councils.  Despite  these  two  losses 
she  now  has  more  than  300  members,  of  which  one  hundred 
take  an  active  part  in  activities  of  the  council.  The  council 
competes  in  the  K.  of  C,  Baseball,  Bowling  and  Indoor 
Leagues,  and  the  younger  members  are  favorably  known  for 
their  clean,  sportsmanlike  conduct.  Ouilmette  Council  has  been 
active  in  the  work  of  the  Order,  and  especially  successful  in 
supplying  Catholic  literature  in  the  local  libraries.  It  has 
also  been  conspicuous  in  local  charities.  Forty  of  the  one 
hundred  forty-three  members  who  then  constituted  the  council 
were  in  the  service.  The  record  for  contributions  to  war  wel- 
fare work  was  $603.00;  for  liberty  bonds  and  war  savings 
stamps,  $200.00.^2 

950     COLUMBUS  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  John   Craddock 

Rev.  T.  A.  McLaughlin       John  A.  Boland  P.  E.  Dowie 

Rev.   T.   F.   Farrell  H.  J.   Daly  T.  J.  Madden 

Rev.    George    T.    Me-       W.  E.  Harmon  I.  I.  Sherlock 

Carthy  L.  W.  Crush  Enos  A.  Hames 

W.   C.   Johnson  Wm.  C.  Skillen 

Columbus  Council  No.  950  of  Chicago,  was  instituted 
December  11,  1904,  in  that  part  of  Chicago  known  as  Rogers 
Park.  Shortly  after  Eogers  Park  ceased  to  be  a  village  and 
was  annexed  to  Chicago,  a  few  of  the  pillars  of  St.  Jerome's 
Church  led  by  John  A.  Boland,  with  the  approval  of  Rev.  T.  A. 
McLaughlin,  the  pastor,  gathered  sufficient  available  timber  to 


12.  The  council  is  named  in  honor  of  a  worthy  Frenchman,  Antoine 
Ouilmette,  who  is  known  to  have  been  a  resident  of  the  vicinity  as  early  as 
1790,  almost  the  first  permanent  white  resident  of  this  part  of  the  world. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  227 

constitute  a  council.  Permission  was  secured  from  the  then 
State  Deputy,  Joseph  J.  Thompson,  who  appointed  District 
Deputy  John  R.  Ford  to  have  charge  of  the  launching  of  the 
council.  Preliminary  meetings  were  attended  and  addressed  by 
the  State  Deputy  and  others.  The  first  and  second  degrees 
were  exemplified  by  the  officers  of  Marquette  Council.  The 
third  degree  was  conferred  by  State  Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thomp- 
son and  staff.  The  principal  officers  elected  at  the  time  of  in- 
stitution were:  Grand  Knight,  John  A.  Poland;  ])eputy 
Grand  Knight,  J.  H.  Dols;  Chancellor,  Thomas  J.  Douglas, 
Columbus  Council  took  the  work  of  the  Order  seriously. 
Worthy  charitable  projects  when  brought  before  the  council 
were  never  disapproved.  If  because  of  the  smallness  of  the 
membership  the  council  treasury  was  not  able  to  contribute, 
the  individual  members  on  many  occasions  have  made  up  purses 
to  back  some  worthy  cause  brought  before  the  council  in  the 
regular  order  of  business.  One  of  the  most  successful  and 
far  reaching  of  the  council's  charitable  enterprises  was  the 
Christmas  Basket  Club  which  grew  from  the  distribution  of 
baskets  among  poorer  families  to  include  orphanages,  and  the 
success  with  which  this  work  was  carried  out  undoubtedly  had 
considerable  influence  in  bringing  this  worthy  work  to  the 
Chicago  Chapter  as  carried  on  for  some  years  past  by  the 
Christmas  Cheer  Committee  of  that  organization.  On  the  floor 
of  the  council  meetings  many  of  the  Order 's  problems  were  in- 
telligently and  successfully  debated  by  the  able  talent  and 
deep  thinkers  among  its  members,  the  result  of  its  flndings 
being  brought  to  the  floor  of  the  Chapter  meetings  by  the  coun- 
cil's  able  representatives.  The  social  activities  of  this  coun- 
cil of  the  northern  limits  of  Chicago  are  looked  back  upon 
with  pride  and  enjoyable  recollection  by  all  the  members  who 
took  part  in  them,  alternating  with  lectures  on  many  topics  by 
such  able  speakers  as  the  Rev.  Francis  X.  McCabe,  CM.;  Rev. 
Frederic  Siedenburg,  S.  J.,  and  others.     The  athletic  record 


228         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

of  Columbus  Council  is  one  its  members  may  well  be  proud  of, 
for  in  indoor  ball,  basketball,  baseball  and  bowling  its  teams 
have  brought  home  many  banners  and  other  trophies.  The 
ordinary  council  duties,  social  activities,  athletics,  etc.,  however, 
resolve  themselves  into  sort  of  matter-of-fact  performances  and 
it  took  the  recent  world  war  to  give  the  council  a  real  incentive. 
The  war  stirred  the  members  to  a  degree  of  activity  and  sacri- 
fice to  which  every  one  acquainted  with  the  work  of  the  council 
points  with  pride.  Long  before  the  United  States  entered 
the  war  several  members  of  Columbus  Council  had  joined 
Canadian  regiments.  Among  these  were  Patrick  and  Michael 
Butler.  Patrick  later  entered  the  American  Army.  Both 
served  to  the  end  of  the  war.  When  the  United  States  entered 
the  fray  many  of  our  members  were  quick  to  volunteer  in  the 
various  branches  of  the  service.  Out  of  a  total  of  325  members, 
which  was  the  size  of  the  council  early  in  1917,  82  were  in  the 
service.  Out  of  these  ten  succeeded  in  earning  a  commission, 
while  many  ranked  high  as  non-coms  at  the  close  of  hostilities.^^ 

967     GENERAL  JAMES  SHIELDS  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  B.   E.   Kearins 

Rev.  Peter  J.  Muldoon       George    T.    Trumbull  P.  C.  Trost 

Rev.  M.    Koteckl  E.  C.   Clancy,   M.  D.  L.  C.  Monohan 

Rev.    J.    E.    O'Brien  Anthony    Czarnecki  Patrick  B.   Flanagan 

Rev.   J.  J.   Sheridan  Charles  A.  Lahey  James  P.  Kelley 

J.  A.  Donovan 

General  James  Shields  Council  No.  967  of  Chicago,  was 
instituted  February  12,  1905.  Mr.  George  T.  Trumbull,  who 
transferred  from  Illinois  Council  for  the  purpose  of  organiz- 
ing Shields,  was  chosen  as  first  Grand  Knight  of  the  council, 
and  there  were  at  the  time  associated  with  him  a  number  of 
men  of  special  prominence,  amongst  whom  should  be  named 
Anthony  Czarnecki,  Dr.  E.  G.  Clancy,  Charles  A.  Lahey,  J.  A. 
Donovan  and  Patrick  B.  Flanagan.    The  first  chaplain  of  Gen- 


13.  This  concise  account  is  furnished  by  F.  H.   Massmann,  Council  His- 
toriographer. 


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229 


eral  James  Shields  was  Rev.  Peter  J.  Muldoon,  later  Bishop  of 
Roekford  and  State  Chaplain.  The  succeeding  chaplains  who 
manifested  a  deep  interest  in  the  council  include  Rev.  M. 
Kotecki,  Rev.  J.  E.  O'Brien  and  Rev.  J.  J.  Sheridan.  Under 
the  leadership  of  Anthony  Czarnecki  the  council  begun  and 


HON.  PATRICK  B.  FLANAGAN, 
Gen.  James  Shields  Council 


ANTHONY  CZARNECKI, 
Gen.  James  Shields  Council 


maintained  an  agitation  for  a  law  making  Columbus  Day  a 
legal  holiday.  Joined  by  the  State  Officers  and  others  the  ef- 
forts were  successful.^"  In  the  course  of  its  history  General 
James  Shields  Council  has  given  special  attention  to  formal 
lectures,  and  has  presented  amongst  other  lectures  the  follow- 

14.  A  general  movement  was  carried  on  by  the  Order  throughout  the 
country  which  has  resulted  in  having  Columbus  Day  made  a  holiday  in  nearly 
all  the  states. 


230         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

ing:  U.  S.  Judge  Peter  Grosseup  on  "Catholic  Persecution 
in  France";  Charles  G.  Dawes  on  "Banking  and  Finance"; 
Prof.  Frederick  Starr  on  "Missionary  Work  in  Foreign 
Lands";  Rev.  John  Webster  Melody,  D.  D.,  on  "Catholic 
Educational  Advantages";  Rev.  P.  J.  O'Callaghan  on  "The 
Knight  of  Columbus  as  a  Citizen";  Rev.  Wm.  D.  O'Brien  on 
"A  Trip  to  Rome  and  the  Holy  Land",  Anthony  Czarnecki  of 
General  James  Shields  Council  on  "Travels  in  War  Devas- 
tated Europe";  Major  Dr.  E.  G.  Clancy  of  General  James 
Shields  Council  on  ' '  The  Work  of  Field  Hospitals  at  the  Front 
in  The  Great  World  War. ' '  The  Council  also  has  an  excellent 
record  for  every  kind  of  work  conducted  in  the  Order.  It  has 
devoted  to  educational  purposes  $550.00 ;  to  religious  purposes 
$350.00 ;  to  charity  $1,000.00.  At  the  opening  of  war  activities 
the  council  became  active  and  contributed  to  every  war  welfare 
movement,  work  and  money.  Its  contribution  to  war  welfare 
work  aggregated  $600.00  and  for  liberty  bonds  and  war  stamps 
$200.00.  Thirty-nine  members  of  the  council  were  in  the 
service,  and  one,  Patrick  J.  Murray,  was  killed  in  action  at 
the  Battle  of  the  Argonne  Forest.^^ 


980    LA   RABIDA   COUNCIL,   Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  Daniel    F.    Curley 

Rev.  D.  J.  Tuohy  Edward  A.  McGrady  James   McLaughlin 

Rev.    Joseph   R.   Kear-  D.   J.   Normoyle  William  Costello 

ney  Daniel  E.  Devlin  William  McDonald 

Rev.  John  Leach  Harry  P.  Kenney 

La  Rabida  Council  No.  980  of  Chicago,  was  instituted 
April  16,  1905.  The  promoters  of  the  council  were  Thomas 
M.  Cunerty  (deceased),  Edward  A.  McGrady,  John  F,  Don- 
nelly, Joseph  P.  O'Connor  and  George  L.  Lane.  There  were 
perhaps  more  objections  to  the  organization  of  this  council 
than  were  heard  with  reference  to  most  others.  A  commendable 
spirit  of  council  loyalty  has  always  prevailed  in  Chicago,  and 
almost  from  the  beginning  it  has  been  usual  to  hear  objections 

15.  On  April  1,  1921,  General  Shields  Council  had  a  mombership  of  2<J9. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  231 

to  the  organization  of  new  councils  lest  they  should  have  an 
injurious  effect  upon  councils  already  organized  and  operating 
in  the  vicinity  where  it  is  proposed  to  locate  such  new  council. 
The  arguments  for  and  against  the  establishment  of  the  new 
council  were  presented  to  the  then  State  Deputy  Joseph  J, 
Thompson,  and  one  of  the  principal  promoters  of  the  council, 
Edward  A.  McGrady,  became  the  storm  center  of  the  conflict. 
In  this  as  in  almost  all  other  cases  of  a  similar  character  the 
disagreement  lasted  only  until  a  decision  was  reached,  where- 
upon the  objectors  gracefully  yielded  and  rendered  valuable 
assistance.  At  the  time  of  the  institution  the  officers  of  Leo 
XIII  Council,  under  the  leadership  of  the  then  Grand  Knight, 
Joseph  E.  O'Meara,  exemplified  the  first  and  second  degrees, 
and  the  major  degree  was  conferred  by  District  Deputy  Thomas 
W.  Flynn  of  Calumet  Council.  The  officers  first  elected  were : 
Chaplain,  Rev.  D.  J.  Tuohy ;  Grand  Knight,  Edward  A.  Mc- 
Grady; Deputy  Grand  Knight,  Leo  H.  Birchler;  Chancellor, 
Rev.  Joseph  R.  Kearney ;  Financial  Secretary,  George  L.  Lane ; 
Recording  Secretary,  William  J.  Brennan;  Treasurer,  John 
F.  Donnelly;  Warden,  George  P.  Latchford;  Trustees,  John 
P.  Burke,  Robert  Fruin  and  Robert  Doyle;  Guards,  D.  J. 
Moynahan  and  Edward  A.  Byrne.  La  Rabida  Council  has 
always  been  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  substantial  councils. 
Space  prevents  particularizing  with  reference  to  the  achieve- 
ments of  the  council.  Its  record  with  respect  to  religious, 
charitable  and  educational  work  is  praisworthy.  It  is  a 
partner  and  joint  owner  of  the  splendid  Knights  of  Columbus 
home  in  Englewood,  associated  with  Englewood  and  Arch- 
bishop McHale  Councils.  When  the  country  became  involved 
in  the  World  War  La  Rabida  Council  made  a  prompt  response 
through  72  of  its  members,  who  joined  the  colors,  and  by  con- 
tributing its  full  share  of  money  and  effort  in  connection  with 
all  war  and  war  welfare  work.  One  member  of  the  council, 
Frank  J.  Tierney,  gave  his  life ;  another,  Lieut.  Joseph  Mur- 


232         KNIGHTS  OF  COLmiBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

phy,  was  awarded  the  Distinguished  Service  Cross  and  the 
Croix  de  Guerre  for  bravery.  Among  the  especially  active 
members  of  the  council  should  be  named  Patrick  J,  McDonald, 
P.  E.  Callaghan,  F.  V.  Coatar,  William  H.  Costello,  Harry  P. 
Kenney,  Oliver  T,  Cody  and  D.  J.  Normoyle.^' 

985     MINONK  COUNCIL,  Minonk 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  Bertrand  Labin-  GRAND  KNIGHTS— 

Rev.  Isadore  Vercamp  ski  D.  J.    Kerrigan 

Rev.  F.  B.  Dicliman  Rev.  Hubert  Lorenz  U.  J.  Hindert 

Rev.  Morris    Ripperger       Rev.  Generose  Stronk  H.  R.  Aufdenspring 

T.  S.  Walsh 
Peter  O'Rourke 

MiNOXK  Council  No.  985  was  instituted  May  14,  1905,  by 
State  Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thompson.  The  State  Deputy  made 
several  trips  to  Minonk  preparatory  to  the  institution  and 
co-operated  with  the  pastor  and  prominent  residents  of  Minonk. 
Amongst  the  most  active  of  the  men  at  the  institution  of  the 
council  were  D.  J.  Kerrigan,  U.  G.  Hindert,  James  Riley,  and 
Peter  O'Rourke.  Sixteen  members  of  the  council  were  in  the 
service  during  the  war,  and  one,  L.  Y.  Costello,  gave  up  his 
life.i^ 


988    MURPHYSBORO  COUNCIL,  Murphysboro 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  H.   J.    Busch 

Rev.   K.   Schauerte  Charles  O.  Molz,  M.  D.  H.  A.  Bastien 

R.  J.  Hodge  H.  A.  W^eber 

J.   W.    Halpin  Arthur  Knoblaugh 

Murphysboro  Council  No.  988  was  instituted  May  7, 1904. 
Dr.  Charles  0.  Molz  may  truthfully  be  said  to  be  the  father  of 
Murphysboro  Council.  While  residing  in  Pana  in  1903,  he 
took  a  deep  interest  in  organizing  Pana  Council,  and  was  elected 
the  first  Grand  Knight  of  that  council.  In  the  same  year  he 
moved  to  Murphysboro,  and  found  himself  the  only  Knight  of 


16.  The  information  for  this  account  is  furnished  chiefly  by  P.  G.  K. 
and  D.  D.,  D.  J.  Normoyle. 

17.  Minonk  Council,  though  small  and  -working  in  a  difficult  field,  has 
succeeded  fairly  well  and  merits  a  better  account  of  its  activities  than  the 
above. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS 


233 


Columbus  in  that  city.  As  has  been  noted  the  Bishop  of  Belle- 
ville, in  which  diocese  ]\Iurphysboro  is  located,  disapproved 
of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  knowing  the  circustances  Dr. 
Molz  conferred  with  Rev.  K.  Schauerte,  the  Pastor  at  Mur- 
physboro,  asking  him  to  intercede  with  Bishop  Janssen.    For 


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HON.  WILLIAM  L.  OCOXNELL. 
Loj-ola-Hyde   Park  Council 


HON.  ROGER  C.  SULLIVAN, 
Commodore  Barry  Council 


the  purpose  Dr.  Molz  gave  Father  Schauerte,  this  convincing 
argument :  In  I\Iurphysboro  at  that  time  a  camp  of  Woodmen 
of  the  World  was  being  organized  with  a  charter  member- 
ship of  80,  of  whom  14  were  Catholics.  Dr.  Molz  told 
Father  Schauerte  to  teU  the  Bishop  that  his  parishoners  were 
joining  other  orders,  whereas  if  the  Knights  of  Columbus  were 
permitted  they  would  join  it  as  a  Catholic  society.     Father 


224         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Hyde  Pakk  Council  No.  1438  was  instituted  October  24, 
1909,  at  Oakland  Music  Hall,  with  District  Deputy  J.  Joseph 
Kelly  in  charge  of  the  degree  work.     Felix  J.  Wallace  who 
transferred  from  De  La  Salle  Council,  organized  the  Council 
and  was  elected  the  first  Grand  Knight,  Dr.  Thomas  A.  Cahill, 
the  first  Deputy  Grand  Knight,  Daniel  D.  Keating,  Financial 
Secretary  and  Arthur  Borgeau,  Treasurer.    Loyola-Hyde  Park 
Council  feels  quite  proud  of  its  name,  for  it  represents  their 
patron  and  the  district  of  Chicago  in  which  the  Council  is 
located.     Since  the  merger  the  Council  has  been  active  in  all 
the  work  of  the  order,  and  has  an  especially  creditable  war 
record.     The  Council  supports  and  maintains  teams  in  all  of 
the  various  Knights  of  Columbus  athletic  leagues.     Summing 
up  council  activities  the  report  shows  that  $250.00  has  been 
expended  for  religious  purposes;  $3,200.00  for  charitable  pur- 
poses; $400.00  for  creature  comforts  for  men  in  the  service, 
and  $600.00  for  liberty  bonds  and  war  saving  stamps.     Ninety- 
six  men  were  in  the  service.     Four  of  the  distinguished  war 
Chaplains  are  members  of  the  Council,  viz..  Rev.  A.  L.  Girard, 
Captain ;  Rev.  C.  F.  Donovan,  First  Lieutenant ;  Rev.  Lawrence 
Trouley,  First  Lieutenant,  and  Rev.  C.  C.  Boyle,  First  Lieu- 
tenant.    Rev.  T.  V.  Shannon,  a  former  Chaplain,  was  head  of 
the  Catholic  War  Activities  in  Chicago  during  the  war.     Four 
members  made  the  supreme  sacrifice  in  the  war,  viz.,  Frank  L. 
Fairfax,  James  Donohue,  Wallace  Phillips    and    Edward    I. 
Kelly. 

Loyola-Hyde  Park  Council  has  provided  the  use  of  the 
entire  second  floor  of  the  building  at  1467  East  55th  St.,  Cor- 
ner Harper  Avenue,  for  its  membership,  wherein  club  rooms 
and  a  meeting  place  are  maintained.  These  rooms  are  opened 
daily.  They  have  a  reading  and  lounging  rooms  and  pool  and 
billiard  tables.  Weekly  dances  are  also  held  for  members  and 
their  friends.  Regular  meetings  are  held  on  the  second  and 
fourth  Tlfursdays.^*' 

10.  On  April  1,  1921,  Loyola-Hyde  Park  Council  had  a  membership  of  525. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  225 

915    IMMACULATE  CONCEPTION  COUNCIL,  Ohio 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  J.   W.   Cummings  M.  J.  Dolan 

Rev.  Richard  F^  Flynn  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  James  P.   Dunn 

Rev.   Charles  H.  Med-  John  Murray  W.  H.  Knuth 

calf  j_  nj    Malley,  M.  D.  Charles  P.  Anderson 

Immaculate  Conception  Council  No.  915  of  Ohio,  was  in- 
stituted August  28,  1904,  with  38  charter  members,  largely 
as  the  result  of  the  interest  manifested  in  the  Order  by  Rev. 
Eiehard  Flynn,  at  that  time  Pastor  of  Immaculate  Conception 
Church  at  Ohio.  Ohio  is  a  city  of  1,500  population,  one  of 
the  smallest  cities  in  the  state  to  sustain  a  council  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus,  yet  in  proportion  to  the  size  of  the 
council  it  has  maintained  the  reputation  of  the  Order.  The 
membership  of  a  little  over  100  at  present  is  about  equally 
divided  between  associate  and  insurance.  The  council  has  been 
active  in  the  distribution  of  Catholic  literature,  and  has  con- 
tributed liberally  to  the  building  of  a  home  for  the  aged  of 
the  Rockf ord  diocese.  It  had  but  five  men  in  the  service  during 
the  war,  but  contributed  liberally  to  all  welfare  work,  send- 
ing $505.00  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus  welfare  fund  and 
assisting  enthusiastically  in  all  the  other  drives,  bond  sales, 
etc." 

922     OUILMETTE  COUNCIL,  Wilmette 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—       Charles  M.    Schneider 

Rev.    E.   Byrnes  Frank  Flaherty  Frank  J.   Seng 

Rev.  Thomas  V.  Shan-  Thomas  G.  Morris  O.    G.    Corns 

non  John   P.   Mllnamo  Edward  F.  Kelley 

Rev.  J.  J.  Shannon  E.    B.   Dolan  Joseph   J.    Schroeder 

Rev.  Arthur  Mescher  William  M.   Dooley  William  C.  Napier 

Rev.   Nicholas   Kramer  George  English 

OuiLMETTE  Council  No.  922  of  Wilmette,  was  instituted 
August  21,  1904,  under  the  direction  of  Joseph  J.  Thompson, 
State  Deputy.  Those  active  in  the  organization  were  Frank 
Flanagan,  John  P.  Milnamo,  J.  D.  A.  Cross,  John  Williams, 
Wm.  L.  Robinson,  Frank  Seng,  George  English,  E.  B.  Dolan, 


11.  Another  council  of  the  same  name  exists  in  Ivesdale. 


236         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

club  rooms,  buffet,  lounging  and  reading  room,  card  room  and 
chamber.  It  furnished  a  room  in  St.  James'  Hospital;  con- 
tributes annually  to  the  Christmas  Cheer  Fund  of  the  Chicago 
Chapter  and  to  the  Community  Center  of  Chicago  Heights.^" 


1005     HUGHES  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS —  Rev.  John   A.    Fleming  Lawrence    O.    Fitzpat- 

Rev.  L.  M.    Meehan  Rev.  Frank  Boznek  rick 

Rev.  J.  M.  Hynek  nw  amt^  T^ivTP'TT'ra  Joseph   P.   Morrison 

Rev.  I.    Kestl  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  Richard  F.   Fitzgerald 

Rev.  J.  McKenna  Joseph    L.     Russell,  Joseph  McCluskey 

Rev.  Francis    W.    Jed-  M.   D.  Robert  P.  Quinlan 

licka  James  A.  Murray 

Hughes  Council  No.  1005  of  Chicago  was  instituted  May 
7,  1905.  The  council  was  named  in  honor,  of  Archbishop  John 
Hughes  of  New  York.  The  committee  in  charge  of  the  prelim- 
inary work  included  Rev.  L.  M.  Median,  Joseph  L.  Russell, 
M.  D.,  David  T.  Brennan  and  Thomas  S.  Levis.  The  prelimin- 
ary work  was  conducted  under  the  direction  of  District  Deputy 
John  T.  McEnery.  At  the  time  of  institution  the  first  and 
second  degrees  were  conferred  by  the  officers  of  Damen  Coun- 
cil, and  the  major  degree  by  District  Deputy  Lewis  E.  Sauter. 
There  were  37  charter  members,  but  the  council  grew  rapidly 
and  became  very  active ;  became  conspicuous  in  athletics,  and 
co-operated  in  all  the  general  work  of  the  Order.  When  the 
United  States  became  involved  in  the  war  the  council  member- 
ship was  heavily  drawn  upon,  245  of  the  members  responding 
to  the  call.  Those  remaining  at  home  joined  with  the  general 
membership  of  the  Order  in  all  of  the  welfare  work,  respond- 
ing to  all  the  drives  and  discharging  all  their  duties  and  obli- 
gations. A  schedule  of  accomplishments  records  the  expendi- 
ture of  $2,240.00  for  educational  purposes ;  $960.00  for  religi- 
ous purposes;  $1,200.00  for  charity;  $310.00  for  war  welfare 
work,  and  $2,000  for  liberty  bonds  and  war  stamps." 

20.  Chicago  Heights  Council  has  accomplished  much  with  its  member- 
ship of  only  277    (April  1,    1921). 

21.  On  April  1,  1921,  Hughes  Council  had  a  membership  of  1,145. 


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1009     RAVENSWOOD  COUNCIL,  Chicago 


CHAPLAINS— 
Rev.  Frank  N.  Perry 
Rev.  Stephan  McMahon 
Rev.  John  P.  Campbell 


GRAND  KNIGHTS- 
John  E.  Kavanagh 
John  E.  Stephan 
Michael  J.  Keigher 
Peter  P.  Kransz 


William  P.  McNamee 
George  E.  Davis 
Albert  B.  Eiden 
A.  V.  Gillespie 


Ravenswood  Council  No.  1009  of  Chicago,  was  instituted 
May  14,  1905.    On  March  5th  of  that  year  a  meeting  was  held 


HON.  DENNIS  E.   SULLIVAN, 
Daniel  O'Connell  Council 


JUSTICE  JOHN  J.  SULLIVAN, 
Leo  XIII  Council 


to  canvass  the  situation,  which  was  attended  by  G.  W.  Dailey, 
who  presided  as  chairman,  John  E.  Cavanagh,  W.  J.  Lawlor, 
Daniel  P.  Cahill,  Augustine  V.  Gillespie,  John  E.  Stephan, 
Thomas  J.  Dawson,  Daniel  S.  Sheeley,  Thomas  A.  O'Shaugh- 


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nessy,  and  E.  M.  Heidkamp.  The  State  Deputy,  Joseph  J. 
Thompson,  was  represented  at  the  meeting  by  District  Deputy 
John  R.  Ford,  who  was  placed  in  official  charge  of  the  prelim- 
inary organization.  The  institution  took  place  at  Lourdes  Hall, 
Ashland  and  Leland  avenues.  The  first  and  second  degrees 
were  conferred  by  Grand  Knight  James  F.  O'Connor  and 
officers  of  Marquette  Council.  The  third  degree  was  conferred 
by  Deputy  Supreme  Knight  Patrick  L.  McArdle  and  staff. 
The  membership  consisted  of  86  new  members  and  36  mem- 
bers transferred  from  other  councils.  At  the  first  meeting  Rev. 
F.  N.  Perry  was  appointed  Chaplain,  John  E.  Kavanagh  was 
elected  Grand  Knight  and  John  E.  Stephan,  recorder.  Ravens- 
wood  has  always  been  an  active  council,  and  has  been  especi- 
ally interested  in  educational  work.  It  provides  for  the  annual 
distribution  of  medals  to  pupils  of  the  Catholic  schools  in  the 
parishes  covered  by  the  council  who  are  most  proficient  in 
American  history.  The  council  was  the  prime  mover  in  the 
preparation  of  the  "Catholic  Reading  List",  a  catalogue  of 
books  (in  English)  by  Catholic  authors  in  the  Chicago  Public 
Library,  compiled  by  one  of  its  members,  William  Stetson  Mer- 
rill, and  afterwards  officially  distributed  by  the  Chicago  Chap- 
ter. The  council  distributed  widely  a  series  of  leaflets  on  edu- 
cation and  government,  written  in  collaboration,  by  Prof. 
William  H.  Cahill  and  Edward  J.  Nolan.  Ravenswood  Council 
is  also  distinguished  for  the  numerous  high  class  lectures  given 
under  its  auspices.  In  the  athletic  field  the  council  has  won 
honors,  notably  the  bowling  championship  of  1913.  The  coun- 
cil made  a  very  enviable  record  during  the  world  war.  Every 
member  made  a  considerable  sacrifice  in  time  and  money  in  the 
various  war  activities.  Seventy-six  members  were  in  the  ser- 
vice, two  of  whom,  George  J.  Kalvelage  and  M.  W.  Kartheiser 
made  the  supreme  sacrifice,  both  dying  of  wounds  received  in 
battle." 


22.  Information  furnished  by  M.  J.  Keigher,  Past  Grand  Knight. 


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1025     CENTRALIA  COUNCIL,  Centralia 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  J.  P.  Kissel 

Rev.  John  N.  Bruns  E.  Connors  F.  A.  Traynor 

Rev.  Emil  M.  Chuse  James  E.  Reilley  G.  A.  Gamier 

Robert  Gephart  W.  A.  Mathis 

Centralia  Council  No.  1025  was  instituted  July  9,  1905. 
Through  the  efforts  of  James  L.  Brady  and  Michael  0  'Brien, 
members  of  Jacksonville  Council;  T.  J.  Dempsey  and  J.  E. 
Dempsey  of  Canton  Council  (Ohio)  ;  D.  A.  Ryan  of  Murphys- 
boro,  and  Frank  J.  Clettenberg  (deceased)  of  DeSmet  Coun- 
cil (St.  Louis).  The  then  resident  pastor,  Rev.  J,  H.  Bruns, 
was  prevailed  upon  to  invite  the  then  State  Chaplain,  Rev. 
William  J.  Healy,  of  cherished  memory,  to  come  to  Centralia, 
and  explain  the  Order  to  the  Catholic  men  of  the  vicinity. 
While  the  field  was  a  difficult  one,  the  visit  of  Father  Healy 
brought  good  results,  and  a  short  time  thereafter  Maurice  V. 
Joyce  of  East  St.  Louis,  then  District  Deputy  for  the  terri- 
tory, was  invited  to  assist  in  the  preliminary  work,  and  after 
a  brilliant  address  by  Mr.  Joyce  over  thirty  applications  were 
signed,  and  a  date  was  set  for  the  institution.  In  the  mean- 
time the  men  above  mentioned  succeeded  in  bringing  the  list  of 
candidates  up  to  fifty-three.  At  the  institution  officers  of 
Effingham  Council  conferred  the  first  degree.  East  St.  Louis 
the  second,  and  District  Deputy  Maurice  V.  Joyce  and  staff 
the  third.  This  was  one  of  the  greatest  days  in  the  history 
of  the  Catholics  in  Centralia.  A  large  procession  was  formed 
downtown  and  marched  to  Mass.  Dinner  was  served  to  the 
candidates  in  the  school  hall,  and  they  were  kept  together  until 
the  completion  of  the  ceremonies,  after  which  an  elaborate 
banquet  was  served  in  a  downtown  hall.  A  number  of  the 
charter  members  of  Centralia  Council  were  residents  of  Du- 
Quoin,  and  for  a  time  the  DuQuoin  members  constituted  a 
semi-auxiliary  to  Centralia  Council,  but  local  pride  prevailed 
and  shortly  after  they  withdrew  to  become  charter  members 
of  DuQuoin  Council.    Carlyle  Council  is  likewise  an  off-shoot 


240         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

of  Centralia  Council.  The  first  officers  of  the  council  were: 
E.  J.  Connors,  Grand  Knight;  J.  E.  Reilly,  Deputy  Grand 
Knight;  H.  E.  Meagher,  Financial  Secretary;  F.  A.  Schultz, 
Treasurer;  Frank  A.  Traynor,  Lecturer;  P.  A.  Thouvenin, 
Warden,  F.  J.  Meagher,  Chancellor;  J.  C.  Dagenhart,  Advo- 
cate; M.  Jordan,  William  Tonnegan,  John  Reilly,  Trustees; 
Rev.  J.  H.  Bruns,  Chaplain.  While  Centralia  never  organ- 
ized a  first  or  second  degree  team,  a  year  or  so  after  its  insti- 
tution Frank  A.  Traynor,  who  was  afterwards  Grand  Knight, 
was  appointed  District  Deputy  by  State  Deputy  Lewis  E. 
Sauter,  and  took  an  active  part  in  a  large  number  of  degrees  in 
Illinois  and  Indiana,  and  he  and  his  assistant,  J.  L.  Brody, 
are  well  known  all  over  the  southern  part  of  the  state.  For 
some  years  the  membership  has  been  continually  diminishing 
through  transfers,  withdrawals,  etc.,  but  recently  there  has 
been  a  revival  of  interest  with  new  and  young  blood  infused, 
which  bids  fair  to  uphold  the  standard  of  former  years.  Out 
of  a  membership  of  only  58  at  the  time  of  the  outbreak  of  the 
war,  18  went  into  the  service.  The  Council  did  its  full  share 
in  the  home  war  work  and  the  members  took  a  prominent  part 
in  the  war  activities  of  the  community.-^ 

1026     ASSUMPTION  COUNCIL,  Assumption 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  T.  J.  Connolly 

Rev.  Joseph  Dechene  M.  J.  Fitzgerald  Thomas  Bantner 

Rev.  D.  J.  Higgins  J.  A.  Lacharite  D.  J.  Domas 

A.  L.  Michael  John  Barry 

Assumption  Council  No.  1026  was  instituted  July  16, 
1905.  The  first  and  second  degrees  were  conferred  by  Decatur 
Council,  and  the  major  degree  was  conferred  by  District 
Deputy  Edward  J.  Morrissey  and  staff  of  Alton.  The  new 
Council  was  launched  with  76  charter  members,  many  of  whom 
had  previously  held  membership  in  Pana  Council,  and  who 
transferred  their  membership  upon  the  institution  of  the  new 

23.  On  April  1,  1921,  Centralia  Council  had  a  membership  of  173. 


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council.  At  present  the  Council  membership  consists  of  84 
associate  and  60  insurance  members.  Since  the  organization 
of  Assumption  Council  the  following  Grand  Knights  have  pre- 
sided over  the  destinies  of  the  Council :  M.  J.  Fitzgerald,  J.  A. 
Lacharite,  A.  L.  Michael,  T.  J.  Connolly,  Thomas  Bantner  and 


HON.    PATRICK   J.    CARR, 
Commodore  Barry  Council 


HON.  MICHAEL  L.  IGOE, 
De  La  Salle  Council 


D.  J.  Domas.  The  Council  was  for  a  number  of  years  under 
the  spiritual  guidance  of  Kev.  Joseph  Dechene,  who  was  the 
Chaplain  until  his  transfer  to  Highland,  Illinois,  since  which 
time  his  successor.  Rev.  D.  J.  Higgins,  has  given  of  his  time 
and  talent  to  the  spiritual  affairs  of  the  Council.  In  civic  af- 
fairs and  especially  during  the  war  Assumption  Council  always 
took  a  prominent  part.     Total  members  in  service  21,  all  in 


242         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

army;  1  died  in  service;  commissioned  officers,  1;  non-cOm- 
missioned  officers,  2. 


1027     CAIRO  COUNCIL,  Cairo 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—       Frank  T.  Egan 

Rev.  James  Gillen  P.  H.  Smyth  J.  E.  Luby 

Rev.  James  Downey  J.  T.  Walsh  William  P.  Greaney 

C.  L.  Weber  W.  S.  Powell 

T.  M.  Howley 

Cairo  Council  No.  1027  was  instituted  November  19,  1905. 
This  Council  was  to  some  extent  involved  in  the  objections, 
which  existed  for  a  time,  in  the  Belleville  diocese,  and  a  com- 
mittee of  members  of  other  councils  residing  in  Cairo  called 
on  the  State  Deputy,  Joseph  J.  Thompson,  in  Bloomington,  and 
with  his  approval  and  assistance  set  about  the  organization  of 
a  council.  At  the  time  of  the  institution  the  first  degree  was 
exemplified  by  the  officers  of  Murphysboro  Council ;  the  second 
by  the  officers  of  East  St.  Louis  Council,  and  the  major  de- 
gree by  District  Deputy  Maurice  V.  Joyce.  The  principal 
officers  elected  at  the  time  of  institution  were  Grand  Knight, 
P.  H.  Smyth ;  Deputy  Grand  Knight,  Dr.  J.  T.  Walsh ;  Treas- 
urer, James  McCormick ;  Financial  Secretary,  J.  H.  Sullivan ; 
Chancellor,  W.  P.  Comerford ;  Warden,  Lee  Fitzgerald ;  Out- 
side Guard,  Arthur  Magner;  Inside  Guard,  George  Fischer. 
Rev.  James  Gillen  was  selected  as  Chaplain.  The  Council  has 
been  progressive  from  the  beginning.  Much  attention  has  been 
given  to  athletics  and  outdoor  interests,  thus  stimulating  and 
maintaining  the  interest,  particularly  of  the  younger  members. 
One  year  the  Council  would  win  the  honor  of  championship 
of  the  Indoor  Baseball  League  of  the  city,  and  another  year 
of  some  other  athletic  league.  One  of  the  very  successful  fea- 
tures of  the  Council  work  was  the  institution  and  development 
of  a  Knights  of  Columbus  band,  claimed  to  be  the  first  organ- 
ization of  its  kind.  This  musical  organization  numbered  fifty 
pieces,  and  took  part  in  all  Knights  of  Columbus  activities 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  243 

throughout  southern  Illinois,  as  well  as  in  all  local  civic  cele- 
brations. The  band  ceased  functioning  when  the  country  came 
into  the  war,  as  all  but  three  members  entered  active  service. 
Cairo  Council  took  a  prominent  part  in  all  the  war  activities 
of  the  city,  and  sent  over  one-third  of  its  membership  into  the 
service.  Of  that  number  three  gave  their  lives.  A  large  bronze 
tablet,  over  five  feet  in  height,  bears  the  names  of  the  88  mem- 
bers of  the  Council  that  were  in  the  service,  and  three  gold  stars 
mark  the  names  of  Lieut.  Albert  Stout,  J.  J.  Glynn  and  Warner 
J.  James,  who  gave  their  lives.  Lieut.  Albert  Stout,  before  his 
death,  was  awarded  the  Distinguished  Service  Cross;  E.  P. 
Kusener  was  awarded  the  British  "War  Cross;  Major  Charles 
L.  Weber  received  the  Italian  "War  Cross  and  Chevalier  of  the 
Crown,  and  William  J.  O'Kane  received  the  Distinguished 
Service  Cross.  The  recent  death  of  Grand  Knight  W.  S. 
Powell,  one  of  the  most  distinguished  members  of  the  Council, 
and  a  man  of  much  prominence  in  civil  life,  has  brought  sad- 
ness to  all  the  members  and  his  large  circle  of  friends.^* 

1023     CLINTON  COUNCIL,  Clinton 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  S.  P.  Moore  F.  J.  Gillen,  M.  D. 

Rev.  Laurence  Hackett  _,„  .  ^.^^  ^^^^^^^^—„  Frank  Gallagher 

Rev.  Enos  A.   Barnes  GRAND  KNlGHTb—  john  Hart 

Rev.  Timothy  Monahan        "William  F.  Foran  James  M.  Dooley 

Rev.  Francis  J.  Hearne       M.  F.  Monahan,  M.  D.  John  F.  Hamilton 

Paul  G.  Mallon 

Clinton  Council  No.  1023  was  instituted  July  30,  1905. 
State  Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thompson  visited  Clinton  for  the  pre- 
liminary work  of  organization.  The  leading  men  active  in 
bringing  the  Knights  of  Columbus  to  Clinton  were :  Rev. 
Laurence  E.  Hackett,  John  Moore,  M.  J.  McGraw,  George  Pot- 
ter, L.  A.  Downs,  and  A.  J.  Gahagan.  At  the  time  of  the  insti- 
tution the  first  and  second  degrees  were  conferred  by  the  offi- 
cers of  Decatur  Council,  and  the  third  degree  by  District 


24.   This  account  of  Cairo  Conncil,  furnished  mainly  by  Dr.  C.  L.  Wt-brr, 
is  inspiring.     We  predict  a  great  future  for  this  active  council. 


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Deputy  Daniel  R.  Burke  of  Joliet.  The  principal  officers  at 
the  time  of  the  institution  were  :  Grand  Knight,  Paul  J.  Mallon ; 
Deputy  Grand  Knight,  George  Potter;  Recorder,  James  Car- 
roll; Financial  Secretary,  Charles  Cams;  Treasurer,  John 
Lehan;  Chaplain,  Rev.  Laurence  E.  Hackett.  Clinton  is  a 
small  place,  and  the  Council  has  never  had  more  than  95  mem- 
bers, and  accordingly  has  not  been  able  to  undertake  any  large 
enterprises.  It  has  done  its  proportionate  share  of  the  work 
of  the  Order,  however,  and  has  responded  to  all  official  calls. 
When  the  country  came  into  the  world  war  all  of  the  members 
eligible  to  service  were  called  to  the  colors  and  those  who  re- 
mained at  home  met  all  the  home  obligations,  raising  $900.00 
for  the  several  drives.^^ 

1028     BELLEVILLE  COUNCIL,  Belleville 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  George  H.  Thebus 

Rev.  H.  J.  Hagen  August  Barthel  J.  K.  Conroy,  D.D.  S. 

Rt.    Rev.    Msgr.    J.  H.        A.  G.  Kassebaum  B.  H.  Portuondo,  M.  D. 

Schlarmann  John  J.  Dengler 

Belleville  Council  No.  1028  was  instituted  July  21,  1905. 
This  may  be  said  to  be  one  of  the  pivotal  Councils  of  the  Order. 
As  has  been  noted  in  other  connections  the  Bishop  of  the  dio- 
cese of  Belleville,  the  Right  Rev.  John  J.  Janssen  was  not  at 
first  in  favor  of  the  spread  of  the  Order  in  his  diocese.  It  has 
been  stated  that  East  St.  Louis  Council  was  organized  without 
his  approval,  and  when  it  became  known  to  the  Bishop  he 
caused  a  letter  to  be  read  in  all  the  churches  of  the  diocese  with- 
holding approval  of  the  organization.  Many  residents  of 
Belleville  and  other  localities  had  joined  the  Knights  of  Co- 
lumbus, either  at  East  St.  Louis  or  elsewhere,  and  being  enthu- 
siastic about  the  Order,  were  anxious  for  Councils  in  their  own 
localities.  This  was  out  of  the  question,  however,  so  long  as 
the  Bishop  held  to  his  opposition.  The  Knights  of  Columbus 
in  Belleville  wishing  for  some  association  invented  the  ruse 


25.  On  April  1,   1921,  Clintou  Council  had  but  52  members. 


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of  a  social  club  which  they  called  the  "Pius  Guards,"  to  the 
meetings  of  which  none  were  admitted  but  members  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus.  Meetings  of  the  Pius  Guards  were  held 
at  St.  Luke 's  Hall  at  irregular  intervals,  and  were  greatly  en- 
joyed by  the  members.    Soon  this  little  organization  resolved 


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AUGUST    BARTHEL, 
Belleville  Council 


CHARLES   O.   MOLZ,   M.    D. 
Murphysboro    Council 


to  make  an  attempt  at  getting  the  Bishop  to  alter  his  stand  and 
cease  his  opposition,  and,  accordingly,  a  committee  was  ap- 
pointed, consisting  of  August  Barthel,  A.  G.  Kassebaum  and 
John  W.  Kelly,  to  make  the  attempt.  This  committee  called 
upon  Bishop  Janssen,  but  received  no  encouragement.  An  ap- 
peal was  then  made  by  the  committee  to  the  Apostolic  Delegate, 
Msgr.  Diomede  Falconio.     The  Apostolic  Delegate  answered, 


246         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

stating  that  ''the  establishment  of  Councils  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  in  a  diocese  is  left  to  the  prudence  and  discretion 
of  the  Right  Rev.  Bishop."  As  this  communication  indicated 
that  there  was  no  objection  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus  from 
the  standpoint  of  the  Church,  the  committee  redoubled  its  ef- 
forts with  the  Bishop,  with  the  result  that  the  Bishop,  on 
March  7,  1905,  wrote  the  committee  in  part  as  follows:  "We 
have  now  concluded  to  tolerate  the  organization  of  councils  of 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  Belleville,  East  St.  Louis,  Cairo, 
and  Murphysboro.  "-^  This  was  joyful  news,  and  being  com- 
municated by  Bishop  Janssen  to  Joseph  J.  Thompson,  the 
State  Deputy,  permission  was  granted  to  form  a  Council  in 
Belleville.  This  new  Council  was  established  in  a  unique  man- 
ner. All  of  the  charter  members  were  already  Knights  of  Co- 
lumbus, so  that  no  initiation  was  necessary.  District  Deputy 
Edward  J.  Morrissey  of  Alton,  and  William  A.  Scott,  his 
Warden,  came  to  Belleville,  on  Friday,  the  21st  day  of  July, 
1905,  and  at  Castle  Hall  delivered  the  charter  and  instituted 
the  council.  Not  long  after  its  institution,  however,  on  Decem- 
ber 17,  1905,  a  notable  initiation  took  place.  Members  in  Belle- 
ville and  from  all  the  surrounding  territory  were  present  on 
this  occasion,  when  District  Deputy  Morrissey  and  staff  from 
Alton  conferred  the  third  degree  on  an  enthusiastic  class  of 
candidates  at  Cathedral  Hall.  The  exercises  of  the  day  were 
fittingly  terminated  by  a  grand  banquet  given  at  Elks  Hall, 
afterwards  the  home  of  Belleville  Council.  In  recognition  of 
the  splendid  work  of  August  Barthel  and  other  pioneers  of 
Belleville  Council,  the  State  Deputy  appointed  Mr.  Barthel 
District  Deputy  for  the  southern  part  of  the  Belleville  diocese, 
and  he  became  a  very  efficient  degree  officer,  and  did  excellent 
work  throughout  the  western  central  part  of  the  state.  Belle- 
ville Council  has  been  a  very  substantial  organization.  Before 
it  was  a  year  old  it  donated  to  the  Bishop  for  the  diocesan  or- 


26.  Letter  in  the  possession  of  August  Barthel  of  Belleville. 


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phanage  $1,000,  and  a  like  sum  in  the  succeeding  year.  It  also 
bore  its  full  share  in  all  the  work  of  the  Order.  When  the 
war  came  40  of  the  members  responded  to  the  call,  and  one 
gave  his  life.  The  Council  contributed  its  full  quota  to  all 
war  welfare  funds  and  met  all  calls  upon  it.  In  1916  the 
Council  bought  a  building  under  the  name  of  ' '  Columbus  Club 
of  Belleville,"  in  which  club  facilities  have  been  enjoyed.  Its 
present  connection  with  the  building  is  rather  unique.  In  1919 
the  fee  simple  title  was  transferred  to  the  Belleville  Bank  & 
Trust  Company,  but  the  corporation  reserved  to  itself  an  estate 
for  years  in  the  entire  third  floor,  terminating  on  the  first  day 
of  January,  A.  D.  2000.  Being  absolutely  free  of  debt  and 
having  its  hall  and  club  room  rent  free  for  the  succeeding  78 
years,  the  Council  is  creating  a  sinking  fund  and  is  extending 
its  activities  in  educational  lines,  and  for  the  welfare  of  the 
younger  generation.  The  pioneers  of  Belleville  Council  who 
made  such  an  excellent  fight  for  its  existence,  and  whose  names 
appear  upon  the  original  charter,  deserve  special  mention. 
They  were :  August  Barthel,  A.  G.  Kassebaum,  J.  K.  Conroy, 
Arthur  J.  Schuessler,  H.  C.  Herr,  Peter  B.  Chuse,  Joseph  B. 
Blome,  Val.  M.  Reis,  M.  Schauerte,  H.  L.  Muren,  Henry  Reis, 
Jr.,  Theodore  Karr,  Jr.,  L.  N.  Muren,  Albert  L.  Muren,  Joseph 
L.  Bux,  Eugene  G.  Herr,  G.  F.  Wombacher,  J.  A.  Stenger, 
Oscar  Becherer,  John  Reusing,  A.  W.  Bedel,  William  Glaser, 
Paul  Ratheim,  Eugene  A.  Dammerich,  George  H.  Thebus, 
Max  Zimmermann,  August  M.  Fersch,  F.  J.  Faltus,  J.  W. 
Mackin,  A.  F.  Bruer  and  Charles  E.  Koenig." 


27.  On  April  1,  1921,  Belleville  Council  had  a  membership  of  3.",4. 


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1030     BROWNSON  COUNCIL,  Chicago 


CHAPLAINS— 
Rev.  Edward  Griffln 
Rev.  William  Ponet, 

C.  M. 
Very   Rev.   F.   X.   Mc- 

Cabe,  C.  M.,  LL.  D. 
Very  Rev.  T.  F.  Levan, 

C.  M.,  Ph.  D. 


GRAND  KNIGHTS— 
Thomas  J.  O'Hare 
A.  E.  Thompson 
George  P.  Crowe 
Henry  Cross 
Joseph  A.  Hottinger 
Vincent  A.  Cummings 


Matthew  J.  O'Brien 
James  N.  Kearns 
Joseph  A.   Strohmeyer 
Edward  G.  Birren 
Marshall  V.  Kearney 
Thomas  F.  Rudd,  Jr. 


Brownson  Council  No.  1030  of  Chicago  was  instituted 
July  23,  1905.    The  preliminary  meetings  for  the  organization 


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of  this  Council  were  held  in  St.  Dominick  's  Parish  at  Phoenix 
Hall,  Sedgwick  and  Division  streets.     Eev.  Edward  Griffin, 


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now  deceased,  one  of  the  strongest  proponents  of  this  Council, 
suggested  the  name  in  honor  of  Orestes  A.  Brownson,  the  noted 
Catholic  layman  and  writer,  A  large  part  of  the  work  in  the 
early  days  devolved  upon  Mr.  Thomas  J.  0  'Hare,  who  became 
the  first  Grand  Knight.  Brownson  Council  was  peculiarly 
fortunate  in  becoming  closely  associated  with  De  Paul  Uni- 
versity. From  the  removal  of  the  meeting  place  to  St.  Vin- 
cent's Lyceum  in  1910,  the  Fathers  of  St.  Vincents  took  a  deep 
interest  in  the  Council.  In  that  year  Rev.  Wm.  Ponet,  C.  M., 
accepted  the  office  of  Chaplain,  and  he  and  the  other  priests 
of  the  community  spurred  the  members  to  effective  activity.- 
The  Council  has  highly  appreciated  the  interest  taken  in  it  by 
the  Rev.  Francis  X.  McCabe,  C.  M.,  LL.  D.,  until  recently 
President  of  De  Paul  University,  and  a  foremost  educator  and 
renowned  pulpit  orator.  Brownson  Council  became  conspicu- 
ous in  the  lecture  field  for  numerous  lectures  of  an  educational 
nature.  The  Council  also  maintains  a  scholarship  at  De  Paul 
University.  In  the  athletic  field  also  Brownson  Council  has 
been  especially  active.  During  the  war  the  Council  distin- 
guished itself  by  its  effective  work.  A  canvass  of  the  members 
shows  that  approximately  $228,000  was  subscribed  for  welfare 
work,  war  loans,  etc.  Committees  were  appointed  to  assist  in 
the  welfare  work  at  Fort  Sheridan,  Camp  Grant,  the  Great 
Lakes  and  at  De  Paul,  S.  A.  T.  C.  In  1919  the  Council  se- 
cured a  club  house  at  2235  Sheffield  avenue,  and  equipped  the 
same  completely  for  the  use  of  the  membership. 


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1035     ROCHELLE  COUNCIL,  Rochelle 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  P.  R.  Diederich 

Rev.  Thomas  Finn  Frank  Reynolds  A.  O.  Caron 

Rev.  D.  J.  Conwav  D.  J.  Sullivan  E  T.  Berschaid 

Rev.  Paul  Bourke  J.  F.  Kahler  John  Coleman 

Frank  Carney  George  D.  O'Brien 

Rochelle  Council  No.  1035  was  instituted  August  20, 
1905.     District  Deputy  John  R.  Brown  of  Rockford  did  the 

28.  On  April  1,  1921,  Brownson  Council  had  810  members. 


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preliminary  work  of  organization.  At  the  time  of  the  insti- 
tution the  officers  of  Rockford,  De  Kalb  and  Dixon  Councils 
joined  in  conferring  the  first  and  second  degrees,  and  District 
Deputy  Jerome  J.  Crowley,  of  Chicago,  exemplified  the  third 
degree.     The  principal  officers  elected  at  the  time  of  institu- 


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tion  were:  Frank  Reynolds,  Grand  Knight;  J.  F.  Kahler, 
Deputy  Grand  Knight ;  T.  M.  Keegan,  Chancellor ;  R.  L.  Sher- 
lock, Recording  Secretary;  T.  G.  Southworth,  Treasurer,  and 
D.  J.  Sullivan,  Financial  Secretary.  The  Council  made  a 
good  record  in  connection  with  war  welfare  funds,  collecting 
for  that  purpose  $1,600.00.  There  were  but  eighty-six  members 
at  the  time  of  the  war  and  eleven  of  these  were  in  the  service. 


1047     IMMACULATE  CONCEPTION  COUNCIL,  Ivesdale 


CHAPLAINS— 
Rev.  C.  C.  O'Brien 
Rev.  J.  J.  Smith 
Rec.  J.  W.  Armstrong 


GRAKD  KNIGHTS— 
James  T.  Cain 
George  R,  Hannon 
William  Boland 


J.  J.  Doyle 

James  Somers 

C.  F.  Maley,    M.  D. 


Immaculate  Conception  Council  No.  1047  of  Ivesdale  was 
instituted  October  29,  1905.    District  Deputy  Thomas  F.  Drew 


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of  Decatur  visited  Ivesdale  and  assisted  local  Catholics  in  the 
preliminary  work.  Amongst  the  men  in  Ivesdale  who  were 
interested  in  the  new  Council  may  be  named  James  T.  Cain, 
G.  R.  Hannon,  F.  Cavanaugh,  M.  P.  O'Brien  and  J.  W.  Loftus. 
The  first  and  second  degrees  were  conferred  by  the  officers  of 
Decatur  and  Danville  Councils,  and  the  major  degree  by  Dis- 
trict Deputy  Daniel  R.  Burke.  Rev.  C.  C.  O'Brien  was  the 
first  Chaplain  of  the  Council,  and  after  a  service  of  one  year 
Rev.  J.  J.  Smith  became  Chaplain,  and  continued  to  act  in 
that  capacity  until  his  death  in  1916,  after  which  Father 
0  'Brien  resumed  the  Chaplaincy,  and  continued  in  that  capac- 
ity until  1917,  when  the  present  Chaplain,  Rev.  J.  W.  Arm- 
strong, was  selected.  At  the  time  of  the  war  there  were  but 
seventy-seven  members  of  the  Council  and  six  of  these  were 
in  the  service.^^ 


1048    DANIEL  O'CONNELL  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  J.  F.  McCarthy 

Rev.  Frank  O'Brien  Thomas  F.  Cannon  Thomas  W.  Flynn 

Rev.  John  Doody  Herbert  C.  Elwes  Joseph  A.  Gavin 

Rev.  Jerome  Walsh  Joseph  K.  McMahon  W.  W.  Grossman 

James  J.  O'Malley  John  F.  Hendricks 

Daniel  0  'Connell  Council  No.  1048  of  Chicago  was  insti- 
tuted November  5,  1905.  District  Deputy  John  R.  Ford  by 
direction  of  State  Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thompson  had  charge  of 
the  preliminary  work.  A  committtee  consisting  of  Thomas  F. 
Cannon,  Herbert  C.  Elwes,  Dr.  Thomas  S.  Crowe  and  Joseph 
K.  McMahon  attended  to  the  details  of  the  signing  of  the  appli- 
cations and  making  preparations  for  the  organization.  At  the 
time  of  the  institution  of  the  Council  the  first  and  second  de- 
grees were  conferred  by  the  officers  of  Marquette  Council,  and 
the  major  degree  by  State  Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thompson  and 
staff.  Some  difficulty  developed  with  reference  to  naming  the 
council,  and  the  State  Deputy  requested  that  it  be  named 


29.  On  April  1,  1921,  the  council  had  101  members. 


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Daniel  0  'Connell  Council  in  honor  of  the  great  Irish  liberator. 
At  the  first  election  of  officers  Thomas  F.  Cannon  was  elected 
as  Grand  Knight;  Herbert  C.  Elwes,  Deputy  Grand  Knight; 
John  F.  Delaney,  Recorder,  and  John  Falvey,  Financial  Secre- 
tary. Rev.  Frank  0  'Brien  was  selected  as  Chaplain,  The  meet- 
ings for  many  years  were  held  in  Bush  Temple,  but  later  in 


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Chateau  Hall,  Broadway  and  Grace  streets.  Daniel  0  'Connell 
Council  joined  in  all  the  activities  of  the  Order,  national  and 
local,  and  schedules  expenditures  for  religious  purposes  $200 ; 
for  charity  $200 ;  for  war  welfare  work  $100,  and  for  Liberty 
Bonds,  War  Stamps,  etc.,  $100.  This  in  addition  to  the  pro 
rata  contributions  to  all  drives  and  other  war  welfare  work. 
Thirty-seven  members  of  the  Council  were  in  the  service  during 
the  war.    In  May,  1920,  the  Council  leased  the  building  thereto- 


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fore  known  as  the  Benedictine  Academy,  at  1035  Orleans  street, 
with  provision  for  purchasing  the  same.  This  building  pro- 
vides ample  club  room  facilities,  and  is  one  of  the  well  equipped 
club  houses  of  Chicago 's  north  side.  It  is  the  intention  that  in 
time  this  club  house  shall  become  the  property  of  the  Council.^" 

1057     MATTOON  COUNCIL,  Mattoon 

CHAPLAINS—  J.  H.  Hoag  J.  H.  Sparks 

Rev.  J.  J.  Higgins  William  Laughlin  J.  A.  Goetz 

Rev.  J.  J.  Dunne  Ray  Real  C.  P.  Cronin 

r-TjAXTT-.  TTiMTr-wTa  S.  J.  Poliquin  H.  W.  Earning 

GRAND  KNIGHTS—  j.  p.  Dougherty 

J.  T.  McDonald,   M.  D. 

Mattoon  Council  No.  1057  was  instituted  November  26, 
1905.  A  committee  headed  by  Dr.  J.  T.  McDonald  applied  to 
State  Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thompson  for  permission  to  organize 
a  Council,  and  upon  his  authorization  set  to  work,  and  in  a  short 
time  secured  applications  from  77  qualified  men  in  the  territory 
and  the  transfers  of  22  members,  making  a  charter  membership 
of  99.  The  degree  work  was  under  the  direction  of  Maurice  V. 
Joyce  of  East  St.  Louis.  The  Council  ran  along  in  a  quiet  man- 
ner, meeting  all  demands  upon  it  and  participating  in  all  the 
work  of  the  Order.  The  city  of  Mattoon  was  in  the  path  of  the 
cyclone  of  May,  1917,  and  the  members  of  Mattoon  Council 
promptly  did  their  part  in  the  relief  work  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus,  and  of  the  general  public.  During  the  war  the  Coun- 
cil responded  liberally  to  all  calls ;  sent  46  men  to  the  service, 
and  purchased  $500  worth  of  Liberty  Bonds.  During  Home 
Coming  week,  observed  in  Mattoon  from  September  1  to  Sep- 
tember 7,  1919,  the  Knights  of  Columbus  were  active,  and  had 
a  ' '  hut, ' '  an  exact  replica  of  those  used  in  France,  located  on 
16th  and  Broadway,  where  every  soldier  and  sailor  of  all  wars 
was  welcomed,  and  furnished  refreshments  and  creature  com- 
forts free.  The  Council  also  had  a  float  in  the  parade,  which 
was  given  much  favorable  comment.^ 


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30    On  April  1,  1921,  Daniel  O'Connell  Council  had  363  members. 
31.  Mattoon   Council  had   a  membership   of  325  on  April  1,   1921. 


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1063    DANIEL  DOWLING  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS —  Rev.  Arthur  L.  Gerard  William  E.  Furlong 

Rev.  James  M.  Doran  Rev.  M.  Kotezki  Joseph  E.  Walsh 

Rev.  F.  P.  Murphy  Rev.  John  Newman  John  F.  Bolton 

Rev.  P.  B.  Dufault  r-i?  a  xtt^  T^xTrr-wT-a  Frank  M.  King 

Rev.  J.  B.  Lamarre  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  w.   J.   McDonough 

Rev.  E.  M.  O'Donnell  Patrick  H.  Joyce,  Jr.  Joseph  P.  Hector 

James  D.  Ahem  John  J.  Riedle 

Daniel  Dowling  Council  No.  1063,  of  Chicago,  was  insti- 
tuted December  3,  1905.  Definite  steps  leading  to  the  organi- 
zation took  place  when  Joseph  E.  O'Meara,  at  that  time  Grand 
Knight  of  Leo  XIII  Council,  and  Dr.  Howard  O'Neil,  also  a 
member  of  that  Council,  visited  Rev.  James  M.  Doran  of  St. 
Agnes'  Church,  to  discuss  the  matter.  Finding  Father  Doran 
favorable  the  visitors  next  called  upon  Rev.  P.  H.  Hassett,  of 
Our  Lady  of  Good  Council  Church,  and  secured  his  good  will. 
A  meeting  was  then  held  at  ]\IcKinley  Park  Hall  on  November 
4.  1905,  to  which  men  qualified  for  membership  in  the  Order 
were  invited,  which  meeting  was  addressed  by  State  Deputy 
Joseph  J.  Thompson,  John  T.  McEnery,  of  Damen  Council. 
District  Deputy,  and  Joseph  E.  O'Meara.  Subsequent  meet- 
ings were  held,  and  finally  on  December  3,  at  Forbes  Hall,  63rd 
street  and  Harvard  avenue,  the  council  was  instituted.  The 
first  and  second  degrees  were  conferred  by  De  LaSalle  Council, 
and  the  third  by  State  Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thompson  and  staff. 
At  its  first  meeting  Patrick  H.  Joyce  was  elected  Grand  Knight 
and  Rev.  J.  M.  Doran  was  appointed  Chaplain.  The  Council 
progressed  from  the  beginning.  It  was  one  of  the  most  generous 
contributors  to  the  San  Francisco  Relief  Fund  in  proportion  to 
its  membership.  It  was  one  of  the  first  to  extend  its  co-operation 
in  raising  the  half  million  endowment  fund  for  the  Catholic 
University  of  America.  It  lays  claim  to  being  the  originator  of 
the  Christmas  Cheer  work,  so  successfully  carried  on  by  the 
Chicago  Chapter,  and  was  one  of  the  very  first  Councils  to  ac- 
quire a  club  house,  which  it  enjoyed  for  some  time,  but  later  for 
reasons  advantageous  to  the  Council  sold,  and  is  at  present 
occupying  leased  club  quarters.     The  war  record  of  Daniel 


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Dowling  Council  is  especially  meritorious.  One  hundred  and 
fifty-one  members  were  in  the  service,  one  of  whom,  Stanley 
K.  Sullivan,  was  killed  in  battle.^- 


1077     NEWMAN  COUNCIL,  Evanston 

CHAPLAINS —  James  Hoffman  Frank  Nilles 

Rev.  Thomas  Egan  Michael  Moore  B.   Doherty 

Rev.  Leo  McNamara  Joseph  T.  Tyrrell  J.  Corcoran 

GRAND  KNIGHTS—  C.  M.  Hayes  Daniel  Mahoney 

John  F.  Downey  F.  Sammons  Robert  J.  James 

W.  J.  O'Connell  C.  J.  Connor  Robert  E.  Kinnare 

Newsman  Council  No.  1077  of  Evanston,  was  instituted 
January  21,  1906.  The  sponsors  of  Newman  Council  were 
Rev.  P.  J.  Hennessy,  "William  J.  O'Connell,  and  Cornelius  M. 
Hayes.  The  Order  had  already  been  established  at  Wilmette 
on  the  north  and  Rogers  Park  on  the  south,  leaving  the  large 
Catholic  population  of  Evanston  without  a  Council.  It  is  in 
order  to  state  that  Ouilmette  and  Columbus  Councils  both  ob- 
jected to  the  establishment  of  a  Council  at  Evanston,  but  on 
mature  consideration,  through  the  efforts  of  the  State  Deputy, 
the  objections  were  withdrawn  and  these  Councils  joined  in 
planting  the  banner  of  the  Order  in  Evanston.^'  After  con- 
sidering the  names  of  many  men  prominent  in  the  history  of  the 
Church  it  was  finally  decided,  upon  Father  Hennessy 's  sug- 
gestion, to  choose  the  name  of  the  great  churchman  and  convert 
Cardinal  Newman.  The  institution  took  place  in  St.  Mary's 
Hall  on  Lake  street,  where  the  Council  has  met  ever  since.  The 
first  and  second  degrees  were  in  charge  of  the  officers  of  Colum- 
bus and  Ouilmette  Councils,  while  the  major  degree  was  con- 
ferred by  State  Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thompson  and  staff.  The 
Council  immediately  upon  organization  became  active  in  all 
the  work  of  the  Order,  and  during  its  existence  has  drawn  upon 


32.  On  April  1,  1921,  Daniel  Dowling  Council  had  a  mcmbprship  of  948. 

33.  The  organization  of  Evanston  Council  was  really  a  hard  blow  to  the 
other  councils,  especially  to  Ouilmette,  but  by  heroic  work  they  survived  the 
losses. 


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the  parishes  of  St.  Mary's,  St.  Nicholas  and  Ascension  for  its 
membership.  Newman  Council  has  the  distinction  of  being  the 
first  Council  to  go  on  record  in  favor  of  war  activities  by  the 
Order,  its  delegates  to  the  State  Convention  being  instructed  to 
propose  such  work.    During  the  war  the  Council  took  a  promi- 


HON.  MARCUS  KAVANAGH, 
Calumet  Council 


GEORGE  T.  TRUMBULL. 
Illinois  Council 


nent  part  in  the  war  work,  being  one  of  the  North  Shore  coun- 
cils participating  in  the  war  activities  at  Fort  Sheridan  and 
the  Great  Lakes.  The  first  altar,  organ  and  requisites  for  say- 
ing Mass  at  Fort  Sheridan  were  supplied  by  Newman  Council 
when  the  officers'  training  camp  was  opened.  One  hundred 
members  of  the  Council  served  the  country  in  many  branches 
of  the  service  during  the  war.     Nine  became  commissioned 


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officers;  three  members  enlisted  as  Knights  of  Columbus  sec- 
retaries and  three  Priests  who  were  members  of  the  Council, 
enlisted  as  Chaplains.  One  member  died  in  the  service  in 
France.  The  treasurer's  report  shows  that  $1,250  was  invested 
in  Liberty  Bonds  and  $107.35  in  war  savings  stamps.^* 


1089     THOMAS  AQUINAS  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  Michael  Killeen 

Rev.  M.  J.  Fennessey  Thomas  P.  Kerrigan  Adolph  H.  Easter 

Rev.   Felix  Coughlin  James   McCormick  John  R.  Cook 

Rev.  W.  L.  Egan  Patrick  J.  McCarthy  William  J.  Grace 

Rev.   Leo  Szcypanski  John  G.  Ryan  Dan  M.  Bross 

Thomas  Aquinas  Council  No.  1089  was  instituted  Febru- 
ary 18,  1906,  at  Visitation  Hall.  The  first  and  second  degrees 
were  conferred  by  Grand  Knight  LeRoy  Hackett  and  staff  of 
Feehan  Council;  the  third  degree  by  State  Deputy  Joseph  J. 
Thompson  and  staff.  The  first  regular  meeting  was  held  in 
Sherman  Hall,  47th  street  and  Ashland  avenue,  on  February 
28,  1906.  At  this  meeting  Thomas  P.  Kerrigan  was  elected 
Grand  Knight;  James  McCormick,  Deputy  Grand  Knight; 
James  J.  0 'Toole,  Chancellor;  Joseph  A.  Kowske,  Financial 
Secretary ;  Frank  Ryan,  Recorder ;  and  M.  J.  Grace,  Treasurer. 
Rev.  D.  F,  McGuire  was  appointed  Chaplain.  In  the  prelimi- 
nary meetings  the  name  Santa  Fe  had  been  tentatively  adopted. 
Some  discussion  arising  about  the  matter,  the  name  Thomas 
Aquinas,  suggested  by  the  State  Deputy,  was  finally  adopted.^^ 
The  progress  of  the  Council  has  been  marked  by  religious,  char- 
itable and  educational  activities,  as  well  as  social  and  athletic 
events.  Annual  Communions  are  largely  attended  and  the 
custom  prevails  of  serving  breakfast  after  Communion,  upon 
which  occasions  addresses  and  music  are  provided.  Thomas 
Aquinas  Council  has  been  especially  liberal  in  contributions  to 


34.  On  April  1.  1921,  Newman  Council  had  524  members. 

35.  The  State  Deputy  wished  to  honor  the  great  Doctor  of  the  Church, 
and  prevailed  upon  the  organizers  to  adopt  his  name. 


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the  Church  Extension  Society,  and  has  contributed  its  full  share 
to  the  charities  and  benefits  recommended  by  the  Order  as  well 
as  to  the  Christmas  Cheer  work  of  the  Chicago  Chapter  and 
other  benevolent  and  charitable  causes.  The  annual  outing  of 
Thomas  Aquinas  Council  has  become  an  event  of  great  pop- 
ularity. The  council  has  maintained  a  base  ball  team  since 
organization  and  since  1916,  has  maintained  a  basket  ball  team. 
The  basket  ball  team  won  the  Knights  of  Columbus  champion- 
ship for  the  season  of  1917.  When  the  war  was  declared  the 
Council  took  action  consistent  with  the  high  principles  of  the 
Order,  and  with  a  view  to  the  material  welfare  of  the  members 
who  joined  the  colors.  One  hundred  and  twenty  membei*s  re- 
sponded to  the  call,  and  it  was  voted  that  their  dues  and  insur- 
ance assessments  be  paid  by  the  Council  during  the  entire  term 
of  enlistment.  To  do  this  it  became  necessary  to  draw  on  the 
building  fund  and  when  that  became  exhausted  the  monthly 
dues  were  raised  sufficiently  to  keep  the  members  in  the  service 
in  good  standing  until  they  returned  to  civil  life.  Men  from 
Aquinas  Council  participated  in  every  important  battle  in 
which  the  U.  S.  Forces  engaged.  A  study  of  the  casualties 
shows  that  they  were  among  the  first  to  begin  and  the  last  to 
leave.  "When  the  gallant  ilarines  met  and  turned  back  the  ene- 
my at  Chateau  Thierry,  Corporal  Michael  Sheehan  was  among 
the  first  to  suffer  from  a  gas  attack,  and  at  Belleau  Woods  Pri- 
vate Patrick  Sheehan  went  down  from  a  gun  shot  wound  in  the 
ankle.  As  this  victorious  corps  advanced  to  the  city  of  Soissons, 
Corporal  Melville  Scott  paid  toll  with  a  bullet  in  his  hip.  We 
find  that  Private  John  Mulroyan  was  prostrated  by  gas  at  Ver- 
dun and  Private  John  Hanlon  suffered  the  same  treatment  at 
Hamel  Woods.  In  the  St.  Mihiel  offensive  Private  N.  R.  Keegan 
received  a  gun  shot  wound  in  the  leg.  Aside  from  the  afore- 
mentioned battles  the  records  show  that  men  from  this  Council 
participated  in  the  following:  Sommerville,  Cantigny,  Mont- 
didier,  Marne,  Aisne-Marne,  Vesle,  Marvache,  Somme,  Amiens, 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  259 

Saiserais,  Toulou,  Champagne,  Boies  De  Chaume  and  Meuse- 
Argonne.  The  latter  battlefield  was  the  scene  of  a  number  of 
casualties,  for  here  Corporal  "William  AUen  was  killed  by  a 
shell,  Corporal  Michael  Noone  received  a  gun  shot  wound  in  the 
leg,  Corporal  Francis  Duffy  was  carried  to  the  rear  with  a 
machine  gun  bullet  in  his  ankle,  and  Private  Timothy  Carroll 
was  severely  gassed.  At  the  close  of  hostilities  a  large  number 
of  our  men  marched  into  Germany  where  they  served  in  the 
army  of  occupation.  Thomas  Aquinas  Council  holds  $700  in 
Liberty  Bonds.^^ 


1092     OREGON  COUNCIL,  Oregon 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  Charles   Schneider.   Jr. 

Rev.  Andrew  J.  Burns        Charles   Schneider.    Sr.  Joseph  Holland 

Rev.  A.  J.  VoUman  F.  L.  Kornschlld  John   Conors 

John  Mertel 

Oregon  Council  No.  1092  was  instituted  February  26, 1906, 
with  50  charter  members.  District  Deputy  John  R.  Brown  of 
Rockford  had  charge  of  the  preliminaries.  The  officers  of  Rock- 
ford  Council  conferred  the  first  and  second  degrees,  and  Dis- 
trict Deputy  Brown  the  third.  Rev.  Andrew  J.  Burns  took  a 
helpful  interest  in  the  Council,  and  became  the  first  Chaplain, 
and  Chas.  Schneider,  Sr..  was  the  first  Grand  Knight.  The 
Grand  Knights  in  their  order  of  succession,  after  Mr.  Schneider 
were :  F.  L.  Kornschild,  John  Mertel,  Charles  Schneider,  Jr., 
Joseph  Holland,  John  Mertel,  Joseph  Holland.  John  Conors, 
John  Mertel.  Rev.  A.  J.  VoUman  has  been  Chaplain  since  1913. 
The  Council  is  acquiring  a  propert}^  at  Franklin  and  Second 
streets  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  the  membership  is  but  forty. 
During  its  history  this  smaU  Council  has  contributed  $240  for 
religious  purposes;  $700  for  charity  and  $1,000  for  war  wel- 
fare work. 


36.  The  above  exceUent  account  was  provided  by  Patrick  J.   McCarthy, 
who  has  been  for  several  years  Financial  Secretary  of  the  Council. 


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1098    TRI-CITIES  COUNCIL,  Granite  City 

CHAPLAINS—  J.  R.  Kelehan  W.  P.  Anson 

Rev.  D.  J.  Ryan  J.  A.  Keshnor  W.  M.  Boerkel 

^^  .»r^  -r^-Kr-r^-r-rr^c  Johu  B.  Hafris  J.  L.  Fechtc 

GRAND  KNIGHTS—  James  McGee 

E.  J.  Sweeney 

Tri-Cities  Council  No.  1098,  meeting  in  Granite  City,  was 
instituted  at  Granite  City  on  March  4,  1906.  The  Council  was 
named  Tri-Cities  because  it  includes  members  from  Granite 
City,  Venice  and  Madison,  all  located  adjacently  in  the  south- 
western part  of  Madison  county.  Those  active  in  the  organi- 
zation of  Tri-Cities  Council  include  E.  J.  Sweeney,  F.  Dahmus, 

F.  A.  Garesche,  J.  R.  Kelahan,  William  C.  Unthank,  and  W. 
J.  Dolan.  On  the  date  of  the  institution  the  first  and  second 
degrees  were  conferred  by  the  officers  of  East  St.  Louis  Coun- 
cil. The  major  degree  was  conferred  by  District  Deputy 
Maurice  V.  Joyce  and  staff,  of  East  St.  Louis.  The  Council 
has  always  taken  prompt  and  favorable  action  on  all  movements 
inaugurated  by  the  Supreme  Body,  and  responded  promptly 
in  every  educational  campaign,  and  has  met  every  charity 
call  made  upon  it.  It  was  especially  active  through  its  Catho- 
lic Truth  Committee,  by  means  of  which  the  notable  works  of 
Dr.  James  J.  Walsh  "The  Popes  and  Science"  and  "The  Thir- 
teenth, the  Greatest  of  the  Centuries"  were  widely  distributed. 
A  set  of  the  Knghts  of  Columbus  edition  of  the  Catholic  Ency- 
clopedia was  presented  by  the  Council  to  the  Parochial  School 
in  Granite  City,  and  a  similar  set  placed  in  the  Granite  City 
Public  Library.  Dr.  Walsh 's  books,  above  named,  and  Cardinal 
Gibbons  "Faith  of  our  Fathers"  were  also  placed  in  the  Public 
Library.  Tri-Cities  Council  made  an  enviable  record  during 
the  war.  Thirty-seven  of  its  members  were  enlisted,  and  many 
of  them  saw  service  in  Europe  and  on  the  oceans.  Two  were 
commissioned  officers,  and  several  non-commissioned;  one  died 
in  Camp  Custer  of  pneumonia.  Many  of  the  members  at  home 
took  an  active  part  in  all  patriotic  activities,  such  as  the  loan 
campaigns,  four-minute  work,  the   Council  of  Defense,  etc. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  261 

In  welfare  work  the  Council  collected  and  forwarded  over 
$2,500  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus  and  the  United  War 
Worker  organizations.  Individually  the  members  purchased 
war  securities,  and  as  a  Council  subscribed  for  $600  worth  of 
Liberty  Bonds.  Since  the  war  the  Council  has  increased  its 
activities,  and  has  purchased  a  property  valued  at  $3,000, 
upon  which  a  home  will  be  erected.  A  summary  of  its  general 
work  credits  the  Council  with  having  expended  for  educa- 
tional purposes  $300 ;  for  religious  purposes  $500 ;  for  charity 
$500 ;  welfare  work  $2,500 ;  Liberty  Bonds,  War  Stamps,  etc., 
$600." 


1118     COMMODORE  BARRY  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.    James  H.  Markey  Matthew  H.  Regan 

Rev.  Charles  Reilly  Rev.    William   I.   Ward  John  M.   Mariga 

Rev.  J.  M.   Ford  _„  .  ^.^  „^^^^^j.^^  Joseph  J.  Boland 

Rev.  Edward  P.  GRAND  KNIGHTb—  Andrew  T.  Greeley 

O'Connor  Charles  L.  Chambers  Harold   P.   Moroney 

Rev.    Stephan   Sullivan  John  L.  Barrett  Daniel  P.  Herron 

Maurice  J.   Flynn 

Commodore  Barry  Council  No.  1118  of  Chicago  was  insti- 
tuted April  22,  1906.  A  meeting  of  prospective  members  was 
held  at  the  club  house  of  Chicago  Council  No.  177  of  the  Young- 
Men's  Institute,  located  at  581  Austin  avenue,  on  Sunday, 
February  18,  1906.  District  Deputy  Thomas  W.  Flynn  ad- 
dressed the  meeting.  On  Sunday,  March  4,  1906,  a  second 
meeting  was  held  in  the  same  place,  and  State  Deputy  Joseph 
J.  Thompson  addressed  the  gathering.  The  men  who  formed 
Commodore  Barry  Council  were  members  of  the  aforemen- 
tioned Chicago  Council  of  the  Young  Men's  Institute,  and  the 
charter  membership  was  practically  made  up  from  that  branch 
of  the  older  institution.  The  preliminary  organization  was  in 
charge  of  District  Deputy  Thomas  W.  Flynn,  the  principal 
promoters  being  Charles  L.  Chambers,  Dr.  J.  E.  Monahan,  Dr. 
J.  H.  Walsh,  Frank  E.  Chambers,  Dr.  J.  F.  Sweeney,  John  M. 


37.    Tri-Cities  Council  had  240  members  on  April  1,  1921. 


262         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Mariga,  John  P.  Carroll  and  John  L.  Barrett.  At  the  institu- 
tion the  officers  of  Lafayette  Council  exemplified  the  first  de- 
gree, and  the  officers  of  Leo  XIII  Council  the  second.    District 


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COMMODORE  BARRY  COUNCIL  HOME 


Deputy  Philip  J.  McKenna  and  staff  conferred  the  major  de- 
gree. The  principal  officers  elected  at  the  time  of  institution 
were:  Grand  Knight,  Charles  L.  Chambers;  Deputy  Grand 
Knight,  James  P.  Murphy;  Chancellor,  Daniel  J.  Quinlan; 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  263 

Financial  Secretary,  James  A.  Haggerty ;  Kecorder,  "Wm.  Ken- 
nedy ;  Treasurer,  Dr.  J.  F.  Sweeney.  Rev.  Charles  Reilly  was 
selected  as  Chaplain.  Commodore  Barry  led  the  western  Coun- 
cils in  the  establishment  of  a  Council  home ;  in  fact,  the  Council 
became  the  possessor  of  a  commodious  home  immediately  upon 
its  institution.^^  This  home  was  located  at  Wood  street  and 
Austin  avenue,  and  was  fitted  up  ver\^  comfortably,  containing 
ample  space  for  the  then  membership,  but  as  the  Council  grew 
rapidly  it  soon  became  necessary  to  secure  enlarged  quarters, 
and  early  in  the  year  1913  a  large  club  house,  located  at  "Wash- 
ington boulevard  and  Francisco  street  was  secured.  This  club 
house  has  been  improved  until  it  contains  all  the  equipment 
and  conveniences  of  up-to-date  club  quarters,  including  pool 
and  billiard  rooms,  bowling  alleys,  gj^mnasium,  showers,  lock- 
ers, library,  dance  and  lodge  halls,  card,  recreation  and  recep- 
tion rooms.  The  membership,  however,  is  outgrowing  this 
large  four-story  building,  and  new  and  larger  quarters  are  al- 
ready under  consideration.  In  these  quarters,  which  are  open 
everj^  day  and  until  a  reasonable  hour  every  night,  have  been 
worked  out  plans  for  one  of  the  most  active  Councils  in  the  en- 
tire jurisdiction.  Each  year  as  time  has  passed  it  has  been  the 
custom  of  the  Council  to  conduct  during  the  fall  and  winter 
months  a  series  of  card  and  dancing  parties,  lectures,  open 
meetings  and  ladies'  nights,  at  which  high  class  musical  pro- 
grams have  been  presented,  as  well  as  addresses  on  timely 
topics  by  leading  men  and  women  of  the  country.  Even- 
ing get-together  parties  and  lunches  have  also  been  a  feature, 
and  the  annual  minstrel  show  has  made  Commodore  Barry  fa- 
mous throughout  all  Knights  of  Columbus  circles.  From  an 
athletic  point  of  view  Commodore  Barry  Council  stands  in  the 
first  rank,  and  is  able  to  prove  its  prowess  by  the  exhibition  of 
numerous  trophies  and  championship  banners  and  pennants. 
The  Council  has  won  the  Knights  of  Columbus  league  bowling 


38.  This  was  the  club  house  of  Chicago  Council  T.  M.  I.,  and  became 
the  property  of  the  new  council. 


264         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

championship  at  the  annual  tournament  several  times.  On  two 
occasions  representatives  of  the  Council  won  the  honors  at  the 
American  bowling  congress,  the  greatest  event  in  bowling  cir- 
cles throughout  the  world.  This  honor  was  won  at  Peoria  in 
1915  and  at  Toledo,  Ohio,  in  1916.  From  the  organization  of 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  indoor  baseball  league  in  1911  Com- 
modore Barry  has  participated,  except  during  the  world  war, 
and  won  the  championship  five  times.  The  Council  also  won  the 
world's  championship  in  this  sport.  In  indoor  baseball  the 
Council  team  has  been  one  of  the  strongest  in  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  league  for  several  years,  winning  the  divisional 
championship  several  times.  The  Council  won  the  trophy, 
emblematic  of  the  Cook  County  track  championship  of  the 
Kniffhts  of  Columbus,  and  also  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  golf 
association ;  the  latter  for  several  years.  A  close  second  in  popu- 
larity with  athletics  in  Commodore  Barry  Council  is  its  outings. 
With  the  exception  of  the  two  years  in  which  the  country  was 
engaged  in  the  world  war  the  Council  has  conducted  annually 
since  its  institution  a  week 's  outing  or  trip  on  the  club  or  party 
plan,  with  no  profit  accruing  to  the  Council.  A  number  of  these 
trips  have  covered  the  1100  mile  jaunt  down  the  Mississippi, 
Ohio  and  Tennessee  rivers,  to  Waterloo,  Alabama.  Others 
have  explored  the  upper  reaches  of  the  Mississippi  to  its  head 
waters,  while  others  took  the  excursionists  to  the  Dells  of  Wis- 
consin. An  annual  Labor  Day  excursion  was  instituted  in  1910, 
and  has  proven  increasingly  popular  ever  since.  Lake  excur- 
sions, moonlight  boat  trips,  annual  field  day  of  the  bowling 
league  and  outings  to  nearby  points  have  been  a  prominent 
part  of  every  summer  program.  From  a  membership  of  1,200 
at  the  entry  of  the  United  States  into  the  great  world  war  sprang 
an  enlistment  in  the  army,  navy  and  marine  corps  of  436  mem- 
bers of  the  Council,  practically  35%  of  the  entire  membership. 
Of  this  number  42,  or  over  10%,  attained  commissions,  and 
about  10%  became  non-commissioned  officers.    Of  over  150  of 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS 


265 


those  who  had  overseas  service  fully  half  were  in  action.  The 
casualty  list  includes  15  injured,  and  one  kiUed.  Wliile  those 
enlisted  in  the  fighting  forces  were  doing  their  duty  in  the 
camps  and  the  battlefields,  the  members  at  home  were  doing 
their  part  during  the  months  of  the  struggle.    The  services  of 


COMMODORE  BARRY'S  COUNTRY  CLUB  HOUSE 

the  Council  glee  club  were  ever  at  the  call  of  the  war  welfare 
activities  committees,  providing  entertainment  on  many  oc- 
casions at  the  Great  Lakes  Training  Station,  and  at  Camp 
Grant.  During  the  war  a  complete  record  of  names  and  lo- 
cations of  the  members  in  the  service  was  kept  on  file  and 
through  personal  letters  and  copies  of  the  Columbian,  the  organ 
of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  Illinois,  forwarded  weekly  to 
each,  the  boys  were  kept  in  touch  with  their  homes,  and  those 
near  and  dear  to  them.  Through  the  medium  of  an  organi- 
zation, made  up  of  mothers  and  sisters  of  the  members,  the  boys 


266         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

iu  the  service  were  periodically  sent  boxes  of  creature  comforts. 
To  each  of  the  liberty  loan  drives  and  to  the  many  war  welfare 
fund  drives  the  Council  subscribed  generously  as  a  body,  and 
liberally  as  individuals.^^  The  war  closed  and  the  country 
again  at  peace  the  Council  increased,  if  possible,  its  activities 
and  experienced  a  most  remarkable  growth  in  membership,  as 
well  as  in  accomplishments.  During  the  year  1921  the  Coun- 
cil began  an  innovation  in  Council  activities,  which  makes  it 
stand  out  prominently  in  the  history  of  the  Order.  Through  a 
corporation,  not  for  profit,  organized  for  the  purpose,  a  27  acre 
site,  situated  in  Twin  Lakes,  Wisconsin,  on  the  shore  of  Lake 
Marie,  was  purchased,  which  it  fitted  up  for  a  country  club  and 
home.  Overlooking  the  lake  is  built  a  spacious  pavilion,  the 
lower  or  water  level  of  which  is  fitted  up  for  boat  storage,  and 
dressing  rooms.  On  the  upper  level  is  a  delightful  dancing  pa- 
vilion. The  main  building  of  the  summer  home  is  a  stately  old 
country  mansion  of  24  rooms,  delightfully  appointed  and  high 
class  in  every  respect.  Up-to-date  sanitation,  running  water, 
and  electric  lights  are  provided,  and  the  building  is  equipped 
with  an  adequate  gas  manufacturing  plant  and  an  electric 
power  plant.  There  are  other  outlying  buildings  of  excellent 
construction,  which  afford  additional  housing  facilities.  The 
grounds  proper  are  deeply  wooded  in  spots,  cut  through  with 
long  winding  driveways  and  walks,  and  ornamented  with  mas- 
sive and  beautiful  shade  trees  spread  over  the  spacious  lawns, 
making  a  restful  and  delightful  resort.  Here  during  the  year 
round  the  Council  keeps  open  house,  but  it  is  especially  in  the 
summer  season  that  members  and  visitors  flock  from  the  heat 
and  discomfort  of  the  city  for  their  vacations  and  for  the  week- 
end outings.  In  a  schedule  of  general  activities  of  the  Coun- 
cil it  is  noted  that  for  educational  purposes  $2,200  have  been 

39.   See  below  a  total  of  $6,800. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  267 

expended;  for  religious  purposes  $4,500;  for  charity  $8,000; 
for  welfare  work  $5,000 ;  for  Liberty  Bonds,  War  Stamps,  etc., 
$1,800.  The  charts  show  that  in  addition  to  the  above  the 
Council  has  been  the  donor  of  scholarships  in  several  of  the 
Catholic  universities  in  Chicago  yearly,  and  also  the  Catholic 
university  at  Washington,  D.  C.*° 

State  Deputy  Lewis  Edward  Sauter,  selected  at  the  State 
Convention  held  in  the  Council  Chambers  of  the  Chicago  Chap- 
ter headquarters  at  112  W.  INIonroe  street,  Chicago,  May  8, 
1906,  found  the  organization  of  Councils  in  full  swing.  The 
first  demanding  his  attention  was  afterwards  instituted  and 
named  Madonna. 

1135     MADONNA  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.   Gerald   Picard  James  J.  Doody 

Rev.    Maurice   J.    Dor-  GRAND  KNIGHTS-  ^^Villiam  Flaherty 

ney  George  Fleming  S*"^"^^  •^-   Gallagher 

Rev.  John  Doody  George  P.  Latchford  P-  H.  Bonner 

Rev.  James  Griffin  John  O'Niel  H-  ^-   ^  Connell 

Rev.  George  Parker  john  L.  Mclnerney  ^  , J.  Lawson 

Rev.  E.   B.  McNally  Joseph  Conerty  J"'"^  J-  R>e<ile 

Madonna  Council  No.  1135  of  Chicago  was  instituted  May 
27,  1906.  In  the  early  part  of  the  year  1906,  the  then  State 
Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thompson,  responding  to  numerous  re- 
quests, authorized  George  W.  Fleming  to  take  up  the  work  of 
organizing  a  new  Council.  Mr.  Fleming  associated  with  himself 
George  P.  Latchford.  Both  were  members  of  LaRabida  Coun- 
cil, and  they  interested  a  number  of  members  of  various  other 
Councils  in  their  immediate  neighborhood.  The  work  pro- 
ceeded and  the  Council  was  instituted  on  ]\Iay  27,  1906,  a  short 
time  after  the  State  Convention.  District  Deputy  IMichael  V. 
Kanally  had  charge  of  the  institution,  and  conferred  the  major 
degree.  He  also  installed  the  first  officers,  the  principal  in- 
cumbents being  Grand  Knight,  George  W.  Fleming;  Deputy 
Grand  Knight,  George  P.  Latchford;  Chancellor,  Rev.  D.  E. 

40  This  extended  account  is  condonsod  from  a  much  longer  out>  pro- 
vided by  L.  A.  Ross,  Council  Historiographer.  On  April  1,  1921,  the  Council 
had  2,178  members. 


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R^illy;  Chaplain,  Rev.  Morris  J.  Dorney ;  Recorder,  A.  M.  Kel- 
ley ;  Financial  Secretary,  E.  J.  Fitzgerald ;  Treasurer,  Thomas 
F.  Cronin.  The  name  Madonna  was  given  the  Council  upon 
the  suggestion  of  Edward  McGarry,  a  visiting  brother  from 
New  York."  The  Council  has  been  active  throughout  its  his- 
tory, and  takes  a  special  interest  in  an  essay  prize  which  it  has 
awarded  each  year  to  the  pupils  of  St.  Gabriel's  and  St.  John 
the  Baptist  Parochial  schools  for  the  best  essay  on  the  life  of 
Christopher  Columbus.  The  Council  prides  itself  on  the  great 
assistance  rendered  it  by  the  Rev.  Morris  J.  Dorney  in  his  life- 


MARTIN   R.   McHALE,  L.  J.  LAWSON,  T.    J.    GALLAGHER, 

Daniel   O'Connell   Council      Madonna    Council  Madonna  Council 

time,  the  first  Council  Chaplain.  The  Council  claims  also  the 
allegiance  of  John  INIiller  ' '  the  Father  of  the  Christmas  Cheer ' ' 
work  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  A  Council  club  house  was 
secured  by  popular  subscription  of  the  members  in  1912.  It 
is  located  at  47th  street  and  Emerald  avenue — a  frame  struc- 
ture, but  modern  throughout.  It  contains  billiard  room, 
music  room,  library,  three  rooms  for  games  and  a  Council  cham- 
ber. Two  bowling  alleys  are  being  installed.  In  the  field  of 
sports  and  athletics  the  Council  is  one  of  the  most  active  in  the 
state,  having  won  the  baseball  championship  thrice,  and  the  in- 

41.  It  is  stated  that  this  brother,  happening  in  the  city,  was  invited 
by  an  acquaintance  to  the  meeting,  and  having  a  special  devotion  to  the 
Blessed  Mother  of  the  Madonna,  suggested  the  name. 


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269 


door  baseball  championship  four  times.     One  hundred  and 
twenty  members  of  the  Council  were  in  the  service  during  the 


MADONNA  COUNCIL  HOME 

war,  and  by  good  fortune  there  were  no  casualties,  although 
the  majority  saw  actual  service  in  France.  The  Council  donates 
to  St.  Gabriel's  Church  each  Christmas  $50.  A  unique  practice 
has  grown  up  in  the  Council  by  which  the  Little  Sisters  of  the 
Poor  are  given  all  the  pennies  resulting  from  making  change 


270         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


for  members  when  dues  and  assessments  are  paid.  These 
pennies  are  conserved  and  paid  over  to  the  Sisters  monthly. 
On  a  recent  appeal  for  help  for  Ireland  the  Council  invested  in 
two  bonds  of  the  denomination  of  $100.  In  1918  funds  were 
solicited  from  the  members  of  the  Council  which  were  used  to 
place  a  beautiful  window  in  the  chapel  at  the  Great  Lakes 


GEO.   p.   LATCHFORD,    SR.. 
Madonna    Council 


GEORGE  W.    FLEMING, 
Madonna  Council 


Training  Camp.  During  the  war  $450  was  collected  from  the 
general  membership  to  pay  the  dues  of  men  in  the  serivce,  and 
to  help  members  of  the  families  of  service  men. 


1143     EDWARDSVILLE  COUNCIL,  EdwardsviUe 


CHAPLAINS— 
Rev.  C.  A.  O'Reilly 
Rev.  E.  J.  Eckhard 


GRAND  KNIGHTS— 
E.  C.  Ferguson,  M.  D. 
T.  R.  Walton 

J.  N.  Hess 


T.  H.  Stokes 
T.  A.  Desmond 
James  J.  Burns 
Edward  McLean 


Edwardsville  Council  No.  1143  was  instituted  July  15. 
1906,  at  Alton,  Illinois,  under  the  direction  of  District  Deputy 


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August  Barthel,  with  a  charter  membership  of  61.  The  prin- 
cipal officers  elected  after  the  institution  of  the  Council  were : 
Grand  Knight,  Dr.  E.  C.  Ferguson;  Deputy  Grand  Knight, 
T.  R.  Welton;  Financial  Secretary,  Chas.  F.  Ballweg;  Treas- 
urer, Joseph  F.  Keshner;  Recorder,  T.  H.  Stokes.  Rev.  C. 
A.  O'Reilly  was  selected  as  chaplain.  The  Council  enjoyed  a 
steady  increase  in  membership  but  upon  the  organization  of 
Collinsville  Council  forty  members  transferred  to  that  Coun- 
cil. This  loss  has,  however,  been  more  than  made  good  since. 
The  Council  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  educational  work 
and  donated  a  set  of  the  Catholic  Encyclopedia  to  the  Public 
Library  of  the  City  of  Edwardsville.  It  is  at  present  formu- 
lating plans  for  a  permanent  home.  Thirty  members  of  the 
Council  were  in  the  service  during  the  war,  practically  all  of 
w^hom  served  overseas.  The  Council  purchased  $500  worth  of 
Liberty  Bonds  and  donated  $200  to  the  United  War  Work  drive. 

1151     MORRISONVILLE  COUNCIL,  Morrisonville 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  C.  S.  Bell.  Otto  F.  Gauer 

Rev     Thomas   E.    Cus-  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  S£°'"§®  ^'^'iS"  t 

ack  Henrv  E    Donnellv  Theodore  H.  Langen 

Henry  £>.   uonneiiy  Theodore  F.  Lentz 

Morrisonville  Council  No.  1151  was  instituted  October 
7,  1906,  with  a  charter  membership  of  72.  The  prime  movers 
in  the  establishment  of  the  Council  were  Rev.  Thomas  E.  Cu- 
sack,  0.  F.  Ganer,  H.  E.  Donnelly,  William  Temmones,  W.  H. 
Barry,  and  Jas.  Waters.  The  preliminary  work  of  the  organi- 
zation was  in  charge  of  District  Deputy  Thomas  F.  Drew  of 
Decatur.  The  first  and  second  degrees  were  conferred  by  De- 
catur Council,  and  the  third  by  District  Deputy  E.  J.  Morrissey 
of  Alton.  As  will  be  seen  St.  Isidore's  Council  No.  1152  of 
Farmersville  was  instituted  at  the  same  time  and  place.  The 
following  sketch,  prepared  by  Rev.  Thomas  E.  Cusack  is  not 
only  an  accurate  history  of  the  Council,  but  a  feeling  tribute  to 
the  Order: 


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"A  great  stride  forward  was  made  in  the  advancement 
of  Catholicity  when  the  Knights  of  Columbus  extended  their 
efforts  in  establishing  Councils  in  the  rural  community  centers. 
No  supporters  or  defenders  of  Holy  Mother  Church  more 
staunch  or  ready  can  be  found  than  among  the  sturdy  tillers 
of  the  soil — only  the  lack  of  a  method  of  expressing  their  loyalty 
in  concerted  united  action,  held  them  in  modest  abeyance. 
This  means  was  afforded  the  practical  Catholic  man  of  the 
farm,  by  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  Combining  as  the  Order 
does,  the  social,  the  fraternal,  and  the  religious,  with  the  pa- 
triotic, an  avenue  hitherto  unfamiliar  to  the  busy  farmer  was 
opened  unto  him,  in  the  commingling  with  his  Catholic  fellow 
citizens  of  the  cities.  Hence  a  gladsome  welcome  greeted  the 
entry  of  the  Order  into  Illinois'  garden  spot  and  stronghold  of 
Catholicity,  Christian  county,  at  Morrison ville.  Enthusiasm 
and  effective  effort  on  the  part  of  the  first  promoters  brought 
Morrisonville  Council  No.  1151  into  being  October  7,  1906. 
Beginning  with  a  charter  membership  of  approximately  72, 
the  Council  grew  in  numbers  and  strength  rapidly.  Adjacent 
towns  and  cities  furnished  a  goodly  quota  of  members,  the  ranks 
being  recruited  from  Taylorville,  Stonington,  Pawnee  and  Kay- 
mond,  so  that  at  the  present  202  names  are  listed  on  the  Mor- 
risonville Council  roll.  Fortunate  in  having  capable  leaders 
and  officers  the  Council  has  always  been  in  the  forefront  of 
activity  in  religious,  patriotic  and  social  endeavor.  Messrs. 
Henry  E.  Donnelly,  Otto  F.  Gauer,  George  Sloan  and  the 
present  incumbent  Theodore  H.  Langen,  as  successive  Grand 
Knights  of  the  Council  have  won  for  themselves  and  their  res- 
pective regimes  a  name  for  efficiency  in  the  Order's  ranks, 
best  expressed  in  the  harmony  and  progress  that  has  marked 
the  Council's  thirteen  years  of  existence.  The  Council  boasts 
of  club  rooms,  spacious  and  splendid,  the  center  of  social  gather- 
ings, as  well  as  business  activities,  no  less  than  the  scene  of 
patriotic  assembly,  during  the  late  war.    Contributing  the  re- 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  273 

quired  quota  to  the  Catholic  University  of  America  scholar- 
ship fund,  supporting  heartily  all  locai.  religious  interests, 
IMorrisonville  Council  measured  up  to  the  true  standard  of  the 
Order  in  the  world  war  as  follows :  22  members  in  the  service ; 
$2,000  in  Liberty  Bonds;  $500  in  War  Savings  Stamps;  $3,- 
520  War  Camp  Fund ;  $50  to  the  Red  Cross. ' ' 

1152     ST.  ISIDORE'S  COUNCIL,  Farmersvllle 

CHAPLAINS—  John  F.  McCarron  C.  H.  Albers 

Rev.  Joseph  O'Rourke  Thomas  Aherin  J.  E.  "Whealon 

Rev.  Laurence  Ryan  Martin  D.  Carey  E.  I.  Jordan 

r^T,  A  TVTT^  T^T^TTrHTTrna  Joscph  Jordan  E.   C.  McAnerney 

GRAND  KNIGHTS—  Daniel  Commerford  L.  L.  Commerford 
Albert  Bryan 

St.  Isidore's  Council  No.  1152,  of  Farmersville,  was  insti- 
tuted October  7, 1906,  on  the  same  day  with  Morrisonville  Coun- 
cil. This  institution  was  rather  unique.  Morrisonville  and 
Farmersville  are  not  far  apart,  and  arrangements  were  made  to 
institute  both  of  the  councils  at  the  same  time.  Edward  J. 
Morrissey,  District  Deputy  of  Alton  was  in  charge  of  the  or- 
ganization of  both  of  the  councils.  At  the  date  of  institution 
the  first  and  second  degrees  were  conferred  by  Decatur  Council, 
and  the  third  degree  by  District  Deputy  Edward  J.  Morrissey 
and  staff  of  Alton.  The  pioneers  and  the  men  to  whom  the 
success  of  St.  Isidore 's  Council  is  due  are  Rev.  Joseph  0  'Rourke, 
Jas.  A.  Byron,  John  F.  McCarron,  Daniel  M.  Commerford, 
William  M.  Cary,  James  E.  Clarke,  James  P.  Coen,  Patrick 
Clarke,  Joseph  A.  Jordan,  John  F.  Jordan,  Martin  D.  Carey, 
Joseph  P.  Commerford,  Michael  Burke,  John  Maher,  Thomas 
P.  Murphy,  Thomas  E.  Quinlan,  Thomas  Brazzle,  Michael  C. 
Ahearn  and  Frank  Clarke.  Farmersville  is  a  small  place,  and 
the  Council  has  but  a  small  Catholic  population  to  draw  from, 
and  now  numbers  only  114  members.  It  has  nevertheless  al- 
ways supported  every  Knights  of  Columbus  movement,  and  has 
to  its  credit  a  schedule  of  $135  for  educational  purposes ;  $180 
for  religious  purposes ;  $100  for  charity  and  $1,223  for  war 


274         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

welfare  work.    All  the  members  of  the  Council  subject  to  call 
were  in  the  service. 


1156     HENNEPIN  COUNCIL,  Chicago 


CHAPLAINS— 
Rev.  J.  F.   Callahan 
Rev.  Thomas  V.  Shan- 
non 
Rev.  D.  Luttrell 
Rev.  T.  Rowan 


GRAND  KNIGHTS- 
Joseph  F.  Brown 
Oliver  Barry 
E.  N.  Redden,  M.  D. 
Thomas  M.  Murray 


Frank  J.  Quinn 
Clarence  T.    McDonald 
Joseph  J.  Corbett 
Frank  M.  Hayes 
Edward  J.  Lawlor 


Hennepin  Council  No.  1156  of  Chicago  was  instituted 
September  10,  1906.    In  the  fall  of  that  year  Rev.  Thomas  V. 


M.    M.    COONEY, 
San    Salvador   Council 


BERNARD   J.   COEN,  P.  J.  MCCARTHY, 

I'hil   Sheridan   Council    Thomas  Aquinas  Council 


Shannon  of  De  LaSalle  Council,  believing  that  a  larger  measure 
of  good  would  be  derived  from  the  Order  by  having  local  Coun- 
cils operating  in  every  well  defined  community  center,  proposed 
to  the  men  of  St.  Malachy's  congregation  the  establishment  of 
a  Council  to  have  headquarters  in  the  vicinity  of  Western  av- 
enue and  Washington  boulevard.  The  major  part  of  the  work 
of  organizing  the  new  Council  was  energetically  performed  by 
Father  Shannon  and  Joseph  F.  Brown,  and  the  institution  of 
the  Council  took  place  on  the  date  above  stated,  with  a  charter 
membership  of  106.  The  first  regular  meeting  of  Hennepin 
Council  was  convened  at  St.  Malachy's  School  Hall,  October 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  275 

2,  1906,  at  which  time  Joseph  F.  Brown  was  elected  as  first 
Grand  Knight  and  Frank  J.  Hogan  as  first  Deputy  Grand 
Knight.  Rev,  J.  F.  Callahan  was  the  first  Council  Chaplain. 
In  1915  the  Council,  after  mature  deliberation,  determined  to 
quit  the  field  of  its  early  activities  and  to  remove  westward,  and 
thereupon  made  its  meeting  place  St.  Thomas  Aquinas  School 
Hall  at  Washington  boulevard  and  LeClaire  avenue.  It  has 
occupied  various  meeting  places  since  then  as  a  temporary 
exigency  until  such  time  as  it  may  be  able  to  execute  its  long 
cherished  hope  of  erecting  a  club  house  most  conveniently  lo- 
cated to  the  largest  number  of  its  members  who  now  number 
approximately  400.  Since  its  inception  Hennepin  Council  has 
given  a  great  deal  of  attention  to  athletics,  fostering  clean  and 
wholesome  sportsmanship  in  every  manner  at  its  command. 
Peter  M.  Murphy,  who  for  years,  has  been  the  leading  and 
directing  spirit  of  this  branch  of  the  Council's  activities,  has 
likewise  been  a  prominent  factor  in  developing  the  creditable 
standing  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  leagues  among  the  various 
athletic  organizations  in  the  City  of  Chicago.  During  the  1920 
season  of  Indoor  Baseball,  which  marked  the  highest  degree  of 
success  attained  up  to  that  time  in  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
Indoor  Baseball,  both  in  the  way  of  efficiency  of  players  and 
wholehearted  support  of  all  the  members  of  the  various  Coun- 
cils, Henepin  Council  was  awarded  the  championship.  Per- 
haps in  no  other  Council  in  the  state  of  Illinois  has  greater  suc- 
cess been  achieved  in  conducting  annual  outings.  The  largest 
steamboats  available  on  the  Great  Lakes  have  several  times 
been  chartered  for  trips  to  Mackinac  and  to  Buffalo.  The  larg- 
est hotels  within  a  hundred  miles  of  Chicago  have  at  times  been 
engaged  for  the  housing  and  accommodation  of  the  members 
and  guests  of  the  Council  on  its  outing  excursions.  The  uni- 
form spirit  of  good  fellowship  that  has  prevailed  among  the 
members  and  friends  on  these  outings  has  brought  to  the  Coun- 
cil a  clientele  from  nearly  every  Council  in  northern  Illinois 


276         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

who  are  eager  to  lend  their  patronage  and  support  to  *'Hennr 
pin  Outings."  During  the  war  Hennepin  Council  exerted 
every  effort  in  its  power  to  further  the  cause  and  to  render 
help  to  its  members  that  were  in  the  service.  It  purchased 
$500.00  in  liberty  bonds  and  gave  many  patriotic  functions. 
Past  Grand  Knights  Frank  J.  Quinn  and  Clarence  T.  McDon- 
ald during  three  liberty  loan  and  United  War  Welfare  drives 
were  appointed  district  managers  in  the  35tli  ward.  When  the 
call  came  from  the  nation  for  its  young  men  to  rally  to  its  de- 
fense, in  all  101  men  of  Hennepin  Council  answered,  approxi- 
mately 30%  of  the  membership.  Two  died  in  service,  viz. : 
Albert  Eggerman  and  Harold  McCune.  Christopher  Keane 
was  decorated  by  King  George  and  General  Pershing,  because 
of  heoric  conduct  on  the  field  of  battle,  where  he  was  gassed 
and  suffered  the  loss  of  one  leg.*- 

1157     ST.  CYR  DAY  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  W.  B.  Pipp  John  M.  McGowan 

Rev.   Richard  Cart-  Rev.    Louis   Siamfasti-  Emmett  R.  AVhealan 

Wright  ani  Charles  McNulty 

Rev.   Francis  Donovan  r^T?  amt^  T.-^-Tr^TTrrc-  Maurice  M.  Burns 

Rev.  John  O'Donnell  UKAJNJJ  KlNiGhLlb—  Alfred  M.  Dickinson 

Rev.  J.  J.   Orchard  Leo  Birchler  Joseph  Burke 

St.  Cyr  Day  Council  No.  1157  of  Chicago  was  instituted 
October  21,  1906.    This  unique  Council  deserves  the  extended 
mention  given  it  in  a  sketch  prepared  by  Joseph  Burke,  Grand 
Knight  of  the  Council :    "It  may  be  interesting  to  know  what 
inspired  the  organization  of  this  Council.    As  at  present  many 
men,  among  them  many  Catholics,  worked  at  night  in  or  near 
\   ^ie"downtown  district.    Weary  after  continuous  labor,  it  was  a 
j/nardship  for  them  to  travel  home  just  as  the  first  streaks  of 
day  were  beginning  to  dispel  the  darkness,  and  then  to  arise 
.  untimely  from  sleep  in  order  to  attend  Mass  on  Sundays  and 
holy  days  of  obligation ;  and  equally  as  great  a  hardship  to  re- 
main awake,  restless,  in  order  to  attend  Mass,     On  these  con- 


42.  See  account  in  subsequent  chapter. 


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ditions  being  represented  to  the  good  Paulist  Fathers  at  St. 
Mary's  the  three  o'clock  Mass  on  Sundays  was  arranged  and 
has  continued  ever  since.  So  it  was  that  these  night  workers 
became  acquainted,  and  the  idea  of  forming  a  day  Council  of 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  took  root.  Several  preliminary  meet- 
ings were  held,  the  first  of  them  attended  by  State  Deputy 
Joseph  J.  Thompson,  who  highly  approved  the  idea,  later  ones 
by  his  successor.  State  Deputy  Lewis  E.  Sauter,  who  also  fully 
approved  the  plan.  The  declarations  of  many  that  a  day  Coun- 
cil could  not  succeed  failed  to  dampen  the  ardor  of  these 
pioneers.  Their  efforts  were  crowned  with  success  when  on 
October  21,  1906,  the  Council  was  instituted  and  the  first  offi- 
cers elected.  Now  the  question  of  an  appropriate  name  puz- 
zled the  members.  It  is  of  interest,  then,  to  know  how  the 
name  St.  Cyr  Day  became  attached  to  the  Council.  Father 
Richard  Cartwright  of  the  Paulists,  who  was  the  first  Chap- 
lain, proposed  the  name.  It  is  a  name  of  which  we  are  now 
very  proud.  Father  John  Mary  Iranaeus  St.  Cyr  was  the  first 
Catholic  Pastor  in  Chicago,  being  assigned  here  from  tlfe 
Diocese  of  St.  Louis  in  1833.  He  was  the  first  Pastor  of  old 
St.  Mary's  when  Chicago  was  but  a  village  and  when  it  was 
a  part  of  the  St.  Louis  diocese.  Those  who  visit  old  St.  Mary's 
on  Wabash  avenue,  will  notice  the  inscription  on  a  bronze  tablet 
in  memory  of  our  patron.*^  The  history  of  the  Catholic  Church 
in  Chicago  would  not  be  complete  without  a  reference  to  the 
establishment  of  the  first  parish  by  Father  St.  Cyr.  At  the 
preliminary  meetings  about  150  persons  attended,  but  the 
Council  was  actually  instituted  with  a  membership  of  fifty- 
three.  These  were  mainly  printers  employed  on  the  morning 
newspapers.     The  first  degree  was  exemplified  by  the  officers 


43.  Rev.  John  Mary  Iranaeus  Saint  Cyr  studied  in  Prance,  but  was 
ordained  in  St.  Louis  and  a  few  days  after  ordination  was  appointed  pastor 
for  Chicago.  In  company  with  A.  D.  Taylor,  who  rode  one  horse  and  led 
another  to  St.  Louis,  Father  St.  Cyr  rode  the  horse  brought  by  Taylor  to 
Chicago  where  he  arrived  May  5,  1833,  to  remain  four  years  and  plant  the 
Church.  For  details  of  Father  St.  Cyr's  work  see  several  issues  of  the 
Illinois  Catholic  Historical  Review. 


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of  Leo  XIII  Council,  Frank  Houlihan,  Grand  Knight,  taking 
the  principal  role,  and  the  second  by  Edward  McGrady,  Grand 
Knight  of  La  Rabida  Council,  assisted  by  the  degree  team  of 
that  Council.  The  first  few  meetings  were  held  on  the  first 
Sunday  and  the  third  Monday  of  the  month,  but  the  time  was 
shortly  changed  to  the  first  and  third  Sundays.  Leo  Burchler 
was  the  first  Grand  Knight  and  filled  the  office  for  a  period  of 
two  years  and  a  half.  John  M.  McGowan,  now  deceased,  fol- 
lowed and  ably  conducted  the  affairs  of  the  Council,  until  suc- 
ceeded by  Emmet  Whealan,  who  remained  in  that  office  for 
several  years.  Then  Charles  McNulty,  one  of  the  best  liked 
men  in  the  Council,  took  over  the  reins.  On  account  of  ill- 
health  he  was  not  a  candidate  for  a  second  term  and  Maurice 
M.  Burns  held  the  reins  for  two  years.  He  in  turn  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Alfred  M.  Dickenson.  Then,  in  1919,  Joseph  Burke, 
who  had  served  for  two  j^ears  in  the  war  as  a  first  Lieutenant 
of  Infantry,  was  chosen  Grand  Knight.  The  Council  has  al- 
ways done  its  share  in  the  work  of  the  Order  and  has  on  sev- 
eral occasions  been  the  recipient  of  praise  on  this  account  from 
the  higher  officers.  Twice  the  Council  has  been  honored  bv  a 
visit  from  the  Supreme  Knight  and  on  one  of  these  occasions 
he  was  accompanied  by  several  Supreme  Directors.  The  mem- 
bership has  had  a  steady  and  healthy  growth,  and  at  present  is 
making  great  strides.  The  Lecturer  has  always  been  encour- 
aged to  make  the  meetings  interesting  and  in  this  he  has  been 
successful.  One  of  the-  events  that  is  never  forgotten 
is  the  institution  of  the  Council  on  October  21,  1906,  and 
each  year  we  have  an  appropriate  entertainment  to 
commemorate  the  same.  The  true  Catholic  zeal  exhibited 
by  the  night  workers  back  in  1906,  when  they  overcame 
great  obstacles,  has  been  continued  in  the  Council  to  this 
day." 

On  April  1,  1923,  St.  Cyr  Day  Council  had  a  membership 
of  533. 


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1176     PEREZ  COUNCIL,  Lockport 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  J.   D.  Luberight  John  Gleason 

Rev.    J.    J.    McGovern,        Rev.  F.  E.   O'Bryan  James  L.   Donahue 

D.  D.  T^TVTTr^TTmo  William  Maher 

Rev.  George  Ratz  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  q    j^    Murphy 

Rev.   Joseph  Franz  John  F.  Daly  Sylvester  Wierschem 

Otto  M.  Scheldt  John  G.  Brennan 

Perez  Council  No.  1176  of  Lockport,  was  instituted  De- 
cember 16,  1906.  The  sponsors  for  the  Council  were  Philip 
Ryan,  John  F.  Daly,  Otto  M.  Sheidt  and  Joseph  L.  Donahue, 
who  prior  to  that  time  had  become  members  of  Joliet  Council. 
The  charter  class  contained  65  members.  The  first  and  second 
degrees  were  conferred  by  the  officers  of  Joliet  Council,  and 
the  third  degree  by  State  Deputy  Lewis  E.  Sauter  and  staff, 
headed  by  Thomas  H.  Cannon.  The  Council  has  maintained 
headquarters  and  club  rooms  in  the  second  floor  of  the  Wood- 
men Hall  since  its  organization,  and  has  been  very  active  in 
all  the  work  of  the  Order.  Since  organization  the  Council  has 
expended  for  religious  purposes,  $1,400.00 ;  for  charity,  $800.- 
00;  and  among  the  war  contributions,  $400.00  for  welfare 
work;  $300.00  for  liberty  bonds,  and  $50.00  for  war  savings 
stamps.  Perez  Council  of  Lockport  was  amongst  the  first 
councils  in  the  state  to  provide  for  paying  the  dues  of  its  asso- 
ciate members  in  the  service  out  of  the  general  fund.  Rev. 
J.  J.  McGovern,  D.  D.,  the  distinguished  historian  of  the  Arch- 
diocese of  Chicago,  was  the  first  Chaplain  of  Perez  Council. 
Since  his  death  in  1911  the  Council  has  been  served  by  Rev. 
George  Ratz,  Rev.  Joseph  Franz,  Rev.  J.  D.  Seiberight  and 
Rev.  T.  E.  O'Bryan.  Amongst  the  more  active  members  of  the 
Council  should  be  named,  besides  those  referred  to  as  spon- 
sors, Wm.  Maher,  D.  R.  Murphy,  John  F.  Daly,  and  Sylvester 
C.  Wierschem. 

Lockport  was  a  very  early  landmark,  a  canal  town  of  the 
early  days,  and  an  early  missionary  field. 

For  a  small  place  Perez  Council  of  Lockport  has  accom- 
plished much.    On  April  1,  1923,  the  membership  was  174, 


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1194    ARCHBISHOP  McHALE  COUNCIL,  Chicago 


CHAPLAINS— 
Rev.  D.  P.  O'Brien 
Rev.  C.  J.  Cryan 
Rev.  Philip  Mahoney 
Rev.  James  Walsh 
Rev.   Joseph  F.  Cussin 


GRAND  KNIGHTS— 
Cornelius  S.  Kelly 
I.  Homer  Sullivan 
T.  J.  Ryan 
W.  D.  O'Byrne,  M.D. 


J.  A.  Kennelly 
R.  W.  Darcy 
Edward  Loftus 
Clair  Daly 
Robert  W.  Darcy 


Archbishop  McHale  Council  No.  1194  of  Chicago,  was 
instituted  February  2,  1907.    In  the  winter  of  1906-07  a  small 


THOMAS  J.  RYAN. 
Archbishop  McHale  Council 


CORNELIUS  S.  KELLY, 
Archbishop    McHale    Council 


group  of  earnest  young  men  including  Cornelius  S.  Kelly, 
Homer  Sullivan  and  Dr.  William  D.  Byrne  anticipating  the 
marvelous  growth  of  Chicago  southward,  sought  and  obtained 
from  State  Deputy  Lewis  E.  Sauter  permission  to  organize  a 
Council  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  the  southern  Engle- 
wood  district,  and  as  a  result  of  their  work,  on  February  2, 
1907,  District  Deputy  Jerome  J.  Crowley,  assisted  by  officers 
of  Englewood  and  Calumet  Councils,  conferred  the  three  de- 
grees on  a  class  of  ninety-four  candidates,  two-thirds  of  whom 


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entered  the  order  as  insurance  members.  In  selecting  a  name, 
the  organizers,  being  of  Irish  birth  or  descent,  thought  to 
honor  their  race  by  calling  the  new  Council  after  that  famous 
Irish  churchman  and  patriot,  John  McHale,  Archbishop  of 
Tuam  and  Primate  of  Ireland,  the  man  who  did  such  noble 
work  for  Catholic  emancipation  in  Ireland  in  the  mid-years  of 
the  19th  century.  The  meeting  place  selected  by  its  officers 
was  Barbee's  Hall  at  69th  street  and  Wentworth  avenue, 
where  the  Council  continued  to  increase  and  multiply  for  eleven 
years,  when  it  moved  to  the  club  house  provided  by  the  Engle- 
wood  Knights  of  Columbus  Association,  at  6323  Harvard 
avenue.^*  Attracting  to  its  standard  many  young  men  of 
the  ages  of  twenty  to  twenty-five,  McHale  Council  encouraged 
and  supported  athletics,  and  as  a  result  its  baseball  teams, 
both  indoor  and  outdoor,  and  basketball  club  repeatedly  won 
championships  and  have  been  among  the  leaders  year  after 
year  in  the  various  fields  of  athletic  endeavor.  In  1910  McHale 
Council's  members  inaugurated  a  campaign  having  for  its 
purpose  the  erection  of  a  club  house  in  the  Englewood  dis- 
trict. By  those  who  started  the  movement  it  was  thought  that 
a  larger  and  better  club  house,  one  more  suited  in  size  and 
equipment,  might  be  erected  by  joining  forces  with  some  of  the 
neighboring  Councils.  Responding  to  the  invitation  Engle- 
wood and  La  Rabida  Councils  decided  to  cast  their  lots  with 
McHale  and  thus  formed  the  organization  known  as  the  Engle- 
wood Knights  of  Columbus  Association.  This  body  in  the 
fall  of  1918  purchased  the  Englewood  Club  property  at  6323 
Harvard  avenue  where  the  three  Councils  now  hold  their  bi- 
monthly meetings  and  at  the  same  time  offer  to  their  members 
an  opportunity  to  meet,  fraternize  and  enjoy  the  comforts  and 
pleasures  of  a  modern,  well-equipped  Council  home.  The 
women  of  the  Englewood  district  also  are  greatly  interested 
in  the  club  house.    Nine  of  these  organizations  are  now  holding 


44.  As  is  seen,  Archbishop  McHale,  LaRabida  and  Englewood  Councils, 
own  a  fine  club  house  jointly. 


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their  regular  meetings  there,  thus  making  of  it  a  community 
center  of  the  greatest  vahie  in  local  affairs.  During  the  great 
war  the  Council  made  an  exceptional  record  in  the  number  of 
her  members  enlisted  in  the  various  branches  of  service  and 
the  quality  of  the  service  rendered.  Approximately  thirty 
percent  of  the  membership,  or  to  be  exact,  one  hundred  and 
thirty-one  out  of  a  total  of  four  hundred  and  fifty,  entered 
the  service  and  among  these  there  were  no  fatalities.  Only  two 
were  seriously  wounded,  namely,  Captain  William  D.  Meyering, 
who  lost  his  right  hand  while  bravely  leading  a  charge  over  the 
top  at  Verdun,  and  Private  Patrick  Hughes  of  the  Marines, 
who  helped  stem  the  tide  of  the  last  great  Cerman  drive  in 
the  St.  Mihiel  Salient  and  later  at  Chateau  Thierry.  He  was 
one  of  those  splendid  fighting  men  who  stopped  the  famous 
Prussian  Guard — the  Corps  d 'elite  of  the  German  army. 
Hughes  fell  shot  through  the  body  and  head  but  recovered  after 
a  six  month's  rest  in  European  hospitals.  Captain  Meyering 
was  the  first  American  soldier  to  receive  the  Congressional  D. 
S.  C,  for  bravery  in  action.  He  was  also  awarded  the  Croix 
de  Guerre  in  France.  Lieutenant  A.  J.  Erhardt  was  dec- 
orated for  bravery  in  action  by  King  George  V.,  at  the 
same  time  that  "Bill"  Linsky  of  Marquette  Council  received 
his  decoration  from  the  King.  On  that  occasion  the  King 
asked:  "Is  there  anything  else  I  can  do  for  you  boys?" 
Whereupon  Linsky  promptly  said :  '  *  Yes,  your  majesty,  for 
God's  sake,  free  Ireland. "^^  Lieutenant  Frank  McGlinn, 
Chancellor  of  McHale  Council,  was  wounded  and  gassed  in  an 
engagement  near  Thiacourt,  France,  on  November  6,  1918, 
and  was  in  the  hospital  at  Brest,  France,  for  several  months, 
recovering  fully.  Lieutenant  John  Thennisch,  aviator,  was 
also  in  the  hospital  two  months  as  a  result  of  a  five  hundred 
foot  fall  while  in  action.  Aviator  Lieut.  George  Brew  had  a 
splendid  record  in  his  department,  having  been  in  charge  of  a 
flying    squadron    repeatedly    during    engagements    with    the 


45.   See  other  references  to  this  incident. 


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enemy.  Limited  space  forbids  further  individual  mention 
of  the  great  work  of  the  soldier  and  sailor  members,  but  a 
grateful  Council  will  ever  hold  them  in  the  highest  esteem.*^ 

1204     HARVARD  COUNCIL,  Harvard 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  James  P.  Burke 

Rev.   A.  Goulet  Alford  Strain  John   Shamus  O'Brien 

Rev.  D.  A.  Feely  Thomas   Carew   Carey  Alvin  R.  Cooke 

Rev.  F.  J.  Keenan  John   P.   O'Connor  Edward  D.  Sheahan 

Harvard  Council  No.  1204  was  instituted  February  10, 
1907.  The  idea  of  organizing  a  Council  at  Harvard,  Illinois, 
was  first  conceived  by  ten  members  of  Woodstock  Council  who 
resided  in  Harvard.  These  men  gathered  together  thirty-five 
of  their  friends  and  the  Council  was  established.  At  the  first 
regular  meeting  which  was  held  in  Forester's  Hall  on  Feb. 
24,  1907,  a  class  of  thirty-five  candidates  was  initiated.  Al 
Strain  was  the  first  man  chosen  to  guide  the  destinies  of  Har- 
vard Council,  and  was  elected  Grand  Knight  at  this  meeting. 
Immediately  Harvard  Council  commenced  to  thrive  and  its 
membership  increased  rapidly.  From  thirty-five  charter  mem.- 
bers  it  has  grown  to  two  hundred  and  fourteen.  Harvard  Coun- 
cil has  been  very  active  locally  and  throughout  all  Knights  of 
Columbus  circles,  it  being  one  of  the  foremost  in  contributing 
to  the  Catholic  University  Fund,  second,  only  to  New  Haven 
Council.  On  the  tenth  anniversary  of  the  Council  a  check 
for  twelve  hundred  dollars  was  presented  to  the  local  Pastor, 
Rev.  Daniel  A.  Feelye,  as  a  fund  to  aid  in  the  erection  of  St. 
Joseph's  Catholic  School,  then  under  construction.  At  the 
present  date  this  institution  has  an  enrollment  of  more  than 
two  hundred  children.  Harvard  Council  made  a  splendid 
record  during  the  late  war.  Twenty  per  cent  of  the  Council 
responded  to  the  country's  call.  Of  these  one  answered  the 
Supreme  Call  on  the  battlefields  of  Chateau  Thierry.    Several 


46.  Tlip  Order  is  indclited  to  William  D.  Byrne,  M.  D.,  for  this  very 
satisfactory  report,  as  well  as  for  much  other  valuable  aid  in  the  preparation 
of  this  work. 


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others  were  wounded.  Two  were  commissioned  officers  in  the 
army  and  two  were  non-commissioned  officers  in  the  army  and 
navy.  One  member  was  a  Knights  of  Columbus  Secretary  and 
served  in  various  camps  in  this  country.  The  monthly  meet- 
ings of  Harvard   Council  are  always  well  attended.     Good 


VINCENT   P.    MOONEY, 
Loyola-Hyde   Park 


JOHN    PRYSTALSKI, 
San  Salvador  Council 


fellowship  reigns  throughout  the  Council.  The  members  not 
only  work  for  the  good  of  the  Council,  but  for  the  good  of  the 
Order  as  well. 


1250    LINCOLN  COUNCIL,  Lincoln 


CHAPLAINS— 
Rev.  J.  T.  Mulgrew 

GRAND  KNIGHTS- 
William  Ryan 


Peter  Murphy 
Albert  Sieb 
Wm.  J.  Higgins 
George  Sieb 
Fred  Armstrong 


Robert  L.  Davis 
George  Seller 
Thomas  E.  Ryan 
Reinhold  W.  Lechleiter 


Lincoln  Council  No.  1250  was  instituted  June  8,  1907. 
Lincoln  is  a  small  place,  and  there  are  but  few  Catholics,  but 
nevertheless  the  Council  is  a  healthy  one,  and  has  reached  a 


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285 


membership  of  more  than  two  hundred.     While  it  was  still 
very  small  the  Council  donated  $500.00  to  the  Endowment 


LINCOLN  COUNCIL  HOME 


Fund  of  the  Catholic  University  at  Washington,  D.  C.     It 
was  uDUSually  well  represented  in  the  war,  there  being  41  mem 


286         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

bers  in  the  service,  and  unfortunately  three  of  them  gave  their 
lives.  The  Council  was  very  active  in  all  war  welfare  work,  and 
contributed  $4,000  to  war  welfare  funds.  Amongst  the  active 
members  of  the  Council  should  be  named  "William  Ryan,  Peter 
Murphy,  Albert  Sieb,  William  Higgins,  George  Sieb,  Fred 
Armstrong,  Robert  L.  Davis,  George  Seller  and  Thomas  E. 
Ryan.  Rev.  J.  T.  Mulgrew  has  been  Chaplain  from  the  organ- 
ization of  the  Council  to  the  present  time.  In  1921  the  Coun- 
cil purchased  a  $20,000  stone  front  building  located  one  block 
from  the  square  and  has  its  club  rooms  on  the  second  floor 
with  stores  below. 

1262    SAN  SALVADOR  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.   John   A.   Van-  John  Prystalski 

Rev.   Edward  S.  Heertum  Thomas  Kelly 

Keough  Q^^^^  KNIGHTS-  ^^^"""  ^^-  ^"^^'^ 

Samuel  E.  Cook 

San  Salvador  Council  No.  1262  of  Chicago,  was  instituted 
at  Pullman,  September  8, 1907.  Lewis  E.  Sauter,  State  Deputy 
of  Illinois,  requested  Thomas  W.  Flynn,  District  Deputy,  to 
take  the  necessary  steps  toward  the  organization  of  a  K.  of  C. 
Council  in  the  extreme  southern  part  of  Chicago.  Brother 
Flynn  immediately  took  the  matter  up  with  some  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Order  in  that  part  of  the  city  and  appointed  a 
committee  consisting  of  the  following:  Samuel  E.  Cook,  Henry 
Van  Etten,  Martin  M.  Cooney,  James  F,  Martin,  Thomas  Kelly, 
and  Peter  Kipley ;  all  members  of  Calumet  Council,  who  held 
many  preliminary  meetings  in  St.  Willebrord's  Hall,  114  place 
and  Edbrooke  avenue.  Samuel  E.  Cook  was  elected  temporary 
chairman,  and  ]\Iartin  M.  Cooney,  temporary  secretary.  These 
meetings  were  well  attended,  and  were  from  time  to  time 
addressed  by  Joseph  J.  Thompson,  Past  State  Deputy,  Thomas 
W.  Flynn,  District  Deputy,  and  Rev.  L.  J.  Broens,  Pastor 
of  St,  Willebrord's  Church.  The  Council  was  instituted  in 
Market  Hall,  Pullman,  with  51  insurance  and  50  associate  as 


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287 


charter  members.  It  was  called  "San  Salvador"  in  honor  of 
the  landing  of  Columbus  nearly  415  years  before.  The  first 
degree  was  conferred  by  officers  of  Calumet  Council,  the  second 
by  Leo  XIII  Council,  and  the  third  by  State  Deputy  Lewis 


SAN    SALVADOR    COUNCIL    HuME 

E.  Sauter,  assisted  by  District  Deputy  Thomas  W.  Flynn  and 
P.  J.  Murphy.  A  lively  spirit  of  interest  and  enthusiasm  has 
marked  the  Council's  every  activity;  and  these  were  indeed 
numerous,  for,  in  the  assignment  of  nights,  neither  the  ladies 
nor  the  children  have  been  omitted.  District  Deputy's  night 
IS  celebrated  as  is  Charter  members'  night,  and  nights  named 


288         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

for  the  various  nationalities  of  which  the  Council  is  composed. 
The  Annual  Ball,  Landing  Day,  Home  Coming  celebrations 
and  minstrel  shows  are  indeed  popular,  as  are  also  the  baseball, 
handball  and  pool  and  billiard  tournaments.  Memorial  night 
and  semi-annual  Communion  complete  the  program.  The 
Council  was  but  a  few  years  old  when  a  Building  Committee 
was  appointed.  Ground  was  purchased  and  the  Council  was 
about  to  erect  a  club  house,  when  the  war  came  on,  with  its 
general  quietus  on  all  building  construction.  The  long-con- 
tinued efforts  of  the  Building  Committee  have,  however,  borne 
fruit,  for  the  Council  purchased  a  roomy  and  spacious  resi- 
dence at  114th  place  and  Michigan  avenue,  possession  of  which 
was  taken  May  1st,  1920.*^ 

1268    LAKE  FOREST  COUNCIL,  Lake  Forest 

CHAPLAINS—  John  J.  Spellman  Joseph  R.   Taylor 

Rev.  Francis  J.  Barry        P.  P.  Moore  P.  J.  Keough 

GRAND  KNIGHTS—        H.   M.  Fitzgerald  John  C.  Milton 

John  E.  Fitzgerald  Thomas  Horan 

Lake  Forest  Council  No.  1268  was  instituted  November 
3,  1907.  Prior  to  the  institution  of  Lake  Forest  Council  there 
were  a  number  of  members  of  the  Order  in  affiliation  with 
Ouilmette  Council.  Upon  consultation  those  members  peti- 
tioned for  a  Council  of  their  own,  and  the  State  Deputy,  Lewis 
E.  Sauter,  granted  permission,  and  called  a  meeting  over  which 
he  presided  and  at  which  a  Council  was  formally  instituted, 
and  a  complete  corps  of  officers  elected.  The  officers  so  elected 
were  installed  by  District  Deputy  John  E.  Reardon  on  Novem- 
ber 8,  1907.  The  principal  officers  were  John  E.  Fitzgerald, 
Grand  Knight;  John  V.  Neumeyer,  Deputy  Grand  Knight; 
John  J.  Spellman,  Chancellor;  L.  H.  W.  Speidel,  Financial 
Secretary;  James  W.  Dice,  Recording  Secretary;  Joseph  Ker- 
rigan, Treasurer.  Since  the  date  of  organization  the  Council 
has  had  continuous  success  in  all  of  its  undertakings,  and 


47.  On  April  1,  1921,  San  Salvador  Council  had  678  members. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  289 

the  rapid  strides  made  by  it  are  due  to  the  unfailing  efforts  and 
co-operation  of  the  first  organizers,  their  spirit  being  handed 
down  to  the  new  members.  Rev.  Francis  J.  Barry  was  the 
first  Chaplain,  appointed  December  13,  1907,  and  has  served 
in  that  capacity  ever  since.  The  Council  has  been  prompt  and 
faithful  in  all  activities  of  the  Order,  and  has  to  its  credit  a 
schedule  of  contributions  for  religious  purposes  footing  up  to 
$992.75;  for  charitable  purposes,  $410.10;  for  war  activities, 
$725.00.  There  were  twenty-seven  members  of  the  Council  in 
the  service.  In  December,  1919,  the  Knights  of  Columbus  War 
Activities  Committee  opened  community  rooms  in  Lake  Forest 
for  the  recreation  of  the  men  stationed  at  Fort  Sheridan  and 
the  Great  Lakes.  Not  only  did  the  members  of  Lake  Forest 
Council  give  the  Knights  of  Columbus  every  assistance  in  their 
power,  but  the  ladies  of  the  parish  rendered  valuable  aid  also 
in  furnishing  entertainment  for  the  men  in  both  branches  of 
the  service.** 

1278    FATHER  SETTERS  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  C.  A.  Erkenswick        Peter  S.  Keating 

Rev.  Thomas  E.  Judge  GRAND  KNIGHTS John  H.  Lally 

Rev.  John  Murphy  Edward  Houlihan  John  Barton 

Father  Setter  Council  No.  1278  was  instituted  October 
24,  1907,  by  District  Deputy.  Daniel  E.  Fitzgerald.  At  that 
time  Lewis  E.  Sauter  was  State  Deputy.  The  initial  class  con- 
sisted of  91  members.  The  first,  second  and  third  degrees 
were  exemplified  in  Dewey  Hall,  12th  street  and  Crawford 
avenue.  Edward  Houlihan  was  unanimously  elected  Grand 
Knight,  acting  in  that  capacity  for  the  short  term  and  two 
years  following.  He  then  declined  to  accept  reelection.  Peter 
S.  Keating  was  elected  in  1910,  and  served  as  Grand  Knight 
for  one  year,  John  H.  Lally  was  elected  Grand  Knight  to 
succeed  Keating  and  held  office  for  two  years.     In  1913,  Ed- 


48.   Lake  Forest  Council  had   182  membors  on  April  1,   1921. 


290         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

ward  Houlihan  was  unanimously  elected  Grand  Knight,  and 
has  held  office  continuously  since  that  time.  The  Council  has 
grown  rapidly  from  the  original  class  of  91.  On  April  1,  1921, 
the  Council 's  membership  was  1,727,  1,408  of  whom  are  insur- 
ance members.  The  Council  owns  $5,000  in  liberty  bonds, 
and  $500.00  worth  of  thrift  stamps.  It  donated  to  Knights  of 
Columbus  war  fund,  Red  Cross  and  all  other  war  activities. 
It  maintains  an  annual  scholarship  in  St.  Ignatius  College. 
There  were  301  men  in  the  service ;  one  casualty  in  action  over- 
seas ;  five  deaths  in  camps  in  this  country.  The  Council  boasts 
the  youngest  major  in  the  army,  Major  John  Bowen.  Several 
members  received  honors  from  the  government.  There  were 
five  petty  officers.  The  Council  meets  the  second  and  fourth 
Thursday  of  each  month,  and  boasts  the  largest  attendance 
at  any  meeting  of  any  Council  in  the  Order.""* 

1279     AMERICUS  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  M.  J.   Hewlett 

Rev.    Philip    Burke,    O.        Richard  Gannon.   Sr.  John   Quinlan 

S.  M.  Peter  C.  Hoey  Daniel  Devereux 

Rev.  A.  Cortney,  O.S.M.       Charles  D.   Barrett  Frank  P.  Cornwall 

Thomas  O'Connor  John  J.  Powers 
Edward  B.  Dunigan 

Americus  Council  No.  1279  of  Chicago,  was  instituted 
October  20,  1907,  at  the  Council  Chamber  of  Marquette  Coun- 
cil, 290  Dearborn  avenue.  The  organization  committee  was 
composed  of  Richard  C.  Gannon,  Sr.,  Chairman,  now  deceased, 
Peter  C.  Hoey,  Secretary,  James  J.  Walsh,  George  Connors, 
and  George  W.  Nolan.  At  the  institution  the  first  and  second 
degrees  were  conferred  by  the  officers  of  Illinois  Council,  and 
the  major  degree  by  State  Deputy  Lewis  E.  Sauter,  assisted 
by  District  Deputy  James  Maher.  The  principal  officers  elected 
at  the  first  election  were  Grand  Knight  Richard  C.  Gannon, 
Sr.,  Deputy  Grand  Knight  Peter  C.  Hoey;  Chancellor  Edwin 
Lawlor;  Financial  Secretary  Joseph  Murphy;  Recorder  Ed- 


49.  Father  Setters  is  fast  becoming  a  very  large  Council  and  bids  fair 
to  rival  the  largest  Councils. 


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291 


ward  Casey ;  Treasurer  Ceorge  W.  Nolan ;  Lecturer  James  J. 
Walsh ;  Chaplain  Rev.  Philip  Burke,  0.  S.  M.  Americus 
Council  has  been  conspicuous  for  its  activity  in  every  line  of 
Knights  of  Columbus  work.    Its  growth  has  been  phenomenal. 


JOHN  J.  POWERS. 

Americus  Council 


MARTIN   J.    O'BRIEN. 
Americus  Council 


It  has  a  membership  now  exceeding  1,000.  The  Council  has 
been  a  valuable  patron  of  education,  having  maintained  for 
years  a  scholarship  at  St.  Phillips'  High  School  for  boys,  and 
also  at  Our  Lady  of  Providence  Academy  for  girls.  The  Coun- 
cil's contribution  to  the  Endowment  Fund  of  the  Catholic 
University  was  $1,500.00.  One  hundred  ninety-two  members 
of  the  Council  were  in  the  service  during  the  war,  and  three 
members,  viz.,   Charles  Calmeyn,  Norman  J.   Cornwall  and 


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KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Wm.  M.  Hayden  gave  their  lives.  The  greatly  distinguished 
Chaplain,  Rev.  Harris  A.  Darche,  Captain,  noted  in  other 
chapters,  is  a  member  of  Americus  Council.^*' 

1281     MT.  STERLING  COUNCIL,  Mt.  Sterling 


CHAPLAINS— 
Rev.  W.  A.  Heffernan 
Rev.  James  Murray 
Rev.  Charles  Fanning 
Rev.  James  R.  Maloney 
Rev.  Thomas  J.  Carroll 
Rev.    Edmond     Dwyer 

Butler 


Rev.  Joseph  O'Roui-ke 
Rev.  A.   M.    Jasckle 

GRAND  KNIGHTS— 

Theodore  Hagel 

Rev.  W.  A.  Hefferman 

George  P.   Brady 


Henry  A.  Hagel 
John  A.  McGoon 
R.  C.  McGann,  M.  D. 
James  O'Connor 
Francis   Brady 
C.  E.  Thornton 


Mt.  Sterling  Council  No.  1281  was  instituted  November 
17.  1907.    The  Council  owes  its  origin  to  Rev.  W.  A.  Heffer- 


MT.  STERLING  COUNCIL  HOME 


nan,  one  of  the  earliest  and  most  active  members  of  the  clergy 
m  behalf  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  Illinois.    At  the  time 


50.  See  chapter  on   War  Workers. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  293 

of  institution  the  officers  of  Quiney  and  Springfield  Councils 
conferred  the  first  and  second  degrees,  and  District  Deputy 
Thomas  A.  Scherer  and  staff  of  Quiney,  conferred  the  major 
degree.  The  principal  officers  at  the  time  of  institution  were 
Grand  Knight,  Theodore  Hagel ;  Deputy  Grand  Knight,  Joseph 
H.  Brady;  Chaplain,  Kev.  Wm.  A.  Heffernan;  Financial  Sec- 
retary, John  B.  O'Connor;  Kecorder,  Edward  M.  Hagel; 
Treasurer,  Anton  Morschauser.  The  Council  was  a  success 
from  the  beginning,  and  took  an  active  part  in  the  building  of 
St.  Mary's  Academy,  a  very  creditable  school.  It  was  also 
active  in  every  Church  movement,  and  amongst  other  dona- 
tions placed  memorial  windows  in  St.  Mary's  and  St.  Joseph's 
Churches.  The  members  of  the  Council  conducted  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  drives,  bought  Thrift  Stamps,  donated  to  all 
Red  Cross,  Salvation  Army  and  similar  drives.  On  April  22, 
1921,  the  Knights  of  Columbus  Home  Association  was  incor- 
porated and  purchased  a  home  for  the  Council  valued  at 
$16,000.^^ 

1282    DWIGHT  COUNCIL,  Dwight 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  J.  P.  Parker  C.  J.  Ahern 

Rev.  C.   O'Brien  ^t^  a  t^tt^  T^ivTT^TTmo.  Jame.s  Hagerty 

Rev.  T.   Egan  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  Austin    Gibbons 

Rev.  G.  Powers  T.  E.  Barry  M.    Halloran 

Rev.  Thomas  D.    Ken-  W.  A.  Barth  Clem  Stelchen 

nedy  James  Kelagher  Frank    Gibbons 

John   Doherty 

DwiGHT  Council  No.  1282  was  instituted  December  29, 
1907.  The  following  sketch  prepared  by  Rev.  Thomas  D.  Ken- 
nedy tells  the  story  of  the  establishment  of  the  Council  con- 
cisely :  "The  stability  of  an  institution  or  organization  is  gauged 
by  the  principles  underlying  it,  or  upon  which  it  is  based.  If 
sound  principles,  based  upon  Christianity,  be  the  foundation 
such  an  institution  is  of  necessity  a  great  benefit.  Such  an 
institution  in  a  community  tends  to  elevate  the  standard  of 


51.  Rev.  William  A,  Heflfernan,  now  deceased,  Is  well  remembered  by  the 
earlier  members  in  the  central  part  of  the  state  as  a  very  ardent  champion 
of  the  Order,  when  influential  friends  were  valuable. 


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weU-being.  morality,  citizenship  and  patriotism.  From  whole- 
some association  one  becomes,  and  often  unconsciously,  broader 
in  his  viewSj  more  human  in  his  actions,  more  beloved  by  his 
companions,  more  sought  after  in  counsel,  and  thus  ennobles 
his  existence  in  the  community.  Xow  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
Council  of  Dwight,  Illinois,  is,  in  my  opinion,  such  an  organ- 
ization. Its  beginning,  like  most  good  things,  was  slow  and 
arduous.  The  charter  members  at  first  surmounted  no  small 
amount  of  opposition,  but  finally  subjected  all  difficulties  to 
reasonable  control.  They  brought  the  contest  to  a  success- 
ful issue  and  then  organized.  The  Council  is  not  unique  in 
general  principles,  nor  in  general  outlines.  It  is  in  special 
features  and  aspects  siii  generis.  The  system  is  ancient,  but 
its  work  is  modem.  Like  results  have  been  achieved  by  others. 
but  not  always  in  exactly  the  same  manner.  The  mental  and 
moral  calibre  of  its  members  have  been  equalled,  but  seldom 
surpassed.  It  is  on  a  solid  and  substantial  basis.  Its  growth 
is  gradual,  but  healthy.  Its  officers  are  ever  on  the  alert  to 
interest  their  associates  in  proper  and  fitting  amusements  as 
well  as  in  educational  activities.  Its  meetings  are  enlivened 
by  a  spirit  of  true  brotherhood,  and  the  work  is  conducted 
with  sufficient  seriousness  to  make  members  appreciate  the 
dignity  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  The  Dwight  Council 
began  with  68  members.  23  insurance  and  45  associate.  The 
principal  officers  elected  at  the  time  of  institution  were  :  Grand 
Knight,  Thomas  E.  Barry:  Deputy  Grand  Knight,  J.  E.  West, 
Jr.;  Financial  Secretary.  J.  A.  O'Malley:  Recording  Secre- 
tan,-.  F.  Gibbons;  Treasurer,  J.  E.  Christman:  Lecturer,  James 
Kelleher:  Chaplain.  Eev.  J.  F.  Power. 


TTJiTXOIS  COUNCILS  295 


12SS     McHEXRY  COUNCIL,  McHesry 

CHAPLAIN'S —  GS_0~  "^"TTHT? —  A.  E.  Vt 

Rev.  Parr-;.2k  E-irke  J.  "^.   ;  r    il   B^ 

Rev.  Daniel   LeHs^^e  4L  J.   ^  Edward  i 

H-er".  Edward    E-sr-  "W.  J.   "  F    J    A:' 

^    d  C.  W.    -:   ^,r  Hay  M-: 

Rev.  Martin  McErroy  Thomas  Boiger  "Wm.  G.  S 


]McHfvby  Couxcil  Xo.  12SS  was  institnted  Deeenber  15. 
190~.  District  Deputv  John  E.  Cooney  of  Chicago  Tisited  Me- 
Henrv  and  made  preliminary  arrangements  for  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  ConnciL  At  the  time  of  the  institnticHi  the  first  and 
sectind  degrees  were  exemplified  by  the  officers  of  Harvard  and 
!Marqnette  Conneils.  The  major  degree  was  conferred  by 
the  then  State  Deputy.  James  ^laher.  The  principal  oSeers 
elected  at  the  time  of  institution  were :  Grand  Knight.  Joseph 
"W.  Freund:  Deputy  Grand  Knight.  Edward  Sutton:  Chancel- 
lor. ^Bchael  TValsh :  Eecorder.  Frank  G.  Schreiner :  f^nandal 
Secretary.  Jay  X.  Gilbert:  Treasurer.  John  H.  Miller.  Eev. 
P.  Bourke  was  selected  as  Chaplain.  McHenry  Council  has 
cooperated  in  all  of  the  work  of  the  Order,  and  has  grrea 
strict  regard  to  religious  practices,  the  members  approa^'hing 
the  Sacraments  in  a  body  twice  a  year.  A  marble  mAnument 
was  purchased  and  put  in  place  for  the  Grotto  at  Jcias^barg, 
which  was  completed  in  1920.  On  a  few  oeeaskms  aasistanee 
has  been  furnished  to  needy  families,  and  liberal  d<»a&BS 
have  been  made  to  Church  and  charity.  Out  of  the  136  mtaor 
bers  belonging  to  the  Council  at  the  time  of  the  war  49  were 
in  the  service.  The  Council  has  gained  a  membership  of  31S. 
Slightly  in  excess  of  $1,000  was  c-ontributed  for  war  welfare 
work,  and  the  Council  owns  $750.00  of  Libertv  Bonds 


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1298    DUQUOIN  COUNCIL,  DuQuoin 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  F.    J.    Schleper 

Rev.  C.  Klocke  Frank  Horn,  Jr.  F.   J.    Purtill 

Rev.  Joseph   Ceranski         C.    J.    Eichhorn  Emery   Kreher 

Rev.  A.   Hunniwinkle  Frank    Horn  Frank  Koerner 

Rev.  C.  J.  Eschmann  G.  H.   Knetzger  G.  A.  Rogers 

H.   E.    Sanford  H.  J.  Schleper 

DuQuoiN  Council  No.  1289  was  instituted  March  1,  1908. 
The  introduction  of  the  Order  to  DuQuoin  resulted  from  the 
organization  of  the  Council  in  Centralia.  Ten  members  of 
Sacred  Heart  Parish  in  DuQuoin  journeyed  to  Centralia  in 
1905,  and  became  members  of  that  Council.  These,  with  a 
few  others,  subsequently  initiated  at  Centralia,  undertook 
the  task  of  organizing  a  Council  in  DuQuoin.  Five  initia- 
tions of  the  first  three  degrees  have  since  taken  place.  A? 
with  most  early  Southern  Illinois  Councils  the  jurisdiction 
of  DuQuoin  Council  covers  portions  of  several  counties.  In 
1917  the  Council  leased  quarters  for  Council  chamber  and 
club  rooms  which  were  fitted  up  and  now  has  an  entire  third 
floor,  ample  in  every  respect  for  its  needs.  The  public  was 
invited  to  the  opening  of  the  club  rooms,  which  was  of  a 
patriotic  nature,  as  the  country  had  shortly  before  become 
involved  in  the  world  war.  The  State  Council  furnished 
a  splendid  speaker  for  the  occasion,  in  the  person  of  D.  J. 
Normoyle,  of  Chicago.  One  of  the  members,  Rev.  Edward 
Cahill,  now  of  Jacksonville,  Illinois,  was  ordained  a  Priest  and 
said  his  first  Mass  in  DuQuoin  in  June,  1917,  after  which  a 
reception  was  tendered  him  by  his  Brother  Knights,  when 
he  was  presented  with  a  beautiful  watch  as  a  memento  of 
the  occasion.  On  the  first  Sunday  of  every  month  the  mem- 
bers approach  the  Sacraments  in  a  body.  The  Council  handles 
the  sale  of  the  Sunday  Visitor  at  the  door  of  the  Church  and 
turns  the  proceeds  over  to  the  Catholic  Orphans'  Home  at 
Belleville.  Rev.  Charles  Klocke,  the  first  Chaplain,  was  Parish 
Priest  of  DuQuoin  for  forty  years.  He  was  a  man  of  gi-eat 
learning  and  piety.     The  Council  gives  the  Parochial  School 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  297 

children  a  picnic  in  the  woods  at  the  end  of  each  school  year. 
During  the  war  the  members  measured  up  to  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  standard  and  acquitted  themselves  creditably. 
The  Council  went  ' '  over  the  top ' '  on  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
and  allied  fund  drives.  At  West  Frankfort  where  a  very  few 
members  resided  INIichael  McCann  and  Rev.  Joseph  Tragessor 
raised  over  $1,000.  The  Council  Chaplain,  Rev.  C.  J.  Esch- 
man,  was  a  member  of  all  war  work  committees,  on  one  occa- 
sion turning  a  day  of  rioting  into  a  patriotic  demonstration, 
at  which  he  delivered  the  principal  address.  He  was  also 
one  of  twenty  citizens  that  applied  for  and  secured  permis- 
sion to  organize  the  country  Red  Cross  Chapter,  of  which 
F.  J.  Purtill,  a  member  of  DuQuoin  Council,  was  and  is  yet. 
Chairman.  He  also  served  on  Samuel  Gomper's  Committee 
of  the  Council  of  National  Defense  and  on  the  County  Coun- 
cil of  Defense  of  Illinois.  H.  E.  Sanford,  another  member, 
served  on  the  Neighborhood  Committee  of  the  County  Coun- 
cil of  Defense,  and  another  member,  F.  J.  Schleper,  was  the 
District  Representative  on  the  County  Council  of  Defense. 

1316     SENECA  COUNCIL,  Seneca 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  T.   E.   Higgins 

Rev.  C.   A.  Hausser  C.  E.   Talty  J.  W.   Landgraf 

J.  J.  Morrissey  T.  J.  Kelly 

R.   D.  Moran  B.  W.  Rooney 

Seneca  Council  No.  1316  was  instituted  September  20, 
1908.  The  preliminary  arrangements  for  the  Council  were  in 
charge  of  District  Deputy  Henry  M.  Kelly,  of  Ottawa,  who 
was  assisted  by  H.  R.  Morrow,  T.  E.  Higgins,  W.  J.  Dunn, 
Alexander  Vaughy,  M.  J.  Hogan  and  R.  D.  Moran.  The  first 
and  second  degrees  were  conferred  by  the  officers  of  Starved 
Rock  Council,  while  the  major  degree  was  in  charge  of  Dis- 
trict Deputy  Kelly,  assisted  by  State  Deputy  James  Maher. 
The  principal  officers  elected  at  the  institution  were:  Grand 
Knight,  C.  E.  Talty;  Financial  Secretary,  B.  W.  Rooney; 


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Treasurer,  W,  J.  Dunn;  Chaplain,  Rev.  C.  A.  Hausser.  The 
Council  has  at  all  times  been  active  and  participated  in  all  the 
work  of  the  Order.  Eight  members  of  the  Council  were  in 
the  service.     The  council  has  fitted  up  club  rooms,  in  which  it 


ADAM   SCHNEIDER, 
De  Soto  Council 


REV.  FRANCIS  C.  YOUNG, 
Loyola-Hyde    Park   Council 


maintains  a  pool  and  billiard  room,  parlors,  lounging  and  card 
rooms,  as  well  as  a  commodious  council  chamber.  The  furnish- 
ings of  the  club  rooms  cost  $2,300.00.  The  membership  of 
118  in  1917,  paid  $2.00  per  capita  to  the  war  chest  fund,  and 
also  made  up  a  special  collection  of  $454.00  for  war  welfare 
work. 


CHAPTER  VIII 

Councils    Instituted    Under    the    Direction    of    State 

Deputies  James  Maker,  LeRoy  Hackett,  William  N. 

Brown,  and  Edward  Houlihan. 

Naturally  the  number  of  Council  institutions  decreased 
as  the  state  jurisdiction  became  more  nearly  covered,  and 
while  the  efforts  of  the  earlier  Statel 
Deputies  were  directed  largely  to  the 
organization  of  new  Councils  those  of 
the  later  State  Deputies  were  devoted 
to  the  advancement  of  the  Councils  al- 
ready organized,  a  work  of  at  least 
equal  importance. 

Due  to  several  changes  affecting 
the  composition  of  this  chapter  which  isis— lois 

make  it  somewhat  difficult  to  keep  the  run  of  the  responsible 
officers  it  seems  proper  to  state  that  of  the  Councils  sketched 
in  this  chapter  sixteen  were  instituted  during  the  terms  of 
office  of  State  Deputy  James  Maher;  twenty-one  Councils  in 
all  were  instituted  while  LeRoy  Hackett  was  State  Deputy; 
two  while  William  N.  Brown  was  State  Deputy  and  fifteen 
since  Edward  Houlihan  has  become  State  Deputy. 

1334    WATERLOO  COUNCIL,  Waterloo 

chaplains—  grand  knights—       George  C.  Ziebold 

Rev.  Henry  Keuth  Roy  E.  Gauen  P.   A.  Hamacher 

Bennett   James 

Waterloo  Council  No.  1334  was  instituted  June  14,  1908, 
with  55  charter  members.^  The  men  active  in  organizing 
Waterloo   Council  were  Dr.  N.  B.  Pautler,  Bennett  James, 


1.  This   wide-awake   council  in   "Egypt"   has   accomplished  a  great  deal. 

299 


300 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Hugh  Murphy  and  John  J.  Koenigsmark,  the  latter  three 
being  members  for  the  previous  five  years  of  East  St.  Louis 
Council.  The  first  and  second  degrees  were  conferred  by 
officers  of  East  St.  Louis  and  Belleville  Councils,  the  major 
degree  was  conferred  by  Aug.  Barthel,  of  Belleville,  District 
Deputy.  "Within  a  short  time  the  membership  w^as  increased 
to  over  one  hundred.     For  a  small  Council  in  a  small  place 


IgiHEIgl 


WATERLOO  COUNCIL  HOME 

Waterloo  Council  has  been  very  active.  Religious,  educa- 
tional and  charitable  work  was  given  due  attention.  The  Coun- 
cil has  maintained  club  rooms  in  the  First  National  Bank 
Building,  and  has  had  a  healthful  growth.  Besides  taking 
part  in  all  the  various  activities  connected  with  the  war  locally 
the  Council  met  all  the  contributions,  paying  the  $2.00  assess- 
ment in  full  and  raising  $1,000  for  the  Big  Drive.  During  all 
these  activities  the  Council  club  rooms  were  open  to  the  Gen- 
eral Council  of  Defense,  the  Women's  Auxiliary,  the  Red 


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Cross  and  other  war  organizations,  and  was  freely  used  by 
them  on  numerous  occasions.  The  American  Legion  and 
Veterans  of  Foreign  Wars  organizations,  just  recently  estab- 
lished here,  have  had  the  free  use  of  hall  and  club  rooms 
whenever  desired.  The  Grand  Knight  of  the  Council,  Bennett 
James,  was  prominent  in  all  war  work,  was  chairman  of  the 
Jewish  Relief  Campaign  and  Secretary  of  the  Salvation  Army 
drive. 

During  the  past  four  years,  under  the  management  of 
Grand  Knight  James,  who  has  served  in  this  capacity  con- 
tinuously for  that  period,  the  Council's  membership  has  been 
more  than  doubled,  and  now  numbers  nearly  250.  This  rapid 
increase  is  partly  due  to  the  energy  displayed  by  the  members 
from  Columbia,  Valmeyer,  Hecker,  Renault,  Madonnaville, 
Harrisonville  and  other  points  in  the  county,  which  have  all 
furnished  new  members,  besides  the  large  contingent  that 
Waterloo  supplies. 

Frequent  entertainments  are  given  by  the  Council,  which 
have  much  to  do  with  the  enthusiasm  existing  in  procuring  new 
membership  from  time  to  time,  and  the  various  committees, 
together  with  the  efficient  staff  of  officers,  are  always  on  the 
lookout  for  anything  that  inures  to  the  Council's  benefit.  The 
club  rooms  and  hall  are  as  substantial  and  elegant  as  any  to 
be  found  in  any  Council  of  equal  size  in  the  state,  and  from 
the  progress  and  energy  displayed  by  the  Council  ever  since 
its  institution,  Waterloo  Council  can  be  relied  upon  to  do  its 
part  in  all  that  makes  for  the  good  of  the  Order. 

1343     MT.  CARMEL  COUNCIL,  Mt.  Carmel 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  Joseph  J.  Orlet  E.  J.  Fleming 

Rev.  F.  H.  Budde  r-o  amt^  T^xTTr-MT-«s  ^-   J-    Venning 

Rev    E    M.  Chuse  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  Martin  Walter 

Rev.  M.  J.  Gruenwalde  P.    J.    Kolb  F.  E.  Denman 

Rev.  R.  E.  Jantzen  P.  J.  Harvard  J.  A.  BurrLs 

Rev.  Joseph  M.  Mueller  H.  A.  Cooney 

Mt.  Carmel  Cofncil  No.  1343  was  instituted  October  18, 
1908.     The  preliminary  work  in  connection  with  the  organi- 


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zation  of  the  Council  was  done  by  P.  J.  Kolb  and  Louis  Walter. 
The  first  degree  was  conferred  by  Vincennes  (Indiana)  Coun- 
cil No.  712;  the  second  degree  by  Washington  (Indiana) 
Council  No.  630  and  the  major  degree  by  District  Deputy 
Frank  A.  Traynor  and  staff  of  Centralia.  Mt.  Carmel  is  one 
of  the  smaller  Councils,  but  has  been  active  in  every  part  of 
the  Order's  work,  and  has  grown  to  a  membership  of  200. 
The  Council  promptly  remitted  the  $2.00  assessment  for  war 
welfare  work,  and  between  August  4,  1917,  and  July  3,  1919, 
transmitted  to  the  Supreme  Council  for  welfare  work  $1,028.47. 
The  Council  subscribed  $200.00  for  Liberty  Bonds  and  $100.00 
to  the  United  War  Work  Campaign;  $125.00  to  the  Jewish 
Welfare  Fund,  $28.65  to  the  Salvation  Army  Fund,  and  $10.00 
to  the  Belgian  Educational  Relief.  In  March,  1919,  the 
Council  established  a  literature  rack  with  the  best  Catholic 
literature  in  the  vestibule  of  St.  Mary's  Church.  During 
the  war  the  dues  of  all  members  in  the  military  and  naval  serv- 
ice were  paid  from  the  general  fund.  Twenty-two  per  cent 
of  the  membership  of  the  Council  was  in  the  service  during 
the  war.2 

1352     OLNEY  COUNCIL,  Olney 

CHAPLAINS—  George    T.    Weber,  Henry   Mehmert 

Rev.  J.  B.   Henken  M.  D.  Henry  Fehrenbacher 

Rev.  J.  A.   Roken  Joseph  Brassie  Miller  Watson 

^Ti  A  TVTT^  T^TwTT^TTmcM  Artliur  MehiTiert  John  R.  Allen 

GRAND  KNIGHTS—  Edward  Suess 
Frank   Brassie 

Olney  Council  No.  1352  was  instituted  July  12,  1908, 
through  the  efforts  of  Dr.  George  T.  Weber,  Edward  H. 
Mehmert  and  M.  Starter,  who  were  at  that  time  members  of 
Vincennes,  Indiana,  Council  No.  712,  but  who  transferred  to 
and  became  members  of  Olney  Council.  At  the  time  of  the 
institution  of  the  Council  the  officers  of  Effingham  Council 
conferred  the  first  and  second  degrees,  and  District  Deputy 
Maurice  V.  Joyce  and  staff  of  East  St.  Louis  Council,  con- 
ferred the  major  degree.     The  location  of  the  first  Council 

2.  Mt.  Carmel  Council  had  every  man  who  was  eligible  in  the  war. 


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chamber  was  at  the  corner  of  Elliott  and  Chestnut  Streets, 
better  known  as  the  Old  Church  Hall.  Later  the  meeting 
place  was  moved  to  the  Mehmert  Building,  2501/^  Main  street, 
the  present  location.  Rev.  John  B.  Henken  was  selected  as 
the  first  Chaplain,  and  served  until  1915,  when  Rev.  Joseph 


THOMAS  A.  O'SHAUGHNESSY 
Ravenswood  Council 


HON.  TIMOTHY  D.  HURLEY. 
Chicago   Council 


A.  Roken  was  made  Chaplain,  and  has  served  the  Council  in 
that  capacity  ever  since.  Frank  Brassie  was  the  first  Grand 
Knight,  and  has  been  succeeded  by  Dr.  George  T.  Weber, 
Joseph  Brassie,  Arthur  Mehmert,  Edward  Suess,  Henry  Meh- 
mert, Henry  Fehrenbacher,  IMiller  Watson,  Edward  Suess  and 
John  Allen.     In  1913  Dr.  George  T.  Weber  was  appointed 


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District  Deputy  by  State  Deputy  LeRoy  Hackett,  but  in  1915 
he  asked  to  be  relieved,  and  Edward  Suess  was  appointed  to 
fill  the  vacancy,  and  still  holds  the  appointment.  Olney  Coun- 
cil has  a  membership  of  approximately  150,  consisting  of  men 
from  various  states  of  the  Union,  due  to  the  floating  population 
of  the  vicinity.  The  Council  is  also  well  represented  in  Flora 
and  Wendelin  parishes.  During  the  world  war  the  Council  was 
represented  wnth  21  members  in  the  various  departments  of  the 
army,  all  of  whom  came  back  except  one,  Leo  Klinger,  who  died 
while  in  the  service.  The  Council  was  one  of  the  first  organi- 
zations in  the  city  to  respond  to  the  call  for  help,  giving  ap- 
proximately $500.00  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus  War  Fund. 
It  purchased  Liberty  Bonds  and  War  Savings  Stamps,  amount- 
ing to  $300.00.3 

1366    BLUE  ISLAND  COUNCIL,  Blue  Island 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—       J.   A.    Lentz 

Rev.  O.  J.  Rosch  J.    P.    Clancey  H.  B.  Kortendick 

Rev.  Theodore  Gross  W.  E.  Powers  Edward  Martens 

W.  J.  Gaboriault 

Blue  Island  Council  No.  1366  was  instituted  December  6, 
1908.  The  institution  took  place  at  Fraternity  Hall,  17  West 
Adams  street,  Chicago.  There  were  77  charter  members.  Dis- 
trict Deputy  Francis  J.  Houlihan  was  in  charge  of  the  organi- 
zation of  the  Council.  The  first  and  second  degrees  were  ex- 
emplified by  the  officers  of  La  Rabida  Council,  and  the  major 
degree  by  District  Deputy  Thomas  W.  Flynn.  The  promoters 
of  the  Council  wished  to  name  it  the  Phil  Sheridan,  but  learning 
that  there  was  already  a  Council  by  that  name  the  name  Blue 
Island  was  selected.  The  principal  officers  elected  at  the  time 
of  institution  were :  Grand  Knight,  John  P.  Clancy ;  Deputy 
Grand  Knight,  William  J.  Mason;  Financial  Secretary,  Ed- 
ward Martens ;  Treasurer,  Joseph  W.  Lentz ;  Recorder,  George 
W.  Gray ;  Chancellor,  Thomas  Earner.    Rev.  0.  J.  Rosch  was 

3.  Past  Grand  Knight  and  District  Deputy  Suess  is  now  Treasurer  of 
the  state  Council. 


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selected  as  Chaplain.  The  Council  has  taken  part  in  all  of  the 
various  Knights  of  Columbus  activities,  and  was  especially 
active  during  the  war.  Three  hundred  dollars  worth  of  Liberty 
Bonds  and  War  Stamps  were  purchased  by  the  Council.* 


1369     NAPERVILLE  COUNCIL 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—       Walter  Migely 

Rev.  August    Wenker         V.  A.  Dieter  William    Bapst 

Rev.  B.  J.  Schuette  J.  A.   Schmidt 

Naperville  Council  No.  1369  was  instituted  January  17, 
1909.  The  idea  of  organizing  a  Council  seems  to  have  been 
conceived  by  Phil  J.  Willems,  although  he  modestly  refuses  all 
the  honor.  According  to  Mr.  Willems,  the  movement  was 
started  at  a  gathering  of  men  in  the  office  of  Joseph  A.  Reuss, 
one  evening  in  October,  1908,  shortly  after  several  of  those 
present  had  taken  their  major  degree  in  Aurora.  It  was  then 
and  there  agreed  that  a  committee  should  call  upon  the  pastor, 
Rev.  August  Wenker,  and  ask  his  permission  to  give  a  medal  to 
the  pupil  having  the  highest  mark  in  Christian  Doctrine  in  each 
of  the  upper  grades  of  the  parish  school,  and  also  for  permission 
to  institute  a  Council  in  the  Parish.  Mr.  Willems,  then  a  veiy 
active  member  of  Englewood  Council,  and  who  had  been  assist- 
ing in  degree  work  in  and  about  Chicago,  was  chosen  as  Chair- 
man of  the  General  Arrangements  Committee ;  Joseph  A.  Reuss 
of  Loyola  Council  was  chosen  Secretary.  One  hundred  and  one 
Knights,  eighty  of  whom  were  admitted  into  full  fellowship  on 
that  day  formed  the  charter  membership  of  the  Council.  The 
ceremonies  of  the  day  were  formally  opened  by  a  Solemn  High 
Mass  celebrated  in  SS.  Peter  and  Paul's  Church,  the  sermon 
being  preached  by  the  eloquent  Msgr.  Francis  C.  Kelley,  of  the 
Catholic  Church  Extension  Society.  All  prospective  members 
and  visiting  Knights  attended  the  services.  Early  in  the  after- 
noon the  first  degree  of  the  Order  was  conferred  upon  the 


4.  On   April   1,   1921,   Blue   Island  Council   had   a   membership  of  271. 


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initiates,  by  the  officers  of  Elgin  Council.    The  second  degree 
followed  under  the  direction  of  the  officers  of  Aurora  Council. 
The  impressive  and  successful  manner  in  which  the  major 
degree  was  exemplified  by  the  worthy  State  Deputy,  James 
Maher  and  staff,  brought  a  chorus  of  praise   and  thanks  from 
the  many  visiting  members,  and  the  enthusiastic  candidates. 
Thomas  Boland  of  Lafayette  Council  acted  as  warden  in  charge. 
One  of  the  delightful  incidents  of  the  degree  work  was  the 
beautiful  musical  setting  furnished  by  the  Damen   Council 
Quartette  of  Chicago,  a  group  of  Knights  whose  musical  offer- 
ings have  won  the  plaudits  of  the  Order  in  Chicago  for  several 
years.    Carolus  Hall,  made  especially  attractive  and  home-like 
by  a  beautiful  scheme  of  floral  decorations,  was  the  scene  of  a 
sumptuous  banquet  which  followed  the  conclusion  of  the  major 
degree.     The  presence  of  a  large  number  of  active  and  past 
officers  of  surrounding  Councils  and  of  Chicago,  together  with 
the  presence  of  the  State  Deputy  and  a  large  number  of  his 
District  Deputies,  made  the  institution  particularly  noteworthy. 
Robert  Ackerman,  District  Deputy,  who  acted  as  Chancellor 
in  the  first  degree  exemplified  at  Naperville,  was  appointed 
District  Deputy  for  the  new  Council.  The  first  principal  officers 
elected  at  the  time  of  institution  were :    Valentine  A.  Dieter, 
Grand  Knight;  Theodore  F.  Boecker,  Deputy  Grand  Knight: 
Peter  D.  Bapst,  Chancellor;  George  V.  Clements,  Financial 
Secretary;  Emil  F.  Schwartz,  Recorder;  Richard  J.  Walsh, 
Warden ;  John  W.  Egermann,  Treasurer.    Rev.  August  Wen- 
ker  was  selected  as  Chaplain.    Naperville  Council  has  a  record 
of  twelve  years   of   successful   endeavor.    Every   movement 
sponsored  or  approved  by  the    Order,  nationally  or  locally,  was 
fostered  by   the   Council.    Religion,   charity   and   education 
had  in  the  Council  a  firm  friend  and  loyal  supporter.     The 
Council's  war  record  is  one  of  the  most  brilliant  in  the  chron- 
icles of  the  Order,  especially  on  account  of  the  distinction  that 
came  to  several  of  its  members.    The  story  of  the  Babst  brothers, 


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three  of  them,  one  a  distinguished  war  Chaplain ;  another  the 
recipient  of  war  decorations,  and  the  third  a  gold  star,  is  told 
in  other  chapters.  There  were  others,  too,  who  distinguished 
themselves,  and  two  more,  Arnold  P.  Hiltenbrand  and  Robert 
M.  Riedy,  M'ho  gave  their  lives.^ 

1382     CARLYLE  COUNCIL,  Carlyle 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  Paul  V.   Schaefer 

Rev.  J.  B.  Diepen-  Hugh  V.  Murray  Andrew  O.  Niehoff 

brock  J.   A.   Rogan  Alois  P.   Hahn 

Rev.  J.  H.  Bruns  W.  S.  Westermann  Arthur  Bruemmer 

Rev.  Nicolas   Dietrich  Hubert  J.   Schafly 

Carlyle  Council  No.  1382  was  instituted  February  21, 
1909.  The  men  who  were  responsible  for  bringing  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  to  Carlyle  were  N.  W.  Konrad,  A.  N.  Hallerman, 
H.  C.  Trierweiler,  H.  V.  Murray,  W.  S.  Westerman,  Fred 
Feulner,  J.  D.  Kueper,  H.  J,  Hallerman  and  J.  H.  Frerker,  Jr. 
At  the  institution  of  the  council  the  first  degree  was  conferred 
by  the  officers  of  Effingham  Council ;  the  second  degree  was  con- 
ferred by  the  officers  of  Tri  Cities  Council,  and  the  Third  De- 
gree was  conferred  by  Frank  J.  Trainor,  of  Centralia,  District 
Deputy,  assisted  by  James  Brady  and  staff.  Hugh  V.  Mur- 
ray served  three  years  as  Grand  Knight  and  was  succeeded 
by  J.  E.  Rogan ;  then  by  W.  S.  Westermann ;  then  by  Hubert  J. 
Schlafly ;  then  by  Paul  V.  Schaefer ;  then  by  Andrew  0.  Nie- 
hoff, and  then  by  Fred  P.  Haderlein,  the  present  incumbent. 
Mr.  J.  B.  Wuller  was  elected  Financial  Secretary,  and  has  con- 
tinued and  still  holds  the  office.  C.  H.  Nicolay  has  been  Record- 
ing Secretary  for  the  last  five  years.  Many  of  the  charter  mem- 
bers still  attend  the  meetings  and  are  active  in  the  affairs  of  the 
Council.  Rev.  J.  B.  Diepenbrock  and  Rev.  Nicholas  Dietrich 
were  charter  members  and  many  other  priests  have  been  mem- 
bers of  this  Council.  Father  Diepenbrock  departed  this  life 
in  1920.    He  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Bruns,  the  present 


5.  Naperville  Council  had  250  members  April  1,  1921. 


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rector.  The  Council  numbers  men  of  every  profession  among 
its  members,  lawyers,  doctors,  priests,  merchants,  farmers, 
miners,  auto-mechanics,  etc.  The  present  membership  is  about 
320.  During  the  world  war  this  Council  sent  many  members 
to  the  camps  and  many  of  them  took  active  part  on  the  battle 


GEORGE  MULLIGAN, 
Phil  Sheridan  Council 


CHARLES  J.  FITZMAURICE, 
Loyola-Hyde    Park   Council 


front.  Many  were  wounded  and  five  deaths  occurred.  Many 
of  the  men  who  took  an  active  part  are  too  modest  to  teU  their 
experiences  and  unless  pressed  will  decline  to  talk.  One  on 
being  asked  the  part  which  he  took  in  a  certain  event  said  that 
he  was  trying  to  forget  the  awful  scenes  of  battle  and  intimated 
that  he  did  not  want  to  hear  more  questions  about  it.     Some 


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speak  highly  of  their  officers  and  one  and  aU  praise  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  for  the  way  they  stood  by  the  men  in  the  service.® 

1419    ST.  AUGUSTINE  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLATN'S—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  Joseph  J.  Reiter 

Rev.  F.  J.  Karabas  Joseph  C.  Schwarz  Adolph  Mever 

Rev.  Paul  Drevniak  Henry  Mayer  Joseph  Forst 

Rev.  Peter   Gaul  Mathew  Krump 

St.  Augustine  Council  No.  1419  of  Chicago,  was  insti- 
tuted May  23,  1909.  The  movement  for  a  new  Council  was 
begun  by  Joseph  C.  Schwarz,  Paul  Schmidt,  Albert  Burger, 
John  Hanippal  and  Joseph  J.  Reiter.  The  council  was  organ- 
ized by  District  Deputy  John  T.  McEnery.  The  officers  of 
Thomas  Aquinas  Council  had  charge  of  the  first  and  second 
degrees,  and  the  major  degree  ^  as  conferred  by  State  Deputy 
James  Maher.  The  principal  officers  elected  at  the  time  of 
institution  were :  Grand  Knight,  Joseph  C.  Schwarz ;  Deputy 
Grand  Knight,  Albert  Burger;  Chancellor,  Mathew  Elrump; 
Financial  Secretary-,  Daniel  E.  McLaughlin;  Recorder,  Joseph 
Birchler;  Treasurer,  Frank  A.  "Werhard.  Rev.  F.  J.  Kara- 
bas was  selected  as  Chaplain.  The  charter  class  was  very  small, 
but  the  council  has  grown  to  a  membership  of  300.  None  of  the 
work  of  the  Order  has  been  neglected  by  the  council,  and  when 
the  nation  became  involved  in  the  world  war  the  council  activi- 
ties were  redoubled.  During  the  drive  for  welfare  funds  the 
members  collected  $1,500.  Tokens  of  remembrance  were  sent 
to  the  men  in  service  periodically  during  the  war.  In  the 
conduct  of  its  work  the  council  has  expended  for  educational 
purposes  $2,000:  for  religious  purposes  $2,500:  for  charity 
$1.300 ;  for  war  welfare  work  $2,000.  The  council  o^tis  $1,500 
in  Libertv  Bonds  and  $500  in  "\^'ar  Stamps. 


6.  The  extreme  modesty  of  those  who  served  is  iUnstrated  by  the  dough- 
boy's remarks  allnded  to. 


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1434    GENERAL  SHERMAN  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS —  Rev.  George  A.  Parker  John  M.   Lee 

Rev.  James  Hynes  r^-o  x-^t-t,  r^^.^^n-l^^a  John  J.   Gorman 

Rev.  Theodore  Small  GKArsiU  KJNlGMifc.—  Thomas  J.  Geary 

Rev.  John  B.  Ferring         Charles  Howard  John  J.  Lynch 

James  J.  Ferran  George  F.  Buck 

General  Sherman  Council  No.  1434  of  Chicago  was  insti- 
tuted January  27,  1909.  In  the  early  part  of  that  year  five 
members  of  Lafayette  Council,  viz.,  Rev.  James  A.  Hynes,  Dr. 
Joseph  Hynes,  James  J.  Ferran,  Charles  Howard  and  Michael 
Hanrahan  (deceased),  residing  in  Our  Lady  of  Angels  par- 
ish, formed  a  committee  and  applied  to  the  State  Deputy, 
James  Maher,  for  permission  to  organize  a  council  in  the  above 
mentioned  vicinity.     The  request  was  granted. 

About  this  time  a  patriotic  wave  was  sweeping  over  the 
country,  and  ' '  General  Sherman ' '  was  considered  an  appropri- 
ate name  for  the  council,  in  honor  both  of  the  distinguished 
General  and  of  his  son,  Rsv.  William  T.  Sherman,  S.  J.,  who, 
at  that  time,  was  located  in  Holy  Family  parish.  For  the  in- 
formation of  many  who  have  been  misinformed,  General  Sher- 
man died  a  Catholic,  and  is  buried  in  Calvary  cemetery,  St. 
Louis,  Missouri. 

The  council  was  instituted  with  73  new  members  and  five 
transfers  at  Northwest  Hall,  Western  and  North  Avenues, 
Justin  McCarthy  and  staff  officiated  in  the  first  and  second 
degrees.  State  Deputy  James  Maher  and  staff  exemplified  the 
third  degree.  The  present  state  deputy,  Edward  Houlihan, 
was  the  first  district  deputy. 

The  council  has  promoted  several  successful  affairs,  such  as 
picnics,  dances,  stags,  banquets,  children 's  and  Christmas  par- 
ties. Several  minstrel  shows  were  produced  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Joseph  Gannon  and  George  F.  Buck.  At  the  meetings, 
besides  musical  and  other  features  of  entertainment,  there  have 
been  renowned  speakers,  including  Rev.  Patrick  Mullins,  S.  J. ; 
Rev.  John  Webster  Melody,  D.  D. ;  William  Canavan ;  James 
R.  McCann   (deceased)  ;  Rev.  John  P.  Schiffer;  Rev.  Joseph 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  311 

Lauerman;  Rev.  George  Parker;  Rev.  Charles  McClellan  and 
various  judges  and  public  men. 

Athletics  have  been  promoted  at  all  times,  the  council  enter- 
ing teams  in  baseball,  bowling,  and  indoor  ball.  Recently  a 
rule  has  been  incorporated  in  the  by-laws  of  the  council  re- 
quiring a  permanent  committee  on  athletics  so  that  the  council 
can  take  an  active  part  in  all  sports  promoted  by  the  Knights 
of  Columbus. 

Eighty-six  members  of  the  council  served  in  the  army  and 
navy  during  the  late  war,  of  whom  all  returned.  Many  mem- 
bers donated  a  portion  of  their  time  in  voluntary  sei  vice,  such 
as  Red  Cross,  Liberty  Loan,  Welfare  Drives  and  American  Pro- 
tective League  service.  The  council  invested  generously  in 
Liberty  Bonds,  which  it  still  possesses,  and  paid  the  council 
dues  of  all  members  in  the  service  of  the  army  and  navy. 

The  council  has  steadily  grown  from  the  time  of  its  incep- 
tion to  the  present  membership  of  756,  with  good  prospects 
of  increasing. 

One  feature  in  force  in  the  council  is  known  as  the  imme- 
diate aid  fund.  An  assessment  of  25  cents  per  quarter  is  col- 
lected from  every  member  in  conjunction  with  the  quarterly 
dues.  The  assessment  is  placed  in  the  above  mentioned  fund 
and  upon  the  death  of  a  member,  either  associate  or  insurance, 
the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  is  paid  to  the  parties,  who  are 
in  charge  of  the  deceased,  as  soon  as  the  officers  are  notified 
and  proper  identification  is  made.  This  has  proven  a  good 
feature  and  on  account  of  it,  not  only  the  council  but  the 
Order  in  general  has  been  complimented  by  people  who  are  not 
members. 

The  council  originally  met  in  Our  Lady  of  the  Angels  Hall. 
Later,  seeing  an  opportunity  to  expand  it  moved  to  3900  W. 
North  Ave.,  where  it  was  centrally  located  between  Our  Lady 
of  the  Angels,  Maternity  of  the  B.  V.  M.,  and  St.  Philomena's 
parishes.     It  is  now  moving  into  larger  quarters  in  the  new 


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Tiffin  theater  building,  where  a  five-year  lease  has  been  signed 
with  full  possession.  A  committee  is  working  on  plans  for  a 
permanent  home  at  the  expiration  of  five  years  which  indicates 
the  progress  of  the  council. 

1444    FATHER  PEREZ  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  John  T.  Burke 

Rev.  Edward  Ricciar-  Edward  C.  Barry  William  B.  Haas 

delli  John  J.   Guthrie  James  J.  Keown 

Rev.  C.  J.  Ford,  John  M.  Fox  Frank  R.  McGarr 

O.  S.  A.  Emmet  J.  McCarthy 

Father  Perez  Council  No.  1444  of  Chicago  was  instituted 
November  7,  1909.  The  aggressive  men  in  the  preliminary 
proceedings  were  John  R.  Reilly,  Edwin  C.  Barry,  Dr.  M,  H. 
Pauly,  Richard  J.  Burns,  John  S.  Boes,  Thomas  M.  Moroney 
and  Joseph  Sturmer.  At  the  institution,  the  first  degree  was 
conferred  by  Past  Grand  Knight  P.  B.  Birong,  and  Past  Chan- 
cellor J.  X.  Galvin,  of  Englewood  Council,  and  staff ;  the  second 
degree  was  exemplified  by  Past  Grand  Knight  of  Americus 
Council,  Peter  C.  Hoey  and  staff,  and  the  major  degree  by  Past 
State  Deputy  James  Maher.  The  first  regular  meeting  of  the 
council  was  held  in  the  present  chambers  at  6319  S.  Ashland 
avenue,  on  November  7,  1909,  and  the  name  Father  Perez  was 
selected  at  the  suggestion  of  Rev.  C.  P.  0  'Neill,  0.  S.  A.,  now 
Prefect  of  Studies  at  the  College  of  Villa  Nova  in  Pennsylvania.^ 
Ralph  C.  Reilly  early  in  the  days  of  the  council  conceived  the 
idea  that  a  council  publication  would  be  welcome  in  the  homes 
of  Perez  members,  and  the  newsy  little  publication  known  as 
the  "Fr.  Perez  Herald"  was  first  issued  on  August  27th,  1912. 
The  founder  of  the  Herald,  was  likewise  its  first  editor,  and 
under  his  direction  it  was  issued  semi-monthly  up  to  September 
14th,  1915,  when  he  resigned.  Michael  W.  Doyle  was  then 
appointed  editor  and  Harry  M.  Doyle  manager.    When  Grand 

7.  Named  in  honor  of  Father  Juan  Perez,  prior  of  LaRabida  Convent. 
Spain,  who  aided  Columbus  so  materially.  The  popularity  of  the  great  prior 
IS  evidenced  by  the  large  number  of  councils  throughout  the  jurisdiction  (two 
m  Illinois)   named  in  his  honor. 


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Knight  James  J.  Keown  went  into  office,  one  of  his  first  official 
acts  was  to  enlarge  the  Fr.  Perez  Herald,  and  he  appointed 
Bro.  Daniel  O'Connell,  past  recorder  and  publicity  agent  as 
editor-in  chief.  The  new  council  publication  "The  Fr.  Perez 
Smile''  came  into  being  with  Christmas  1919  edition,  and  has 


QUIN    O'BRIEN. 
Marquette   Council 


FRANCIS  J.   O'SHAUGHNESSY, 
Ravenswood  Council 


been  a  success  from  the  start.  It  is  published  on  the  same 
principle  as  a  metropolitan  newspaper,  and  its  continued 
success  speaks  well  for  Mr.  0  'Connell  's  ability  as  a  newspaper 
man  and  editor.  A  Memorial  Mass  is  celebrated  each  Thanks- 
giving Day  for  the  repose  of  the  souls  of  departed  members. 
Memorial  services  are  also  held  annually  in  the  Council  Cham- 


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bers,  and  are  very  impressive  occasions.  Perez  members  attend 
the  annual  retreat  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  large  num- 
bers. An  important  philanthropic  work  of  the  council  is  the 
work  of  the  Christmas  Cheer  Committee,  making  the  needy 
happy.  Christmas  baskets  containing  substantial  supplies  are 
delivered  to  the  needy  reported  in  the  vicinity  of  the  council 
regardless  of  creed.  As  strong  believers  in  higher  education 
the  council  passed  a  resolution  for  a  scholarship  in  St.  Rita's 
College,  Chicago,  defraying  expenses  of  tuition  and  books  in 
the  years  1913-14-15-16-17-18-19-20.  A  Fife  and  Drum  Corps 
is  a  council  enterprise  under  the  direction  of  Edward  Dixon 
and  the  management  of  Patrick  J.  Keeley  and  J.  J.  Carroll. 
The  Perez  Minstrels  is  a  well-known  entertaining  organization, 
under  the  direction  of  John  H.  Dearham.  During  the  war 
Perez  Minstrels  realized  several  hundred  dollars  from  high  class 
minstrel  at  the  Marlowe  Theatre.  The  proceeds  were  used  for 
war  purposes.  The  Perez  War  Welfare  Committee  sent  the 
proceeds,  together  with  an  especially  designed  Perez-0-Gram, 
containing  the  council  Honor  Roll,  Christmas  Cheer  Greetings 
from  our  worthy  Chaplain,  Rev.  C.  J.  Ford,  0.  S.  A.,  and  a 
Yuletide  Message  from  the  membership  to  the  men  in  service. 
Athletics  in  the  form  of  baseball,  indoor  baseball,  bowling  and 
basketball  have  at  all  times  received  the  generous  support  of 
the  council.  The  council  is  the  proud  possessor  of  three  Knights 
of  Columbus  championships,  also  holds  the  amateur  champion- 
ships of  the  Middle  West  and  the  championships  of  the  Fra- 
ternal leagues  of  Illinois.  Under  the  leadership  of  "Jimmy" 
Keown,  the  Perez  club  won  the  Knights  of  Columbus  city  cham- 
pionship in  1916,  while  Vincent  Bullen  carried  off  the  individ- 
ual championship  batting  honors.  With  Leo  Dixon  at  the  helm 
in  1917  the  club  repeated.  With  Vincent  Bullen  as  manager  in 
1919  the  club  again  repeated  and  also  carried  off  the  amateur 
championship  of  the  Middle  West  and  the  fraternal  champion- 
ships of  Illinois.    When  the  United  States  entered  the  world 


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war  three  hundred  and  twenty-six  members  of  Perez  Council 
answered  the  call  to  arms.  Of  this  number  six  were  called  upon 
to  make  the  supreme  sacrifice,  and  fifteen  rose  from  the  ranks 
in  all  branches  of  the  service  and  won  commissions  as  captains 
and  lieutenants.  Joseph  P.  Elwood  and  Joseph  J.  Sullivan 
won  both  the  Distinguished  Service  Cross  and  the  Croix  de 
Guerre  for  conspicuous  bravery  on  the  field  of  battle.  Both  also 
were  mentioned  in  the  citations  on  numerous  occasions.  It 
fell  to  the  lot  of  Edward  W.  Benson,  Bernard  J.  Howe,  Matthew 
J.  Kilburg,  Robert  R.  Kennedy,  John  J.  Sullivan  and  Byron 
V.  McClusky  to  make  the  supreme  sacrifice.  Past  Grand 
Knight,  John  J.  Guthrie  of  Perez  Council,  was  appointed  as 
divisional  director  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  "Welfare  work 
for  eight  southern  states.  J.  Green,  George  E.  Berry,  John 
J.  Burns,  Charles  M.  Bates,  Francis  Cunningham  and  Cletes  R. 
Keane  of  the  council  were  Knights  of  Columbus  Secretaries. 
At  the  close  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  drive  for  war  funds, 
it  was  announced  that  Father  Perez  Council,  with  the  exception 
of  one  other,  had  turned  in  the  highest  contribution — close  to 
six  thousand  dollars.  This  was  accomplished  mainly  through 
the  efforts  of  Grand  Knight  James  J.  Keown;  Past  Grand 
Knight  John  T.  Burke,  chairman  of  the  War  Welfare  Com- 
mittee, and  Past  Deputy  Grand  Knight  Patrick  H.  Gallagher. 
Father  Perez  Council  also  purchased  $1,100  worth  of  Liberty 
Bonds,  and  donated  to  and  supported  every  known  drive  for 
funds,  including  the  Red  Cross,  the  Salvation  Army,  the  Y. 
M.  C.  A.,  and  others.  The  council  at  Christmas  time  1918, 
staged  perhaps  the  largest  affair  ever  produced  by  a  subordi- 
nate council  in  the  form  of  an  indoor  football  game  under  the 
direction  of  James  J.  Keown,  John  T.  Burke  and  the  member- 
ship. Several  thousand  dollars  was  realized  and  every  penny 
of  it  was  turned  over  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus  War  Fund 
for  the  comfort  of  the  men  in  the  service.  The  council  has 
subscribed  to  the  Catholic  University  Fund,  Philippine  Church 


316         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Extension  and  many  minor  donations.  The  officiary  of  the 
council  includes  Edwin  C.  Barry,  first  Grand  Knight ;  John  J. 
Guthrie,  John  M.  Fox,  John  T.  Burke,  William  B.  Haas  and 
James  J.  Keown,  successors  in  that  office.  John  R.  Eeilly,  who 
has  held  the  important  office  of  Financial  Secretary  since  the 
institution  of  the  council,  John  S.  Boes,  who  has  had  a  similar 
experience,  Dr.  Michael  H.  Pauly,  who  likewise  has  held  the 
office  of  Medical  Examiner  since  the  institution  of  the  council. 
Thomas  M.  Mullen,  Daniel  0  'Connell,  John  M.  Fox  and  Henry 
B.  Wickers,  Recorders;  Edward  D.  Byrnes,  Hugh  C.  Reilly 
and  Henry  B.  Wickers,  Council  Scribes;  Michael  H.  Pauly, 
Anthony  J.  Stalzer,  John  S.  Reiner,  Michael  W.  Doyle,  James 
J.  Keown,  Hugh  C.  Reilly  and  John  H.  Dearham  as  Lecturers, 
deserve  well  of  the  council  and  merit  special  mention.  Council 
chaplains  Rev.  Edward  Ricciardelli,  CC.  C,  and  Rev.  C.  J. 
Ford,  0.  S.  A.,  have  endeared  themselves  to  every  member  of 
the  council.® 


1456    WASHINGTON  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  John    R.     Burdlck 

Rev.  N.  J.  Kremer  James  M.   Carey  Thomas  Dolan 

Rev.  James  O'Shea  John  B.  McFall  Marcus  Bertsch 
Rev.   Conrad  Knurr 

Washington  Council  No.  1456  of  Maywood  was  instituted 
December  18,  1908,  through  the  efforts  of  William  T.  Collins  of 
Lafayette  Council  and  James  M.  Carey  of  Damen  Council, 
assisted  later  by  Rev.  N.  J.  Kremer,  formerly  of  Fort  Dearborn 
Council.  District  Deputy  Peter  C.  Hoey  directed  the  prelimi- 
nary work.  The  first  and  second  degrees  were  exemplified  by 
the  officers  of  Americus  Council,  with  Peter  C.  Hoey  in  charge. 
The  major  degree  was  conferred  by  District  Deputy  James 
Donahoe  and  staff.  The  principal  officers  elected  at  the  time 
of  institution  were  James  M.  Carey,  Grand  Knight;  W.  E. 

8.  Father  Perez.  No.  1,444.  is  one  of  the  large  Councils,  with  a  mem- 
liership  of  1,444  on  April  1,  1921. 


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Herman,  Deputy  Grand  Knight;  A.  J.  Busscher,  Financial 
Secretary ;  J.  R.  Burdick,  Recorder ;  William  T.  Collins,  Treas- 
urer; Rev.  N.  J.  Kremer,  Chaplain.  At  the  time  of  the  insti- 
tution of  this  council  Maywood  had  but  60  Catholic  families, 
and  the  council  was  organized  with  44  members.  The  progress 
was  naturally  slow,  but  there  are  now  over  250  members.  The 
usual  routine  of  work  was  discharged  during  the  several  years 
preceding  the  war,  but  when  the  country  became  involved 
in  the  war  the  council  became  very  active.  It  had  a  good 
representation  in  the  service,  and  contributed  to  all  war  work 
and  all  war  funds.  Since  the  war  members  of  the  council  are 
constant  visitors  to  the  Edward  Hines  Hospital,  which  is  located 
near  the  situs  of  the  council,  where  they  exert  themselves  to 
make  it  as  pleasant  as  possible  for  the  disabled  service  men  who 
are  confined  there.  One  member  of  the  council,  Emmet  M. 
Casey,  made  the  supreme  sacrifice,  and  he  and  John  Corrigan, 
both  members  of  the  108th  Engineers,  were  cited  for  bravery 
in  bringing  in  members  of  their  company  who  had  been  injured 
under  fire.  From  the  110  members  belonging  to  the  council 
when  the  call  to  arms  was  made  36  responded.^ 

1496     MONMOUTH  COUNCIL,  Monmouth 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—       J.  J.  Ryan 

Rev.  P.  P.  Owens  Rev.  P.  V.  Egan  James  A.   O'Hearn 

Rev.  J.    J.    Lyons  D.    W.    O'Connor  J.    F.    Cook 

Rev.   T.   J.   Owens  J.  D.  Toal  J.   J.   Burk 

Rev.  M.  A.  Coffey  A.   J.  Ritchel  Leo  G.  Pfaff 

Mark  Murphy 

Monmouth  Council  No.  1496  was  instituted  July  3,  1910, 
under  the  direction  of  State  Deputy  James  Maher.  To  Rev. 
P.  V.  Egan  and  Joseph  D.  Toal  are  due  the  credit  of  bringing 
the  Order  to  Monmouth.  At  the  time  of  the  institution  the  first 
and  second  degrees  were  exemplified  by  the  officers  of  Gales- 
burg  Council,  with  James  McKinney  as  Grand  Knight,  and  the 


9.  The  councils  located  near  the  hospitals  availed  themselves  of  the 
opportunity  for  valuable  service  as  appears  from  the  history  of  several  such 
councils. 


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major  degree  was  conferred  by  James  Maher,  State  Deputy, 
and  staff.  Rev.  P.  P.  Owens,  the  pastor  of  the  Immaculate 
Conception  Church,  was  selected  as  the  first  chaplain,  and  Rev. 
P.  V.  Egan  was  the  first  Grand  Knight.  Soon  after  the  council 
was  instituted  a  set  of  the  Catholic  Encyclopedia  was  placed  in 
the  Public  Library,  and  since  then  other  Catholic  books  have 
been  donated  by  the  council.  To  the  rebuilding  of  the  church, 
which  was  destroyed  by  fire,  the  council  contributed  about 
$500,  in  addition  to  $100  for  a  window.  In  the  furnishing  of 
the  Sisters'  school  $990.20  was  expended  for  seating  and  other 
equipment.  The  council  has  always  maintained  suitable  head- 
quarters containing  a  commodious  hall  and  club  rooms,  and 
these  have  always  been  given  free  of  rent  to  all  Church  so- 
cieties and  for  all  meetings  and  entertainments  for  the  benefit 
of  such  societies  or  of  the  Church.  Amongst  those  who  used 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  quarters  may  be  named  the  Altar 
Society,  Church  Extension  Society,  Young  Ladies'  Society, 
and  the  Holy  Name  SocietJ^  In  all  charities  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  have  been  among  the  first  to  make  donations,  and  the 
council  has  frequently  been  commended  for  its  generositv*. 
During  the  war  ^lonmouth  Council  was  prominent  in  all  war 
activities.  It  was  the  first  organization  in  Monmouth  to  send 
gifts  to  the  men  in  the  service,  such  as  cigars,  pipes,  cigarettes 
and  tobacco,  the  first  gifts  of  this  nature  being  sent  to  Company 
H,  6th  Regiment,  I.  N.  G..  while  that  unit  was  on  duty  at  the 
Arsenal  at  Rock  Island.  Two  of  the  members  received 
mention  as  Four-ilinute  men.  and  aU  of  the  members  were 
active  in  aU  war  drives.  In  the  Knights  of  Columbus  drive  the 
council's  quota  was  $1,300.  but  $4,960.98  was  raised  under  the 
leadership  of  the  Past  Grand  Knight  and  Past  District  Deputy. 
John  J.  Ryan.  Twenty-three  of  the  members  were  in  the  ser- 
vice and  discharged  their  duties  faithfully.  The  council  ten- 
dered the  use  of  its  hall  and  club  rooms  to  the  returned  soldiers 
and  sailors  when  the  American  Legion  was  established  in  the 


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city,  and  the  tender  was  accepted  and  the  quarters  used  by  the 
local  branch  of  the  legion  until  other  quarters  could  be  secured.^" 


1511     SANTA  MARIE  COUNCIL,  Chicago 


CHAPLAINS— 
Rev.  Edward  O'Reilly 


GRAND  KNIGHTS— 
P.  H.  Moynihan 


T.  H.   Davey 
Joseph  E.  Roy 


Santa  Marie  Council  No.  1511  was  instituted  in  the  Pull- 
man district  of  Chicago  October  3,  1910,  through  the  unceasing 
efforts  of  Rev.  Edward  0  'Reilly.  For  many  years  Father  0  '- 
Reilly  sought  to  have  a  council  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  insti- 


THOS.   H.   DA  VET, 
Santa  Marie  Council 


THOMAS  KELLY, 
Santa  Marie  Council 


tuted  within  St.  Patrick's  Parish  and  eventually  secured  the 
names  of  ninety  applicants.  The  first  degree  was  conferred  by 
Blue  Island  Council,  the  second  by  Calumet  and  the  major  de- 
gree by  Jas.  Maher,  State  Deputy.  P.  H.  Moynihan  was  the  first 


10.  One  hundred  sixty-six  members  (April  1,  1921)  accomplished  all  these 
results. 


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Grand  Knight.  After  one  year  he  was  succeeded  by  Thomas  H. 
Davey,  who  has  been  reelected  to  leadership  each  succeeding 
year  since.     Santa  Marie  Council  has  diverse  membership,  in 


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which  are  included  eight  Priests,  numerous  lawyers  and  doctors 
and  a  number  of  police  officers,  and,  in  fact,  men  from  almost 
every  calling.  So  conspicuous  has  Santa  Marie  Council  been  in 
sports  and  athletics  as  to  merit  special  mention.  In  the  second 


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year  of  its  history  it  maintained  a  baseball  club,  managed  by 
H.  O'Neill  and  Captain  John  Maher,  and  in  that  year  won 
fifteen  games  and  lost  but  five.  In  the  next  year  the  team  won 
the  suburban  championship,  having  the  highest  average  of  the 
ten  councils  competing.  In  that  year  Joe  Roach  was  manager 
and  Edward  Coggin  was  captain.  During  the  autumn  and 
winter  of  that  year  the  council  entered  a  bowling  team  in  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  city  league  under  the  captaincy  of  An- 
thony McGlone,  and  attained  a  high  score.  During  the  next 
year  the  council  won  a  second  championship  in  the  suburban 
baseball  league.  The  team  during  that  year  was  managed  by 
Edward  Goggin  with  Captain  Dr.  Thomas  Carlos.  The  war 
over,  the  council  entered  a  basketball  team  in  the  city  league 
in  1919,  and  won  the  Southern  Division  championship.  This 
team  was  managed  by  John  Sullivan  with  Frank  Wicks  as 
Captain.  Out  of  sixteen  games  played  the  team  won  fifteen. 
Amongst  social  events  the  council  observed  Columbus  Day  1917 
in  South  Chicago  with  a  great  military  ball  and  drill,  put  on  by 
the  boys  in  the  Naval  service  at  Great  Lakes.  On  Columbus 
Day  1919  the  council  gave  a  band  concert,  with  an  address  on 
Columbus  by  Hon.  Francis  J.  0 'Shaughnessy.  In  May,  1919, 
a  military  ball  was  staged  for  the  returned  soldiers.  Santa 
Marie  Council  had  140  of  its  members  in  the  service  of  their 
country  during  the  war.  The  council  paid  the  dues  of  these 
members  from  the  time  they  entered  the  service  until  they 
came  back.  Amongst  the  members  of  the  council  who  were 
especially  active  in  assisting  the  men  in  the  service  at  the 
camps  and  in  other  situations  were  Edwin  Kelly,  John  H. 
Ryan  and  Brothers  Bohling,  Jonelis,  Wilson,  Dickson,  Ruel, 
Meyers,  Courtney,  O'Keefe,  Wind,  LaMarbe  and  Thomson. 
On  Sunday,  March  4th,  1918,  the  members  of  the  council  paid  a 
visit  to  Camp  Grant ;  took  six  entertainers  and  gave  a  show  for 
the  men  at  the  camp.  On  June  16,  1918,  the  members  in  200 
automobiles  left  South  Chicago  and  visited  the  Great  Lakes, 


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and  gave  a  minstrel  show  for  the  Jackies.  In  August,  1919, 
the  council  had  its  first  picnic,  which  was  held  at  Hudson  Lake, 
Indiana.  An  outing  and  picnic  was  held  at  Notre  Dame, 
Indiana,  in  1920.  A  schedule  of  contributions  shows  that  the 
council  expended  for  educational  purposes  $200 ;  for  religious 
purposes  $100 ;  for  charity  $100 ;  for  war  welfare  work  $1,000, 
and  for  Liberty  Bonds  and  War  Stamps  $2,000." 

1548    OAK  PARK  COUNCIL,  Oak  Park 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  Toal   McCullough 

Rev.  Thomas  J.  Mc-  John  Brennan  Joseph  T.  O'Neill 

Devitt  Louis  F.  Loughlin  Dennis  J.  Crowley 

Alex  J.  Donovan  Thomas  J.  Ryan 
Joseph  I.  Sheridan 

Oak  Park  Council  No.  1548  was  instituted  March  5,  1911. 
The  council  Historiographer  of  that  active  council  speaks  thus : 
"Prompted  by  an  eager  desire  for  fraternity,  and  anxious  to 
promote  the  ideals  and  interests  of  their  country,  their  Church, 
and  their  State,  the  spirit  which  seems  to  have  animated  the 
minds  of  a  coterie  of  Catholic  gentlemen,  in  the  beautiful  vil- 
lage of  Oak  Park,  is  symbolized  in  the  phrase,  '  Tlie  Crest  and 
Crowning  of  all  good,  Life's  final  star  is  brotherhood.'  "^- 
For  the  most  part  they  were  fellow  parishioners  of  Ascension 
Church,  and  residents  of  the  south  side  of  the  Village  of  Oak 
Park.  Preliminary  meetings  were  held  at  the  homes  of  some 
of  these  men,  and  the  trend  of  opinion  manifested  showed  them 
to  be  of  one  mind  in  the  choice  of  an  order  that  would  give 
full  scope  to  their  aims  and  ambitions.  Permission  was  ob- 
tained in  due  time  for  the  establishment  of  the  council.  The 
officers  who  conducted  the  initiatory  ceremonials  were  the  late 
James  Maher,  State  Deputy ;  LeRoy  Hackett,  State  Secretary ; 
and  William  N.  Brown,  President  of  the  Chicago  Chapter, 
assisted  by  Francis  J.  Houlihan,  Thomas  W.  Campbell,  Finle}' 


11.  Santa  Marie  No.  1511  is  also  a  large  and  activi'  council.     The  nifin- 
bership  April  1,   1921,  was   1,005. 

12.  Quoted  by   John   J.   Leonard,   Council  Historiographer. 


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323 


F.  Bell,  Leonard  E.  Lange,  Patrick  Ward,  James  Murray  and 
John  ]\IcNulty.  The  principal  officers  elected  at  the  first  busi- 
ness meeting  were:  Grand  Knight,  John  Brennan;  Deputy 
Grand  Knight.  Henry  Spencer ;  Chancellor,  Louis  F.  Loughlin  ; 


OAK  PARK  COUNCIL  HOME 


Financial  Secretary,  Peter  Donlon;  Recording  Secretary, 
William  F.  Bosley ;  Treasurer,  Albert  Winter.  Rev.  Thomas  J. 
McDevitt  was  the  first  chaplain.  Affiliation  with  the  Chicago 
Chapter  was  affected  as  early  as  possible.  The  council  was 
greatly  aided  in  its  work  by  the  constant  supervision  and  help*- 
ful  suggestions  of  District  Deputy  John  T.  McEnery.  The 
council  made  much  of  the  social  side  and  a  very  successful 
minstrel  show  was  given  at  Ascension  Hall  in  1913.  The  caste 
was  drawn  from  the  membership  and  the  performance  is  still 
the  subject  of  favorable  comment.  During  the  years  1912-1913 
the  council  entered  the  athletic  field,  and  was  represented  in 


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the  Knights  of  Columbus  Baseball  League  by  a  team  that  was 
alwaj^s  among  the  contenders  for  the  championship  of  the 
their  division.  In  1916  the  council's  meeting'  place  was 
removed  from  Ascension  Church  Hall  to  a  well  equipped  coun- 
cil chamber  at  820  Congress  street,  Oak  Park.  Then  began  one 
of  the  most  progressive  periods  in  the  history  of  the  council. 


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Tonti    Council 


It  fell  to  the  lot  of  Toal  McCullough  as  Grand  Knight  to  pilot 
the  council  through  the  trying  war  period.  With  ranks  de- 
pleted by  the  enlistment  of  more  than  twenty  percent  of  its 
members,  the  council  was  among  the  first  to  give  a  benefit 
entertainment  for  the  Knights  of  Columbus  war  fund.  It 
contributed  to  and  participated  in  every  war  activity.  In  the 
fall  of  1917  work  was  begun  for  the  acquisition  of  a  council 
home.  The  ' '  Oak  Park  Knights  of  Columbus  Building  Associ- 
ation" was  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Illinois, 
and  the  capital  stock  offered  to  the  members.    Soon  a  substan- 


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tial  amount  was  subscribed,  and  a  splendid  site  selected  and 
purchased.  The  war  coming  on  the  work  on  the  council  home  was 
suspended.  It  later  developed  that  the  building  used  by  the 
Sisters  as  a  convent  and  formerly  the  home  of  the  Ascension 
Young  Men's  Club  would  be  vacated  in  the  summer  of  1919, 
and  accordingly  this  building  was  purchased,  the  council  build- 
ing site  being  exchanged  as  part  payment.  It  is  worthy  of 
note  that  this  singular  achievement  was  carried  through  during 
the  time  of  the  war,  and  actuall}^  accomplished  prior  to  the 
signing  of  the  armistice.  Within  a  year  after  taking  over  the 
club  house,  the  council  was  in  position  to  pay  off  all  outstand- 
ing debts." 


1555     WEST  CHICAGO  COUNCIL,  West  Chicago 


CHAPLAINS— 
Rev.  T.  C.  Gaffney 
Rev.  B.    C.    Heeney 
Rev.  M.  J.  Fennessey 

GRAND  KNIGHTS— 
W.   L.   Wheeler 


Charles  Case 
Edward  W^alsh 
F.  T.   McCabe 
James   Carr 
John    Elliott 
P.  T.   Kennedy 


W.  T.  Carr 
W.  T.  Sheahan 
Felix  McFarland 
Henry    Fane 
M.   .\.  Dooley 
John  F.  Carr 


West  Chicago  Council  No.  1555 
was  instituted  in  West  Chicago  on 
March  12,  1911.  At  the  time  of  insti- 
tution W.  L.  Wheeler  was  elected 
Grand  Knight,  and  Rev.  T.  C.  Gaffney 
was  selected  as  chaplain.  The  council 
maintains  club  rooms  located  at  81-83 
West  North  St.,  West  Chicago.  There 
were  23  members  of  the  council  in  the 
service.  A  schedule  of  activities  shows 
the  council  expended  for  educational 
purposes  $213 ;  for  religious  purposes 
$155.26 ;  for  charity  $431.67 ;  for  war  welfare  work  $1,200." 

13.  From  A  Memoir  published  by  the  council  to  commemorate  the  tenth 
anniversary,  revised  and  brought  up  to  date  by  J.  J.  Leonard,  Council  His- 
toriographer. 

14.  West  Chicago  Council  had  184  members  on  April  1.  l!)2l,  and  must 
not  be  judged  by  the  meagre  sketch  supplied.  It  is  evident  from  the  schedule 
of  expenditures  for  excellent  purposes  that  it  is  an  effective  Council. 


JOSEPH  E.  ROY, 
Santa  Marie    Council 


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1567    TONTI  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS —                      GRAND  KNIGHTS—  August  Warnersson 

Rev.  J.  T.  McCormlck  John  C.  Gehant  Leo  A.  Murray 

Rev.  E.  L.  McDonough  George  C.  LeBeau  Edward  F.  Connelly 

Rev.  James  F.  Ryan  William  P.  Duffy 

ToNTi  Council  No.  1567  of  Chicago  was  instituted  May  7, 
1911.  The  name  of  the  council  does  honor  to  one  of  the  greatest 
characters  in  the  pioneer  history  of  America.^^  Immediately 
upon  organization  Tonti  Council  became  active  in  all  of  the 
work  of  the  Order,  and  has  to  its  credit  many  meritorious  works. 
It  was  the  outbreak  of  the  war,  however,  that  brought  to  the 
surface  the  enterprise  of  the  membership.  Out  of  the  total  of 
420 — 165  members — more  than  one-third,  were  in  the  service  of 
their  country.  The  Tonti  War  Welfare  Club  was  organized  to 
work  in  conjunction  with  the  Chicago  Chapter  War  Welfare 
Committee,  and  not  only  accomplished  this  purpose,  but 
through  the  untiring  efforts  of  Gustave  Warnesson,  at  the  time 
Grand  Knight,  Nicholas  Brettner,  President  of  the  Club, 
Frank  Schmidt,  George  LeBeau,  Bernard  Majewski,  A.  J. 
Kelley,  T.  B.  MaGrath,  George  McDonough,  Leo  Murray  and 
others  collected  its  full  quota  in  all  the  drives,  and  did  its  full 
share  in  every  work.  One  member,  Cassimar  Majewski  lost  his 
life  in  the  service,  and  several  were  wounded.^® 

1574    BRATDWOOD  COUNCIL,  BraJdwood 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  Lawrence    O'Sul-  Thomas  Kasher 

Rev.  Patrick  J.  Hen-  livan  W^illiam    B.    Higglns 

nessy  ^^  .  ^.^^^  T^xTT/-^TTrr.o  Rev.  P.   J.   Hennessy 

Rev.  L.    Donna  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  m.    J.    Donna 

Rev.  J.  B.  Murray  Patrick  J.   Linskey  William  Corbett 

Braidwood  Council  No.  1574  was  instituted  June  11,  1911. 
The  idea  of  organizing  a  council  in  Braidwood  was  conceived 


15.  Henri  de  Tonti  was  an  Italian  by  birth,  but  came  to  America  in  his 
young  manhood  in  the  French  service  attached  to  Robert  Cavalier  de  LaSalle. 
In  1680  he  became  the  governor  of  the  Illinois  Country,  with  residence  and 
headquarters  on  the  rock,  now  known  as  Starved  Rock,  where  he  governed 
an  Indian  and  French  colony  for  more  than  twenty  years.  Of  all  the  laymen 
who  came  into  the  Illinois  country  in  the  seventeenth  and  eighteenth  cen- 
turies, Tonti  was  the  greatest. 

16.  Tonti  Council  has  passed  the  one  thousand  mark.  On  April  1,  1921, 
there  were  1,088  members. 


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and  executed  by  Rev.  Patrick  J.  Hennessy,  formerly  a  member 
and  promoter  of  Newman  Council,  Evanston.  He  was  assisted 
by  M.  J.  Donna,  J.  Frank  Murphy  and  John  J.  Garrity  of 
Joliet  Council,  and  P.  J.  Linskey,  Thomas  Kasher  and  John 
Murphy  of  Pontiac  Council,  Pontiac  Council,  under  the  leader- 
ship of  District  Deputy  E.  A.  Simmons  conferred  the  first  and 
second  degrees,  and  State  Deputy  James  Maher  and  a  team 
from  Chicago  exemplified  the  major  degree.  The  council 
filled  a  long  felt  want  for  an  organized  body  to  lead  in  the 
Catholic  work  of  that  community.  It  rapidly  increased  in  mem- 
bership and  extended  to  the  various  towns  in  the  vicinity.  Its 
membership  now  comprises  the  leading  men  in  Braidwood, 
Wilmington,  Elwood,  Symerton,  Custer  Park,  Bonfield,  Essex, 
Reddick,  South  Wilmington,  Gardner,  Brace ville,  Torino,  Coal 
City,  Diamond,  Carbon  Hill,  Lorenzo  and  Blodgett.  The  coun- 
cil owns  a  beautiful  and  suitable  hall  through  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  Building  Association.  It  is  a  brick  structure  with 
council  chamber,  club  rooms,  dining  hall  and  kitchen  on  the 
first  floor,  and  theatre  and  dance  hall  on  the  second  floor.  The 
principal  work  of  the  council  has  been  the  promotion  of  the 
interests  of  Catholic  Churches  in  the  various  parishes  where  it 
is  established.  It  claims  credit  for  having  expended  for  edu- 
cational purposes  $2,200;  for  religious  purposes  $3,500;  for 
charity  $1,700;  for  war  welfare  work  $1,500;  for  Liberty 
Bonds,  War  Stamps,  etc.,  $4,000." 


1580    HIGHLAND  COUNCIL,  Highland 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—       N.  C.  Baumann.   M.  D. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Granke  Martin  Huber  Raymond  Spengel 

Rev.  Joseph  DeChene         Louis  Slengel 

HiGHLAiTO  Council  No.  1580  was  instituted  July  9,  1911. 
The  members  who  took  an  active  part  in  securing  the  council 
were  Jacob  Schaefer,  Carl  Metzger  and  Frank  Flaherty,  work- 


17.  Braidwood  Council  had  293  mombprs  on  April  1,  1921. 


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ing  under  the  direction  of  District  Deputy  John  R.  Kellahan  of 
orranite  City.  At  the  institution  the  first  and  second  degrees 
were  exemplified  by  the  officers  of  East  St.  Louis  Council,  and 
the  major  degree  by  District  Deputy  John  R.  Kellahan.  The 
principal  officers  first  elected  were:  Grand  Knight,  Martin 
Huber;  Deputy  Grand  Knight,  Jacob  Schaefer;  Financial 
Secretary,  Carl  Metzger;  Recorder,  Henry  Grimmer;  Treas- 
urer, Louis  Spengel ;  Chancellor,  William  Abbott.  Rev.  J.  H. 
Gramke  was  the  first  chaplain.  The  meetings  of  the  council 
were  held  in  St.  Paul's  Hall,  the  property  of  the  church.  The 
council  has  been  active  and  successful;  has  contributed  to 
religious  purposes  $300 ;  to  charity  $150 ;  to  war  welfare  work 
$1,700  and  for  Liberty  Bonds  and  War  Stamps  $100.  The 
particular  form  of  religious  work  has  been  donations  to  stu- 
dents who  are  studying  for  the  priesthood.  Besides  these  items 
the  council  has  expended  about  $2,500  at  various  times  toward 
the  maintenance  of  the  Church  and  its  properties,  especially 
St.  Paul's  Hall.i« 

1581     L.  A.  LAMBERT  COUNCIL 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  John  Doherty 

Rev.  J.  A.  Rensmann  Edward  Lawler  James  Doherty 

Edward   Foster  William  Bahl 
Arthur  Maloney 

L.  A.  Lambert  Council  No.  1581  of  Ridgway  was  insti- 
tuted July  30,  1911.  Marion  Drone  was  father  of  Lambert 
Council,  and  responsible  for  its  organization.  At  the  time  of 
institution  the  first  and  second  degrees  were  conferred  by  the 
officers  of  Murphysboro  Council,  and  the  major  degree  was  ex- 
emplified by  District  Deputy  R.  J.  Hodge  of  Murphysboro. 
The  principal  officers  first  elected  were:  Grand  Knight,  Ed- 
ward Lawler ;  Financial  Secretary,  Raphael  Lawler ;  Treasurer, 
Marion  Drone.  This  council  bears  a  very  distinguished  name 
in  honor  of  Rev.  Louis  A.  Lambert,  one  of  the  greatest  contro- 
ls. Highland  Council  had  133  members  April  1,  1921. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  329 

versialists  America   has  developed.     Father  Lambert  was  a 
writer  of  distinction  on  several  Catholic  periodicals,  but  gained 
his  greatest  renown  from  his  trenchant  "Notes  on  IngersoU." 
The  famous  atheist,  Robert  J.  IngersoU,  for  many  years  pur- 
sued an  unopposed  course  of  vituperation  and  vilification  of 
the  Christian  belief  and  teaching.     He  was  undoubtedly  the 
most  effective  blasphemer  that  ever  arose  in  the  New  World. 
His  home  was  in  Peoria,  Illinois,  and  the  ^liddle  West  was 
therefore  the  chief  seat  of  his  nefarious  activities.    Fortunately 
for  mankind  Father  Lambert,  after  discharging  the  duties  of 
a  chaplain  with  the  Union  Army  was  providentially  perhaps 
directed  to  Illinois,  and  became  for  a  short  time  attached  to 
the  Church  at  Cairo.    During  his  brief  stay  in  this  region  he 
became  well  known  in  all  the  surrounding  territory,  and  his 
popularity  is  commemorated  bj^  the  name  of  this  council  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus.    His  staj'-  in  Illinois  brought  him  into  in- 
timate knowledge  of  IngersoU 's  scurrilous  work  and  impressed 
him  with  the  necessity  of  an  exposure  of  his  fallacies  and  slan- 
ders.    This  exposure  took  the  form  of  the  publications  called 
"Notes  on  IngersoU"  which  have  been  spread  broadcast,  chiefly 
by  Protestant  organizations  in  editions  running  into  the  mil- 
lions.   If  L.  A.  Lambert  Council  shall  not  accomplish  much  else 
it  has  done  well  in  adopting  this  name  for  the  purpose  of 
perpetuating  the  memory  of  one  of  the  greatest  champions 
of  Christianity  the  country  has  produced.     L.  A.  Lambert  is 
a  small  council,  and  consequently  not  well  calculated  to  carry 
on  extensive  enterprises,  nevertheless  it  has  ventured  upon  a 
work  which  is  to  an  extent  unique.     In  each  parish  in  the 
county  the  council  has  each  year  for  three  years  arranged  and 
assisted  in  the  giving  of  a  Catholic  mission. ^^ 


19.  L.  A.  Lambert  Council  had  but  61  members  April  1,  1921. 


330         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

1595     NAZARETH  COUNCIL,  LaGrange 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.   Thomas   L.   Har-  Bernard  W.  Conlin 

Rev.  Joseph  A.  Bollmar  mon  John  W.  Hayes 

Rev.  Terrence  A.  Rev.  Thomas  R.  Shew-  Louis  F.  Desmond 

O'Brien  bridge  Patrick   H.   Dillon 

Rev.  William  F.  Cahill  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  William  M.  Galvin 

Rev.    Eneas    B.    Good-  Homer  J.  Buckley  Arthur  A.  Huebsch 

win  James  A.   McDonald  Edward  T.  Preel 

Rev.  Jules  C.  Fortin  Ulysses  Grant  Case  Robert  E.  Kinnare 

Nazareth  Council  No.  1595  of  LaGrange  was  instituted 
November  19,  1911.  The  Council  was  sponsored  by  Homer  J. 
Buckley,  Past  Grand  Knight  of  Feehan  Council,  Peter  J. 
Simon  of  Chicago  Council,  Edward  N.  Zimmerman  of  Engle- 
wood  Council,  Harry  D.  James  of  De  LaSalle  Council,  Michael 
B.  Brislane  of  Illinois  Council,  Oscar  F.  Bourgeois  of  Mar- 
quette Council,  Ulysses  Grant  Case,  Thomas  F.  Keating  and 
George  J.  Holbrook  of  Hildebrand  Council,  all  of  whom  were 
then  residents  of  LaGrange.  Preliminary  meetings  were  held 
in  the  Hall  of  St.  Francis  Xavier  School  at  LaGrange,  at 
which  Past  State  Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thompson  and  others  ex- 
plained the  aims  of  the  Order.  The  Council  was  instituted  at 
Fraternity  Hall,  17  West  Adams  street,  Chicago,  with  a  charter 
membership  of  93.  The  District  Deputy  in  charge  of  the  in- 
stitution was  Edward  Houlihan,  and  the  degrees  w^ere  con- 
ducted by  State  Deputy  LeRoy  Hackett,  assisted  by  Francis 
J.  Houlihan.  Besides  the  charter  members  of  Nazareth  Coun- 
cil there  were  candidates  from  Oak  Park,  Father  Setters, 
Hughes,  Cardinal  and  Feehan  Councils.  The  principal  offi- 
cers first  elected  were :  Chaplain,  Rev.  Terrence  A.  0  'Brien ; 
Grand  Knight,  Homer  J.  Buckley ;  Deputy  Grand  Knight, 
James  A.  McDonald ;  Chancellor,  P.  H.  Dillon ;  Financial  Sec- 
retary, Wm.  J.  Blaser ;  Recorder,  Ulysses  Grant  Case ;  Treas- 
urer, George  Marshall  Cossitt.  The  jurisdiction  of  the  Council 
extends  over  LaGrange,  and  the  villages  of  Berwyn,  Lyons, 
Riverside,  Hollywood,  Brookfield,  Congress  Park,  "Western 
Springs,  Hinsdale  and  Downers  Grove.  The  Council  meetings 
were  first  held  in  Marquette  Hall,  but  are  at  present  held  in 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  331 

Quinn  Hall,  LaGrange.  The  Council  has  associated  closely 
with  various  other  organizations  throughout  the  Chicago 
suburbs  in  social,  civic  and  patriotic  functions.  When  the 
country  came  into  the  world  war  the  Grand  Knight,  Patrick 
H.  Dillon,  called  the  officers  and  members  of  the  Council  to- 
gether, and  within  one  week  collected  a  sum  in  excess  of  $1,000 
for  welfare  work.  The  first  call  upon  the  Council  for  $3,000 
was  over-subscribed.  The  chairman  of  the  drive  committee 
that  registered  such  a  success  was  the  late  James  A.  McDonald, 
Past  Grand  Knight.  The  Council  Avas  also  very  active  in  the 
Red  Cross,  Salvation  Army  and  United  "War  Work  drives. 
Forty-six  members  were  in  the  service  during  the  war,  four  of 
them.  Sergeant  James  P.  Quinn,  Corporal  Phillip  J.  Jacky, 
Sergeant  Frank  J.  Simon  and  Private  Wm.  J.  Koenig  gave 
their  lives.  Nazareth  Council  is  conspicuous  for  successful 
Council  meetings.  Entertainment  provided  by  the  lecturers 
and  entertainment  committees  has  always  been  on  the  highest 
order,  and  sufficiently  diversified  to  attract  large  attendance.-" 


1599     LEMONT  COUNCIL,  Lemonl 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—        Harry  J.  Gerardin 

Rev.  John  A.  Hemlock        William  J.  Nelson  Thomas  W.   Lynch 

Rev.  F.  J.  Schiedgen  Peter  W.  Dean  Alex  Kickles 

Lemont  Council  No.  1599  was  in.stituted  December  10, 
1911.  The  membership  was  recruited  from  the  three  Catholic 
parishes  of  Lemont,  the  pastor  of  each  being  a  member  of  the 
Order.  The  sponsors  for  the  new  Council  were  Rev.  John  A. 
Hemlock,  AVilliam  Nelson,  Gilbert  Helbig,  Arthur  Heinz, 
James  Lynch,  Thomas  Lynch,  Daniel  Reidy,  William  Mulcahy 
and  Walter  Lynch.  At  the  institution  the  first  and  second 
degrees  were  conferred  by  the  officers  of  Santa  Marie  Council, 
Chicago,  and  the  major  degree  by  State  Deputy  James  Maher. 
Upon  institution  Rev.  John  A.  Hemlock  became  Chaplain  of 


20.  Ou  April  1,  1921,  Nazareth  Council  had  a  membership  of  271. 


332         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

the  Council,  and  served  for  two  years,  and  was  succeeded  by 
Rev.  F.  J.  Scliiedgen,  who  has  continued  in  that  capacity  since. 
For  a  period  of  three  years  a  fiat  was  rented  for  use  as  club 
rooms,  where  a  reading  room,  card  tables  and  athletic  equip- 
ment were  maintained.  Later  the  club  rooms  had  to  be  given 
up.  The  first  notable  event  given  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Council  was  a  home  talent  vaudeville  and  entertainment.  It 
was  a  social  as  well  as  a  financial  success.  The  annual  Easter 
Monday  night  ball  also  has  been  a  distinct  social  success.  When 
the  country  came  into  the  world  w^ar  the  Council  at  once  be- 
came active.  Several  of  the  members  volunteered  for  army 
service.  Altogether  24  members  saw  service.  One  made  the 
supreme  sacrifice,  and  four  were  wounded,  while  several  were 
mentioned  for  bravery  in  action.  The  Council  met  all  the 
requirements  in  the  several  drives,  and  has  been  exceptionally 
prosperous  since  the  war.^^ 

1628     BISHOP  KETTELER  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—       Edward  B.  Brannick 

Rev.  Albert  Reisel  P.  C.  Nilles 

Bishop  Ketteler  Council  No.  1628  of  Chicago  was  insti- 
tuted on  April  21,  1912.  Wm.  Bender  and  Joseph  Kuhn, 
both  of  Chicago  Council,  and  Philip  C.  Nilles  of  Marquette 
Council,  were  selected  as  a  committee  to  take  up  the  matter  of 
organizing  a  new  Council  in  the  neighborhood  of  St.  Paul's 
and  St.  Pius'  churches.  The  committee  visited  the  then  State 
Deputy,  LeRoy  Hackett,  who  directed  the  present  State  Deputy 
Edward  Houlihan,  then  a  District  Deputy,  to  look  over  the  field 
and  ascertain  if  it  would  be  proper  to  attempt  the  organization 
of  a  Council.  Mr.  Houlihan  made  a  thorough  investigation 
and  reported  favorably.  On  March  23,  1912,  a  preliminary 
meeting  was  called  at  McCormick's  Club  House.  Philip  C. 
Nilles  was  selected  to  act  as  chairman  of  the  committee  on  or- 


21.  Lemont  Council  had  a  membership  of  213  on  April  1,  1921. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS 


333 


ganization  with  William  Bender  as  Secretary  and  Joseph  P. 
Kuhn  as  Treasurer.  The  Council  was  instituted  on  the  date 
above  mentioned  with  a  charter  membership  of  133.  At  the 
time  of  the  institution  District  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan 
suggested  the  propriety  of  having  the  candidates  receive  Holy 
Communion  in  a  body,  and  the  suggestion  was  adopted.    Upon 


EDWARD   B.    BRANNICK, 
Bishop  Ketteler  Council 


JAMES    S.    KEARNS. 
LaRabida  Council 


organization  the  plan  of  receiving  the  sacraments  before  join- 
ing was  adopted,  and  has  been  put  in  practice  ever  since.  At 
the  time  of  the  institution  the  jfirst  degree  was  exemplified  by 
the  officers  of  Father  Setters  Council ;  the  second  by  the  officers 
of  Damen  Council,  and  the  major  degree  by  the  then  State 
Deputy  LeRoy  Hackett  and  staff.  From  the  very  outset  Bishop 
Ketteler  Council  made  for  itself  a  reputation  for  aggressive- 
ness and  progress.  Just  two  months  after  the  date  of  institu- 
tion the  Council  inducted  its  second  class  of  candidates  number- 
ing 100.  In  September  of  the  same  year  a  class  of  111  was  ad- 
mitterl  into  Bishop  Ketteler  Council.    This  class  was  the  first 


334         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

to  have  a  degree  exemplified  in  the  then  new  Chicago  Chapter 
Headquarters  at  116  S.  Michigan  avenue.  The  entire  corps 
of  officers  was  re-elected  at  the  election  in  September  of  that 
year.  District  Deputy  Houlihan  attended  all  meetings  both 
general  and  special  committee  meetings  during  the  first  six 
months  of  the  existence  of  this  council.  At  the  end  of  the  first 
year  the  membership  numbered  465 ;  at  the  end  of  the  second 
year  the  number  had  reached  618,  and  at  the  conclusion  of  the 
third  year  the  total  of  805  members  was  listed  in  the  Council 
roster.  This  Council  had  312  members  in  the  various  branches 
of  the  war  service.  Three  members  of  the  Council  were  lost 
while  in  the  service,  two  died  in  battle,  one  of  whom,  Lieut. 
Fred  Dockendorff,  had  previous  to  his  death  been  cited  for 
bravery,  and  one  died  of  pneumonia.  During  the  duration 
of  the  war  moneys  otherwise  expended  for  entertainment,  ath- 
letics, etc.,  were  diverted  to  the  Sailors'  and  Soldiers'  Welfare 
Fund,  which  was  used  to  care  for  the  comforts  of  members  in 
the  service,  and  the  relief  of  their  dependents.  This  Council 
for  a  number  of  years  assisted  in  caring  for  the  needy  of  the 
community  irrespective  of  their  religious  belief.  At  the  close 
of  the  war  the  membership  totaled  984.  The  wonderful  im- 
pression made  by  the  Order  in  its  War  Work  enabled  the  Coun- 
cil in  the  following  year  to  increase  the  total  to  1,537  members. 
During  the  year  1920  the  Council  continued  in  its  activity,  to 
the  extent  of  increasing  its  membership  to  a  total  of  1,898 
members. -- 

1642     ST.  JOSEPH'S  COUNCIL,  Summit 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—        T.  J.  Mahoney 

Rev.   Thomas  P.   Bona        M.  J.  Kelly 

St.  Joseph's  Council  No.  1642  of  Summit  was  instituted 
May  12,  1912.     This  Council  owes  its  origin  to  the  efforts  of 

22.  Bishop  Ketteler  Council  has  shown  both  appreciation  and  wisdom  in 
holding  on  to  good  officers.  Edward  B.  Bnuiick  has  held  the  office  of  Grand 
Knight  continuously  for  ten  years,  and  Father  Albert  Reisel  has  been  Council 
Chaplain  since  the  organization  of  the  Council  in   1912. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  335 

Kev.  Thomas  P.  Bona,  at  the  time  of  the  organization  a  mem- 
ber of  San  Salvador  Council,  Mr.  M.  J,  Kelly,  then  of  Daniel 
Dowling  Council,  District  Deputy  Samuel  E.  Cook  of  San 
Salvador  Council,  and  Frank  Quinn,  Financial  Secretary  of 
Calumet  Council.  The  institution  took  place  at  Market  Hall, 
Pullman,  with  State  Deputy  LeRoy  Hackett  in  charge  of  the 
major  degree.  M.  J.  Kelly  was  elected  Grand  Knight  and 
served  four  terms.  He  was  succeeded  by  T.  J.  Mahoney,  who 
has  served  as  Grand  Knight  continuously  to  date.  Rev.  Thomas 
P.  Bona  was  appointed  Chaplain  at  the  institution  of  the 
Council,  and  has  continued  in  that  capacity  since.  St.  Joseph 's 
Council  has  the  distinction  of  having  on  its  roster  the  presi- 
dents of  four  different  villages,  viz.,  E.  H.  Wilson  of  Summit, 
H.  B.  Kohlar  of  Willow  Springs,  Victor  Nulabska,  Justice  and 
T.  J.  Mahoney,  Clearing.  Thirty  per  cent  of  the  members 
served  in  the  late  war,  and  all  returned  safely.  The  dues  and 
assessments  were  paid  from  the  general  fund  for  all  those  who 
were  in  the  war.  The  Council  has  leased  a  home  at  62nd  and 
Archer  avenue,  Argo.  It  is  affiliated  with  the  Chicago  Chapter 
and  although  it  is  scattered  over  a  great  area,  having  members 
from  Congress  Park,  Willow  Springs,  Justice,  Argo,  Summit 
and  the  west  end  of  Chicago,  it  is  very  active  and  the  attend- 
ance at  meetings  is  satisfactory.^^ 


1650     ST.  JAMES  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  George  D.  J.  Griffin, 

Rev.   Hugh  McGuire  Walter  A.   Cllnnin  M.  D. 

Rev.  P    W.  Dunne  Frank  Senft  George  W.  Powers 

Rev.   Samuel  F.  Lucey  Charles  Blish  Harry  J.  Connelly 

St.  James  Council  No.  1650  of  Chicago  was  instituted 
June  2,  1912,  The  work  of  organization  was  under  the  direct 
supervision  of  District  Deputy  John  T.  McEnery.  The  first, 
second  and  third  degrees  were  under  the  direction  of  the  then 


23.   Had  a  membership  of  110  on  April  1,  1921. 


336         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

District  Deputy,  later  State  Deputy,  Edward  Houlihan, 
The  charter  members  of  the  Council  were  drawn  principally 
from  St.  James'  Parish  in  the  neighborhood  of  29th  street  and 
Wabash  avenue.  The  Council  held  its  meetings  for  a  number 
of  years  in  the  parochial  school  hall  at  29th  street  and  S.  Wa- 
bash avenue,  but  through  changing  circumstances  it  was 
obliged  to  move  several  times,  and  at  the  present  meets  at 
Grand  Boulevard  Hall,  47th  street  and  Grand  Boulevard.  The 
first  officers  of  the  Council  included  Rev.  Hugh  McGuire 
as  Chaplain,  and  Walter  A.  Clinnin  as  Grand  Knight.  Father 
McGuire  served  the  Council  for  three  years,  and  after  his 
death  Rev.  Peter  W.  Dunne  became  Chaplain,  serving  four 
years,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  Samuel  F,  Lucey.  Suc- 
ceeding Grand  Knights  were  Frank  Senft,  Chas.  C.  Blish,  Dr. 
Geo.  D.  J.  Griffin,  Geo.  W.  Powers  and  Harry  J.  Connelly. 
St.  James  Council  has  always  taken  a  very  active  interest  in 
the  educational,  religious  and  charitable  work  carried  on  by 
the  Order,  contributing  its  full  share  of  funds  when  needed 
or  called  upon.  The  Council  has  always  been  well  represented 
in  athletics  and  won  several  trophies  on  the  baseball  field. 
Out  of  a  membership  of  325  St.  James  Council  sent  108  to  the 
war,  six  of  whom  made  the  supreme  sacrifice  and  four  of 
whom  were  decorated  or  cited.  While  the  members  were  in  the 
service  the  council  originated  the  idea  of  keeping  in  touch  with 
the  boys  overseas  by  having  the  members  at  home  correspond 
with  them  at  regular  intervals.  At  the  same  time  the  council 
held  several  meetings  and  entertainments  for  the  relatives  and 
friends  of  those  who  were  serving  their  country  and  in  this  way 
helped  to  encourage  those  who  were  away  from  home  and  to  con- 
sole those  who  were  waiting  at  home  for  a  son,  brother  or  dear 
friend.  The  council  also  took  an  active  interest  in  all  the  wel- 
fare work,  and  responded  to  all  the  requests  for  funds.-* 

24.  With  its  limitation  of  territory  St.  James  Council  has  succeeded  well. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS 


337 


1659     GENOA  COUNCIL,  Chicago 


CHAPLAINS— 
Rev.  S.  Maloney 
Rev.  John  B.  Scanlon 


GRAND  KNIGHTS— 
Thomas  J.  Fullem,  Jr. 
Richard  B.  Vail 
Patrick  S.  Hannagan 


James   J.    Thompson 
Bartley  J.   Tighe 
John  T.  Gallagher 


Genoa  Council  No.  1659  of  Chicago,  was  instituted  Sep- 
tember 8,  1912,  with  a  membership  of  one  hundred  and  eight. 
The  organization  and  institution  were  in  charge  of  District 


GENOA   council   HOME 


Deputy  John  E.  Byrnes  and  the  Rev.  Cornelius  P.  Donovan. 
Thomas  J.  Fullem,  Jr.,  was  elected  first  Grand  Knight  in 
recognition  of  the  splendid  efforts  he  put  forth  at  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  council.  Succeeding  him  Richard  B.  Vail,  Jr., 
Patrick  S.  Hannagan,  James  J.  Thompson,  Bartley  J.  Tighe, 
and  John  T.  Gallagher,  have  held  the  office  of  Grand  Knight. 
The  council  made  a  very  creditable  showing  during  the  war. 


338         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Over  one-third  of  its  membership  answered  the  country's  call, 
of  whom  five  were  wounded,  six  were  commissioned  officers  in 
the  army  and  navy,  several  were  non-commissioned  officers, 
and  two  members  were  Knights  of  Columbus  secretaries  over- 
seas.    The  council  purchased  $500.00  in  Liberty  Bonds,  and 
contributed  to  the  war  welfare  funds.     In  April,  1917,  a  lease 
was  entered  into  of  the  premises  at  7460  South  Chicago  Ave., 
Avhich  the  council  occupied  with  clubrooms  as  a  social  and 
recreational  center.     This  lease  was  terminated  when  the  coun- 
cil moved  into  its  present  clubhouse.     Genoa  Council  has  a 
habit  of  doing  things  a  little  differently  from  the  conventional. 
Not  that  it  does  not  follow  the  broad  lines  of  approved  custom 
in  the  guidance  of  its  affairs,  or  pursue  a  conservative  course 
in  its  financial  management,  but  it  does  not  do  things  in  a 
certain  fashion  because  others  do  so.     It  adopts  whatever  it 
considers  the  best.     In  regard  to  financing  its  clubhouse,  it 
departed  from  the  usual  method  of  levying  special  assessments 
or  soliciting  members  to  subscribe  for  shares  of  stock.     Its 
method  would  not  avail  in  the  case  of  a  more  ambitious  project ; 
but,  considering  the  extent  of  its  membership,  the  stringency  of 
the  times  in  which  the  undertaking  was  launched,  and  the 
council's  requirements  in  the  matter  of  a  clubhouse,  it  has 
succeeded  admirably  in  its  own  case.     On  permission  being 
granted  by  the  Supreme  Council  to  institute  an  association  to 
acquire  a  clubhouse,  a  corporation,  not  for  pecuniary  profit, 
was  chartered  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Illinois.     Early 
in  the  year  1921,  a  contract  was  entered  into  to  purchase  a 
large  residence  standing  on  75  feet  frontage  and  well  fitted 
for  the  purposes  of  a  clubhouse,  after  slight  alterations.    The 
initial  payment  was   made   from   the   council  treasury,   the 
balance  of  the  purchase  price  being  spread  over  a  period  of 
nine  years,  with  the  option  to  the  association  of  liquidating  the 
debt  within  a  shorter  period.     The  funds  necessary  for  furnish- 
ing, decorating  and  incidental  alterations,  were  partly  raised 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  339 

from  entertainments,  but  the  g-reater  portion  was  obtained  from 
contributions  from  members,  who  were  paid  interest  at  the 
rate  of  six  per  cent  per  annum,  with  the  privilege  of  with- 
drawing their  contributions  on  demand,  the  association  hav- 
ing also  the  similar  privilege  of  repaying  the  same  when  ad- 
visable. In  the  case  of  large  contributions  a  definite  date  of 
repayment  was  set.  The  association  has  repaid  the  greater 
part  of  such  contributions,  and  expects  to  be  able  to  clear  the 
balance  in  the  near  future.  The  running  expenses  of  the 
clubhouse  are  less  than  the  amount  expended  under  the  lease 
of  the  premises  formerly  held.  For  the  convenience  of  mem- 
bers a  branch  of  the  Chicago  Public  Library  is  installed  in  the 
clubhouse,  which  is  rather  a  unique  distinction  among  the 
fraternal   society   clubhouses.     The    clubhouse   is   located   at 

7524  Kenwood  Avenue,  Chicago.^^ 


*o^ 


1660     GARCIA  MORENO  COUNCIL,  Harvey 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.-  Joseph  J.  Farrell  Joseph  Flaherty 

Rev.   George   T.    Mc-  ^„  .  ^.^^^  T^TvTTr-.tjrr.cj  Daniel  Bradley 

earthy  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  j    j    o'Rourke 

Rev.   William   D.  William  B.   Powers  A.  B.  Broderick 

O'Brien  James  Monroe  A.  Hilgendorf 

John  Scully 

Garcia  Moreno  Council  No.  1660  of  Harvey  was  instituted 
October  6,  1912.-*'  The  founders  of  this  council  were  Rev. 
George  T.  McCarthy,  who  later  became  so  distinguished  as  a 
war  chaplain,  William  E.  Powers,  John  Keys  and  William 
Cairns.  When  it  was  made  plain  to  the  then  State  Deputy 
LeRoy  Hackett  that  Harvey  and  the  surrounding  territory  was 
a  suitable  field  permission  was  granted  for  the  organization 
of  the  council.  The  preliminary  work  was  directed  by  the 
late  lamented  Samuel  E.  Cook,  District  Deputy.  At  the  insti- 
tution the  first  and  second  degrees  were  conferred  by  the  officers 
of  Blue  Island,  Chicago  Heights,  San  Salvador  and  Santa  Marie 


25.  Genoa  is  growing  rapidly  and  on  April  1,  1921,  had  a  membership 
of  404. 

26.  The  Council  is  named  in  honor  of  the  South  American  Liberator  and 
Statesman,  Garcia  Moreno. 


340         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Councils,  working  jointly.  The  major  degree  was  exempli- 
fied by  William  N.  Brown,  then  President  of  the  Chicago 
Chapter  and  later  State  Deputy,  assisted  by  Joseph  Coffy  in  an 
important  role  and  other  officers  of  his  staff.  Of  the  61  mem- 
bers initiated,  41  were  insurance  members.  Thirty  transfers 
from  other  councils  were  received  and  accepted.  The  principal 
officers  elected  at  the  time  of  institution  were :  Grand  Knight, 
William  E.  Powers;  Deputy  Grand  Knight,  Howard  Schultz; 
Chancellor,  James  Munro ;  Recorder,  C.  0.  Whalen ;  Financial 
Secretary,  H.  Hilgendorf;  Treasurer,  William  Horan.  Rev. 
George  T.  McCarthy  was  selected  as  chaplain.  The  first  acti- 
vities of  the  council  consisted  in  assisting  to  raise  a  fund  to 
build  and  maintain  a  parochial  school,  the  members  pledging 
themselves  to  provide  the  necessary  funds  and  labor  to  rebuild 
and  refit  the  School  Hall.  Soon  after  a  set  of  the  Catholic  En- 
cyclopedia was  presented  to  Columbus  School.  During  its 
existence  the  council  has  been  prompt  and  generous  in  aiding 
the  Church.  Donations  have  been  made  to  struggling  parishes 
in  the  vicinity.  When  the  council  was  organized  bigotry  was 
rife  in  the  neighborhood,  and  had  reached  such  a  pitch  that 
Catholic  workingmen  were  frequently  discharged  because  of 
their  religion.  Through  the  influence  of  the  council  and  the 
efforts  of  the  zealous  priests  this  feeling  has  almost  entirely 
disappeared,  and  during  the  war,  especially,  all  citizens  worked 
in  harmony.  The  council  affiliated  with  the  Chicago  Chapter 
and  co-operated  closely  with  what  were  called  the  "far  south 
side"  councils.  Athletic  sports  have  always  been  popular  in 
the  council.  When  the  war  came  on  the  council  became  very 
active  and  from  its  small  membership  raised  $1,000  as  a  welfare 
fund.  Committees  were  appointed  to  keep  in  touch  with  mem- 
bers in  the  service  through  correspondence.  All  dues  and  as- 
sessments of  the  members  in  the  service  were  paid  from  the 
council  fund.  Liberty  Bonds  were  purchased  and  Four- 
Minute-i\Ien   appointed   to   assist   in   the   various  loan   drive. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  341 

Forty-two  members  joined  the  colors  and  contributed  their 
share  in  attaining  world  war  victory.  The  great  record  of  the 
Council  Chaplain,  Rev.  George  T.  McCarthy,  is  eloquently 
told  in  other  chapters  of  this  work.  And  the  good  work  of 
Past  Grand  Knight  William  E.  Powers  as  a  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus Secretary  is  also  alluded  to.^' 

1678     AUBURN  PARK  COUNCIL,  Auburn  Parle 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  John  T.  Rush 

Rev.  John  Dufficy  George  H.   McDonald  M.  A.  Dwver 

Rev.  M.  J.  Roberts  J.  J.  Faith  M.  A.  McDermott 

H.  F.  Kenny 

AuBURN  Park  Council  No.  1678  of  Chicago  was  instituted 
^larch  2,  1913.  The  institution  took  place  at  Market  Hall, 
Pullman,  the  first  and  second  degrees  being  exemplified  by  the 
officers  of  Calumet,  Genoa  and  Fort  Dearborn  Councils.  The 
major  degree  was  conferred  by  State  Deputy  LeRoy  Hackett. 
The  principal  officers  elected  at  the  time  of  institution  were : 
Grand  Knight,  G.  H.  McDonald ;  Deputy  Grand  Knight,  J.  R. 
0  'Connor ;  Chancellor,  Peter  Foley ;  Recorder,  Thomas  0  'Don- 
neU ;  Financial  Secretary,  W.  J.  McGuinness ;  Treasurer,  W.  J. 
Cline.  Rev.  John  Dufficy  was  selected  as  chaplain.  Auburn 
Park  Council  is  one  of  the  active  south  side  councils;  conspic- 
uous in  all  the  work  of  the  Order.  A  schedule  of  its  various 
activities  shows  that  the  council  has  expended  for  educational 
purposes  $200 ;  for  religious  purposes  $500 ;  for  war  welfare 
work  $2,750,  and  for  Liberty  Bonds,  War  Stamps,  etc.,  $2,500. 
Seventy-one  members  of  the  council  were  in  the  serivce,  one, 
Frank  J.  Paynter,  gave  his  life  and  two,  Maurice  J.  Flynn  and 
Thomas  J.  Redden,  were  decorated  or  cited.-^ 


27.  On   April  1,   1921,   Garcia  Moreno  had   ITS  mombers. 

28.  On  April  1,  1921,  Auburn  Park  Council  had  303  members. 


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1687     UNIVERSITY  COUNCIL,  Chicago 


CHAPLAINS— 
Rev.    David    M.    John- 
son, S.  J. 


GRAND  KNIGHTS— 
Joseph  P.  Rafferty 
James  P.  Moynihan 


Luke  Cuniff 

Thomas   Fitzsimmons 


University  Council  No.  1687  of  Chicago  was  instituted 
April  20,  1913.  Mr.  John  J.  Carey  may  be  truthfully  said  to 
be  the  father  of  University  Council.    The  first  definite  efforts 


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University   Council 


JOHN  T.   CONNERY. 
Marquette  Council 


for  a  council  in  the  neighborhood  of  St.  Ignatius  Church  and 
Loyola  University  were  made  on  a  Sunday  morning  in  1913 
when  John  J.  Carey,  chief  of  the  ushers  at  St.  Ignatius  Church, 
then  located  on  Sheridan  Road  near  Devon  avenue,  accosted 
Past  State  Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thompson  after  the  10 :30  Mass, 
and  counselled  with  him  with  reference  to  the  organization  of 
a  new  council.  At  Mr.  Carey's  request,  joined  in  by  others, 
and  approved  by  the  pastor.  Rev.  David  M.  Johnson,  S.  J., 
Mr.  Thompson  took  up  the  matter  with  the  then  State  Deputy, 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  343 

LeRoy  Hackett,  who  agreed  to  test  the  necessity  for  a  council 
by  the  number  of  names  that  could  be  secured  as  applicants 
for  membership.  Mr.  Thompson  reported  the  decision  and  a 
committee  was  formed  consisting  of  ]\Ir.  Carey,  J\Ir.  Thompson. 
John  J.  Garrity,  James  P.  jMoynihan  and  one  or  two  others. 
Having  secured  a  substantial  list  of  names  the  situation  was 
reported  to  the  State  Deputy,  and  there  being  some  objections 
to  organizing  a  new  council  in  the  territory  occupied  by  Colum- 
bus and  Ravenswood  Councils,  a  meeting  was  called  at  St. 
Ignatius  parochial  school  hall,  at  which  representatives  of 
Columbus  Council  maintained  that  the  new  applicants  should 
all  join  Columbus  Council.  The  principal  spokesmen  for  the 
new  council  at  this  meeting  were :  Frank  J.  Delaney,  James  J. 
Phelau,  and  Past  State  Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thompson.  As  a 
result  of  the  meeting  it  was  determined  to  go  on  with  the  organi- 
zation of  a  new  council,  and  after  some  preliminary  work  full 
arrangements  were  made  for  the  institution.  On  the  memor- 
able morning  of  the  institution  all  of  the  members  of  the  Order 
in  the  neighborhood  and  all  the  applicants  attended  a  special 
High  Mass  at  St.  Ignatius  Church,  celebrated  by  Rev.  David 
M.  Johnson,  S.  J.,  and  received  Holy  Communion  in  a  body. 
At  one  o'clock  p.  m.,  the  candidates  assembled  at  Science  Hall. 
Loyola  University,  where  the  first  degree  was  exemplified  by 
Adam  J.  Weckler,  Grand  Knight  of  De  Soto  Council,  and 
Frank  J.  Davis,  Chancellor  of  Ravenswood  Council.  The 
second  degree  was  exemplified  by  D.  A.  Cummiugs,  Grand 
Knight  of  Brownson  Council,  with  the  late  James  ]\Iaher  in  an 
imDortant  role.  The  major  degree  was  conferred  by  William 
N.  Brown,  then  District  Deputy.  Columbus  Council  under  the 
supervision  of  District  Deputies  Joseph  Hottinger  and  Edward 
Houlihan  had  charge  of  the  degree  work,  assisted  by  the  officers 
of  Ravenswood  and  De  Soto  Councils.  During  the  recess  be- 
tween the  second  and  third  degrees  the  first  business  meeting 
of  the  council  was  held,  and  the  first  business  transacted  was 


344         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IX  ILLINOIS 

the  unanimous  adoption  of  a  resolution  to  affiliate  with  the  Chi- 
cago Chapter,  whereupon  John  M.  Rogers  and  Charles  M. 
O'FarreU  were  elected  delegates  to  the  Chapter.  The  principal 
officers  selected  were  Grand  Knight  Joseph  P.  Rafferty ;  Deputy 
Grand  Knight,  Frank  J.  Delaney;  Chancellor,  Geo.  E.  Bran- 
nan;  Financial  Secretary.  John  J.  Garrity;  Recorder,  John  J. 
Cleary,  and  Treasurer,  D.  E.  Ryan.  The  naming  of  the  coun- 
cil brought  out  some  interesting  incidents.  While  it  was  quite 
generally  considered  that  '■University''  would  be  a  suitable 
name,  the  name  of  Acqua  Viva  was  proposed  by  Past  State 
Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thompson,  who  argued  that  it  was  peculiar- 
ly adaptable  to  the  council  in  view  of  its  close  relationship  to 
the  Jesuit  Parish  and  Foundation,  since  the  renowned  Claud- 
ius Acqua  Viva  was  one  of  the  brightest  stars  in  all  the  Jesuit 
firmament  and  also  by  the  reason  of  the  proximity  to  the  great 
lake,  the  living  waters  of  which  swept  the  shores  of  the  ver>- 
territory  in  which  the  council  was  located.  The  other  proposal, 
University,  was  thought  to  be  more  practical,  however,  and  was 
selected.  Few  councils  in  the  order  have  thrived  and  prospered 
in  a  greater  degree  than  University.  A  schedule  of  its  activities 
would  require  much  more  space  than  is  available  in  this  work, 
but  it  is  in  order  to  mention  that  $1,000  was  raised  by  the 
council  for  the  building  fund  of  St.  Ignatius  parochial  school. 
The  council  has  taken  a  prominent  place  in  every  activity  of 
the  Order;  has  fostered  religious,  charitable  and  educational 
works,  and  boasts  an  unusual  war  record.-®  It  would  be  unfair 
to  write  even  a  general  sketch  of  L'niversit^"  Council  without 
noting  its  fine  record  in  sports  and  athletics,  which  is  not^d 
more  fully  in  the  chapter  on  that  subject.  The  late  lamented 
Judge  Joseph  P,  Rafferty  was  the  first  Grand  Knight  of  the 
University  Council,  and  was  re-elected  twice.  He  was  suc- 
ceeded by  James  P.  ^Moynihan,  and  he  by  Luke  Cuniff.  Next 
in  succession  was  Francis  A.  MarneU.    Thomas  F.  Fitzsimmons 

29.  All  these  facts  came  tinder  the  personal  knowledge  of  the  author  of 
this  work. 


ILLINOIS  COUNXILS  345 

was  elected  Grand  Knight  at  the  1921  election.    Rev.  David  M 
Johnson,   S.  J.,   has  been  the  council  chaplain  continuously 
since  organization,  and  the  constant  friend  and  wise  coun 
seUor  of  the  council.^** 


1691     CARDINAL  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLArS'S—  Rev.  F.  J.  Tony  Joseph  A.  Becker 

Rev.  C.  A.  Erkenswick  Alexander   McGuire 

Rev.  A.  J.  Dedera  GRAXD  KXIGHTs?— 

James  J.  Lynch 

Cardixal  Council  No.  1691  of  Cicero  was  instituted  May 
11,  1913.^^  District  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan  had  charge  of 
the  organization.  C.  F.  Graf.  R.  J.  Xowak.  A.  P.  Thielan,  J. 
C.  Burg.  F.  W.  Meyer.  C.  J.  O^XeU.  H.  B.  Bennett.  J.  J.  Mc- 
Grath.  C.  J.  X'owak  and  ^I.  Steinnietz.  laymen,  and  Rev.  C. 
A.  Erkenswick.  the  pastor  of  St.  Dionysius'  Church,  are  given 
credit  for  bringing  the  Knights  of  Columbus  to  Cicero.  On  the 
morning  of  the  institution  the  fifty-eight  charter  members 
received  Holy  Communion  in  a  body  at  St.  Dionysius'  Church, 
and  at  1 :30  P.  M..  congregated  in  Dewey  Hall.  Crawford  av- 
enue and  Roosevelt  Road  for  the  degree  work.  James  Donahoe. 
former  judge  of  the  Municipal  Court  of  Chicago  had  an  im- 
portant part  in  the  work  of  the  second  degree.  After  the  first 
and  second  degrees  a  lunch  was  served,  after  which  the  major 
degree  was  exemplified  by  District  Depute-  "William  X.  Brown, 
then  president  of  the  Chicago  Chapter,  and  later  State  Deputy, 
assisted  bv  Henrv  J.  Lvnch.  later  State  Secretarv.  For  about 
two  years  after  the  council  was  organized  meetings  were  held  in 
that  part  of  Cicero  known  as  Hawthorne.  The  meeting  place 
was  later  transferred  to  ^Morton  Park.  The  council  has  experi- 
enced a  very  healthy  growth  and  has  been  active  in  all  the  work 
of  the  Order.  SixtA'-four  niembers  were  in  the  service  of  their 
country  during  the  war.    The  council  responded  to  all  calls  for 


so.  Universitr    has    b^-come    on«»   of   the   large,    leading   councils,    -with    a 
membership  on   AprU  1.   1921.   of   1.311. 

31.  Cardinal    Council   was   at    first   caUed   Hawthorne  Council. 


346 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


welfare  work  and  funds  and  bought  $500  worth  of  Liberty 
Bonds.  A  building  lot  has  been  purchased,  and  a  home  will  be 
built  thereon.^- 


SAMUEL  E.  COOK, 
San   Salvador   Council 


REV.  P.  J.  HENNESSY, 
Elmhurst  Council 


1692    JERSEYVILLE  COUNCIL,  Jerseyville 


CHAPLAINS— 
Rev.  J.   J.   DriscoU 


GRAND  KNIGHTS- 
Henry  A.    Shepherd 
Francis  B.  Tracy 


Laurence  J.   Powers 
William  Tracy 


Jerseyville  Council  No.  1692  was  instituted  June  1, 
1913.  The  men  responsible  for  the  organization  of  the  council 
were  Rev.  J.  J.  DriscoU,  pastor  of  St.  Francis  Xavier's  Parish, 
Dr.  F.  M.  Doyle,  and  District  Deputy  J.  R.  Kelehan.    At  the 

32.  On  April  1,  1921,  Cardinal  Council  had  480  members. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  347 

institution  the  first  and  second  degrees  were  conferred  by  the 
officers  of  Tri-Cities,  E.  St.  Louis  and  Alton  Councils,  the  major 
degree  by  District  Deputy  J.  R.  Kelehan,  with  William  C.  Un- 
thank  in  a  conspicuous  role.  The  charter  members  numbered 
sixty-four.  The  principal  officers  first  elected  were:  Grand 
KJnight,  Henry  A.  Shephard ;  Deputy  Grand  Knight,  Dr.  F.  M. 
Doyle;  Chancellor,  Dr.  F.  N.  Bray;  Financial  Secretary,  J.  J. 
Fleming;  Recorder,  Thomas  R.  Quinn;  Chaplain,  Rev.  J.  J. 
Driscoll.  The  membership  has  increased  to  more  than  250  and 
much  has  been  accomplished  in  the  M'ay  of  social  betterment.  On 
May  30,  1918,  nine  of  the  members  were  advanced  to  the  fourth 
degree  at  St.  Louis  and  the  fourth  degree  membership  has  grown 
steadily  since.  Much  interest  was  shown  by  the  council  during 
the  late  war,  and  $4,700  was  subscribed  for  welfare  work. 
Eighty-two  members  were  in  the  service,  and  one,  Matthew  Cole- 
man, was  killed  in  action.  Grand  Knight  Francis  B.  Tracy  was 
called  in  the  selective  draft,  and  although  he  had  ample  ground 
for  exemption  he  waived  all  claims  and  served  in  a  manner 
pleasing  to  his  superiors.^^ 

1703     RIDGE  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS —  Rev.  P.  W.  Gallagher  P.  O.  McGuire 

Rev.  R.  DeNorus  /-o  ami-.  T^MTr-tn,c  ^^^o  N.  McGlinn 

Rev.  J.  J.   Green  GRAND  KNIGHTS—       prank  N.  W^alsh 

Rev.  M.  Cavallo  John  T.  Lynch 

Rev.  J.  M.   Lareau  T.  J.   Claffy 

Ridge  Council  No.  1703  of  Chicago  was  instituted  October 
5,  1913.  South  of  87th  street  and  west  of  Ashland  avenue, 
extended,  lies  a  high  wooded  series  of  hills  known  as  the  Blue 
Island  Ridge.  The  northern  end  of  this  ridge  is  a  high  promon- 
tory famous  as  a  "look-out"  and  "signal"  station  in  the  days 
when  the  Indians  traversed  Chicago  as  a  portage  between  the 
lakes  and  the  Illinois  river.  Up  to  about  1910  but  few  Catholic 
families  dwelt  in  this  district.     Since  that  time  the  number 


33.  One  must  wonder  at  the  collection   of  $4,700  for  war  welfare  work 
by   such   a   small  council. 


348         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

has  very  materially  increased.  In  1913  it  was  believed  by  some 
that  the  time  was  ripe  for  the  institution  of  a  council  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  along  the  ridge  and  so  a  committee  con- 
sisting of  James  J.  Edgeworth,  John  T.  Lynch,  John  T.  Cowan 
and  Frank  Morris  set  about  canvassing  the  district.  As  a  result 
of  their  labors  128  signatures  were  secured,  34  of  whom  were 
members  of  other  councils,  but  who  transferred  to  Ridge  Coun- 
cil. The  organization  of  the  council  was  in  charge  of  Edward 
Houlihan,  District  Deputy.  At  the  institution  of  the  council 
the  first  and  second  degrees  were  conferred  by  the  officers  of 
Genoa  and  San  Salvador  Councils  and  the  major  degree  by 
District  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan  and  staff.  The  first 
years  were  much  the  same  in  Ridge  as  in  other  newly  organized 
councils — plenty  of  good  fellowship — and  a  substantial  increase 
in  membership.  The  new  organization  attracted  attention  by 
the  excellence  of  its  degree  work.  The  council  has  always  main- 
tained a  high  standard  in  the  observance  of  duties  imposed  by 
the  Supreme  and  State  officers.  To  this  may  be  attributed  much 
of  its  success.  In  recognition  of  successful  work  the  Grand 
Knight  of  Ridge  Council  was  appointed  a  member  of  a  com- 
mittee of  three  to  report  on  the  necessity  of  providing  for  a 
resident  Catholic  Chaplain  at  the  University  of  Illinois.  As  a 
result  of  the  work  of  this  committee  a  Chaplain  was  appointed 
by  the  Rt.  Rev.  Edmund  M.  Dunne,  Bishop  of  Peoria,  in  1917. 
The  first  Grand  Knight  of  Ridge  Council  was  John  T.  Lynch. 
His  successors  to  date  have  been  T.  J.  Claffy,  Philip  P.  Mc- 
Guire,  and  Leo  N.  McGlinn.  In  the  war  the  army  and  navy 
claimed  nearly  one-third  of  the  membership.  One  member  was 
killed  in  battle,  two  died  in  camp,  and  three  were  severely 
wounded  in  action,  while  practically  every  member  in  the  serv- 
ice was  gassed.  A  record  of  the  work  of  Ridge  Council  show-, 
it  has  expended  for  educational  purposes  $350.00  ;  for  religious 
purposes  $500.00;  for  charity  $500.00;  for  war  welfare  work 
$350.00 ;  for  Liberty  Bonds,  War  Stamps,  etc.,  $900.00.^* 

34.  Ridge  council  accomplished  all  this  with  only  276  members. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  349 

1704     NEWTON  COUNCIL,  Newton 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  J.   J.  Cronin  w.  A.  Raef 

Rev.  John  Molitor  „  W    v    TfranVa 

Rev.    Charles  Flori  GRAND  KNIGHTS-  John  J    Re?s 

Rev.    Joseph    P.    Mun-  J.  J.  Kaufmann  Roy  E   Stenlev 

day  ■  -^ 

Newton  Council  No.  1704  was  instituted  September  11, 
1913.  The  men  who  started  the  movement  for  a  Council  in 
Newton  were  W.  A.  Raef,  J.  J.  Kaufmann,  Otto  Huber,  H.  A. 
Faller  and  J.  A.  Boos,  all  members  of  St.  Thomas'  Parish, 
Newton.  Dr.  George  G.  Weber,  District  Deputy,  of  Olney, 
Illinois,  directed  the  preliminary  work  for  the  organization. 
At  the  institution  the  officers  of  Effingham  Council  exemplified 
the  first  and  second  degrees,  and  State  Deputy  LeRoy  Hackett 
conferred  the  third  degree.  The  principal  officers  elected  at 
the  time  of  the  institution  were :  Grand  Knight,  W.  A.  Raef ; 
Deputy  Grand  Knight,  J.  J.  Kaufmann ;  Financial  Secretary, 
A.  J,  Kinsel ;  Treasurer,  J.  F.  Kaufmann.  Rev.  John  Molitor 
was  selected  as  Chaplain.  The  succeeding  Grand  Knights  in 
their  order  have  been  J.  J.  Kaufmann,  "W.  A.  Raef,  W.  E. 
Franke  and  John  J.  Reis.  Subsequent  Chaplains  were.  Rev. 
Charles  Flori,  Rev.  Joseph  P.  Munday,  and  Rev.  J.  J.  Cronin, 
Father  Munday  fell  a  victim  to  his  zeal  as  war  Chaplain  in 
service  at  the  Great  Lakes  Training  Station,  where  he  con- 
tracted the  influenza  from  patients  to  which  he  ministered  dur- 
ing the  epidemic.  During  the  existence  of  the  Council  a  sum 
approximating  $50.00  per  year  has  been  paid  for  charity  and 
$100.00  per  year  for  educational  purposes.  Twenty-seven  mem- 
bers of  the  Council  were  in  the  service.^^ 


35.   See   account   of   Father   Munday's   labors   and   death    in    the   Chapter 
on  War  Workers. 


350         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

1712     COLLINSVILLE  COUNCIL,  CoUinsville 

CHAPLAINS—  Frank  Dooner  William  Hedden 

Rev.  A.  M.  Jarchke  James  Purcell  Philip  Rarrick 

GRAND  KNIGHTS-        ^^S""   O^^''^^^^^^"  ^-  ^-  Spalding 

Daniel  Shea 

CoLLiNSviLLE  COUNCIL  No.  1712  was  instituted  October 
5,  1913.  The  two  men  who  took  the  deepest  interest  in  the 
organization  of  the  Council  were  Frank  Dooner  and  Anthony 
Staten.  District  Deputy  John  R.  Kelleher,  of  Granite  City, 
had  direction  of  the  preliminary  organization.  At  the  time 
of  the  institution  of  the  Council  the  officers  of  Edwardsville 
Council  exemplified  the  first  degree,  and  the  officers  of  East  St. 
Louis  Council  the  second.  The  major  degree  was  conferred  by 
John  R.  Kelleher,  District  Deputy,  of  Granite  City.  State 
Deputy  LeRoy  Hackett  was  present,  directing  and  assisting 
in  the  work.  The  principal  officers  elected  at  the  time  of  in- 
stitution were :  Grand  Knight,  D.  P.  Shea ;  Deputy  Grand 
Knight,  Frank  Dooner;  Chancellor,  August  C.  Lohmann;  Fi- 
nancial Secretary,  D.  P.  Shea,  Jr. ;  Treasurer,  I.  W.  Wilshire ; 
Recorder,  William  F.  Niehaus.  Rev.  A.  M.  Jarchke  was  se- 
lected as  Chaplain.  Though  a  small  Council,  CoUinsville  has 
taken  an  active  part  in  all  of  the  work  of  the  Order  since  it 
has  been  instituted,  and  has  given  special  attention  to  the  dis- 
tribution of  Catholic  books  and  periodicals.  The  members  of 
the  Council  were  instrumental  in  the  organization  of  the  Red 
Cross  Chapter  in  the  city.  Forty-nine  members  of  the  Council 
were  in  the  service  and  four  of  these,  George  W.  Ganninger, 
Bernard  T.  Rissi,  Jolm  J,  Snadden  and  Joseph  Verneuil  gave 
their  lives.^® 


36.  CoUinsville  Council  had  165  members  on  April  1,  1921. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  351 

1742    ST.  PATRICK'S  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—       John  J.  McAuliffe 

Rev.  John  L.  O'Donnell        Edward  P.  Gugerty  George  J.  Courtney 

James  L.  Devereaux  Joseph  Savage 

St.  Patrick's  Council  No.  1742  of  Chicago,  was  instituted 
May  3,  1914.  In  January,  1914,  Rev.  John  L.  O'Donnell, 
Assistant  Pastor  of  St.  Patrick's  Church,  Desplaines  and 
Adams  Streets,  conceived  the  idea  of  organizing  a  Knights  of 
Columbus  Council  to  be  composed  mostly  of  members  who  at- 
tended St.  Patrick's  Church,  which  is  now  located  in  the  center 
of  a  manufacturing  district.  Father  0  'Donnell,  who  was  then 
a  member  of  St.  Cyr  Day  Council  called  on  LeRoy  Hackett, 
State  Deputy,  and  as  a  result  of  his  visit  Mr.  Edward  Houli- 
han, District  Deputy  of  the  district  in  which  St.  Patrick's 
Church  is  located,  conferred  with  Father  0  'Donnell  and  Rev. 
William  J.  McNamee,  the  Pastor.  Several  preliminary  meet- 
ings were  held,  with  the  result  that  a  Council  of  160  members 
was  instituted.  St.  Patrick's  Council  has  the  distinction  of 
having  the  largest  class  ever  initiated  upon  the  institution  of 
a  new  Council  in  Illinois.  In  keeping  with  the  custom  followed 
by  District  Deputy  Houlihan,  each  and  every  member  of  the 
Council  took  his  first  step  towards  admission  by  receiving  Holy 
Communion  prior  to  initiation  into  the  Order.  The  cere- 
monials were  conducted  with  great  impressiveness  in  the  Drill 
Hall,  seventh  floor,  159  North  State  Street.  The  first  and 
second  degrees  were  conferred  by  the  officers  of  Bishop  Kette- 
ler,  Sherman  and  Damen  Councils;  the  third  degree  was  ex- 
emplified by  State  Deputy  LeRoy  Hackett.  Mr.  Edward  F. 
Gugerty  was  elected  first  Grand  Knight,  and  served  two  terms 
with  great  credit  to  the  Council  and  himself.  The  office  was 
filled  by  James  L.  Devereux,  who  held  the  same  until  Septem- 
ber 30,  1917 ;  John  P.  McAuliffe  then  held  the  office  until  Sep- 
tember 30,  1919,  and  was  succeeded  by  George  J.  Courtney, 
who  held  the  office  from  October  1,  1919,  to  the  present.  Since 
its  institution  St.  Patrick's  Council  has  taken  a  prominent  part 


352         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

in  all  Knights  of  Columbus  athletics  and  in  the  year  1916  the 
team  representing  the  Council  won  the  undisputed  Indoor  Base- 
ball Championship  of  the  World.  Seventy  members  of  the 
Council  were  in  the  service,  and  $500.00  was  contributed  for 
war  welfare  work.  Rev.  John  L,  0  'Donnell  who  distinguished 
himself  as  war  Chaplain  overseas  has  been  Council  Chaplain 
since  organization.'^ 


to' 


1761     HOOPESTON  COUNCIL,  Hoopeston 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—  G.   E.   Harbert 

Rev.  F.  Gahlman  Ford  Bradley  P.  D.  Roark,  Jr. 

H.  H.  Roark,  Jr.  J.  H.  Hannell 

John   Sloan,  Jr.  Rev.  F.  Gahlman 

Hoopeston  Council  No.  1761  was  instituted  September  20, 
1914.  During  the  winter  of  1913  Rev.  F.  Gahlman,  Pastor 
of  St.  Anthony's  Church,  at  Hoopeston,  gathered  together  27 
members  of  his  parish,  and  accompanied  them  to  Danville, 
where  all  were  initiated  as  members  of  Danville  Council.  In 
January,  1914,  these  new  members  were  given  permission  to 
establish  a  club  room  in  Hoopeston,  and  became  virtually  an 
auxiliary  Council  to  Danville.  On  September  20,  1914,  the 
membership  having  increased  to  62,  a  charter  was  granted  and 
Hoopeston  Council  was  established.  Mr.  James  Boyle  of  Dan- 
ville Council  aided  the  Hoopeston  members  very  greatly  in 
getting  new  members,  and  securing  their  charter.  The  Council 
is  small,  not  yet  having  reached  100,  but  it  has  always  been 
active  in  all  the  work  of  the  Order.  When  the  first  call  was 
made  for  war  funds  the  Council  responded  with  $1,332.25. 
After  this  there  was  established  for  Grant  Township  a  war 
workers'  fund,  to  which  the  members  contributed,  and  which 
was  available  for  all  welfare  funds.  Rev.  F.  Gahlman  was  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  fund.  He  was  also 
one  of  the  Four-Minute-Men  working  in  the  vicinity.  Nineteen 
of  the  members  were  in  the  service,  and  two  gave  their  lives. 


37.  St.  Patrick's  Council  had  a  membership  on  April  1,  1921,  of  494. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS 


353 


Amongst  its  works  the  Council  records  show  that  it  has  paid 
for  religious  purposes  $25.00;  for  charity  $50.00;  for  wel- 
fare work  $1,538.60.  The  men  who  have  served  the  Council 
as  Grand  Knights  are  Ford  Bradley,  H.  II.  Roark,  Jr.,  John 


KEV.    DAVID   M.    JOHNSON,    S.   J. 
University  Council 


REV.  F.  GAHLMAN, 
Hoopeston    Council 


Sloan,  Jr.,  G.  E.  Harbert,  P.  D.  Roark,  Jr.,  and  J.  M.  Hannell. 
Rev.  F.  Gahlman  has  been  Chaplain  from  the  time  of  organ- 
ization to  date,^^ 


38.   Hoopeston    Council  hail    a    nn'mlxTship   of   92   on    April   1.   1921. 


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1775    UTICA  COUNCIL,  Utica 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—       W.  A.  Morrissey 

Rev.  James  Francis  W.  J.  Maloney  E.  J.  Madden 

J.  J.  Sheehy  E.  P.  Conerton 

Utica  Council  No.  1775  was  instituted  January  31,  1915. 
The  preliminary  work  for  the  organization  of  the  Council  was 
in  charge  of  District  Deputy  P.  J.  Byrne  of  LaSalle.  At  the 
time  of  the  institution  the  first  and  second  degrees  were  con- 
ferred by  the  officers  of  Calvert  Council,  LaSalle,  under  the 
direction  of  P.  J.  Byrne.  The  major  degree  was  conferred  by 
State  Deputy  William  N.  Brown  assisted  by  P.  C.  Gibbons  and 
staff.  The  Council  progressed  rapidly  under  the  leadership 
of  the  first  Grand  Knight,  W.  J.  Maloney.  He  was  succeeded 
by  J.  J.  Sheehy,  later  District  Deputy,  and  he  in  turn  was 
succeeded  by  W.  A.  Morrissey,  he  by  E.  J.  Madden  and  he  by 
E.  P.  Conerton.  The  Council  maintains  club  rooms  located  in 
the  center  of  the  business  district  of  Utica,  suitably  furnished 
with  billiard  and  pool  tables,  player  piano,  victrola  and  com- 
fortable lounging  rooms.  It  is  of  special  interest  that  Utica 
Council  is  located  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  the  site  where 
the  Catholic  Church  was  established  in  Illinois.  On  the  11th 
of  April,  1675,  Rev.  James  Marquette,  S.  J.,  with  all  the  solem- 
nity of  which  the  conditions  permitted  established  the  Catholic 
Church  on  the  plains  upon  which  Utica  is  now  situated,  and 
organized  the  Mission  of  the  Immaculate  Conception  of  the 
Blessed  Virgin,  which  has  had  continuous  existence,  and  is  now 
located  at  the  new  situs  of  old  Kaskaskia  in  the  northern  part 
of  Randolph  County,  Illinois.  Utica  is  also  in  the  immediate 
vicinity  of  the  rocky  promontory  now  known  as  Starved  Rock, 
and  which  was  the  first  settlement  place  of  any  permanence  in 
the  state  of  Illinois,  and  the  site  of  the  firet  missionary  residents 
— the  point  where  Rev.  Claude  Jean  Allouez,  S.  J.,  Rev.  Sebas- 
tian Rale,  S.  J.,  Rev.  James  Gravier,  S.  J.,  Rev.  Pierre  Fran- 
cois Pinet,  S.  J.,  Rev.  Julien  Bineteau,  S.  J.,  and  Rev.  Pierre 
Gabriel  Marest,  S.  J.,  made  their  abode  at  various  times  from 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  355 

1680  to  1700.  The  territory  is  literally  hallowed  by  the  foot 
prints  of  these  holy  men,  and  embraces  the  birthplace  of  civili- 
zation and  Christianity  in  mid-America.  Ere  long  it  will  be 
the  objective  of  pious  pilgrimages  from  all  over  the  world. 
Utica  Council  though  small  was  well  represented  in  the  war.  A 
schedule  of  its  activities  includes  expenditures  for  educational 
purposes  $50.00  to  the  Sisters  of  Notre  Dame ;  for  war  welfare 
work  $2,000.00 ;  for  Liberty  Bonds,  War  Stamps,  etc.,  $150.00.^^ 

1846     ST.  PHILLIP  NERI  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  P.  A.   Bird  Theodore  I.  Bourke 

Rev.  William  J.  Rinsell  GRAND  KNIGHTS—       Gerald  Ryan 

Rev.  M.  J.  Murray  George  Bohnen  Emmett  Quinn,  M.  D. 

St,  Philip  Neri  Council  No.  1846,  of  Chicago,  was  insti- 
tuted June  6,  1916.  Theodore  Bourke,  George  Bohnen  and 
Edward  Fiddyment  were  the  most  active  members  in  promot- 
ing the  organization  of  the  council.  At  the  institution  the 
officers  of  Calumet  Council  conferred  the  initial  degree,  and 
the  then  State  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan  exemplified  the 
final  degTce.  The  original  officiary  included  George  Bohnen, 
Theodore  Bourke,  Gerald  Ryan  and  Emmett  Quinn,  M.  D,  St. 
Philip  Neri  is  one  of  the  most  active  of  the  young  councils; 
has  accumulated  a  membership  of  450,  and  as  indicating  its 
financial  strength  is  the  holder  of  $2,000  in  Liberty  Bonds. 
Sixty-one  members  of  the  council  were  in  the  service  and  a 
very  creditable  war  record  was  made. 

1853     ALLEMAN  COUNCIL,  Nauvoo 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  F.  O.  Cleary  Rev.   L.  C.   Tholen 

Rev.  L.  C.  Tholen  r-TjAX-r.  w-Mir'WT'Q  ^-  J-  Kimball 

Rev.  L.  B.  Landreth  gka.njj  K.iNi(j±iib—       William  M.  Argast 

L.  V.  Datin  Edward  Bollin 

Alleman  Council  No.  1853  of  Nauvoo,  was  instituted  Sep- 
tember 29,  1916.    For  several  years  a  handful  of  members  re- 

39.  On  April  1,  1921,  Utica  Council  had  112  members. 


356         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

siding  in  Nauvoo  constituted  a  sort  of  auxiliary  attached  to 
Gallitziu  Council  at  Fort  Madison,  Iowa.  They  maintained 
a  headquarters  and  were  active  socially.  Finally,  the  venerable 
Pastor,  Rev.  H.  J.  Reimbold,  who  had  been  located  in  Nauvoo 
for  nearly  half  a  century  having  died,  and  the  Rt.  Rev.  Ed- 
mund M.  Dunne,  Bishop  of  Peoria,  having  sent  Rev.  L.  C. 
Tholen,  a  young  priest,  just  ordained,  to  fill  his  place.  Father 
Tholen  joined  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  then  set  to  work 
to  secure  the  establishment  of  a  Council  in  Nauvoo.  By  the 
date  of  institution  above  mentioned  80  applicants  had  been 
secured.  Among  the  prominent  members  assisting  in  the  or- 
ganization were  L.  V.  Datin,  an  enterprising  merchaiit  of 
Nauvoo,  and  W.  M.  Argast,  Editor  of  the  Rustler,  a  weekly 
paper.  At  the  time  of  the  institution  of  the  Council  the  first 
and  second  degrees  were  conferred  by  the  officers  of  Gallitzin 
Council,  of  Fort  Madison,  Iowa,  and  the  major  degree  by 
LeRoy  Hackett,  State  Deputy.  The  Council  takes  its  name 
from  Rev.  John  George  Alleman,  the  pioneer  priest  of  the 
Military  Tract,  who  ministered  in  Nauvoo  as  early  as  1847. 
Father  Alleman 's  memory  has  been  revived  by  Rev.  A.  G. 
Zaiser  of  Fort  Madison,  himself  the  son  of  a  Methodist  minis- 
ter, but  for  long  years  a  devout  priest,  and  has  been  made 
widely  known  by  Rev.  J.  B.  Culemans,  of  Moline,  through  a 
life  and  appreciation  of  Father  Alleman  published  in  the  Illi- 
nois Catholic  Historical  Review.  Besides  introducing  religion 
all  through  the  Military  Tract  of  Illinois  and  the  eastern  end 
of  Iowa,  Father  Alleman  taught  agriculture.  It  was  he  that 
introduced  the  cultivation  of  grapes  in  western  Illinois  and 
at  Nauvoo,  where  there  are  now  hundreds  of  acres  of  vines  cul- 
tivated." Alleman  Council  prizes  a  gavel  presented  to  it  by 
Father  Zaiser  made  from  the  wood  of  a  pear  tree  planted  by 
Father  Alleman  in  the  year  1847.  Alleman  Council  is  conspicu- 
ous for  its  activity.    On  Easter  Sunday  and  Christmas  day  an- 

40.   See  Life  and  Labors  of  Father  Alleman  in  Illinois  Catholic  Historical 
Review. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  357 

nually  the  members  in  large  numbers  receive  Holy  Communion 
in  a  body.  As  to  church  work,  the  Pastor  need  but  make  a  re- 
quest and  the  members  fulfill  it.  As  to  fraternity,  its  practice 
has  been  exemplified  many  times  when  the  members  have  gone 
to  the  com  fields  of  afflicted  brothers  and  harvested  their  crops. 
It  is  an  apostolic  Council,  spreading  the  fame  of  the  Order  all 
about.  It  has  an  auxiliary  at  Warsaw  with  30  membere,  and  is 
projecting  another  at  Carthage.  Although  Nauvoo  has  but 
1,200  population ;  has  no  railroad,  and  no  factories,  it  supports 
a  Benedictine  girls'  college,  and  Nauvoo  Council  assists  the  in- 
stitution in  every  way  possible.  At  the  Catholic  Bazaar  held  in 
1920  the  Council  presented  a  Ford  touring  car,  which  netted 
the  fund  $2,000.  The  members  of  the  Council  wired  the  beau- 
tiful church  in  Nauvoo  for  electricity  and  supplied  the  neces- 
sary lighting  fixtures.  It  is  assisting  the  Pastor  in  establish- 
ing a  $20,000  free  Catholic  school  fund,  the  earnings  of  which 
are  to  be  applied  to  all  the  Catholic  schools,  including  a  com- 
mercial college.  The  Council  maintains  well  equipped  club 
rooms.  Sixteen  of  the  members  were  in  the  service,  two  of 
whom  were  killed  in  action,  and  the  Council  besides  meeting 
all  other  calls  and  obligations  subscribed  for  $1,000  of  Liberty 
Bonds  during  the  war  period.*^ 

1899     ST.  FRANCIS  XAVIER  COUNCIL,  Chicago 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—        Francis  T.  Borrelli 

Rev.  Francis  X.  Breen,        James  J.   Marzano  Guy  C.   Grapple 

S.  J.  Ellidor  Libonati 

St.  Francis  Xavier  Council  No.  1899  was  instituted  April 
29,  1918.  The  men  responsible  for  the  organization  of  St. 
Francis  Xavier  Council  are  Kev.  Francis  Xavier  Breen,  S.  J., 
and  Edward  Houlihan,  the  present  State  Deputy.  On  the 
day  of  institution  every  candidate  conformed  to  the  rule  estab- 

41.  Nauvoo  is  one  of  the  most  romantic  points  in  the  Mississippi  Valley. 
It  was  founded  in  1840  by  the  Mormons  and  was  the  seat  of  the  "Saints"  for 
six  years.  After  the  Mormons  were  expelled  the  place  was  settled  by  a 
colony  of  French  Icarians. 


358         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

lished  by  District  Deputy  Houlihan,  and  received  Holy  Com- 
munion at  the  8  o'clock  Mass  at  Holy  Family  Church.  The 
postulants  numbered  over  150  and  Rev.  Francis  Xavier  Breen, 
S.  J.,  officiated.  The  degree  work  took  place  at  the  Masonic 
Temple.     The  first  degree  was  conferred  at  10:30  A.  M.,  by 


REV.  FRANCIS  XAVIER  BREEN,         HON.    FRANCIS   P.   BORRELLI 
S.   J.,  St.  Francis  Xavier  Council 

St.   Francis  Xavier  Council 

Grand  Knight  Edward  B.  Branick  of  Bishop  Ketteler  Council, 
with  Deputy  Grand  Knight  Frank  N.  Wohlleber  and  Chan- 
cellor Alexander  C.  Birren,  both  of  De  Soto  Council,  assisting. 
The  second  degree  was  in  charge  of  William  J,  Cleary  of  Engle- 
wood  Council,  assisted  by  Chancellor  John  W.  Quinlan  of 
Americus  Council,  and  Hon.  James  Donahoe,  Judge  of  the 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  359 

Municipal  Court,  District  Deputy.  Owing  to  the  large  number 
the  candidates  were  divided  into  two  classes  for  the  exemplifica 
tion  of  the  third  degree,  one  being  inducted  at  2 :30  in  the  after- 
noon, and  the  other  in  the  evening  at  8  o'clock.  The  afternoon 
exemplification  was  conducted  by  District  Deputy  Petar  C. 
Hoey,  and  that  in  the  evening  by  State  Deputy  LeRoy  Hackett. 
Ninety  per  cent  of  the  membership  of  the  Council  at  the  time 
of  institution  were  of  Italian  parentage,  and  members  of  Holy 
Family  Church.  The  principal  officers  elected  at  the  institu- 
tion were:  Chaplain,  Rev.  Francis  Xavier  Breen,  S.  J,; 
Grand  Knight,  J.  P.  Marzano ;  Deputy  Grand  Knight,  Joseph 
Guido;  Chancellor,  Guy  C.  Grapple;  Advocate,  Francis  Borelli. 
Since  organization  the  Council  has  been  active  in  all  the  work 
of  the  Order.  During  the  first  year  the  Council  gave  a  dancing 
party  at  the  Ashland  Boulevard  Auditorium.  The  undertak- 
ing was  a  decided  success.  Over  2,000  attended  and  refresh- 
ments, including  frappe  and  ice  cream  were  served  free.  A 
rather  unique  outing  was  given  by  the  Council  at  Glenwood 
Park  during  the  first  year  of  the  Council's  existence,  the 
outstanding  feature  of  which  was  a  barbecue.  At  the  end  of 
the  first  year  the  membership  numbered  455,  and  the  Council 
was  in  possession  of  a  treasury  balance  of  $2,856.29.  Much  of 
the  success  of  the  Council  is  attributable  to  the  painstaking 
efforts  of  the  Chaplain,  Father  Breen,  and  the  ability  and 
energy  of  the  officers,  especially  Grand  Knight  J.  P.  Marzano, 
Francis  Borelli  and  the  present  Grand  Knight,  Guy  C.  Grapple, 
who,  before  his  election  as  Grand  Knight,  was  Chancellor  and 
Recorder.  Although  the  Council  was  instituted  after  the 
United  States  came  into  the  world  war  it  contributed  mate- 
rially, both  men  and  means,  to  the  great  struggle.  More  than 
100  of  the  members  of  the  Council  entered  the  service  of  the 
United  States,  two  of  them  were  decorated  for  bravery.  One 
of  these,  Captain  Ralph  Villano  of  Company  G,  131st  Infantry, 
33d  Division,  was  on  the  10th  of  August,  1918,  surrounded 


360         KNIGHTS  OF  COLmiBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

by  Germans,  but  held  his  attackers  at  bay  until  his  ammuni- 
tion was  exhausted.  He  then  secured  more  ammunition,  and 
held  off  the  attackers  for  two  hours  longer,  but  was  finally 
captured.  For  his  gallant  conduct  he  was  awarded  the  Distin- 
guished Service  Cross.  Private  Louis  Cecilia  also  was  awarded 
the  Distinguished  Service  Cross,  and  also  the  Croix  de  Guerre. 
Michael  E.  Libonati,  a  young  Chicago  attorney,  became  a 
Knights  of  Columbus  overseas  secretary,  and  died  of  influenza 
while  in  the  service,  in  Wolferdinge.  Luxemburg,  on  March  20. 
1919.  Attention  is  directed  to  the  roll  of  honor  published 
elsewhere  in  this  volume,  which  as  will  be  seen  contains  none 
but  Italian  names.  The  present  Grand  Knight,  Captain  Guy 
C.  Grapple,  contributed  to  the  honors  which  Francis  Xavier 
Council  won  during  the  war  period  by  his  eminently  successful 
work  a.s  educational  director  for  the  Southern  Department  of 
Knights  of  Columbus  War  Activities,  and  especially  through 
his  establishment  and  conduct  of  law  classes  at  Kelly  Field. 
where  the  first  law  school  established  during  the  war  was  or- 
ganized by  Captain  Grapple.  L'nder  the  leadership  of  its  very 
able  and  energetic  Chaplain,  Father  Francis  Xavier  Brecn, 
S.  J.,  the  Council  is  successfully  coping  with  influences  which 
have  proven  baneful  amongst  our  adopted  citizens  by  diverting 
them  from  the  practice  of  their  Faith.  Not  only  through  the 
Council  meetings  and  by  direct  contact  with  the  members  and 
eligibles,  but  also  by  means  of  a  Council  organ  ' '  The  Xavier. ' ' 
of  which  Father  Breen  is  the  editor,  is  a  healthful  and  effec- 
tive propaganda  carried  on.  Qualified  observers  voice  tlie 
opinion  that  the  effect  of  the  establishment  of  St.  Francis 
Xavier  Council  has  been  very  beneficial.^- 


42.   On  April  1,  1921.  St.  Francis  Xavier  Conncil  had  7.3.5  members. 


ILLINOIS  COUNXILS  361 

1911     ELMHLRST  COUNCIL,  Elmhurst 

CHAPLAIXS—  GRAXD  KXIGHTS—        C.  J.  Rvan 

Rev.    David   McDonald        V.  yi.  Oilier  Peter  Burr 

A.  L.  Specht 

Elmhurst  CofxciL  No.  1911  was  instituted  June  16,  1918. 
The  movement  for  a  Council  in  Elmhurst  was  inaugurated 
by  Rev.  D.  L.  McDonald.  In  April,  1918.  State  Deputy  Ed- 
ward Houlihan  sent  a  representative  to  Elmhurst  and  the 
organization  progressed  rapidly.  At  the  time  of  institution 
the  first  and  second  degrees  were  conferred  by  the  officers  of 
Father  Setters  Council,  and  the  major  degree  by  State  Deputy 
Edward  Houlihan.  Elmhuret  is  a  small  Council.  It  be- 
gan with  50  members,  and  now  numbei*s  112.  The  members  are 
scattered  over  a  large  territory,  and  the  Council  labors  under 
numerous  difficulties.  It  has  been  of  assistance  in  acquiring 
Church  property  and  in  helping  to  raise  funds  for  the  erection 
of  a  new  Catholic  school  in  Elmhurst.  The  first  officers 
of  the  Council  were  Eev.  D.  L.  McDonald.  Chaplain :  V.  M. 
OUier.  Grand  Knight ;  John  ^M.  "SVolf ,  Deputy  Grand  Knight : 
George  W.  Leonard.  Chancellor ;  Michael  L.  Murphy.  Recorder : 
Leo  M.  Strelka.  Financial  Secretary:  and  Frank  P.  Hunt- 
shaw.  Treasurer.*^ 


1912     ST.  MARYS  COUNCIL.  Delavan 

CHAPLAIXS—  GR-\XD  KXIGHTS —       Frank  W.  Wallers 

Rev.  W.  J.  Burke  F.  R.  Foster  James  F.  Ryan 

St.  Mary's  Couxcil  No.  1912,  of  Delavan.  was  instituted 
June  23,  1918.  The  committee  having  charge  of  the  organiza- 
tion comprised  John  Gabbett,  Jr.,  F.  R.  Foster.  James  F.  Ryan. 
W.  E.  Rvan.  P.  L.  Haves.  J.  J.  Utz  and  Rev.  W.  J.  Burke.  At 
the  time  of  institution  the  first  and  second  degrees  were  ex- 
emplified by  the  officers  of  Spalding  Council,  Peoria,  under 


43.     A  change  of  pastors  has  brought  Rev.  P.  J.  Hennessy.  so  active  in 
Newman    and    Bfaidwood    Councils,    to   Elmhurst. 


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the  direction  of  James  J.  Bartley.  The  major  degree  was  con- 
ferred by  State  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan.  There  were 
80  charter  members.  The  principal  officers  elected  at  the  time 
of  institution  were:  Grand  Knight,  F.  R.  Foster;  Deputy 
Grand  Knight,  Frank  Walters ;  Chancellor,  C.  C.  Reardon ; 
Financial  Secretary,  James  F.  Ryan;  Recorder,  W.  E.  Ryan; 
Treasurer,  Joseph  J.  Utz;  Chaplain,  Rev.  W.  J.  Burke.  The 
Council  just  begun  its  existence  during  the  war,  but  took  part 
in  all  the  war  work,  responding  to  requests  for  contributions 
in  the  same  manner  as  the  older  Councils,  and  though  it  came 
into  the  Order  late,  20  of  its  80  charter  members  were  in  the 
service,  one  of  whom  gave  up  his  life.  All  members  in  the 
service  were  kept  in  good  standing  by  the  Council  until  their 
return.** 


1949     FRANKLIN  PARK  COUNCIL,  Franklin  Park 

CHAPLINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—       Julius  Wischnia 

Rev.   Li.   P.    Hurkmans       A.  F.  Lange 

Franklin  Park  Council  No.  1949  was  instituted  April 
20,  1919.  The  institution  of  the  Council  was  brought  about 
by  Rev.  L.  P.  Hurkmans,  with  the  assistance  of  A.  J.  0  'Keef e 
and  A.  F.  Lange.  Upon  application  for  permission  to  organ- 
ize District  Deputy  John  J.  Gorman  was  placed  in  charge  by 
State  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan.  The  first  and  second  de- 
grees were  exemplified  by  the  officers  of  General  Sherman  and 
Washington  Councils,  and  the  major  degree  by  State  Deputy 
Edward  Houlihan.  In  the  short  time  that  the  Council  has 
existed  its  charitable  work  has  been  confined  mainly  to  help- 
ing poor  families  in  the  neighborhood  during  the  Christmas 
Holidays,  at  which  time  several  baskets  of  groceries  and  meats 
were  distributed.  The  principal  officers  elected  at  the  time  of 
institution  were :    Grand  Knight,  A.  F.  Lange ;  Deputy  Grand 


44.  St.   Mary's  is  a  progressive  council. 


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Knight,  A.  J.  O'Keefe;  Chancellor,  A.  D.  Little;  Financial 
Secretary,  J.  J.  Didier;  Recorder,  B.  E.  McEvoy;  Treasurer, 
John  T.  O'Connell.  Rev.  L.  P.  Hurkmans  was  selected  as 
Chaplain.*^ 


1952     EVANSVILLE  COUNCIL,  Evansville 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—        V.  H.  Lang 

Rev.  J.  B.  Schlotmann         C.  D.   Paulter 

EvANS\aLLE  Council  No.  1952  was  instituted  April  27, 
1919.  C.  D.  Paulter,  V.  H.  Lang  and  F.  B.  Wolff  are  respon- 
sible for  the  organization  of  Evansville  Council.  Having  ob- 
tained permission  from  State  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan 
of  Chicago,  and  District  Deputy  John  R.  Kelehan  of  Granite 
City,  these  gentlemen  set  about  the  task  of  organizing  a  new 
Council.  In  a  short  time  they  had  gathered  together  a  sufS- 
cient  number  of  qualified  Catholic  men  to  make  application 
to  the  Supreme  Council  for  a  charter,  and  on  the  appointed 
day  of  institution  the  first  degree  was  conferred  by  officers 
of  Waterloo  Council  and  the  second  degree  by  the  officers 
of  Murphy sboro  Council.  The  third  degree  was  exemplified 
by  State  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan.  At  the  first  regular 
meeting,  w^hich  was  held  at  the  Knights  of  Columbus  Hall,  in 
recognition  of  the  valuable  services  they  had  rendered,  C.  D. 
Paulter  was  elected  Grand  Knight ;  Frank  B.  Wolff  was  elected 
Deputy  Grand  Knight,  and  V.  H.  Lang  was  appointed  Lec- 
turer. The  Council  was  successful  from  the  beginning,  and 
from  the  69  charter  members  had  grown  in  less  than  a  year 
to  106,  although  there  are  but  700  people  in  Evansville.  V.  H. 
Lang  succeeded  Paulter  as  Grand  Knight.  This  small  Council 
maintains  comfortable  club  rooms,  open  to  the  members  and 
to  boys  between  16  and  18  years  of  age.  The  club  rooms  are 
equipped  with  a  pool  table,  card  tables  and  piano.  The  Council 
approaches  Holy  Communion  in  a  body  quarterly.     In  the 

45.   On  April  1,   1921,  Franklin   Park  Coiinoil  had  SO  m<'nil)ors. 


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short  time  of  its  existence  the  council  has  expended  $40.00 
for  charitable  purposes.  Rev.  J.  B.  Schlotmann  has  been 
Council  Chaplain  since  the  founding  of  the  Council.  Al- 
though Evansville  Council  was  not  organized  until  after  the 
close  of  the  war  the  Knights  of  Columbus  residing  in  Evans- 
ville took  an  active  part  in  the  war  welfare  work.  C.  D. 
Paulter,  V.  H.  Lang,  M.  M.  Gross,  Emil  Zipf  el,  R.  L.  Finley  and 
J.  0.  Beiter  conducted  the  Knights  of  Columbus  war  drive  of 
the  Evansville  congregation,  with  the  valuable  assistance  of 
Rev.  J.  B.  Schlotmann  and  other  members  of  the  congregation. 
The  drive  netted  $250.00.*" 


1981     PINTA  COUNCIL,  Riverdale 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  A.  Liebreicht  GRAND  KNIGHTS— 

Rev.  H.  M.  Franz  William  A.   Reich 

PiNTA  Council  No.  1981  of  Riverdale,  was  instituted  June 
22,  1919.  The  Council  owes  its  origin  to  W.  A.  Reich,  formerly 
a  member  and  treasurer  of  Fort  Dearborn  Council.  The  pre- 
liminary organization  was  in  charge  of  the  late  Samuel  E. 
Cook,  District  Deputy,  assisted  by  Frank  Quinn,  former  finan- 
cial Secretary  of  Calumet  Council.  The  first  and  second  de- 
grees were  conferred  by  the  officers  of  Calumet  Council,  and 
the  major  degree  by  State  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan.  The 
charter  members  numbered  68.  The  principal  officers  elected  at 
the  institution  were  W.  A.  Reich,  Grand  Knight ;  Albert  J. 
]\Iiller,  Deputy  Grand  Knight;  E.  J.  Schumann,  Chancellor; 
Frank  Stieman,  Treasurer;  E.  Schultes,  Financial  Secretary; 
and  J.  Berschinski,  Recorder.  Rev.  H.  M.  Frantz  was  the 
first  Council  Chaplain,  and  he  has  been  succeeded  by  Rev.  A. 
Liebreicht.*" 


46.  On  April  1,  1921,  Evansville  Council  had  159  members. 

47.  On   April   1,   1921,  Pinta   Council  had   135  members. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  365 

1996     CARROLLTON  COUNCIL,  Carrollton 

CHAPLAINS—  Rev.  Thomas  F.  Cusack       Frank   P.  McDonough 

rIv."  Miiha^el  Shely  GRAND  KNIGHTS- 

Thomas  H.  Carmody 

Carrollton  Council  No.  1996  was  instituted  June  15, 1919. 
The  following  account  of  Carrollton  Council  by  Thomas  H. 
Carmody  is  interesting-  as  illustrating  just  the  manner  in  which 
a  Council  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  may  be  organized  and 
conducted : 

Carrollton  Council  is  new,  was  instituted  June  15th,  1919. 
We  had  102  candidates,  about  62  of  whom  were  insurance 
members.  There  were  about  forty  or  fifty  members  here  be- 
longing to  neighboring  councils.  I  talked  to  some  of  them  and 
showed  them  where  we  could  rent  a  suitable  place  for  our  meet- 
ings for  less  than  we  were  sending  out  of  town  for  our  dues. 
I  took  the  matter  up  with  the  Supreme  Secretary  and  he  re- 
ferred me  to  the  State  Deputy  and  after  getting  permission  to 
start  a  Council,  I  got  the  following  brothers  to  assist  me  in  the 
work:  William  S.  Carmody,  B.  F.  Smith,  Charles  P.  Casey, 
F.  P.  McDonough,  Harry  W.  Bowie,  George  F.  Geers,  Henry 
B,  Naber,  John  Pohlman,  John  G.  Pranger,  William  McCully 
and  a  few  more.  We  soon  got  the  required  number  of  candi- 
dates and  arranged  for  the  big  day.  We  secured  the  Carlin- 
ville  team  to  put  on  the  first  and  second  degree  and  Brother 
Jno.  J.  Ferry,  District  Deputy  of  Jacksonville,  conferred  the 
third  degree.  A  large  delegation  had  a  special  train  from 
Carlinville  Council.  Many  from  Jerseyville,  Jacksonville  and 
Kampsville  came  in  autos.  We  met  at  the  Foresters'  Hall  and 
marched  to  St.  John's  Church  in  a  body,  where  seats  were 
reserved  for  the  candidates  and  members.  Rev.  E.  J.  Douglas 
delivered  a  sermon  on  Knighthood.  After  Mass  was  over  a 
fine  dinner  was  served  by  the  Catholic  Ladies'  Improvement 
Club.  The  degree  work  began  about  1 :30  P.  M.  and  after  the 
initiation  a  banquet  was  given  by  the  Catholic  Ladies'  Im- 


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provement  Club.  Everybody  enjoyed  the  entire  day  and  the 
ladies  were  praised  for  their  generous  assistance.  At  the 
banquet  addresses  were  given  as  follows :  Address  of  Welcome, 
Hon,  Norman  L.  Jones  of  Carrollton,  111.,  Circuit  Judge. 
Toastmaster,  Hon.  James  Murphy,  Carlinville.  Addresses: 
Hon.  James  M.  Graham,  Springfield;  John  Butler,  Jackson- 
ville ;  G.  G.  Reardon,  Jerseyville,  and  Rev.  M.  J.  0  'Mullane,  of 
Michael,  Illinois.  It  was  a  day  that  will  be  long  remembered 
in  our  city.  There  were  several  of  the  men  now  members  that 
were  in  the  service,  but  the  armistice  was  signed  before  we 
instituted  our  Council  here  and  the  brothers  that  were  mem- 
bers during  the  war  belonged  to  different  Councils.  George  F. 
Geers,  James  Dinsworth,  Edward  Gehlhausen,  Andrew  Vaughn, 
Frank  Zipprich  (foreign  service),  at  the  time  were  members 
of  Carlinville  Council.  Others  were  Joseph  March,  Antone 
Schnelten,  David  Carmody,  Daniel  Carmody,  John  Sethaler, 
Frank  Siemer,  Clement  Dunsworth,  Herman  Schnelten.  The 
last  named  died  in  Camp  Taylor  and  was  brought  here  for 
burial.  Neighboring  Councils  attended  the  funeral  in  a  body. 
We  now  have  over  200  members  in  our  Council.*^ 
The  financial  condition  of  the  council  is  quite  healthy.  It 
holds  $3,000  in  Victory  Bonds,  and  a  substantial  cash  balance. 
Thomas  H.  and  William  S.  Carmody,  brothers,  have  been  very 
substantial  friends  of  the  council.  In  1921  the  Carmody 
brothers  bought  a  building  in  the  most  favorable  location  in 
the  city,  being  on  the  public  square  and  fronting  Main  Street 
and  the  State  Hard  Road,  where  they  conduct  a  clothing  busi- 
ness, and  where  they  have  leased  the  upper  floor  to  the  council 
on  a  long  lease  at  a  nominal  rental  of  $50.00  a  year.  This 
gives  the  council  the  advantage  of  good  club  rooms,  which 
have  been  equipped  with  every  facility  for  club  purposes. 


4S.  This  council  is  .1  good  illiistratiou   of  the  possibilities  of  the  Order. 


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367 


2034     ST.  RITA  COUNCIL,  Chicago 


CHAPLAINS— 
Rev.  James  F.  Green, 
LL.  D. 


Rev.    James    P.    Brice, 
O.  S.  A. 


GRAND  KNIGHTS— 
Brendan  M.  O'Connell 
John  C.  Green,  M.  D. 


St.  Rita  Council  No.  2034  of  Chicago  was  instituted  Sep- 
tember 21,  1919.    District  Deputy  John  F.  Bolton  was  assigned 


BRENDAN    M.    O'CONNELL. 
St.   Rita  Council 


REV.    JAMES    P.    GREEN.    LL.D.. 
O.  S.  A., 


by  State  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan  to  "the  pleasant  duty 
of  officially  organizing  the  new  Council."  In  the  spring  of 
1919  the  actual  work  was  begun  by  Brendan  M.  O'Connell, 
Cashier  of  the  Marquette  Park  State  Bank.  Mr.  O'Connell 
was  at  the  time  a  member  of  Father  Perez  Council,  holding  the 
office  of  advocate.  He  had  the  assistance  and  co-operation  of 
John  H.  Walsh  and  Veiy  Rev.  James  F.  Green,  LL.  D.,  0. 
S.  A.,  both  members  of  Englewood  Council;  John  Leber  of 


368         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Bishop  Ketteler  Council,  George  F.  Larkiu,  Frank  Trauscht  and 
Louis  P.  O'Connell  of  Father  Perez  Council,  and  Dr.  N.  J. 
Schilz.  As  a  part  of  the  program  of  institution  the  applicants 
were  required  to  attend  Holy  Communion  in  a  body  at  St. 
Rita's  Church,  62nd  street  and  Washtenaw  avenue.  The 
first  and  second  degrees  were  conferred  at  Englewood  Club 
House  by  the  officers  of  Englewood  Council.  The  major  de- 
gree was  conferred  by  State  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan  in 
the  presence  of  an  unusually  large  concourse  of  visitors,  and 
was  conspicuously  successful.  Breakfast  and  dinner  were  made 
a  part  of  the  exercises.  In  recognition  of  their  very  valuable 
work  Brendan  M.  O'Connell  was  elected  the  first  Grand 
Knight;  John  H.  Walsh  was  elected  Financial  Secretary  and 
Very  Rev.  James  F.  Green,  LL.  D.,  0.  S.  A.,  was  selected  as 
Chaplain.  George  F.  Larkin  was  elected  Recorder  and  Frank 
Trauscht  was  appointed  Council  scribe.  The  Council  has  ex- 
perienced a  phenomenal  growth  and  has  been  unusually  active. 
Meetings  are  attended  by  fifty  per  cent  of  the  members.  The 
lecturer's  program  is  carried  out  in  accordance  with  high 
standards.  Four  scholarships  are  provided  for  in  St.  Rita's  Col- 
lege. One  hundred  dollars  has  been  expended  for  charitable 
purposes,  and  the  Council  contributed  to  the  Irish  Relief  Fund. 
Rev.  J.  P.  Brice,  0.  S.  A.,  succeeded  Father  Green  as  Council 
Chaplain,  and  Dr.  John  C.  Green  succeeded  as  Grand 
Knight.*^ 

2076     GILLESPIE  COUNCIL,  Gillespie 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—        W.  E.  Cavanaugh 

Rev.  John  Crosson  Michael  J.  Burns 

Gillespie  Council  No.  2076  was  instituted  January  4, 
1920,  under  the  supervision  of  District  Deputy  Joseph  B.  Cri- 
vello  of  Alton.  At  the  institution  the  first  and  second  degrees 
were  conferred  by  the  officers  of  Alton  Council,  and  the  major 


49.  St.  Rita  Council  had  .517  members  on   April  1,  1921. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  369 

degree  by  District  Deputy  John  J.  Ferry  and  staff  of  Jackson- 
ville. Members  from  Morrisonville,  Alton,  Edwardsville,  and 
Litchfield  Councils  were  present  and  assisted.  ^I.  J.  Burns 
was  elected  Grand  Knight  at  the  time  of  the  institution  of  the 
Council,  and  has  been  twice  re-elected.  The  Council  became 
active  immediately  upon  organization  and  became  conspicuous 
in  athletics  on  account  of  a  Baseball  tournament,  conducted 
by  it.  In  the  Council  chamber  a  number  of  interesting  debates 
were  arranged.  A  creditable  observance  of  Columbus  Day. 
1920,  was  managed  by  the  Council,  and  a  minstrel  show,  the 
cast  of  which  was  selected  from  each  of  the  religious  denom- 
inations of  the  town,  was  particularly  notable.  The  Council 
officers  acting  in  the  capacity  of  a  degree  staff  have  conferred 
the  first  and  second  degrees  at  home  and  also  at  Alton  and 
Yirden.  Eev.  John  Crossin  is  Chaplain  of  the  Council,  and 
has  taken  a  very  active  interest  in  all  its  work  ever  since  its 
organization. ■''° 

2090     MENDOTA  COUNCIL,  Mendota 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—       Joseph  L.  Zolpher 

Rev.  V.  O'Brien  Rev.  V.  O'Brien  E.  J.  Marmion 

Mendota  Council  No.  2090  was  instituted  February  1. 
1920,  at  LaSalle,  Illinois,  there  being  no  suitable  hall  available 
at  Mendota.  The  Council  was  the  result  of  the  untiring  efforts 
of  Kev.  Vincent  O'Brien,  aided  by  Otto  EUingen,  James  Egan, 
W.  T,  Cavanaugh  and  J.  P.  Schmitt.  At  the  institution,  Cal- 
vert Council  of  LaSalle  conferred  the  first  and  second  degrees. 
and  District  Deputy  John  E.  Cooney  and  staff  of  Chicago  ex- 
emplified the  major  degree.  The  principal  officers  elected  at 
the  time  of  institution  were  Grand  Knight  Rev.  Vincent 
O'Brien;  Deputy  Grand  Knight  Wm.  E.  Cavanaugh;  Chancel- 
lor John  W.  Dubbs ;  Advocate  Joseph  L.  Zolpher ;  Recording 
Secretary  0.  J.  Elliugen ;  Financial  Secretary  A.  A.  Landgraf ; 


.50.   On  April   1.   1921,   Gillespie  Council   had    132   members. 


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Treasurer  Paul  E.  Stenger;  Trustees  Wm.  Phelan,  B.  J.  Zol- 
pher  and  James  Egan.  Mendota  Council  has  responded  to  all 
calls  for  religious  and  charitable  contributions,  and  at  the 
present  time  is  considering  plans  to  care  for  the  young  Catho- 
lic boys  of  school  age  by  forming  athletic  and  recreational 
clubs  to  prevent  them  from  forming  the  habit  of  spending  their 
leisure  time  in  pool  rooms  and  on  the  street  corners.^^ 

2120     TAYLORVILLE  COUNCIL,  Taylorville 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—       R.  W.  Doyle 

Rev.  J.  J.  Corcoran  T.  J.  Cunningham 

Taylorville  Council  No.  2120  was  instituted  April  11, 
1920,  with  a  membership  of  115,  about  40  of  whom  transferred 
from  Morrisonville  Council.  The  organization  of  the  Council 
was  a  direct  result  of  the  assignment  of  Rev.  J.  J.  Corcoran 
to  the  pastorate  of  St.  Mary's  Church,  Taylorville.  There  had 
been  a  desire  for  a  Council  among  those  residents  of  Taylor- 
ville and  vicinity,  who  held  membership  in  the  Order,  and 
Father  Corcoran  encouraged  the  movement.  Immediately  on 
his  arrival  in  Taylorville  Father  Corcoran  called  a  meeting  of 
the  men  of  the  congregation,  at  which  it  was  decided  to  take 
steps  to  organize  a  Council  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  All 
the  Taylorville  members  of  the  Order  were  active  in  the  pre- 
liminary work.  The  actual  organization  was  in  charge  of  T.  J. 
Cunningham,  District  Deputy.  The  first  and  second  degrees 
were  conferred  by  the  officers  of  Morrisonville  Council  and  the 
third  by  State  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan.  The  officers 
elected  at  the  time  of  institution  were:  T.  J.  Cunningham, 
Grand  Knight;  Henry  Biermann,  Deputy  Grand  Knight; 
Frank  Curtin,  Financial  Secretary;  Walter  Albright,  Re- 
corder; John  L.  Spalding,  Wm.  P.  Eichelberger  and  John  E. 
Larkin,  Trustees.  On  July  1,  1921,  the  Council  took  posses- 
sion of  new  quarters,  including  the  second  and  third  floors  oi 

51.   On   April   1,   1921,   Mendota  Council  had   159   members. 


ILLINOIS  COUNCILS  371 

the  Elk  Theater  building  on  a  five-year  lease,  where  commodi- 
ous club  rooms  are  maintained/'- 


2164     HERRIN  COUNCIL,  Herrin 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS— 

Rev.  E.  Senese  William  Bresnan 

Herrin  Council  No.  2164  was  instituted  June  20,  1920. 
District  Deputy  Dr.  C.  L.  Weber  of  Cairo  directed  the  pre- 
liminary work,  which  was  in  charge  of  a  local  committee  con- 
sisting of  Finley  Button,  Eugene  Acton,  Peter  Boland,  Vin- 
cent Rancillio,  John  A.  Purcellio,  Guy  N.  Pfeiffer,  Jeremiah 
Paladino,  Ceacer  Oldana,  Wm.  Bresnan,  A.  0.  Pearson  and 
Rev.  E.  Senese.  At  the  time  of  institution  the  first  and  sec- 
ond degrees  were  conferred  by  the  officers  of  Murphysboro 
Council,  and  the  major  degree  by  State  Deputy  Edward 
Houlihan.  The  Council  is  just  getting  under  way,  and  has 
made  an  attempt  to  organize  an  Americanization  School.  On 
the  appeal  for  aid  for  the  sufferers  in  Ireland,  $500.00  was 
contributed.  The  present  Grand  Knight  is  Wm.  Bresnan  and 
the  Chaplain,  Rev.  E.  Senese. 

2189     NOKOMIS  COUNCIL,  Nokomis 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS— 

Rev.  S.  Johannes  Fred  W.  Ernst 

Nokomis  Council  No.  2189  was  instituted  September  19, 
1920,  The  Council  is  a  direct  result  of  the  efforts  of 
Mr,  Fred  W.  Ernst,  who  had  been  trying  for  a  long  period  of 
time  to  secure  a  Council.  At  the  institution  the  first  and  sec- 
ond degrees  were  conferred  by  the  officers  of  Morrisonville 
Council,  and  the  major  degree  by  State  Deputy  Edward 
Houlihan.  Mr,  Thomas  J.  Cunningham,  District  Deputy,  was 
in  charge  of  the  organization.    Rev.  C.  Johannes  became  Chap- 


52.  Many  older  and  larger  councils  are  without  club  rooms. 


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lain  of  the  Council  and  under  his  guidance,  in  co-operation 
with  the  officers,  the  Council  has  met  with  unusual  success. 
The  promoters  of  the  Council  aver  that  they  desired  to  organ- 
ize a  Council  in  Nokomis  twenty  years  ago,  but  being  a  small 
place  and  in  a  restricted  field  the  superior  officers  were  disin- 
clined to  grant  permission.  The  Council  is  now  well  under 
way  with  Fred  W.  Ernst,  the  Grand  Knight ;  Victor  C.  Singler, 
Deputy  Grand  Knight ;  Joseph  Stauder,  Financial  Secretary ; 
Leo  L.  Neismann,  Recorder;  Joseph  Welsch,  Treasurer;  and 
Rev.  C.  Johannes,  Chaplain. 

2198     BATAVIA  COUNCIL,  Batavia 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS— 

Rev.  Daniel  Lehavne  Hugh  J.  Mair 

Batavia  Council  No.  2191  was  institvited  October  11,  1920. 
For  some  time  prior  to  the  spring  of  1920,  all  efforts  to  organize 
a  local  Council  in  Batavia,  by  members  of  the  Order,  belonging 
to  various  Councils  throughout  the  State,  had  met  with  only 
indifferent  success.  In  March  of  that  year,  a  determined  drive 
was  put  on  for  the  formation  of  a  Council.  An  organization 
known  as  the  Columbus  Club  was  formed,  all  Catholic  men  of 
the  vicinity  being  invited  to  join.  The  work  of  the  Club  was 
effective,  and  very  soon  a  crowd  of  determined  men  were  clam- 
oring for  a  charter.  These  men  met  and  overcame  every  diffi- 
culty common  to  the  organization  of  a  Council,  and  finally  the 
end  was  attained.  On  October  11th,  1920,  District  Deputy 
Oliver  J.  Gibbs,  with  a  team  from  Aurora  Council,  conferred 
first  and  second  degrees  upon  a  class  of  sixty.  On  the  Sunday 
following.  State  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan  exemplified  the 
third  degree,  which  was  followed  by  the  first  annual  banquet. 
This  Council  has  been  organized  in  a  Parish  of  about  one  hun- 
dred twenty-five  families.  It  has  rented  very  convenient  quar- 
ters, in  which  it  has  furnished  a  very  fine  Council  chamber, 
club  rooms  and  a  Catholic  parish  library.     Though  small  in 


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numbers,  every  individual  member  is  willing.  The  Council 
was  not  organized  at  the  time  of  the  war,  but  the  Parish  had 
approximately  forty  men  in  the  service,  of  whom  over  two- 
thirds  are  now  members  of  the  Order.  The  officers  are  as  fol- 
lows: Chaplain,  Kev.  Daniel  Lehane;  Grand  Knight,  Hugh 
J.  Mair;  Deputy  Grand  Knight,  Albert  M.  Warner;  Chanr^el- 
lor,  William  J.  Corrigan;  Financial  Secretary,  Walter  J. 
Stephano ;  Recording  Secretary,  Albert  Kelly ;  Treasurer, 
Alvin  H.  Collins;  Lecturer,  Albert  Apps;  Warden,  Thomas  E. 
Kelleher;  Advocate,  John  F.  Petit;  Inside  Guard,  Andrew 
Connolley,  Jr. ;  Outside  Guard,  Edwin  Quinn.  Trustees :  Peter 
Petit,  Anthony  M.  Kames  and  Luke  McGary. 

2199     STAUNTON  COUNCIL,  Staunton 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS— 

Rev.  J.  A.  Duval  P.  Reuter 

Staunton  Council  No.  2197  was  instituted  February 
25,  1921,  as  a  result  of  the  efforts  of  a  committee  consisting 
of  R.  Reuter,  Chairman ;  Wm.  J.  Brennan,  J.  0.  Aschbacher, 
Henry  Peters,  Rev.  J.  A.  Duval,  Jacob  Rudolph  and  George 
Lorson,  under  the  direction  of  Joseph  B.  Crivello,  District 
Deputy.  The  officers  of  Litchfield  Council  conferred  the  first 
degree  and  the  officers  of  Alton  Council  the  second.  The  major 
degree  was  exemplified  by  State  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan 
and  staff.  The  officers  elected  at  the  institution  of  the  Council 
were  :  Grand  Knight,  R.  Reuter ;  Deputy  Grand  Knight,  Wm. 
J.  Brennan ;  Financial  Secretary,  J.  0.  Aschbacher ;  Recorder, 
E.  D.  Fischer;  Chancellor,  A.  H.  Schmit;  Warden,  George 
Lorson ;  Inner  Guard,  Henry  Peters ;  Outer  Guard,  Wm.  Furt- 
kamp.  Trustees :  J.  N.  Coerver,  William  Krug,  Frank  Yauor- 
nik ;  Lecturer,  Ben  Lorson ;  Advocate,  J.  W.  Rizzie,  and  Chap- 
lain, Rev.  J.  A.  Duval.  The  Council  donated  to  St.  Michael's 
Church,  $500.00.  A  Christmas  package  was  given  to  each  of 
the  children  of  St.  Michael's  School.     The  Council  took  an 


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active  part  in  the  institution  of  Virden  Council  and  exempli- 
fied the  first  degree  there. 

3000     VIRDEN  COUNCIL,  Virden 

CHAPLAINS—  GRAND  KNIGHTS—       James  O'Brien 

Rev.  P.  H,  Masterson  George  M.   Miller 

ViRDEN  Council  No.  2321  was  instituted  October  16,  1921. 
George  M.  Miller  started  the  movement  that  resulted  in  the 
organization  of  Virden  Council.  In  the  preliminary  work  he 
was  assisted  by  Peter  F.  Mack  of  Carlinville  Council,  and 
District  Deputy  John  J.  Ferry  of  Jacksonville.  Officers  from 
Carlinville,  Staunton,  and  Gillespie  Councils  assisted  at  the 
institution,  the  newly  organized  Staunton  Council  conferring 
the  first  degree.  The  major  degree  was  conferred  by  State 
Deputy  Edward  Houlihan  and  staff.  The  principal  officers 
elected  at  the  institution  were:  Grand  Knight,  George  M. 
Miller;  Deputy  Grand  Knight,  Latsy  Operchak;  Financial 
Secretary,  Bernard  0  'Brien ;  Recorder,  William  Perks ;  Treas- 
urer, James  H.  Murphy ;  Chancellor,  Harold  Summers ;  Advo- 
cate, W.  G.  Keller;  Warden,  Paul  Langheim;  Inner  Guard, 
Lewis  Sholtis;  Outer  Guard,  Charles  McWliinnie;  Trustees, 
Andrew  F.  Brennan,  Joseph  Lenord,  William  McCready,  Sr. 
The  Council  starts  out  with  a  membership  of  90. 


CHAPTER  IX 


THE  ILIilNOIS  STATE  COUNCIL 


The  constitution  of  the  Order  provides  that 

"When  three  or  more  subordinate  councils  in  good  standing  exist 
with  an  aggregate  membership  of  foui  hundred  in  any  state,  district, 
territory  or  country,  a  state  council  shall  be  organized."- 

Accordingly,  after  the  organization  of  the  first  four  coun- 
cils, Chicago,  Marquette,  Englewood  and 
De  LaSalle,  and  the  acquisition  of  more 
than  four  hundred  niembevs,  steps  were 
taken  to  organize  a  state  council.  The 
State  Council  of  Illinois  was  instituted  at 
Chicago  in  February,  189S.  Under  the  laws 
the  state  council  consists  of  a  Grand 
Knight  and  a  Past  Grand  Knight  from 
each  subordinate  council.  New  councils 
not  having  Past  Grand  Knights  are  em- 
powered to  elect  a  member  in  good  standing  in  lieu  thereof, 
as  a  representative  of  the  council.^ 

Under  the  organization  of  the  state  council,  Thomas  S. 
Keirnan,  who  had  theretofore  been  Territorial  Deputy,  was 
elected  State  Deputy,  and  served  until  the  State  Convention 
of  1899.3 

Having  a  state  council  and  being  entitled  to  representation 
in  the  National  Council,  as  it  was  then  called — later  the  name 
National  as  applied  to  that  body,  the  officers  and  the  conven- 
tion, was  changed  to  Supreme — Illinois  began  to  assume  a  po- 
sition of  importance.  The  membership  was  growing  rapidly, 
too,  and  new  men  were  coming  into  prominence. 


1.  Constitution  of  Supreme  Council,  Chapter  II,  Sec.  11. 

2.  Ih.,  Sec.  12. 

3.  See  details  of  Keirnan's  status,  Chapter  VI. 

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irulvin  H.  Sj'kes  Studio 


EDWARD   HOULIHAN. 
State  Deputy 


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Amongst  those  who  developed  popularity  was  Patrick  L. 
McArdle.  Mr.  McArdle  was  a  man  of  splendid  endowments, 
liberal  education,  and  a  lawyer  of  marked  ability.  He  became 
a  member  of  the  Order  through  Chicago  Council,  and  at  once 
rose  to  prominence.  As  has  been  seen  he  was  chairman  of  the 
committee  that  organized  De  LaSalle  Council,  and  became 
Grand  Knight  of  that  council.  At  the  second  state  convention, 
held  at  Chicago  in  1899,  Mr.  McArdle  was  elected  State 
Deputy,  and  with  his  election  began  the  great  development 
of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  Illinois.* 

The  new  State  Deputy  was  a  remarkable  man  in  many 
respects — polished,  a  scholar  and  an  orator.  Fired  with  the 
enthusiasm  which  is  the  natural  consequence  of  induction  to 
the  Order,  his  ability  and  talents  lent  themselves  to  most  effec- 
tive effort.  Competent  critics  who  have  witnessed  the  degree 
work  by  almost  all  of  the  men  who  ever  were  notably  success- 
ful in  such  work,  maintain  that  Past  State  Deputy  McArdle 
was  the  greatest  exponent  of  the  third  degree  the  Order  has 
produced. 

Mr.  McArdle  held  the  office  of  State  Deputy  from  May  3, 
1899,  to  May  3, 1904.  During  his  incumbency  as  State  Deputy 
he  was  elected  to  the  Supreme  Board  of  Directors;  next  in 
1903  as  Deputy  Supreme  Knight  and  in  1905  as  National 
Advocate,  in  which  capacity  he  served  until  1907.  In  that 
office  Mr.  McArdle  greatly  developed  our  legal  policy  and 
brought  about  the  revision  and  compilation  of  the  laws  of  the 
Order. 

It  should  be  stated  also  that  State  Deputy  and  National 
Advocate  McArdle  became  the  virtual  western  representative 


4  In  his  report  to  thp  State  Convention  held  at  the  Sherman  IIousp, 
May  3,  1904,  State  Deputy  McArdle  said  :  «     *     ,     ^    ,    .u  . 

"In  May,  1899,  the  time  the  present  incumbent  was  first  elected,  there 
was  no  council  west  of  the  City  of  Chicago.  There  were  but  eight  councils 
in  the  State  of  Illinois,  with  an  aggregate  membership  of  less  than  1,000, 
and  there  were  less  than  350  councils  in  the  Order  all  told."  . 

At  the  close  of  his  five  years'  service,  there  were  r,S  councils  in  Ilinois, 
with  a  membership  of  7,860.  'On  January  31,  1899,  the  insurance  niembership 
of  the  entire  Order  was  22,005  ;  the  associate  membership  was  20,262,  making 
a  total  of  42,267 — Columbian,  August  2,  1907. 


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of  the  Order,  and  not  only  negotiated  its  spread  throughout 
the  West,  but  actually  carried  the  organization  into  the  west- 
ern states,  even  as  far  as  the  Pacific  Coast.^ 

In  1904  Joseph  J.  Thompson  was  elected  State  Deputy, 
and  served  in  that  capacity  two  years,  from  May  3,  1904,  to 
May  8,  1906.« 

Mr.  Thompson  was  admittedly  selected  as  State  Deputy 
because  of  a  knowledge  he  was  thought  to  possess  of  the  prob- 
lems involved  in  the  conduct  of  life  insurance  on  the  fraternal 
benefit  plan,  and  used  his  information  and  l)est  endeavors  to 
increase  the  insurance  membership.  In  his  report  to  the 
State  Convention,  held  in  Chicago  on  May  3rd,  1905,  at  the 
conclusion  of  his  first  term  of  office,  he  presented  figures  rela- 
tive to  the  increase  of  membership,  and  drew  these  conclusions 

with  reference  to  growth : 

"I  do  not  agree  with  those  who  think  we  will  soon  have  reached 
the  limit  of  those  eligible  to  membership  in  Illinois.  I  am  of  opinion 
that  amongst  our  Catholic  population  there  are  250,000  men  eligible 
to  membership  in  this  Order,  and  I  confidently  predict  that  in  the 
course  of  but  a  few  years,  we  will  number  at  least  100,000  members  in 
Illinois,  without  one  jot  lessening  the  standard  of  excellence  Ave  have 
thus  far  maintained.  I  wish  here  also  to  give  expression  to  the  belief 
that  while  we  should  ever  be  on  the  alert  to  prevent  the  admission  of 
those  not  qualified  for  membership,  we  have  less  to  fear  from  this 
source  than  from  inaction,  because  men  of  meager  qualifications  do  not 
stay  in  the  society,  but,  having  found  it  beyond  their  depth,  either 
improve  or  withdraw.  On  the  other  hand,  inactivity  means  death.  The 
council  that  is  content  to  drag  along  with  forty  or  fifty  members  from 
year  to  year  will  find  itself  unable  to  accomplish  much  either  for  its 
own  membership  or  for  the  Order. '  '^ 

Respecting  the  increase  of  insurance  membership,  he  said : 
"It  wiU  be  noted  that  Connecticut,  the  home  state,  added  182  insur- 
ance members  during  the  year;    Massachusetts   280,   Pennsylvania  466, 


5.  Born  in  Dundalk,  Ireland,  1869,  educated  in  the  Christian  Brothers 
schools  and  Lake  Forest  University  ;  lawyer. 

6.  Born  January  14,  1868,  on  a  farm  in  Warren  county,  near  Monmouth. 
Illinois ;  joined  the  Order  through  Bloomington  Council  No.  574,  April  23. 
1901  ;  removed  to  Chicago  in  1904  ;  lawyer. 

7.  Report  of  State  Deputy  Eighth  Annual  Convention  Illinois  State 
Council. 


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Dtsign  by  courtesy  Harris  Trust  Co. 


THOMAS    S.    KEIRNAN, 
Past  State  Deputy 


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New  York  637;  but  Illinois  made  a  net  gain  in  insurance  membership 
of  833.  Or,  using  percentages,  it  will  be  seen  that  Connecticut  increased 
her  insurance  membership  during  the  year  2.8  percent;  Massachusetts, 
3  per  cent;  New  York,  8.3  per  cent;  Pennsylvania,  18.2  per  cent,  and 
Illinois,  48.5  per  cent,  "s 

Thus  was  begun  the  record  of  fidelity  to  the  iusurance  fea- 
ture of  the  Order  that  has  ever  since  been  maintained,  and  that 
has  put  Illinois  far  in  the  lead  of  other  states  in  the  jurisdic- 
tion, in  the  proportion  of  its  insurance  membership. 

Past  State  Deputy  Thompson  has  always  since  taken  a 
modest  pride  in  the  positive  stand  he  took  for  the  encourage- 
ment by  the  Knights  of  Columbus  of  every  movement  having 
to  do  with  education.  In  his  annual  report  he  strongly  urged 
that  the  promotion  of  Catholic  education  be  made  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  slogan.  After  arguing  the  question  from  sev- 
eral angles  the  State  Deputy  concluded : 

"1  would,  therefore,  urge  upon  this  Convention  that  we  here  and 
now  place  ourselves  on  record  as  the  friends  and  champions  of  Catholic 
education.  As  a  national  body  we  have  proven  ourselves  loyal  to  the 
cause  of  true  education  in  the  endowment  of  a  Chair  of  Secular  History, 
by  a  gift  of  $50,000  to  our  National  University,  and  are  again  furnishing 
evidence  of  our  sincerity  by  joining  in  the  efforts  of  our  spiritual  prince 
and  leader  to  create  a  guaranty  fund  of  $500,000  for  that  institution.^ 
And  now  as  a  State  Council,  let  us  dedicate  ourselves  to  the  cause  of 
Catholic  education  in  the  State  of  Illinois.  Let  every  member  resolve 
to  do  everything  in  his  power  to  that  end.  Let  there  be  a  new  crusade, 
and  let  our  members,  like  the  Knights  of  old,  seek  Christ's  resting 
place,  and  battle  for  and  defend  it,  not  in  the  tomb,  but  in  the  hearts 
of  little  children  and  within  tlie  portals  of  the  Catholic  school.  Let  our 
watchword  be  the  '  Catholic  School. '  Let  it  be  written  upon  every  heart. 
And  over  the  entrance  of  every  council  chamber  let  this  motto  be  in- 
scribed:  'Promote  Catholic  Education.'  "lo 

Lewis  Edward  Sauter  was  the  next  State  Deputy,  holding 
office  from  May,  1906,  to  May,  1908. 

8.  76. 

9.  See  full  account  of  the  Catholic  University  endowment  in  subsequent 
chapters. 

10.  Report  of  State  Deputy  Eighth  Annual  Convention. 


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State  Deputy  Sauter's  was  notable  as  a  good  business  ad- 
ministration.^^    He  was  just  as  able  and  just  as  enthusiastic 


HUGH  J.   KEARNS. 
Past  State  Secretary 


REV.    JOHN    P.    DORE. 
Past  State  Chaplain 


as  any  other  of  the  officers,  but  kept  a  keen  eye  open  for  the 
business  ends  of  the  society. 

State  Deputy  Sauter  was  apparently  the  first  to  consider 
seriously  the  situation  arising  in  connection  with  the  engaging 


11.  Born  in  Chicago,  January  19,  1869,  Marquette  Council  :  lawyer. 


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in  work  outside  the  strictly  legal  scope  of  the  Order,  such  as 
the  establishment  of  the  Chair  of  History  in  the  Catholic  Uni- 
versity at  "Washington,  D.  C,  the  half  million  dollar  endow- 
ment, etc. 

In  his  report  made  to  the  State  Convention  held  at  Chicago, 
May  12,  1908,  he  considered  this  situation  at  length,  assuring 
the  members  that 

"Your  State  Deputy  commends  these  undertakings  and  acknowledges 
that  a  substantial  part  of  the  good  reputation  which  the  Order  enjoys 
has  resulted  from  the  spirit  displayed  in  the  support  of  these  worthy 
projects. ' '  He  argues  that  it  is  of  doubtful  prudence  to  proceed  with 
such  work  without  direct  legal  sanction,  and  concludes  his  argument  by 
the  suggestion  that  "it  is  possible  a  way  could  be  found  to  amend  the 
Order's  charter,  if  that  course  is  finally  determined  on,  that  will  enable 
the  Order  to  keep  within  the  provisions  of  the  laws  of  the  several  states 
regulating  fraternal  insurance,  and  at  the  same  time  engage  in  broader 
charitable  or  benevolent  work  than  that  permitted  under  its  present 
charter. ' ' 

Every  one  now  knows  how  important  this  question  be- 
came, especially  when  it  seemed  advisable  to  enter  upon  the 
great  programs  of  welfare  work  amongst  the  service  men  of 
the  country,  and  it  is  to  be  noted  that  the  identical  suggestions 
made  by  State  Deputy  Sauter  were  followed  in  amending  and 
broadening  the  charter  so  as  to  authorize  work  of  the  character 
indicated." 

State  Deputy  Sauter  was  succeeded  by  the  late  lamented 
James  Maher  of  Chicago  Council.^^  Mr.  Maher  was  a  lawyer 
of  ability  and  distinction,  and  from  the  date  of  his  initiation 


12.  See  details  in  subsequent  chapters. 

13.  James  Maher  was  born  in  Will  County,  Illinois,  April  30,  1860 
Became  a  student  at  St.  Viator's  College,  Kankakee,  and  from  there  went  to 
Niagara  University  and  to  St.  Mary's  Seminary,  Baltimore.  Returning  to 
St.  Viator's  he  became  a  teacher  of  Mathematics,  where  he  taught  many  young 
men  who  afterwards  became  prominent,  both  clerical  and  lay.  Later  he 
studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  l)ecoming  attorney  for  West  Town- 
ship, later  County  Attorney,  and  still  later  attorney  for  the  Board  of 
Education.  His  death  occurred  on  April  25,  1915,  and  his  funeral  was  a 
notable  one,  being  attended  by  a  number  of  the  Supreme  Officers  and  Directors 
and  accompanied  by  a  delegation  of  Fourth  degree  Knights  in  full  regalia. 


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lie  Beau  Engraver 


Mabel  Sykes  Studio 


PATRICK  L.   McARDLE, 
Paust  State  Deputy 


384         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

into  the  Order  until  his  death  was  an  active  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus.  Soon  after  his  election  as  State  Deputy 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Supreme  Board  of  Directors, 
and  continued  in  that  capacity  to  the  time  of  his  death. 

Mr.  Maher  might  appropriately  be  called  a  conservative, 
but  he  cherished  the  Order  and  never  evaded  any  of  its  bur- 
dens or  responsibilities;  but,  on  the  other  hand,  embraced 
every  opportunity  for  its  advancement.  He  was  a  man  of 
strong  character  and  cut  a  clean  path ;  frank  alike  with  friend 
and  foe.  James  Maher 's  death  is  the  first  break  in  the  ranks 
of  the  past  state  deputies  of  Illinois,  and  it  may  truthfully 
be  said  that  his  taking  away  was  a  distinct  loss  to  the  Order 
and  to  the  community.^* 

In  1911  LeRoy  Hackett,  who  had  served  three  years  as 
State  Secretary,  was  elected  as  State  Deputy,  and  served  three 
years  in  that  capacity,  at  the  end  of  which  he  was  succeeded 
by  William  N.  Brown,  who  served  two  years,  when  Hackett 
was  again  elected  and  served  for  two  years.^"' 

State  Deputy  Hackett  was  one  of  the  most  active  and  vigor- 
ous officers  that  had  appeared  in  the  officiary  of  the  Order 
since  its  introduction  to  the  West.  His  several  years  of  service 
covered  every  feature  of  the  Order's  work,  including  the  or- 
ganization of  numerous  new  councils,  the  launching  of  the 
Children's   Home  Finding  work  of   the   State   Council,   the 


14.  In  the  course  of  an  editorial  in  the  Columbian,,  commenting  on  his 
"leath,  occurs  the  following  :  "Brother  Maher  merited  every  place  of  honor 
he  held.  He  was  essentially  self  made.  Men  admired  and  supported  him  as 
much  for  his  wholesome  aggressiveness  as  for  his  capabilities. 

"Many  men  are  long  remembered  for  their  kindly  dispositions  and  their 
capacity  for  avoiding  friction.  James  Maher  was  second  to  none  in  kindliness, 
but  he  will  live  long  in  the  memory  of  those  who  knew  him  best  as  a  man 
who  never  pretended  to  approve  that  to  which  he  was  opposed.  He  never 
needed  an  interpreter ;  men  admired  him  because  they  could  rely  upon  him. 
He  was  a  single  front  man.  He  showed  the  same  face  to  his  friends  and 
foes,  in  public  and  in  private,  to  his  family  and  to  strangers.  He  pretended 
to  be  only  what  he  was,  and  was  just  what  he  purported  to  be."  (ColumMan, 
April  30,  1915,  p.  10.) 

15.  LeRoy  Hackett  was  born  at  Aurora,  Illinois,  November  13,  1871, 
High  school  graduate;  attended  Notre  Dame  University,  Rush  Medical  College, 
Chicago  Kent  College  of  Law.  Joined  Order  in  1903 ;  Grand  Knight  of 
Feehan  Council  three  terms.  State  Secretary  three  terms.  State  Deputy 
live  terms.  Member  Catholic  Order  of  Foresters  and  Royal  League.  Started, 
supervised  and  completed  war  fund  work,  raising  $700,000  through  the  drives. 
Lawyer. 


ILLINOIS    STATE    COUNCIL  385 

development  of  many  of  the  projects  formerly  undertaken, 
and  finally  the  great  Welfare,  and  other  work  connected  with 
the  war/* 

Like  his  predecessor,  State  Deputy  Hackett  was  a  man 
of  strong  character.  No  difficulty  was  ever  experienced  in 
interpreting  Mr.  Hackett 's  opinion  on  any  question  concerning 
the  Order  where  it  was  a  part  of  his  duty  to  maintain  a  posi- 
tion. On  the  whole,  it  is  the  opinion  of  well  informed  mem- 
bers that  LeRoy  Hackett  was  one  of  the  most  valuable  officers 
that  ever  served  the  Order. 

William  N.  Brown  was  elected  State  Deputy  at  the  con- 
vention of  the  State  Council  held  in  May,  1914.^'  Mr.  Brown 
had  been,  prior  to  his  election.  Grand  Knight  of  Illinois  Coun- 
cil for  several  years,  and  President  of  the  Chicago  Chapter  for 
three  years,  and  brought  to  the  office  of  State  Deputy  splendid 
ability  and  wide  experience.  It  is  not  practical  to  go  into 
much  detail  here  with  reference  to  the  work  of  State  Deputy 
Brown,  but  there  is  at  least  one  sentiment  expressed  in  his  first 
annual  report  that  deserves  mention,  and  that  is  in  connection 
with  the  maintenance  of  proper  interest  in  the  councils. 
"Strenuous  and  persistent  efforts  should  be  made,"  said  the 
State  Deputy,  "to  make  the  meetings  so  interesting  that  the 
largest  possible  attendance  will  be  attracted.  Appropriate 
celebrations  wherever  possible  and  of  a  public  character 
should  be  held  on  Landing  Day  and  the  story  of  Columbus  and 


16.  See  description  in  subsequent  cliapters. 

17.  William  N.  Brown  was  bom  in  Chicago  on  December  26,  1869.  His 
early  training  was  in  tlio  schools  of  this  city.  His  first  attendance  at  the 
Guardian  Angel  School,  where  he  spent  two  years,  and  thence  at  St. 
Patricli's,  spending  one  year  at  that  institution.  At  the  age  of  nine  he 
entered  St.  Ignatius  College,  which  he  attended  for  seven  years,  graduating 
therefrom  at  the  age  of  sixteen,  the  youngest  graduate  of  that  institution. 
After  his  graduation  he  taught  at  St.  Ignatius  for  two  terms.  He  then  toolt 
a  position  with  the  Telephone  Company,  being  in  the  auditing  department 
for  one  year.  Teaching  seemed  to  attract  him,  and  the  next  two  years  were 
spent  at  the  Jesuit  College,  St.  Mary's,  Kansas,  and  the  eight  years  following 
at  his  old  Alma  Mater,  St.  Ignatius,  during  which  period  he  found  not  only 
time  to  train  the  youth  entrusted  to  him,  but  also  to  add  much  to  his  own 
store  of  knowledge.  He  was  secretary  of  the  Mission  of  Our  Lady  of  Mercy, 
known  as  the  Working  Boys'  Home,  and  entered  the  employment  of  the 
W.  J.  Feely  Company.  Later  he  accepted  the  position  of  manager  of  the 
Ecclesiastical  Department  with  Spalding  &  Co.,  Chicago,  which  position  ho 
still  holds.      (Columbian,  February  5,  1909,  p.  10.) 


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388         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

William  N.  Brown  holds  an  exalted  place  in  the  esteem 
of  the  members  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  Illinois,  and  in 
time  to  come  will  be  credited  as  one  of  the  Order's  most  effec- 
tive proponents. 

In  succession  to  State  Deputy  Brown,  Mr,  LeRoy  Hackett 
was  again  called  into  service,  and  it  was  during  this  period 
of  recall  that  the  country  became  involved  in  the  war,  and  the 
necessity  arose  for  much  effort  on  the  part  of  the  State 
Deputy  and  the  officers  and  members  of  the  Order,  but  that 
is  another  story,  which  may  more  properly  be  told  in  another 
connection.  The  war  work  is  described  at  length  in  Chapter 
sixteen. 

In  turn  Mr.  Hackett  was  succeeded  by  the  present  State 
Deputy,  Edward  Houlihan,  who  was  tirst  elected  at  the 
State  Convention  held  in  Danville  on  the  8th  and  9th  of  May, 
1917,  and  thrice  since  re-elected  to  succeed  himself.-^  In  the 
strict  sense,  therefore,  State  Deputy  Houlihan  has  been  the 
war  executive.  We  were  engaged  in  the  great  World  War 
from  April  6th,  1917,  to  the  signing  of  the  Armistice  on 
November  11th,  1918.  Accordingly,  State  Deputy  Houlihan's 
administration  was  chiefly  occupied  wdth  war  activities  dur- 
ing the  continuance  of  the  war,  and  with  reconstruction  work 
since  the  signing  of  the  Armistice.  The  record  of  war  and 
reconstruction  activities  of  the  Order  in  Illinois  is  the  highest 
commendation  that  State  Deputy  Houlihan  could  desire. 
'  Under  his  leadership  the  Knights  of  Columbus  of  Illinois 
have  taken  foremost  rank  amongst  the  welfare  workers  of 
America,  and  achieved  results  that  have  not  only  delighted 
but  astonished  all  observers.  In  the  long  line  of  state  deputies 
of  Illinois  it  has  fallen  to  the  lot  of  Edward  Houlihan  to 


21.  Edward  Houlihan  was  born  in  Chicago,  October  24,  1873  ;  educated  in 
the  parochial  schools  of  Chicago.  lie  has  been  Grand  Knight  of  Father  Set- 
ters Council  eleven  years  ;  District  Deputy  ten  years ;  State  Secretary  four 
years  ;  State  Deputy  five  years  ;  Departmental  Director  of  Welfare  and  Educa- 
tional work  of  the  Order  for  ten  states ;  Superintendent  of  Catholic  Home 
Finding  Association  ;  Supreme  Director. 


ILLINOIS    STATE    COUNCIL  389 

lead  during  the  most  responsible  period,  and  lie  and  his  friends 
may    look    with    pride    upon    the    record    he    has    made." 

The  record  of  the  State  Council  would  be  quite  incomplete 
did  it  speak  of  the  state  deputies  of  the  Order  and  omit  men- 
tion of  the  other  state  officers  who  have  assisted  so  materially 
to  carry  on  the  work  of  the  Order,  and  especially  so  if  men- 
tion were  not  made  of  the  state  secretaries.-^ 

The  early  state  secretaries  were  Hugh  J.  Kearns,-*  James 
J.  Kelly,==  John  A.  Lambert-*'  and  John  A.  Annas."  George 
W.  Lyon-^  may  be  said  to  be  the  first  permanent  state  secre- 
tary, Mr.  Lyon  served  for  six  years,  and  brouglit  the  office 
of  state  secretary  to  a  high  state  of  efficiency.  He  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Michael  E.  Dalton,-^  who  served  for  two  years. 

In  turn  Secretary  Dalton  was  succeeded  by  LeRoy  Hackett, 
who  discharged  the  duties  of  Secretary  for  three  years,  and 
until  elected  State  Deputy.  At  the  same  time  that  LeRoy 
Hackett  was  promoted  to  the  state  deputyship,  Edward  Houli- 
han was  made  State  Secretary,  and  remained  in  that  office 
until  elected  State  Deputy  in  1917. 

On  the  promotion  of  State  Deputy  Houlihan,  Henry  J. 
Lj^nch^"  was  elected  Secretary,  and  has  continued  to  serve  in 


22.  See  subsequent  chapters  where  it  will  be  apparent  the  large  part 
State  Deputy  Houlihan  has  played  in  the  Order. 

23.  It  is  regrettable  that  information  regarding  several  of  the  early 
secretaries  is  meager. 

24.  Hugh  J.  Kearns  was  born  in  Chicago,  April  12,  1870.  Educated  in 
Dore  public  school.  St.  Patrick's  Academy,  Northwestern  University  and  Kent 
College  of  Law.  Charter  member  and  first  Deputy  Grand  Knight  of  Chicago 
Council ;' first  Orand  Knight  of  Illinois  Council;  first  State  Secretary;  Asso- 
ciate Justice  IMunicipal  Court  of  Chicago,   1912  to  1918.      Lawyer. 

25.  Born  in  St.  Johns.  Newfoundland,  in  1856  ;  came  to  Chicago  in  1869  : 
early  member  of  Chicago  Council ;  2nd  State  Secretary  ;  Grand  Knight  Engle- 
wood  Council ;  District  Deputy  ;  National  Director ;  died  August  17,  1921. 

26.  Left  Chicago  in   190u  ;   connected  with  Acme  Rubber  Company,  New 

Jpj-gpV, 

27.  Born  in  Chicago,  May  28,  1863  ;  Grand  Knight  Sterling  Council,  and 
one  of  the  organizers  ;  commercial  traveler  ;  died  Dec.  23.  1915. 

28.  George  W.  Lyon  was  born  in  Chicago,  March  22,  1880 ;  educated  in 
Sacred  Heart  school ;"  St.  Ignatius  College,  M.  A..  Lake  Forest  University, 
LL.  B.  Joined  Order  in  1902  through  Illinois  Council.  Transferred  to  Feehan 
Council  when  that  council  was  organized.  Became  Chancellor,  Deputy  Grand 
Knight  and  Grand  Knight  of  Feehan  Council :  State  Secretary.     Lawyer. 

29.  No  data  available. 

30.  Henry  J.  Lynch  was  born  in  Chicago,  May  20,  1875.  High  School 
and  Business  College  training.  Became  Superintendent  of  Dunning  Institute: 
chief  Probation  Oflicer  of  Cook  County.  Member  Chicago  Cojincil ;  Grand 
Knight ;  State  Secretary.  Member  B.  P.  O.  E.  Past  President  Holy  Name 
Society,  Carey,  Illinois.     Clothier. 


390         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

that  capacity  ever  since.  Although  each  of  the  several  secre- 
taries was  competent  and  courteous,  no  one  exceeded  the  pres- 
ent incumbent  in  these  qualities,  nor  has  any  member  enjoyed 
a  higher  esteem  amongst  the  Knights  of  Columbus  of  Illinois 
and  the  West  than  State  Secretary  Lynch.  His  long  years  of 
faithful  service  in  other  capacities,  and  especially  as  a  leading 
degree  officer,  have  given  him  a  foremost  place  in  the  esteem 
of  the  membership. 

Space  forbids  following  the  personnel  of  the  other  state 
officers,  but  a  complete  record  should  do  justice  to  these  as 
well.=^^ 

It  would  be  a  great  injustice  to  the  Order,  however,  to 
omit  mention  of  four  men  to  whom  the  entire  Order  is  greatly 
indebted,  viz.,  the  four  state  chaplains.  Rev.  John  P.  Dore,"- 
Rev.  Christopher  P.  Foster,^^  Rev.  William  J.  Healey^*  and 
Rt.   Rev.   Peter   J.   Muldoon.^'     Fathers   Dore,    Foster    and 


31.  Names  and  dates  of  State  Secretaries  will  be  found  in  the  tabulation 
of  State  Officers  following  this  chapter. 

32.  Rev.  John  P.  Dore  was  born  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  February  1, 
1863,  and  educated  in  the  Boston  and  Holy  Cross  Colleges.  He  pursued  his 
theological  studies  at  St.  Viator's,  Kankakee,  Illinois,  and  was  ordained  priest 
June  1,  1889.  He  was  assistant  at  Holy  Name  Cathedral  for  ten  years,  and 
was  then  transferred  to  West  Chicago.  In  1905  he  became  assistant  rector 
of  Our  Lady  of  Loudres,  and  died  while  there  on  September  15,  1911.  He 
was  a  nephew  of  the  late  John  P.  Dore,  for  twenty-five  years  Street  Com- 
missioner of  Boston,  and  also  of  Msgr.  Dennis  O'Fallon,  Director  of  St.  Francis 
de  Sales  Church  at  Rocksbury,  Mass.  He  was  survived  by  two  brothers,  one 
of  whom  is  a  Jesuit.      {Columhian,  September  22,  1922,  p.  14.) 

33.  Rev.  Christopher  P.  Foster  was  born  in  London,  England,  in  August, 
1857,  of  Irish  Catholic  parents,  who  emigrated  to  America  and  settled  at 
Indiana  the  year  following  his  birth.  He  studied  at  St.  Mary's  of  the  West 
and  Niagara  University.  After  finishing  his  theological  course  he  taught 
Kngllsh,  Latin  and  Greek  at  St.  Viator's  and  was  ordained  a  priest  August 
15.  1887,  and  appointed  to  assist  Father  John  Waldron  at  St.  John's  Church, 
Chicago.  After  a  few  years  he  was  made  pastor  of  the  Sacred  Heart  Church, 
Joliet,  where  he  remained  until  1909,  when,  at  his  own  request,  he  was 
transferred  to  Manhattan,  Illinois,  where  he  died  in  August,  1911.  Of  him 
Rev.  P.  C.  Conway,  pastor  of  St.  Pius  Church,  says :  "Father  Foster,  mag- 
nificent to  behold,  most  kindly  to  all,  was  a  prince  among  men.  His  heart 
always  beat  outward  for  others  ;  he  died  beloved  by  all." 

34.  Rev.  William  J.  Healey  was  born  in  Scranton,  Pa.,  August  1,  1868, 
and  was  ordained  by  Rt.  Rev.  S.  V.  Ryan  at  Niagara  University,  December 
23,  1894.  For  five  and  one-half  years  he  served  as  Secretary  to  Rt.  Rev. 
James  Ryan,  Bishop  of  Alton.  From  there  he  went  first  to  Jacksonville, 
and  then  to  Effingham,  Illinois,  where  he  was  pastor  for  fifteen  years,  when 
he  was  transferred  to  Marshall,  Illinois,  and  later  to  Murray ville,  where  he 
died  on  June  2,  1915. 

35.  Rt.  Rev.  Peter  J.  Muldoon,  D.  D.,  was  born  at  Columbia,  Tuolumne 
County,  California,  on  October  10,  1863,  of  John  J.  and  Catherine  (Coughlin) 
Muldoon,  natives  respectively  of  County  Cavan  and  County  Galway,  Ireland, 
He  received  his  early  education  at  Stockton,  California.  At  14  years  of  age 
he  enterod  St.  Mary's,  Kentucky,  and  two  years  later  began  his  philosophical 


ILLINOIS    STATE    COUNCIL 


391 


Healey  have  been  called  to  their  reward,  and  ail  who  knew 
them  cherish  a  fond  remembrance  of  their  gentleness  and  lov- 
ableness.  Our  great,  strong  Bishop-Chaplain  stands  ever  near 
us  and  by  his  wise  counsel  and  cheering  words  keeps  us  in  the 


REV.  CHRISTOPHER  P.  FOSTER. 
Past  State  Chaplain 


REV.  WILLIAM  J.  HEALEY, 
Past  State  Chaplain 


path  of  rectitude.     More  than  four  hundred  little  ones  who 
owe  good  homes  to  his  suggestion,  as  well  as  many  others  who 


course  at  St.  Mary's  Seminary,  Baltimore,  Maryland.  He  was  ordained  to  the 
priesthood  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  by  Rt.  Rev.  John  Laughlin,  D.  D.,  December 
18,  1886,  after  which  he  was  first  appointed  to  St.  Pius'  Church,  Chicago. 
In  November,  1888,  he  was  appointed  Chancellor  of  the  Archdiocese  of  Chi- 
cago and  Secretary  to  Archbishop  Patrick  A.  Feehan,  and  remained  in  that 
relation  until  November,  1895.  On  July  5,  1901,  he  was  appointed  auxiliary 
bishop  of  Chicago.  In  November,  1895,  he  became  pastor  of  St.  Charles 
Borromeo's  Church,  Chicago,  and  was  appointed  Bishop  of  the  diocese  of 
Rockford,  September  28,  1908, 


392         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

have  been  helped  and  cheered  by  him  in  his  capacity  as  State 
Chaplain,  bless  him  daily. 

EXTRAORDINARY  WORK  OP  THE  STATE  COUNCIL 

The  State  Council  has  from  its  very  inception  almost, 
recognized  the  capacity  of  the  state-wide  organization  for  the 
accomplishment  of  worthy  objects.  When  the  organization 
was  new  and  the  members  few  in  numbers  no  very  ambitious 
projects  could  be  undertaken,  naturally,  but  very  soon  after 
the  organization  of  the  State  Council  a  program  of  public 
lectures  was  entered  upon,  the  most  notable  of  which  was  a 
lecture  delivered  by  the  eloquent  Washington  Divine,  Rev. 
D.  J.  Stafford,  D.  D.,  in  the  autumn  of  1902,  and  a  lecture  by 
the  gifted  Bishop  of  Peoria,  John  Lancaster  Spalding,  in  the 
following  year.^''  As  early  as  1900  the  custom  which  has  ever 
since  been  observed  of  an  annual  Mass  for  deceased  members 
was  a  State  Council  function.  Different  churches  are  selected 
from  year  to  year. 

In  the  very  earliest  days  there  was  given  under  the  auspices 
of  the  State  Council  an  annual  ball,  which  was  always  made 
a  very  brilliant  affair.  The  virtual  discontinuance  of  the  an- 
nual grand  ball  of  the  State  Council  has  been  a  matter  of  re- 
gret to  many  members  of  the  Order.  The  lectures  and  enter- 
tainments of  the  McArdle  administration  were  indeed  notable 
affairs,  and  gave  the  Knights  of  Columbus  a  distinct  social 
standing. 

Joseph  J.  Thompson  had  scarcely  been  installed  in  office  as 
State  Deputy  when  Cardinal  Gibbons,  the  ardent  friend  of 
the  Knights  of  Columbus,  made  an  appeal  to  the  Order  for 
assistance  in  the  misfortunes  of  the  Catholic  University  at 
Washington,  D.  C.  Due  to  the  financial  panic  of  the  early 
years  of  the  twentieth  century  securities  of  the  University 
shrank  or  became  valueless,  to  the  extent  of  half  a  million  dol- 


36.  At  the  date  of  the  Spalding  lecture,  that  great  prelate  fell  ill,   and 
the  result  is  stated  in  State  Deputy  McArdle's  report,  1904,  p.  5. 


ILLINOIS    STATE    COUNCIL  393 

lars,  threatening  ruin  to  the  institution.  In  the  emergency 
the  Cardinal,  who  was  the  executive  of  the  University,  asked 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  to  help  replace  the  lost  funds. 

The  appeal  received  by  the  Supreme  Knight,  Edward  L. 
Hearn,  was  passed  on  to  the  state  deputies,  and  urged  with 
special  force  upon  State  Deputy  Thompson,  who  took  up  the 
matter  of  raising  funds  promptly,  and  pursued  it  vigorously 
by  means  of  a  plan  for  lectures  by  prominent  churchmen  and 
others  in  various  parts  of  the  state  of  Illinois.^'    The  plan  was 


37    The   correspondence    in    this   matter   is   so    interesting    as    to   justify 

preservation  here.  CARDINAL'S  RESIDENCE. 

Baltimore,  December  12,  1904. 

My  dear  Sir:—  ^  4.^  i- 

The  Knights  of  Columl)us  have  signalized  their  devotion  to  the  Catholic 
University  by  an  act  of  princely  munificence  in  endowing  a  Chair  of  American 

"^^^ Encourtled' by  this  evidence  of  generosity,  I  am  emboldened  to  make  a 
special  appeal  to  yourself  and  to  the  Knights  under  your  immediate  jurisdic- 
tion and  I  will  regard  as  a  personal  favor  the  service  you  will  do  the 
Universtv.  I  have  organized  a  guarantee  fund  to  help  to  meet  the  deficit 
resultin-  from  the  Waggaman  failure,  and  I  will  be  glad  to  add  to  it  the 
sum  which  y"u  and  your  brother  knights  may  be  pleased  to  contribute  Any 
Imount  will  be  gratefully  accepted,  for  I   know   that  your  bounty  is  limited 

°°^^You^wmSe^ne  under  special  obligations  by  communicating  my  appeal 

to  the   Knights   residing  within  your   State  or  Territory,  and   by  forwarding 

to  me  their  contributions  after  they  are  collected. 

Faithfully  yours,  ^      ,.     ,  ^.,  v, 

J.  Cardinal  Gibbons. 

New  Haven,  Conn.,  December  17,  1904. 
Worthy  State  Deputy: —  .  r,     .,•     i 

You  are  doubtless  in  receipt  of  a  letter  froni  His  Eminenc,  Cardinal 
Gibbons  referring  to  the  financial  condition  of  the  Catholic  University.  This 
«nnearof  His  Eminence  is  largely  a  personal  one;  and  if  we  regard  only  hi.s 
true  worth  and  great  value  to  the  cause  of  Catholicity  in  this  country  without 
considering  the  ^friendly  spirit  he  has  always  manifested  towards  the  order 
we  wm  readily  see  that  the  appeal  deserves  our  greatest  .effort,  for  the 
Success  or  failure  of  the  project  will  reflect  largely  upon  his  Eminence. 

Unending  glory  has  already  accrued  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus  by  the 
presentation  of  $50,000  to  the  Catholic  University  last  .Apnl-  .  p°f«/^^I 
ttoe  the  Univerlitv  has  met  with  financial  reverses  with  which  you  are 
pnTfrelv  familiar   and  therefore  need  no  rehearsal  in  this  letter.  . 

WillToii  kindly  acknowledge  His  Eminence's  letter  at  once,  and  im- 
medi^elv  interest  yourself  and  the  members  in  your  state,  in  responding  to 
fhistnneal  so  that^His  Eminence  and  the  Heirarchy  may.  learn  further  proofs 
of  our  interest  in  the  cause  of  Catholic  Educational  principles.  I  am  sure 
the  membership  in  vour  stat..  may  be  relied  upon,  at  all  times  to  do  their 
duty  to  ChS  to  State  and  to  the  Order.     This  is  one  of  the  occasions  which 

'^"'Tr^S^tog'ms  Eminenc'e' wm'p^omptly  receive  your  assurances  of  hearty 

co-op^rattnfand  thaTthese'will  be^substan'^tiated  by  flattering  results.  I  remain. 

Sincerely  and  fraternally  yours, 

Edward  L.  Hearn,  Supreme  Knight. 


394         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

enthusiastically  received  by  Cardinal  Gibbons,  and  the  Su- 
preme Knight,  and  in  the  prosecution  of  it  nearly  a  score  of 
the  greatest  churchmen  in  America,  as  well  as  a  number  of 
laymen  of  the  first  order  of  prominence  agreed  to  lecture  in 
Illinois  for  the  benefit  of  the  fund.^^  After  arrangements 
were  well  under  way,  however,  and  upon  due  consideration 
Archbishop  Quigley  advised  against  the  prosecution  of  the 
plan,  and  the  lecture  feature  was  omitted,  but  the  councils 
were  appealed  to  and  a  small  fund  was  raised  by  voluntary 
subscription,  which  became  the  nucleus  of  the  $500,000  en- 
dowment later  raised  for  the  purpose  throughout  the  juris- 
diction of  the  Order.^^ 

Bloomington,   111..  January  10.   1905. 
J.   Cardinal  Gibbons, 

Baltimore,  Md., 
Eminent  and  Dear  Sir  : —  ,  ...  ,.    t  .,  •    ■ 

I  take  pleasure  in  telling  you  that  I  have  devised  a  plan  which  I  think 
will  succeed  in  raising  a  very  substantial  sum  for  the  University,  which  is 
this :  I  will  ask  each  Council  in  the  state  to  give  a  lecture,  the  net  proceeds 
to  go  to  the  fund.  These  lectures  I  propose  shall  be  given  by  eminent  men 
of  the  Church  and  State  and  in  the  Order.  To  encourage  our  work  I  beg 
to  ask  you  to  appear  in  the  Auditorium  in  Chicago  yourself  at  such  a  date 
between  now  and  the  first  of  April  as  will  be  pleasing  to  you.  If  you  will 
consent  to  do  this  it  will  assist  me  greatly  in  securing  dates  in  all  the  larger 
cities,  from  Archbishops  Ireland,  Keane,  Glennon,  and  other  noted  men.  We 
will  have  organized  bodies  to  take  care  of  these  meetings  and  having  a  large 
number  of  them  in  the  state  will  be  able  to  realize  a  creditable  sum  for  the 
fund.     I  await  your  approval  of  the  plan. 

Sincerely  and  respectfully  yours, 

Joseph  J.   Thompson,   State  Deputy. 

CARDINAL'S  RESIDENCE. 

Baltimore,   January    19,    190,j. 
Mr.  J.  J.  Thompson,  State  Deputy  Knights  of  Columbus. 
Dear  Mr.  Thompson  : 

Your  letter  of  January  17,  has  brought  me  great  joy  and  pleasure. 
I  am  deeply  grateful  to  you  for  what  you  have  done  in  the  past  for  the 
Catholic  University,  and  I  now  look  forward  with  fervent  hope  to  the 
success  of  your  splendid  plans.  I  approve  of  your  scheme  entirely.  My  regret 
is  that  I  may  not  be  able  to  be  present  at  the  Auditorium  in  Chicago,  as  I 
have  many  pressing  engagements  and  duties  from  now  until  after  April.  My 
heart  however  is  with  you  in  this  work,  and  you  may  tell  those  whom  j'ou 
write  to  lecture,  how  grateful  I  will  be  for  their  services.  With  sentiments  of 
great  esteem,  I  am, 

Yours  faithfully, 

J.  Cardinal  Gibbons. 

38.  Amongst  those  who  approved  the  plan  and  consented  to  lecture  were  : 
Most  Reverend  John  J.  Glennon,  Archbishop  of  St.  Louis :  Most  Reverend 
S.  G.  Messmer,  Archbishop  of  Milwaukee  ;  Most  Reverend  John  Ireland,  Arch- 
bishop of  St.  Paul ;  Rev.  D.  J.  Stafford,  Washington,  D.  C.  ;  Hon.  R.  J. 
Wynne,  Postmaster-General ;  Hon.  Charles  J.  Bonaparte :  Hon.  John  J. 
Delaney,  Corporation  Counsel  of  New  York  City,  and  Hon.  W.  Bonrke 
Cockran. 

39.  The  Illinois  Council  contributing  for  this  beginning  of  the  half 
million  dollar  endowment  of  the  Catholic  University,  Washington,  D.  C,  were 
as  follows  :     Leo  XIII,  $50.00  ;  Elgin,  $15.00  ;  Lafayette,  $25.00  :  De  LaSalle, 


ILLINOIS    STATE    COUNCIL 


395 


Melvin  H.  Sykes  Studio 


Le  Beau,  Engraver 


JOSEPH  J.   THOMPSON, 
Past  State  Deputy 


396         KXIGHTS  OF  COLOIBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Along  a  similar  line  of  extraordinary-  activities  should  be 
mentioned  the  appeal  for  the  sufferers  from  the  San  Francisco 
earthquake.  This  catastrophe  occurred  April  18,  1906.  three 
weeks  before  the  end  of  State  Deputy  Tliompson's  adminis- 
tration, but  not  a  moment  was  lost  in  appealing  to  the  coun- 
cils, and  through  the  generosity  and  speedy  efforts  of  the 
members  several  thousand  dollars  were  forwarded  to  the  re- 
lief agencies  in  San  Francisco,  being  the  first  monies  to  reach 
the  stricken  area  from  outside  the  state  of  California.  So 
effective  was  the  work  of  the  membership  that  the  State 
Deputy  was  able  to  report  at  the  meeting  of  the  State  Council 
immediately  following  the  earthquake  that  a  draft  for 
$1,500.00  had  been  forwarded.,  the  total  fund  aggregating 
$5,372.15.  being  aU  transmitted  by  the  5th  of  August.  The 
committee  in  charge  of  this  fund  consisted  of  the  State  Deputy, 
Joseph  J.  Thompson,  Chairman;  Secretary  James  R.  Dalton, 
and  Louis  B.  Clarke  of  the  Hibernian  Banking  Association, 
Treasurer.**^ 

The  San  Francisco  earthquake  relief  work  was  completed 
by  State  Deputy  Lewis  E.  Sauter,  who  succeeded,  as  has  been 
noted  above. 


SoO  00  :  Joliet  S.32.50  :  Freeport.  S25.00  :  Charles  CarroU  of  CarroUton,  S25.00  ; 
Hiidebrand.  S22.00 :  Springfield.  S20.00 :  Calumet.  S20.7.5 ;  State  Council. 
S14.T5.  Total.  S30C>.00.  Later  these  councUs  contributed  their  full  quota  of 
$2.00  per  member  as  voltrntary  subscriptions  by  all  councils  of  the  Order. 

40.  Report  of  Knights  of  -Columbus  San  Francisco  fund,  contributed 
before  the  seneral  call  by  Illinois  councils :  Daniel  Bowling.  S111.50  ;  Thomas 
Aquinas.  S142.0*"' :  Immaculat<=-  Conception.  SIO.OO :  Ravenswood.  $117.00 : 
De  LaSalle.  §690.00  :  Illinois.  $Z>00.00  :  Hiidebrand,  $74.-50  ;  Pontiac.  $2.5.00  : 
Elgin  (exchange  10c).  $24.90:  ilurphysboro.  $41.25:  DeSoto.  $294.00:  Brown- 
son.  $.54.-50  :  Chicaso.  $47S.OO  :  Marquette.  $260.00  :  Hughes.  $85.50  ;  Belvidere. 
$25.00:  Rockford.  $-50.f>0  :  Galesburg  t  exchanse  10c,  paid  in  stamps).  $25.00: 
niinois  State  Council.  $100.00  :  Englewood.  $147.00  :  Chas.  CarroU  of  Carroll- 
ton.  $.50.00 :  Streator.  $10.00 :  Waukegan.  $25.00  :  Quincy.  $69.00  :  Carlinvme 
(exchange  10c  >.  $24.90:  Leo.  $.50.00:  Commercial.  $127.60:  Springfield. 
$lf»0.00  :  LaRabida,  $100.00  :  Fort  Dearborn.  $66.00 :  Chicago  Heights.  $25.00  : 
nam*'  unknown.  $li">0.00  :  East  St.  Louis  'exchange  10c).  $99.90:  Irvinz  Park, 
$25.00  :  Feehan,  $221. 0C> :  PhiL  Sheridan.  $.56.00  :  Columbus.  $51.00 :  Ouil- 
mette.  $100.00 :  Oregon.  $25.00  :  Lafayette,  $21.3.00  :  Aurora.  $25.00  ;  Keenan. 
$26.00 :  Effingham.  $41.50 :  Daniel  O'ConneU.  $101.70 :  Damen,  $201.50 ; 
Calumet.   $123.00 :    Starved  Rock,  $.35.00.     Total.   $.5..347.25. 

Rf-mittances  :  Mav  .3.  1906.  to  G.  A.  ConneUv,  treasurer  San  Francisco 
fund.  $1.5C>0.fX>:  JuIt  9,  1906.  to  G.  A.  Connelly,  treasurer  San  Francisco 
fund.  $3,000.00:  Telegram.  May  3.  1906.  $1.15:  Telegram  Julv  9,  1906,  $1.15; 
Telegram.  August  5.  1906.  $1.15  :  August  5.  1906.  to  G.  A.  ConneUy.  $843.50. 
Total.  $5,347.25.  Joseph  J.  Thompson,  Chairman  :  James  R.  Dalton,  Sec- 
retary:  Louis  B.  Clarke,  Treasurer.      (Columbian,  September  1,   1906,   p.   2.) 


ILLINOIS    STATE    COUNCIL 


397 


Matzene  Stmlio 


Le  Beau.  Zi^i-'it 


LEWIS  EDWARD  SAUTER, 
Past  State  Deputy 


•d^S         KNIGHTS  OF  COLmiBUS  IX  ILLINOIS 

During  the  administration  of  State  Deputy  Sauter  the 
matter  of  the  preservation  of  the  old  mission  church,  the 
Church  of  the  Holy  Family  at  Cahokia  was  given  considera- 
tion, and  although  nothing  concrete  was  done  by  the  State 
Council  sufficient  publicity  was  obtained,  chiefly  through  the 
efforts  of  Thomas  A.  0  "Shaughnessy  of  Chicago,  and  August 
Barthel  of  BelleviUe.  to  enable  the  resident  pastor  at  Cahokia 
to  secure  funds  to  make  necessary  repairs  and  in  general  to 
preserve  the  ancient  structure. 

During  the  second  year  of  State  Deputy  Sauter  "s  admin- 
istration the  movement  for  the  $500,000  endowment  for  the 
Catholic  University  *at  Washington.  D.  C.  was  launched,  and 
received  the  hearty  approval  of  the  State  Deputy. 

The  great  work  of  the  administration  of  State  Deputy 
James  Maher  had  to  do  with  the  collection  of  the  endowment 
fund  of  half  a  million  doUars  for  the  Catholic  University  at 
Washington.  D.  C,  and  in  each  of  his  annual  reports  State 
Deputy  ^Maher  very  strongly  urged  the  prompt  collection  of 
the  University  fund. 

Throughout  all  the  years  of  State  Deputy  Maher's  admin- 
istration he  strongly  urged  lecture  work.  In  each  of  his 
reports  he  recommended  a  lecturers'  association,  and  in  1910, 
under  authority  granted  by  the  State  Council,  he  created  a 
State  Lecturers'  Ad\'isory  Committee,  composed  of  Rev.  W. 
A.  Heffernan  of  Mt.  Sterling.  William  X.  Brown  of  Chicago, 
Harrj'  W.  Carlin,  Kewanee,  and  William  D.  Munhall,  Chicago, 
which  reported  to  the  State  Convention  held  at  Dixon  in  1911, 
recommending  that  a  Knights  of  Columbus  Lecture  Bureau, 
to  consist  of  the  State  Deputy,  State  Secretary  and  three  mem- 
bers of  the  Order,  be  appointed,  and  a  per  capita  tax  of  ten 
cents  per  member  be  levied,  to  be  used  by  such  bureau  in  the 
promotion  of  lecture  work.*^ 

The  first  movement  for  the  Catholic  Home  Finding  Asso- 


41.  Report    of  Proctedings   of    the    1-lth    Annual    Session    State    Council, 
held  in  Dixon,  Mav  9  and  10.  1911,  pp.  40,  41,  42. 


ILLINOIS    STATE    COUN'CIL  399 

elation  was  made  at  the  State  Convention  held  in  Dixon.  May 
9th  and  10th.  1911,  at  which  LeRoy  Haekett  was  first  elected 
State  Deputy,  and  by  the  time  of  the  holding  of  the  next  State 
Convention  at  Peoria  on  May  14th  and  15th,  1912.  State 
Deputy  Haekett  was  able  to  report  as  follows : 

"After  the  Eight  Eeverend  State  Chaplain  had  addressed  the  mem- 
bers of  the  State  Council  at  the  meeting  in  Dixon  last  year  and  spoken 
feelingly  of  the  trials  to  which  dependent  children  were  subjected  when 
discharged  from  the  different  state  institutions,  and  the  need  of  extend- 
ing a  helping  hand  to  such  of  them  as  were  the  offspring  of  Catholie 
parents,  in  order  that  they  might,  in  lat«r  life,  profess  and  enjoy  the 
benefits  of  the  religion  of  their  fathers,  the  body,  by  resolution,  author- 
ized the  State  Deputy  to  appoint  a  committee  of  five  members,  one 
from  each  See  city  in  the  state,  and  five  alternates,  one  from  each  See 
city  in  the  state,  with  full  power  to  act  with  the  proper  ecclesiastical 
authorities  for  establishing  a  Home  Finding  Association  for  Catholic 
orphans  and  dependent  children.  Provision  was  also  made  for  a  per 
capita  tax  of  ten  cents  per  member,  which  might  be  used  in  the  promo- 
tion of  this  work:  the  total  sum  which  became  available  under  the 
resolution,  which  has  since  been  collected  and  is  now  held  by  the  State 
Treasurer,  to  the  credit  of  the  fund  being  $2,759.10."*- 

This  work  ran  through  the  first  three-year  term  of  ^Mr. 
Haekett 's  service  as  State  Depute-,  and  the  organization  was 
brought  to  perfection  during  his  administration. 

In  the  same  term  State  Deputy  Haekett  pursued  vigorously 
the  work  in  connection  with  the  collection  of  the  half  million 
endowment  for  the  Catholie  Univei-sity. 

Under  the  auspices  of  the  Illinois  State  Council  Rev.  (now 
Right  Rev.;)  T.  J.  Shahan.  D.  D..  President  of  the  Catholic 
University  at  Washington.  D.  C,  delivered  a  lecture  at  the 
Great  Northern  Theater,  at  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  Sunday.  Decem- 
ber 20.  1909.  This  was  one  of  the  most  scholarly  of  the  many 
lectures  delivered  under  the  auspices  of  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus in  the  State  of  Illinois." 


42.  Report  of  Proceedings  State  Convention  held  at  Peoria.  May   14-15. 
to^2.  pp.  13-14.  ^ 

43.  Co^umhian.  December  17.  19«.>9.  p.  t>. 


400         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

A  very  forceful  lecture  was  delivered  by  Prof.  James  C. 
Monaghan  at  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Auditorium,  153  LaSalle  St., 
on  the  evening  of  January  28,  1910.  This  lecture  was  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Supreme  Council,  but  was  in  charge  of  the 
State  Deputy  of  Illinois  and  committees  appointed  for  the 
purpose.^  ^ 

Another  great  event  in  which  the  State  Council  and  the 
members  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  throughout  Illinois  par- 
ticipated during  State  Deputy  Hackett's  administration  was 
the  unveiling  ceremonies  of  the  Columbus  Memorial  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  In  his  annual  report,  and  by  every  means  avail- 
able, State  Deputy  Hackett  advanced  the  success  of  this  great 
movement. ^^ 

In  the  year  1912  Indiana  and  Ohio  suffered  from  great 
floods,  and  the  day  following  the  public  announcement  of  the 
disaster  State  Deputy  Hackett  wired  the  state  deputies  of 
Ohio  and  Indiana  proffering  help,  and  within  a  very  short 
time  the  State  Deputy  wired  funds  aggregating  $641.00  for 
relief  of  the  stricken  districts.  The  flood  damage  extended 
also  to  Illinois.  The  Church  property  under  the  charge  of 
Reverend  Joseph  Roken,  Pastor,  at  Equality,  Illinois,  was 
seriously  damaged,  and  the  State  Council  provided,  by  resolu- 
tion, for  the  payment  of  five  hundred  dollars  to  Father  Roken 
to  help  liquidate  the  loss.'*^ 

By  the  time  of  the  holding  of  the  State  Convention  in  1913 
State  Deputy  LeRoy  Hackett  was  able  to  report  that  a  total 
of  $495,000  had  been  subscribed  for  the  Catholic  University 
Endowment  Fund,  $453,390.45  of  which  was  paid  in,  and  that 
the  councils  and  members  in  Illinois  had  paid  $45,764.38  of 


44.  lb.,  January  21,  1910,  p.  1. 

45.  See  State  Deputy  Hackett's  urgent  appeal  in  this  regard  in  his  report 
to  the  State  Convention  at  Peoria,  May  14-15,  1912,  pp.  16-17  ;  see  also  report 
of  trip  to  Washington  for  the  unveiling  in  subsequent  chapter ;  see  also  report 
of  State  Deputy  Haclcett  to  State  Convention  held  in  Chicago,  May  14,  1913, 
pp.  12-13. 

46.  Report  of  Proceedings  of  the  State  Convention  held  at  Chicago. 
May  13-14,  1913,  pp.  16-17. 


ILLINOIS    STATE    COUNCIL  401 

that  amount.*"  Before  the  close  of  State  Deputy  Hackett's 
administration  in  1914,  he  was  able  to  report  the  completion 
of  the  $500,000  endowment,  and  to  state  that  "Illinois  did 
its  part  and  contributed  more  than  its  pro  rata  share ' '  of  the 
fund." 

The  Catholic  Home  Finding  Association  was  actually  in- 
corporated during  the  administration  of  State  Deputy  Wil- 
liam N.  Brown  in  1914.  During  this  administration  also  sev- 
eral meetings  of  Grand  Knights  and  District  Deputies  througli- 
out  the  state  were  held  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  two  such 
meetings  were  held  outside  the  city,  in  accordance  with  reso- 
lutions adopted  by  the  State  Council,  in  convention  assembled, 
and  resulted  in  much  benefit  to  the  Order.^" 

As  has  already  been  stated,  much  attention  was  given  by 
State  Deputy  Brown  to  the  subject  of  religious  prejudice. 
When  the  Commission  on  Religious  Prejudice,  appointed  by 
the  Supreme  Council,  began  its  program  of  lectures,  State 
Deputy  Brown  appointed  a  committee,  of  which  George  F. 
Mulligan  was  chairman,  to  have  charge  of  the  preparations 
for  a  lecture  by  Hon.  W.  Bourke  Cockran,  under  the  auspices 
of  the  Religious  Prejudice  Commission.  Invitations  were  ex- 
tended to  all  public  officials,  fraternal  societies,  leaders  of  re- 
ligious thought,  educators,  employers  and  labor  organizations, 
with  the  result  that  a  very  large  audience  gathered  November 
31,  1915,  to  hear  the  great  orator.  A  number  of  the  Supreme 
officers  were  present,  including  James  A.  Flaherty,  Supreme 
Knight :  Col.  P.  H.  Callahan,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
Religious  Prejudice;  Joseph  C.  Pelletier,  Supreme  Advocate; 
Thomas  Lawler  of  Lansing.  Michigan,  and  A.  G.  Bogey  of 
Vancouver.  Hon.  Samuel  Alschuler,  Judge  of  the  United 
States  District  Court,  was  introduced  by  George  F.  Mulligan 


48  Report  oj  Proceedings  of  the  17th  Annual  Session,  State  Council  held 
in  Quincv,  May  12-13.  1914.  p.  18.  .  „       .        c.  .    .-  •.     »  t»       *„, 

49  Report  of  Proceedings  ISth  Annual  Session,  State  Council  at  Decatur. 
May  11-12,  1915,  p.  13. 


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as  chairman,  and  made  an  address  to  which  State  Deputy- 
William  N.  Brown  responded.  Judge  Alschuler  then  pre- 
sented Mr.  Cockran.  Due  to  the  growing  interest  in  the  war 
which  was  then  raging  in  Europe,  Mr.  Cockran  said  little  of 
religious  prejudice,  but  delivered  a  very  forceful  address  on 
other  subjects.^" 

State  Deputy  Brown  appointed  a  commission  to  investi- 
gate the  feasibility  of  establishing  a  Catholic  foundation  at  the 
State  University  at  Champaign,  and  also  a  commission  to  ex- 
amine into  the  propriety  of  placing  memorial  gates  or  mark- 
ers at  the  State  Park  at  Starved  Eoek,  both  of  which  commis- 
sions have  since  discharged  their  duties,  as  will  be  seen  in 
other  chapters. 

As  has  been  heretofore  suggested,  the  second  period  of  serv- 
ice of  LeRoy  Hackett  as  State  Deputy  was  largely  devoted 
to  war  work  of  one  kind  or  another.  The  first  action  of  the 
State  Convention  held  in  Danville  on  May  8,  1917,  was  the 
adoption  of  the  following  resolution : 

"Be  It  Mesolved,  That  the  State  Council  tenders  to  the  President 
of  the  United  States  the  loyal  and  unflinching  support  of  its  44,000 
members,  and  pledges  effective  co-operation,  in  the  field,  on  the  farm, 
in  every  activity  of  business  and  professional  life,  to  the  end  that  the 
sublime  principles  of  liberty  and  humanity  upon  which  this  republic 
is  founded  will  survive. '  'si 

A  large  part  of  the  activities  of  the  Order  under  the  leader- 
ship of  State  Deputy  Hackett  was  directed  to  carrying  out  the 
letter  and  spirit  of  this  resolution,  as  will  be  seen  by  reference 
to  other  chapters. 

A  distressing  experience  of  the  last  year  of  State  Deputy 
Hackett 's  administration  had  to  do  with  the  disastrous  tornado 
which  occurred  in  May,  1917,  and  caused  much  damage  in 


50.  The  disappointment  due  to  this  address  was  more  as  to  matter  than 
manner,  it  should  be  said. 

51.  Proceedings    20th  Annual   Session,   State    Council   held    at    Danville, 
May  8   9,  1917,  p.  5. 


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Melvin  H.  Syltra  Studio 


Design,  Harris  Tnist  Co. 


JAMES  MAKER, 
Past  State  Deputy 


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Mattoon.     The  State  Deputy  took  prompt  action  to  help  re- 
lieve the  distress. 

Where  State  Deputy  Hackett  left  off  in  the  war  work  and 
other  activities  of  the  Order,  the  incoming  State  Deputy,  Ed- 
ward Houlihan,  began,  and  it  is  notable  that  every  work  begun 
by  his  predecessor  was  carried  on  successfully,  and  numerous 
new  activities,  made  necessary  by  circumstances,  were  under- 
taken, which  were  also  carried  to  successful  completion. 

State  Deputy  Houlihan  took  a  special  interest  in  all  of  the 
activities  at  the  several  local  camps  and  cantonments  situated 
in  the  State  of  Illinois,  and  threw  the  whole  force  of  the  Order 
in  the  state  into  all  of  the  drives  for  welfare  funds,  and  in- 
deed in  every  war  work  undertaken. 

The  celebration  of  the  100th  anniversary  of  the  admission 
of  Illinois  into  the  Union  of  states  occurred  during  the 
first  year  of  State  Deputy  Houlihan's  incumbency,  and 
he  co-operated  with  committees  and  councils  having  in 
charge  local  celebrations,  and  did  all  in  his  power,  to  the 
end  that  this  notable  anniversary  should  be  appropriately 
observed. 

At  the  State  Convention  held  in  1919  a  resolution  was 
adopted  authorizing  the  appointment  of  a  State  Historiog- 
rapher, under  which  the  State  Deputy  named  Past  State 
Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thompson,  for  the  purpose  of  collating  and 
preparing  a  History  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  the  State, 
and  of  other  notable  Catholic  activities.^- 

The  educational  and  employment  work  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  was  developed  on  a  large  scale  in  the  years  1919 
and  1920,  under  the  direction  of  State  Deputy  Houlihan,  and 
the  work  of  the  Catholic  Home  Finding  Association  and  that 
at  the  State  University  was  pressed  with  splendid  success. 
During  the  years  1920  and  1921  the  hospital  work  for  veter 
ans  of  the  war  service  was  also  developed  under  State  Deputy 


52.  Procecdiwjs  22nd  Annual  Session,  State  Council,  held  at  Altou,  May 
14,  1919,  p.  69. 


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Houlihan's  direction,  and  the  Post-War  Schools  were  opened 
and  conducted  with   great  success,  as  appears  elsewhere. 

A  decided  forward  step  was  taken  as  the  result  of  resolu- 
tions adopted  by  the  State  Convention  of  1920,  under  which 
the  State  Deputy  appointed  an  Athletic  Commission,  which 
has  proven  of  great  benefit  in  the  conduct  of  clean  sports 
throughout  the  several  councils  of  the  state. ^^ 

Perhaps  no  single  event  occurring  under  the  leadership 
of  State  Deputy  Houlihan  will  be  remembered  with  greater 
favor  than  the  stupendous  reception  accorded  by  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  to  Marshal  Ferdinand  Foch  in  Chicago  on 
November  6,  1921,  as  detailed  in  another  chapter." 

THE    CATHOLIC   HOME  FINDING   ASSOCIATION 

This  great  work  of  the  State  Council  justifies  a  more  de- 
tailed treatment,  and  accordingly  the  following  account,  pre- 
pared largely  by  the  officers  of  the  Association,  is  given. 

The  Catholic  Home  Finding  Association  of  Illinois  owes 

its  origin  to  Right  Reverend  P. 
J.  Muldoon,  D.  D. 

In  the  course  of  a  speech  de- 
livered by  him  in  the  State 
Council  in  the  city  of  Dixon, 
in  May,  1911,  he  called  the  atten- 
tion of  the  assembled  Knights  to 
a  work  they  might  do  that 
would  be  of  great  benefit  to 
humanity    and    the    community. 

In  the  various  institutions  throughout  the  State  there  were 
many  dependent  children  who  were  reaching  an  age  when  some 
provision  should  be  made  for  their  future.  The  best  possible 
method  in  his  opinion  was  some  home  finding  agency  that 
would  catalogue  not  only  the  children  but  also  homes  in  which 


53.  See  complete  report  in  subsequent  chapters. 

54.  Complete  account  in  subsequent  chapters. 


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they  might  be  placed.  Younger  children  were  being  constantly 
placed  in  the  institutions  and  it  was  becoming  more  difficult 
to  cope  with  the  situation  unless  vsome  outlet  were  found  where- 
by the  children  of  more  advanced  age  could  be  cared  for.  The 
securing  of  good^  Catholic,  family  homes  was  the  solution,  and 
no  work  could  be  more  humanitarian  and  productive  of  greater 
good,  not  only  to  the  Church,  but  to  the  State  as  well. 

The  speech  of  Bishop  Muldoon  made  a  great  impression 
upon  the  delegates,  and  as  a  result  a  resolution  was  passed 
authorizing  the  then  newly  elected  State  Deputy,  LeRoy 
Hackett,  to  appoint  a  committee  of  five,  consisting  of  one  rep- 
resentative from  each  see  city,  to  investigate  the  matter  and 
submit  a  plan  of  organization,  and  that  ten  cents  of  the  an- 
nual per  capita  tax  be  set  aside  for  the  creation  of  a  fund  foi' 
its  use. 

The  final  report  of  the  Organization  Committee  was  pre- 
sented to  the  State  Council  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  in  May, 
1913,  submitting  plan  of  organization  and  preliminary  bylaws. 
Principal  among  the  suggestions  was  that  the  State  Deputy 
be  authorized  to  name  a  board  of  twenty  seven  directors,  fif- 
teen of  whom  were  to  represent  the  archdiocese  of  Chicago,  and 
three  from  each  of  the  dioceses  of  Alton,  Rockford,  Peoria 
and  Belleville. 

Meanwhile,  during  the  years  1912,  1913  and  1914,  there 
was  accumulating  a  fund  for  the  use  of  the  Association 
through  the  medium  of  the  small  portion  of  the  per  capita 
tax  authorized  in  1911. 

The  first  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  was  called  by 
and  presided  over  by  State  Deputy  LeRoy  Hackett,  in  the 
Chicago  Chapter  headquarters,  116  S.  Michigan  Ave.,  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1914. 

The  directors  selected  were  the  following,  representing  the 
respective  see  cities : 

Chicago :  John  T.  Lillis,  Dennis  J.  Normoyle,  John  Bren- 


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RIGHT  REVEREND  PETER  J.  MULDOON,  D.D. 

State  Chaplain 


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nan,  William  J.  Clark,  Patrick  J.  Byrne,  Michael  F.  Girten, 
George  J.  Bohnen,  John  F.  Miller,  Anthony  Czarnecki,  Adam 
J.  Weckler,  Charles  Howard,  John  A.  Lynch,  George  C.  Le 
Beau. 

Alton:  Charles  H.  Degenhardt,  Thomas  E.  O'Brien,  James 
J.  Doheny. 

Rockford:  Rt.  Rev.  P.  J.  Muldoon,  D.  D.,  D.  H.  Sawyer, 
William  Gaffney. 

Peoria :  J.  P.  Foley,  William  Merna,  James  J.  Casey. 

Belleville  :  Maurice  V.  Joyce,  Nicholas  Wuller,  Thomas  Mc- 
Donald. 

State  Deputy  LeRoy  Hackett  and  Past  State  Deputy 
James  Maher,  by  virtue  of  ofifice,  were  the  remaining  directors. 

State  Deputy  Hackett  briefly  outlined  the  history  of  the 
Association  from  its  inception  in  the  city  of  Dixon  in  1911 
down  to  the  then  present  time,  and  announced  that  there  was 
available  for  its  use  a  fund  approximating  $10,000.00. 

Preliminary  bylaws  were  adopted,  after  which  the  follow- 
ing officers  were  selected : 

President,  John  T.  Lillis;  Vice-president,  Charles  H.  Deg- 
enhardt; Secretary,  William  J.  Clark;  Treasurer,  John  A. 
Lynch. 

All  of  the  above  together  with  William  Merna,  Nicholas 
Wuller,  William  Gatfney  and  Anthony  Czarnecki  were  named 
as  an  Executive  Committee. 

Mr.  Charles  Virden,  State  Agent,  Illinois  Board  of  Ad- 
ministration, met  with  the  Executive  Committee,  and  the  plans 
and  purposes  of  the  organization  were  explained  to  him,  all 
of  which  met  with  his  hearty  approval. 

A  Charter  was  issued  to  the  Association  on  April  4,  1914. 

The  selection  of  a  Superintendent  came  up  for  considera- 
tion, with  the  result  that  Mr.  Maurice  R.  Reddy  was  chosen 
October  8,  1914,  and  after  disposing  of  private  matters 
assumed  office  December  1,  1914.     He  was  immediately  di- 


ILLINOIS    STATE    COUNCIL  409 

rected  to  visit  certain  eastern  cities  where  similar  work  was 
being  carried  on  with  a  view  of  acquainting  himself  with  the 
methods  and  system  employed,  special  reference  being  made 
to  the  Catholic  Home  Bureau  for  Dependent  Children,  New 
York. 

On  December  27  Mr.  Reddy  submitted  a  comprehensive 
report  of  his  findings  and  he  was  instructed  to  install  the 
necessary  equipment  in  the  matter  of  application  blanks, 
card  system,  office  furniture,  etc.  The  first  office  of  the 
Association  was  in  the  Hearst  Building,  Madison  and 
Market  streets. 

The  first  annual  meeting  of  the  Association  was  held  in 
the  director's  room  of  the  National  Bank  of  the  Republic, 
March  7,  1915,  at  which  time  the  Superintendent  reported  the 
applications  on  file  and  the  result  of  his  investigations. 

The  report  that  during  the  year  49  placements  were  made 
was  highly  gratifying  to  the  directors  of  the  Association  at 
its  annual  meeting  March  7,  1916. 

The  Association  found  favor  by  the  character  of  its  work, 
especially  as  to  the  careful  and  thorough  investigation  both 
as  to  applicant  and  home  to  be  furnished,  with  the  result  that 
in  all  cases  the  placements  have  been  eminently  satisfactory  to 
all  concerned.  That  this  statement  is  borne  out  is  evidenced 
by  the  increasing  number  of  placements  after  the  first  year  as 
follows : 

Year,  placed:  1916,  75;  1917,  86;  1918,  92;  1919,  138; 

1920,  151. 

Since  the  last  meeting  and  up  to  this  writing,  127  children 
have  been  placed  in  family  homes. 

During  the  year  1918,  Mr.  Reddy,  having  been  called  to 
the  service,  was  granted  a  leave  of  absence,  and  State  Deputy 
Edward  Houlihan  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  work,  assum- 
ing office  August  15,  1918,  and  in  the  remaining  portion  of 
the  year  placed  36  of  the  92  above  recorded.    Mr.  Reddy,  upon 


410         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

his  return,  tendered  his  resignation,  and  State  Deputy  Houli- 
han was  made  Superintendent. 

Mr.  Houlihan,  as  Grand  Knight,  State  Secretary  and  State 
Deputy,  gave  the  Association  on  every  possible  occasion  the 
benefit  of  his  wonderful  energy  and  enthusiasm,  making  known 
its  excellent  work,  with  the  result  that  many  splendid  homes 
were  opened  up  for  the  bereft  little  ones,  through  his  efforts. 
As  Superintendent  he  brought  this  same  tireless  energy, 
boundless  enthusiasm  and  tender  sympathy  for  the  little  ones, 
with  the  result  that  138  were  placed  in  1919,  151  in  1920,  and 
up  to  this  writing,  127  for  1922. 

In  passing  it  is  proper  to  pay  fitting  tribute  to  Past  State 
Deputies  LeRoy  Hackett  and  William  N.  Brown,  and  our  late 
lamented  and  revered  Past  State  Deputy  James  Maher.  To 
the  hearts  of  these  three  laymen  the  welfare  and  success  of 
the  Association  was  very  dear ;  each  gave  liberally  of  time  and 
energy  in  its  formative  period,  and  watched  with  tender  so- 
licitude its  progress. 

The  Catholic  Home  Finding  Association  is  under  the  guid- 
ance of  an  advisory  board,  consisting  of  His  Grace,  Most  Rev- 
erend George  W.  Mundelein,  D.  D.,  Archbishop  of  Chicago; 
Right  Reverend  James  Ryan,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  Alton;  Right 
Reverend  P.  J.  Muldoon,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  Rockf ord ; 
Right  Reverend  Edmund  M.  Dunne,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of 
Peoria;  Right  Reverend  Heniy  Althoff,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of 
Belleville. 

The  present  directors  are  Right  Reverend  P.  J.  Muldoon, 
D.  D.,  State  Chaplin ;  State  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan ;  Past 
State  Deputies  LeRoy  Hackett  and  William  N.  Brown;  John 
T.  Lillis,  D.  J.  Normoyle,  Francis  Corby,  George  J.  Bohnen, 
John  F.  Miller,  James  Donahoe,  Michael  Zimmer,  John  Bren- 
nan,  M.  F.  Girten,  Anthony  Czarnecki,  John  A.  Lynch,  George 
LeBeau,  J.  P.  Foley,  William  Merna,  James  J.  Casey,  Charles 
H.  Degenhardt,  Thomas  E.  O'Brien,  James  J.  Doheny,  Maur- 


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Moffet  Studio 


Le  Beau,  Engraver 


LE  ROY  HACKETT, 
Past  State  Deputy 


412         KXIGHTS  OF  COLirMBUS  IX  ILLINOIS 

ice  P.  Joyce.  Nicholas  Wuller,  Thomas  McDonald,  D.  H.  Saw- 
yer, Charles  B.  Joyce. 

Of  the  original  Board  of  Directors,  three  have  passed  away 
— Past  State  Deputy  James  Maher,  Adam  J.  Weckler  and 
William  H.  Gaffney,  all  of  whom  are  held  in  loving  remem- 
brance by  their  colleagues  for  the  devoted  interest  they  mani- 
fested in  the  Association. 

A  resume  of  the  work  of  the  Association  can  best  be  sho\\ni 
by  the  following  illustrative  table  used  in  the  last  annual  re- 
port. This  detail  includes  the  127  children  placed  this  year, 
making  a  grand  total  of  718. 

EXHIBIT — WORK    OF    CATHOLIC    HOME   FLNT)ING   ASSOCIATION 

Taken  Placed  In  Outside 

From  Chicago  Alton  Kockford  Peoria  Belleville  State 

Chicago    542  538           3  63  33  2  3 

Alton    20  8           4  6  2  0  0 

Rockford  32  12     0  19  1  0  0 

Peoria  121  61     1  10  49  0  0 

Belleville    0  0           0  0  0  0  0 

Outside    state . .        3  2           0  1  0  0  0 

Totals     718         521  8  99  85  2  3 

Of  the  718  children  placed  to  date,  253  have  been  legally 
adopted ;  14  died ;  106  returned  to  institutions  and  guardians ; 
41  dismissed  from  super^nsion ;  304  are  still  under  supervision. 

Each  year  brings  an  added  interest  to  the  zealous  work  of 
the  Association.  Childless  homes  are  opening  their  doors  to 
the  poor  little  ones,  there  to  find  love  and  affection,  and  an 
opportunity  for  that  religious  training  and  education  that 
will  equip  them  to  take  their  place  in  the  world  as  good  Catho- 
lic men  and  women. 

It  should  be  gratifj^ing  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus  of  Illi- 
nois to  know  that  this  great  work  has  been  accomplished 
through  their  kindly  efforts  and  support.     Right  Reverend 


ILLINOIS    STATE    COUNCIL  413 

P.  J.  Muldoon.  D.  D..  expressed  his  appreciation  at  the  last 
annual  meeting  of  the  Association  in  these  words : 

'•No  work  which  the  Knights  of  Columbus  as  a  body  have 
done  has  been  so  beneficial,  so  blessed  as  this.  The  placements 
this  year  have  equalled  one  child  to  everj-  council  in  the 
state.  What  greater  work  could  a  council  have  to  its  credit 
than  the  saving  of  one  of  these  little  ones  to  be  a  good  citizen, 
to  independence  economically,  and  to  the  salvation  of  his  soul  ? 

"As  these  children  grow  up  they  will  not  forget  the  organ- 
ization that  gave  them  their  opportunity.  There  may  be 
among  these  little  ones  some  man  or  woman  who  may  become 
a  leader  and  whose  life  and  works  may  reflect  the  greatest 
glory  on  this  Association. 

"The  greatness  of  the  work  can  be  better  realized  when 
you  consider  that  there  were  151  souls,  151  real  bodies,  151 
futures,  151  children  of  God;  for  has  He  not  said  the  poor  are 
His  children  ? 

'"Nothing  cotmts  except  the  spirit ;  the  spirit  of  doing  some- 
thing, the  spirit  of  impressing  Jesus  Christ  upon  the  world. 
If  this  is  the  work  of  (jod  nothing  can  stop  it;  if  it  is  not 
God's  work  it  will  not  endure.  But  we  are  in  the  hope  that 
it  is  Grod  's  work  and  that  it  wiU  live  and  grow. '  "^^ 

THE  CATHOLIC  FOUXDATIOX  AT  THE  STATE  UNTVEKSITY 

In  like  manner  the  good  work  carried  on  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  State  Council  at  the  State  University  at  Urbana, 
Champaign,  deserves  special  treat-  .  ^, 

ment,  and  the  following  details 
provided  chiefly  by  the  Chaplain. 
Rev.  John  A.  O'Brien.  Ph.  D..  will 
prove  of  interest : 

At  the  State  Convention  held 
in  Decatur,  May  11th  and  12th. 
1915,  Mr.  Henry  Koll.   president    religion  and  education 

55.  Report  of  the  President,  John  T.  Lillis. 


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of  the  Catholic  Students'  Association  of  the  State  University, 
presented  facts  relating-  to  the  needs  of  Catholic  students  at 
the  State  University,  and  tlie  following  resolution  was  pro- 
posed and  adopted: 

' '  Whereas,  It  has  come  to  the  atteution  of  the  State  Council,  now 
in  session,  that  the  various  Protestant  churches  of  the  State  of  Illinois 
have  provided  Foundations  for  the  religious  training  of  the  students 
attending  the  University  of  Illinois  who  embrace  their  respective  faiths, 
and 

"Whereas,  The  Catholic  Church  has  no  organization  of  this  kind  at 
the   University    of   Illinois,   and 

' '  Whereas,  The  Catholic  men  and  women,  who  now  number  two  hun- 
dred thirty-five  (235)  students,  have  need  of  such  religious  safeguards, 
which  are  not  provided  for  by  the  University  authorities;  therefore,  be  it 

"  Eesolved,  That  the  Knights  of  Columbus  of  the  State  of  Illinois, 
in  convention  assembled,  authorize  the  State  Deputy  to  appoint  a  com- 
mittee of  three  (3)  to  consider  the  proposition  of  establishing  a  Catholic 
Foundation  at  the  University  of  Illinois  for  the  young  Catholic  men  and 
women  who  come  to  the  University  from  every  part  of  the  State,  and 
who  need  safeguards  that  are  not  provided  for  by  the  University  authori- 
ties; said  committee  to  confer  with  the  dioc€san  authorities  of  the  State 
of  Illinois  on  the  proposition  of  establishing  such  Foundation,  and  to 
make  a  rei:)ort  on  this  matter  at  the  next  State  Convention. '  'jo 

Under  this  resohition  a  committee  was  appointed,  consist- 
ing of  A.  J.  Parris,  Thomas  J.  Claffy  and  Thomas  H.  Davey, 
who  reported  in  detail  to  the  State  Convention  held  at  LaSalle 
on  May  9th  and  10th,  1916,  advising  the  State  Council  that 
more  time  would  be  necessary  for  investigation  and  formula- 
tion, and  offering  the  following  resolution,  which  was  adopted  : 

"Eesolved,  That  the  State  Deputy  appoint  a  committee  of  ten  (10), 
consisting  of  two  (2)  members  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  from  each 
of  the  five  (5)  dioceses  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  and  that  to  this  com- 
mittee be  referred  this  proposition,  to  the  end  that  the  Archbishop  and 
each  Bishop  of  the  state  may  be  interviewed;  and,  if  possible,  a  plan 
proposed  at  the  next  convention  that  would  have  the  approval  of  the 
proper  authorities  throughout  the  state,  "s^ 

56.  Report  of  Proceedings  of  the  State  Council,  held  at  Decatur,  May 
11-12,   1911,   pp.  58-59. 

57.  Report  of  Proceedings,  State  Council  LaSalle,  May  9-10,  1916,  pp. 
47-48. 


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All  this  was  done  and  as  a  result  of  the  conferences  with 
the  diocesan  authorities  it  was  decided  to  make  a  beginning  in 
the  work,  and  to  provide  for  the  pressing  needs  a  Chaplain 
was  appointed  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  Edmund  M.  Dunne,  Bishop  of 
the  diocese  of  Peoria,  in  which  diocese  the  State  University  is 


HON.   JOHN   p.   McGOORTY 


REV.  JOHN  A.   O'BRIEN 


located.  Rev.  John  A.  O'Brien  was  appointed  as  Chaplain, 
and  by  the  same  order  St.  John's  Church  was  made  the  Uni- 
versity Church. 

The  first  step  taken  by  the  Chaplain  after  studying  condi- 
tions at  the  University  was  to  organize  the  Catholic  students 
into  a  strong  compact  body,  called  the  Spalding  Guild.  Com- 
paratively few  Catholic  students  seemed  to  have   been  ac- 


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quainted  with  one  another,  and  there  was  little  evidence  of 
concerted  Catholic  student  activity.  The  enrollment  of  the 
Catholic  students  into  this  Association  has  brought  them  into 
closer  acquaintance  with  one  another,  from  which  has  resulted 
a  greater  amount  of  Catholic  companionship  and  association. 

The  Spalding  Guild  also  affords  the  students  suitable  op- 
portunities for  social  and  recreational  activities  under  Catho- 
lic auspices.  Though  the  religious  phase  of  the  work  naturally 
receives  the  greatest  stress,  the  social  aspect  with  its  strong, 
reinforcing  influence  on  the  attendance  and  activity  at  the 
religious  services  is  not  neglected.  At  the  conclusion  of  the 
regular  weekly  meetings,  and  at  other  times,  social  gatherings 
occur,  at  which  the  students  enlarge  the  number  of  their  Catho- 
lic acquaintances,  special  attention  being  given  to  the  fresh- 
men. In  fact,  it  can  safely  be  said  that  the  vast  majority  of 
the  Catholic  students  are  now  fairly  well  acquainted  with  one 
another.  From  the  consequent  Catholic  companionship  and 
association  there  has  resulted  the  strengthening  and  vivifying 
of  their  common  faith,  the  creation  of  that  subtle,  intangible 
influence,  a  sort  of  psychic  atmosphere,  permeated  by  Catho- 
lic thought  and  sentiment,  which  brings  to  bear  upon  every 
individual  member  the  strong  social  pressure  of  the  Catholic 
student  group,  encouraging  and  helping  him  by  w^ord  and  ex- 
ample, in  the  faithful  discharge  of  his  religious  duties. 

An  annual  reception  is  tendered  the  Catholic  students  by 
the  Twin  City  Council  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  At  the 
instigation  of  the  Chaplain  a  similar  reception  for  the  Catho- 
lic girl  students  is  given  annually  by  the  Catholic  Woman's 
League  of  the  Twin  Citias.  Plans  worked  out  by  the  Cliaplain 
and  the  officers  of  the  Catholic  Woman's  League  whereby  each 
student  girl  is  "adopted"  by  a  lady  of  the  league — adopted 
in  the  sense  that  the  Catholic  woman  takes  a  real  personal 
interest  in  the  student  girl  from  the  time  of  her  arrival  at  the 
University  in  the  fall  until  she  leaves  for  home  in  June. 


ILLINOIS    STATE    COUNCIL  417 

The  Catholic  woman  invites  the  student  girl  to  her  home 
every  week  or  so,  inquires  about  her  progress  in  her  studies 
and  helps  to  tie  her  up  more  intimately  with  the  Catholic  life 
of  the  community.  In  short,  she  favors  the  student  girl  with 
that  personal  interest  and  intimate  attention  which  only  a 
mother  can  bestow  upon  a  girl. 

It  is  thought  that  this  makes  conditions  practically  ideal 
for  the  Catholic  girl  students  of  whom  there  are  now  about  100 
at  the  University  of  Illinois.  The  mother  of  the  girl  student 
will  now  be  able  to  rest,  secure  and  happy  in  the  knowledge 
that  her  daughter  is  receiving  such  kind  motherly  attention 
from  the  good  Catholic  women  of  Champaign  and  Urbana. 
For  the  thinking  through  of  this  unique  bit  of  constructive 
sociological  adjustment  of  a  high  order,  the  officers  and  mem- 
bers of  the  Catholic  Women's  League  deserve  sincere  com- 
mendation. 

Besides  the  weekly  assemblies  of  the  Catholic  student  body 
at  which  the  Chaplain  addresses  them  collectively,  it  is  his 
endeavor  to  have  occasional  conferences  with  each  individual 
member,  to  ascertain  the  extent  of  the  student 's  previous  Cath- 
olic training,  and  to  offer  any  counsel  which  the  character  of 
the  specific  needs  of  the  student  may  suggest.  It  is  here  that 
the  vital  element  of  personal  contact  is  brought  into  play. 
Moreover,  for  students  following  courses  in  philosophical  or 
historical  subjects  the  Chaplain  discusses  points  in  those  sub- 
jects, which  have  a  bearing  on  any  of  the  beliefs  of  the  Catho- 
lic faith. 

In  a  forty-four  page  booklet  published  by  the  Chaplain 
concerning  the  work  of  the  Spalding  Guild,  there  are  included 
select  bibliographies  directing  the  student  to  authoritative 
sources  of  Catholic  thought,  on  various  topics  in  Christian 
Philosophy,  Psychology,  Ethics,  Social  Science  and  Evolu- 
tion. The  Catholic  works  on  such  subjects  already  possessed 
by  the  University  Library  have  been  listed.     Moreover,  the 


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Wal'inger  Studio 


Le  Beau,  Engraver 


WILLIAM  N.   BROWN, 
Past  State  Deputy 


ILLINOIS    STATE    COUNCIL  419 

Director  of  the  Library  has  graciously  promised  to  secure,  as 
soon  as  possible,  a  list  of  approximately  fifty  additional  Catho- 
lic books  which  the  Chaplain  deemed  useful  for  purposes  of 
Catholic  research.  Thus  the  student  will  have  free  access  to 
the  representative  Catholic  literature  in  those  fields  and  will 
thus  be  enabled  to  secure  the  Catholic  viewpoint  on  all  dis- 
puted questions. 

Prominent  speakers  are  secured  each  year  to  address  the 
students  on  vital  topics.  Among  the  list  of  speakers  are  such 
men  as  the  following :  Mr.  David  Kinley,  Ph.  D.,  President, 
University  of  Illinois;  Rev.  W.  J.  Bergin,  C.  S.  V.,  Rev.  J. 
P.  0.  Mahoney,  C.  S.  V.,  of  St.  Viator  College;  Rev.  H.  C. 
Hengell,  Ph.  D.,  Chaplain  at  the  University  of  Wisconsin ; 
Professor  Gordon  Watkins,  Ph.  D.,  Professor  Eliot  Black- 
welder,  Ph.  D.,  of  the  University  of  Illinois;  Rev.  J.  W.  R. 
Maguire,  C.  S.  V.,  Rev.  G.  M.  Mulvaney,  C.  S.  V.,  Rev.  Fred- 
eric Siedenburg,  S.  J.,  Dean,  Loyola  School  of  Sociology;  Mr. 
L.  A.  Lapp,  LL.  D.,  Director,  Bureau  of  Social  Action  of  the 
National  Catholic  Welfare  Council.  These  lectures  on  timely 
topics  serve  to  keep  the  students  familiar  with  the  best  thought 
of  our  Catholic  leaders,  clerical  and  lay. 

The  Chaplain  assists  students  upon  their  arrival  at  the 
commencement  of  each  semester  to  secure  room  and  board 
wherever  possible  in  representative  Catholic  homes.  For  this 
reason  it  is  requested  that  parents  or  students  write  to  him 
in  advance.  Whenever  possible  the  newcomer  will  be  met  a 
the  train  by  a  Catholic  student,  who  will  make  him  acquainted 
with  his  new  surroundings  and  make  him  feel  at  home  among 

friends. 

St.  John's  has  been  designated  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  E. 
M.  Dunne,  D.  D.,  as  the  Church  for  all  the  University  students 
to  attend.  To  accommodate  all  the  students,  three  Masses  are 
necessary.  At  these  services,  the  sermons  and  instructions  are 
adapted  to  meet  the  peculiar  needs  of  University  students. 


420         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

The  small  Chapel  is  always  crowded  on  Sunday  morning, 
frequently  to  such  an  extent,  that  even  the  aisles  and  the  outer 
vestibule  are  filled  with  student  worshippers. 

One  Sunday  in  each  month  is  set  aside  for  the  reception 
of  Holy  Communion  by  the  members  of  each  of  the  four 
classes,  thus  bringing  every  Freshman,  Sophomore,  Junior  and 
Senior  to  the  Eucharistic  Table  at  least  once  a  month.  The 
constantly  increasing  number  of  students  who  receive  Holy 
Communion  frequently  is  a  great  source  of  gratification  for 
all  who  are  working  for  the  welfare  of  the  students.  It  stands 
at  the  same  time  as  an  eloquent  testimony  to  the  spiritual 
growth  and  high  moral  character  of  the  Catholic  students  at 
the  University  of  Illinois. 

Since  1917  the  Chaplain,  Rev.  J.  A.  O'Brien,  has  been 
working  among  the  students — organizing  them  into  the  Spald- 
ing Guild,  holding  volunteer  classes  in  Church  History  and 
Religion,  securing  prominent  Catholic  lecturers  to  address 
them,  and  placing  them  in  Catholic  homes.  After  two  years 
of  experience  in  this  work,  the  Chaplain  realized  that  the  stu- 
dents could  not  receive  comprehensive  nor  adequate  instruc- 
tion in  religion  unless  the  courses  were  accredited  by  the  Uni- 
versity. The  student  already  carrying  a  heavy  schedule  found 
it  practically  impossible  to  devote  to  volunteer  classes,  the 
time  and  study  necessary  to  master  the  subject  thoroughly. 
If,  however,  a  course  in  religion  could  be  taken  as  an  elective 
with  credit,  the  student  could  then  reduce  the  number  of  his 
secular  branches  accordingly.  This  would  leave  him  free  to 
devote  to  the  study  of  his  religion  the  necessary  time  and  at- 
tention. 

The  Chaplain  brought  this  matter  to  the  attention  of  the 
other  Chaplains  on  the  Campus  and  received  their  enthusiastic 
support  and  co-operation.  In  June,  1919,  a  petition  drawn 
up  by  a  committee  of  two  ministers  and  the  Chaplain,  and 
signed  by  the  representatives  of  all  Churches  ministering  to 


ILLIxNOIS    STATE    COUNCIL  421 

the  students  was  presented  to  the  acting  President  of  the 
University.  It  requested  that  academic  credit  be  conferred 
upon  courses  of  University  calibre  in  religion.  After  six 
months  of  study  and  investigation  the  University  Senate  and 
the  Board  of  Trustees  approved  the  plan,  stipulating  the 
fulfillment,  however,  of  a  number  of  conditions.  Among  the 
conditions  was  securing  a  charter  as  a  separate  educational 
institution  along  with  the  material  facilities  necessary  for 
effective  educational  work. 

The  Chaplain  placed  this  development  in  his  work  before 
the  attention  of  the  State  Convention  in  Alton  in  1919.  He 
recommended  an  appropriation  sufiicient  to  secure  an  addi- 
tional priest  to  give  courses  in  the  Catholic  religion.  The  re- 
sponse of  the  Knights  was  as  immediate  as  it  was  generous  and 
wholehearted.  The  resolution  embodying  the  appropriation 
passed  the  Convention  unanimously. 

The  plan  to  accredit  courses  in  religion  was  approved  by 
the  University  Senate,  December  9,  1919.  At  the  opening  of 
the  second  semester,  February  5,  1920,  the  Catholic  Founda- 
tion enrolled  its  first  students.  Three  courses  were  offered, 
viz..  Fundamental  Christian  Apologetics,  The  Moral  Teach- 
ings of  Keligion,  and  the  History  of  the  Christian  Church. 
Despite  innumerable  diflSculties  that  confronted  the  actual 
launching  of  the  courses,  a  large  number  of  the  students 
promptly  enrolled  in  them.  Before  conferring  credit  for 
such  courses,  the  Committee  on  Accrediting  Higher  Institu- 
tions inspected  the  courses  and  upon  their  recommendation 
credit  was  given  to  the  institution.  The  Catholic  Founda- 
tion is  only  too  eager  to  satisfy  the  highest  standards  of 
scholarship  and  scientific  research  which  the  University  has 
stipulated. 

The  opening  of  the  second  semester,  February  5,  1920, 
found  the  faculty  and  students  of  the  Catholic  Foundation 
readv  for  business — save  for  a  place  to  meet.     It  was  the 


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rather  unique  ease  of  an  educational  institution  without  a 
building.  It  had  been  planned  to  rent  a  class-room  in  the 
Univereity,  but  a  ruling  of  the  University  officials  issued 
shortly  before  the  commencement  of  the  second  semester,  de- 
cided the  use  of  a  University  room  for  such  a  purpose  would 
be  unconstitutional. 

A  location  near  the  center  of  the  campus  was  necessary 
in  order  that  students  might  attend  classes  at  the  next  hour — 
allowing  but  a  few  minutes  to  go  from  one  class-room  to  an- 
other. The  nearest  Catholic  Church  is  about  ten  blocks  from 
the  center  of  the  campus.  The  use  of  a  room  in  the  University 
Place  Christian  Foundation  for  one  week,  in  the  Y.  W.  C.  A., 
for  another  week,  found  the  difficulty  delayed,  but  unsolved. 
At  the  end  of  the  two  weeks  we  could  use  either  place  no 
longer.  ^^ 

The  Catholic  Foundation  was  in  a  crisis.  In  this  emer- 
gency the  Chaplain  and  a  parishioner  purchased  a  large  10- 
room  house  in  the  center  of  the  University  district  at  a  cost 
of  $10,000  to  supply  the  Foundation  with  a  place  to  meet. 
The  three  lower  rooms  have  been  converted  into  a  class-room, 
a  library  and  a  reading  room.  The  Chaplain  has  ordered  a 
couple  of  hundred  books  which  constitute  the  modest,  theo- 
logical library  for  the  students.  The  rest  of  the  dwelling  is 
still  occupied  by  roomers.  Folding  chairs  supply  the  place  of 
both  chairs  and  desks. 

While  the  arrangement  has  enabled  the  Catholic  Founda- 
tion to  function,  it  is  anything  but  ideal.  Practically  every 
sort  of  material  facilit}'  is  lacking,  the  hardships  are  great. 
The  need  of  a  group  of  buildings  comprising  a  School  of 
Keligious  Education,  Men's  Residence  Hall,  Women's  Resi- 
dence Hall,  Social  Center,  and  Chapel  is  painfully  urgent. 
At  the  present  time  there  is  no  center  from  which  the  Catholic 
students'  activities  can  radiate;  no  place  to  which  they  can 
come  and  feel  welcome  and  mingle  in  friendly  intercourse 


ILLINOIS    STATE    COUNCIL  423 

with  their  Catholic  fenow-stiidents.  The  native  Catholic 
student  and  especially  the  foreign  ones,  are  dependent  upon 
the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  for  social  centre  facilities. 

The  need  of  attractive  buildings  where  the  Catholic  stu- 
dents may  gather  and  mingle  in  friendl}^  companionship  and 
association  with  those  of  their  own  Faith,  where  they  may 
read  Catholic  books  and  periodicals,  where  they  may  keep  in 
vital  touch  with  Catholic  life  and  thought  is  indeed  keenly 
felt.  Such  buildings  would  supplement  the  more  formal  in- 
tellectual Avork  of  the  classes  in  religion  with  its  strong  rein- 
forcing social  influence.  How  much  such  a  building  would 
mean  in  the  life  of  these  young  students,  how  greatly  it  would 
advance  the  interests  of  the  Catholic  Church,  how  tremen- 
dously it  would  enlarge  her  sphere  of  influence  and  promote 
the  welfare  of  our  beloved  State  as  well,  no  man  can  possibly 
calculate. 

The  Methodists  of  the  State  had  the  great  happiness  of 
seeing  their  dream  and  their  vision  carved  into  lasting  stone 
when  they  gathered  here  in  February, -1921,  to  assist  in  the 
dedication  of  the  magnificent  and  imposing  Social  Centre 
Building  of  the  Wesley  Foundation.  The  cost  of  this  building 
with  its  equipment  is  about  $350,000.  It  is  the  fii-st  unit  of  a 
group  of  five  imposing  edifices,  including  a  School  of  Religious 
Education,  Men's  Residence  Hall,  Women's  Residence  Hall, 
Social  Centre  and  University  Church.  The  estimated  total 
cost  of  these  buildings  is  $2,225,000.  In  addition,  an  endow- 
ment of  $1,000,000  is  being  raised,  making  a  total  investment 
for  Methodism  of  $3,225,000.  When  completed,  the  Wesley 
Foundation,  it  is  said,  will  be  the  largest,  the  most  compre- 
hensive, and  the  most  magnificent  establishment  at  any  Univer- 
sity in  this  country  or  in  the  world. 

Other  religious  denominations  have  taken  up  similar  work 
and  have  either  established  Foundations  or  are  making  prepa- 
rations to  that  end. 


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At  the  State  Convention  held  in  Champaign  on  May  11th, 
and  12th,  1920,  the  following  resolutions  were  adopted: 

"Whereas,  The  Illinois  State  Council  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
is  maintaining  a  Chaplaincy  and  Professorship  of  Religion  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Illinois,  and 

' '  Whereas,  It  is  the  desire  of  the  State  Council  that  the  Chaplain 
and  the  Professor  of  Eeligion  may  be  enabled  to  the  fullest  advantage 
to  safeguard  the  Faith  and  morals  of  the  five  hundred  Catholic  students 
now  in  attendance  and  the  constantly  increasing  number  from  year  to 
year,  and 

"Whereas,  One  of  the  requirements  made  by  the  University  for  the 
accrediting  of  courses  in  religion  is  the  assurance  that  an  adequate  build- 
ing or  buildings  containing  class  rooms,  lecture  halls,  library,  and  other 
facilities  for  instruction  of  University  grade,  shall  be  established  and 
maintained,   now  therefore,   be   it 

"  Besolved,  That  this  State  Council  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
heartily  endorses  the  i^roject  to  purchase  ground,  erect  and  equip  a 
building  to  be  known  as  the  Catholic  Foundation  at  the  University  of 
Illinois;   and  be  it  further 

"Besolved,  That  the  State  Deputy  be  authorized  to  appoint  a  com- 
mission of  five  members, .one  member  to  be  selected  from  each  of  the 
five  dioceses  of  Illinois,  the  State  Deputy  to  be  ex-offieio  chairman  of 
this  commission.  The  purpose  of  this  commission  shall  be  to  bring  the 
above  matter  to  the  attention  of  all  the  Catholic  societies  in  the  State 
of  Illinois  and  request  each  of  these  societies  to  endorse  the  project 
and  appoint  a  committee  of  three  of  its  members  as  part  of  a  general 
committee  to  formulate  plans  for  the  purchase  of  a  site,  the  erection, 
equipment  and  maintenance  of  such  building  or  buildings  until  the 
same  are  self-supporting,  and  to  raise  the  funds  necessary  for  this  work — 
approximately  five  hundred  thousand  dollars.    Be  it  further 

"Besolved,  That  this  work  may  be  undertaken  if  authorized  and 
fuUy  endorsed  by  the  diocesan  authorities  and  a  sufficient  number  of 
other  societies  endorse  the  project  and  pledge  cooperation  to  make  it 
feasible. ' '  58 

Under  tliese  resolutions  meetings  and  conferences  were 
held  with  the  diocesan  authorities  and  representatives  of  other 
Catholic  societies,  and  the  work  of  raising  funds  for  the  Foun- 
dation entered  upon  vigorously  by  a  state  wide  organization 

58.  Ih.,  pp.  82-83. 


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of  which  Hon.  John  P.  McGoorty  is  Chairman,  Joseph  W.  Cre- 
min  is  Vice  Chairman,  Boetius  Sullivan  is  Secretary,  and 
William  J.  Bogan  is  Treasurer. 

As  this  book  goes  to  press  the  work  of  the  Foundation  is 
progressing  satisfactorily,  and  it  is  the  expectation  of  all  those 
interested  that  buildings  and  equipment  commensurate  with 
the  needs  of  the  Foundation  will  soon  be  supplied. 

In  the  meantime  the  State  Council  of  the  Knights  of  Co- 
lumbus continues  its  support  of  the  Chaplaincy  and  Profes- 
sorship at  the  University. 

Under  the  heading  of  State  Council  Activities  mention 
should  be  made  of  the  earnest  support  given  by  the  State 
Council  to  every  activity  sponsored  by  the  Supreme  Council. 
Besides  such  activities  as  have  been  expressly  detailed  the 
State  Council  actively  forwarded  the  work  of  the  lecturers 
sent  out  by  the  Supreme  Council,  and  the  accomplishments  of 
the  versatile  and  brilliant  James  C.  Monaghan  and  James  J. 
"Walsh,  M.  D.,  on  numerous  subjects,  and  the  work  of  Peter 
Collins  and  David  Goldstine  respecting  socialism,  as  well  as 
the  lectures  of  Joseph  Scott,  W.  Bourke  Cockran  and  others 
on  religious  prejudice  and  all  war  work  have  been  notable. 
All  these  received  the  hearty  support  and  co-operation  of  the 
State  CouncU.^^ 


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CHAPTER  X 


THE  CHICAGO  CHAPTBK 


After  the  eonneOs  had  matdpLz^  '  ~  Ckkago  lae 

for  eonneil  eo-operatmi  b^aii  to  c-  .^  <j^iiiaed.    It ^_ 

there  were  many  works  whieh  w«^  appropriate  m^  saitaUe 
for  the  Order  whieh  a  single  eoonal  eoald  not  wefl  exny  onL 
bat  bv  j.3imiig  with  the  other  eonnefls  snek  works  were'made 
poaaWe.    Ae«H-dingjy.  under  the  power 
granted  by  the  eonstitiition  of  the  Or- 
do*  whieh  prorides  that. 


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■»^b«ri^  tenitiKj.  adbjeet  to  tfe  »W' 
of  Ae  State  a^  DisarKt  Sepaties.  saj  f 
am  (RgaaizatiaB  t«   be  eaOed  a   «T»ar>r^ 
Bake  rales  and  regiditisHS  fvr   - 
«tf  said  C&^pter.  pnvided  the  sl 

CMtSiet  vi&  the  lans.  rales  and  : ; : 

tfce  Ordw-'i 


the  organizatimi  of  a  Chaptn-  was  j^opoeed.  The  thai  State 
Depnty.  Jc^^eph  J.  ThoiapsMi.  eaDed  a  neetin^.  whii^  was  held 
on  January  S.  1905.  in  the  parlors  of  the  Grand  Pa»fie  Hoed. 
Jaekson  Boulevard  and  Clark  Street.  Chiea^o.  By  prerioas 
arrangemoit  with  the  State  Depnty.  Mkhael  F.  Girt«L  of 
En^ewood  ConneiL  eaDed  the  meetiB^  to  order,  and  asked 
Past  State  Deputy.  Patri^  L.  MeArdle,  to  assose  tfe  ^air. 
but  Mr.  MeArdle  requested  that  the  then  present  State  Depaty. 
Joseph  J.  Thompson,  who  was  at  the  meeting,  i^reade.  and 
accordingly,  the  State  Deputy  assumed  Af  ehair.  Mr.  Joseph 
M.  Kangley.  of  Leo  XIII  Council,  Chicago,  was  seleetei^  as 
temporary  seeretary. 


*2r 


428         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

This  first  meeting  was  attended  by  delegates  from  twelve 
Councils,  as  follows :  Chicago,  De  LaSalle,  Illinois,  Englewood, 
Lafayette,  DeSoto,  Phil.  Sheridan,  Columbus,  Leo  XIIL,  Hil- 
debrand,  Irving  Park  and  Ouilmette.^ 

Prior  to  the  meeting  State  Deputy  Thompson  had  pre- 
pared a  draft  of  constitution  and  by-laws  which  was  read  by 
Michael  F.  Girten  and  by  unanimous  vote  referred  to  the  Dis- 
trict Deputies  for  approval.  It  was  resolved  also  to  send  a 
copy  of  the  constitution  to  each  of  the  councils  in  Cook 
County.^ 

At  the  next  meeting  of  the  Chapter,  held  also  at  the  Grand 
Pacific  Hotel,  on  Saturday,  January  28,  1905,  the  constitu- 
tion and  by-laws  were  adopted ;  the  Chapter  was  formally 
organized,  and  the  following  officers  were  duly  elected : 
President,  John  J.  Ryan,  of  Phil.  Sheridan  Council;  Vice 
President,  Dr.  J.  J.  McLaughlin,  Fort  Dearborn  Council ; 
Secretary,  Jerome  J.  Crowley  of  De  Soto  Council ;  Treas- 
urer, Philip  C.  Gibbons,  of  Lafayette  Council;  Warden,  John 
J.  Owens  of  Illinois  Council;  Guard,  James  McLennon  of 
Charles  Carroll  Council. 

The  purpose  of  the  Chapter  is  thus  tersely  stated  in  its 
constitution : 

"It  shall  be  the  object  of  this  Chapter  to  undertake  and  execute 
all  such  work  as  shall  be  of  common  interest  to  the  councils  composing  it, 
and  of  general  interest  to  the  Order."* 

The  government  of  the  Chapter  is  vested  in  a  governing 
board,  composed  of  the  Grand  Knight  and  two  members 
elected  as  delegates  from  each  council  of  the  Chapter  and 
one  additional  delegate  for  each  one  hundred  members  or 
major  fraction  thereof  above  two  hundred  in  such  council ; 
the  State  Deputy  of  Illinois,  all  past  State  Deputies  of  Illinois 


2.  Chapter  Records. 

3.  lb. 

4.  Article  II,  Constitution  and  By-Laws,  Chicago  Chapter. 


THE  CHICAGO  CHAPTER  429 

residing  in  Cook  County,  and  all  Past  Presidents  of  the  Chi- 
cago Chapter.^ 

The  first  if  not  the  most  important  function  of  the  Chapter 
was  its  utility  as  a  clearing  house  and  bureau  of  information 
for  all  the  councils  and  intleed  for  all  the  members.  It  pro- 
vided a  place  where  information  could  be  readily  obtained  and 
where  conferences  might  be  quickly  called  and  easily  attended. 
Like  the  numerous  headquarters  that  now  exist  throughout 
the  city  and  state,  it  was  the  situs  of  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus; but  this  important  feature  became  secondary  to  the  nu- 
merous service  features  that  developed  out  of  tlie  Chapter 
organization,  many  of  which  are  indicated  by  the  names  of  the 
committees  provided  for  in  the  by-laws,  amongst  which  are : 
Visiting  Committee ;  Committee  on  Relief ;  Committee  on  Em- 
ployment; Committee  on  Entertainment;  Committee  on  Good 
of  the  Order,  and  House  Committee.^ 

The  first  president  of  the  Chapter  was  John  J.  Ryan,  who 
served  two  terms,  1905  and  1906.  He  was  succeeded  by  Jerome 
J.  Crowley,  1907 ;  James  Donahoe,  1908 ;  Dennis  J.  Normoyle, 
1909;  Danied  A.  McCann,  1910;  William  N.  Brown,  1911, 
1912  and  1913;  Louis  J.  Behan,  1914,  1915;  John  T.  Lillis, 
1916,  1917;  John  E.  Byrnes,  1918,  1919;  Jeremiah  A.  Ken- 
nelly,  1920,  1921;  Arthur  Donoglme,  1922,  1923. 

Mr.  Jerome  J.  Crowley  was  the  first  secretary  of  the  Chap- 
ter, and  William  P.  J.  Halley  the  second.  M.  F.  Delaney 
acted  as  assistant  secretary  in  1908-9  until  his  deatli  in  June, 
1909.  Halley  was  succeeded  in  1908  by  Edward  Larkin,  who 
held  the  office  of  Secretary  of  the  Chapter  continuously  until 
1920,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  John  M.  Quinlan.  At  the 
next  election  William  J.  Clark  was  elected  to  succeed  Quinlan. 

In  the  year  1912  provision  was  made  for  an  assistant  sec- 
retary, and  Edward  J.  McMahon  was  selected  as  such  assist- 
ant, and  ably  discharged  the  duties  of  that  position  until  the 


5.  lb..  Article  IV. 

6.  r&.j  Article  VI,  bee.  5. 


430         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


JOHN  J.   RYAN 
President  Chicago  Chapter 


THE  CHICAGO  CHAPTER  431 

time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  September  2,  1921.  Mr. 
McMahoii  while  assistant  secretarj^  was  the  responsible  execu- 
tive head  of  the  Chapter  headquarters,  and  to  his  ability  and 
tact  was  due  much  of  the  success  of  the  Chapter's  conduct.^ 

ESTABLISHING    THE    CHAPTER 

Immediately  upon  the  organization  of  the  Chapter  the 
question  of  securing  a  headquarters  for  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus in  Chicago  was  taken  up.  A  committee,  consisting  of 
John  T.  McEnery,  Chairman ;  John  R.  Ford,  John  A.  McCor- 
mick,  Michael  F.  Girten,  Edward  W.  Bailey  and  Frank  J. 
Sherlock  was  appointed  to  canvass  the  situation  with  refer- 
ence to  headquarters  and  report.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Chap- 
ter held  December  30,  1905,  this  committee  reported  in  de- 
tail with  reference  to  taking  rooms  at  112  W.  Monroe  Street 
with  estimates  for  necessary  alterations  and  improvements 
to  meet  the  requirements  of  the  Chapter. 

On  motion  of  Michael  F.  Girten  it  was  unanimously  voted 
that  the  Board  of  Directors  be  authorized  and  empowered  to 
take  the  rooms  and  to  contract  with  the  best  bidders  for  the 
alterations  and  improvements.  At  the  same  meeting  the  fur- 
nishings of  the  Jewelers'  Club,  an  organization  which  was 
about  to  make  some  change  in  the  conduct  of  its  affairs,  was 
offered  to  tlie  Chapter,  and  the  Board  of  Directors  was  em- 
powered to  buy  the  same  for  $1,200.00.^ 

The  Committee  on  Finance,  of  which  Thomas  W.  Flynn  of 
Calumet  Council  was  chairman,  reported  a  plan  for  financing 
the  Chapter  which  was  adopted,  under  which  a  membership 
fee  of  fifty  cents  and  annual  dues  of  $1.00  per  member  should 
be  paid  by  the  Councils  joining  the  Chapter.  To  this  was 
added  the  net  receipts  of  entertainments  and  a  donation  of 
$225.00  from  the  Fourth  Degree  Assembly.  During  the  first 
rear  the  Entertainment  Committee  raised  $2,000.** 


7.  Chapter  Records. 

8.  Chapter  Records. 
"J.     Chapter  Records. 


432         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

The  opening  day  of  the  Chapter  headquarters  was  March 
17,  1906,  which  was  duly  observed  by  a  reception  and  dinner. 
Beginning  on  that  day  the  Chapter  maintained  not  only  a 
council  room,  billiard  and  card  rooms,  but  also  a  high  class 
lunch  room.  Booths  and  tables,  with  the  necessary  appoint- 
ments, were  arranged  and  all  culinary  facilities  supplied. 
The  catering  was  in  charge  of  John  W.  Mackey,  of  Damen 
Council,  who  had  for  his  superintendent,  Richard  J.  Burdick. 
Here  members  employed  in  the  loop  and  their  friends  dined 
daily,  and  here  numerous  pleasant  evening  parties  were  held 
and  luncheons  and  banquets  were  enjoyed. 

Shortly  after  the  establishment  of  the  headquarters  the 
practice  of  entertaining  guests  at  luncheon  arose.  The  first 
luncheon  of  this  character  was  given  on  Chicago  Day,  Octo- 
ber 9,  1906,  at  which  the  g-uests  were  three  distinguished 
actors,  Chauncey  Olcott,  Daniel  Jarrett  and  Frank  J.  Meln- 
tyre,  all  members  of  the  Order.  State  Deputy  Lewis  E.  Sau- 
ter  presided  as  toastmaster  and  welcomed  the  guests,  each  of 
whom  spoke  pleasantly.  The  program  was  made  more  inter- 
esting by  well  chosen  stories,  narrated  by  John  L.  Ponic,  and 
well  rendered  vocal  selections  by  William  F.  Ryan,  Master 
of  the  Fourth  Degree.^" 

The  first  outside  activity  taken  up  by  the  Chapter  was  the 
promotion  of  a  benefit  for  the  Providence  Orphan  Asylum  for 
Boys,  under  the  management  of  the  Sisters  of  St.  Joseph. 
This  benefit  occurred  in  May,  1905,  and  the  Chapter  was  able 
to  turn  over  to  the  Sisters,  for  their  institution,  approximately 
$600.00." 

The  activities  of  the  Chapter  include  what  might  be  classi- 
fied under  the  heading  of  clearing  house  activities,  the  social 
side,  outings.  Landing  Day  celebrations,  religious  and  educa- 
tional activities,  relief  work,  and  its  unique  work  of  Christ- 
mas cheer. 


10.  See  acfount  in  Columhian,  Oct.  13,  1906. 

11.  ColumMan,  Aug.  25,  1902,  p.  2. 


THE  CHICAGO  CHAPTER  433 

THE  SOCIAL  SIDE 

The  first  pretentious  social  accomplishment  of  the  Chapter 
was  the  Chapter  Ball,  held  on  January  5,  1906.  This  brilliant 
function  was  held  in  the  Ball  Room  of  the  Auditorium  Hotel, 
and  was  voted  by  all  a  social  success. ^^ 

The  next  great  Chapter  ball  and  cotillion  was  held  on  the 
evening  of  January  18,  1907,  at  the  First  Regiment  Armory. 
A  few  words  from  a  contemporary  description  of  this  brilliant 
social  function  are  interesting : 

"Promptly  at  nine  o'clock  an  orchestra  and  band  commenced  play- 
ing, and  in  a  short  while  the  entire  ball  room  floor  was  covered  witli 
dancers.  This  informal  dancing  continued  until  ten  o'clock,  when  amid 
the  blare  of  trumpets  and  the  strains  of  Forrest's  7th  Eegiment  Band, 
the  famous  military  drill  of  the  Fourth  Degree  was  announced  by  the 
presence  of  the  Captain  and  Master  of  the  Fourth  Degree,  Mr.  William 
F.  Eyan  and  Captain  Edward  H.  White.  The  appearance  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Fourth  Degree  was  received  amid  the  shouts  and  handclapping 
of  the  hundreds  present.  No  more  inspiring  sight  has  ever  greeted  tlie 
eyes  of  an  enthusiastic  assemblage  than  the  Fourth  Degree  drill.  The 
evolutions  were  well  executed  and  well  received."  i3 

Following  the  Fourth  Degree  drill  the  formal  opening  of 
ball  or  grand  march  was  commenced.  On  this  occasion  the 
grand  march  was  led  by  Patrick  L.  McArdle,  National  Ad- 
vocate, and  Mrs.  Lewis  E.  Sauter,  wife  of  the  State  Deputy, 
followed  by  State  Deputy  Lewis  E.  Sauter  and  Mrs.  Wil- 
liam F.  Ryan,  wife  of  the  Master  of  the  Fourth  Degree.  The 
program  concluded  with  a  spectacular  cotillion  under  the 
leadership  of  Messrs.  A.  D.  Plamondon,  George  E.  Warren 
and  Alfred  J.  Cronin.  On  this  occasion  the  Reception  Com- 
mittee was  composed  of  the  Grand  Knights  of  the  various  coun- 
cils and  the  Floor  Committee  of  the  lecturers  of  the  several 
councils. 

The  next  great  ball  was  held  at  the  First  Regiment  Armory 
on  the  evening  of  January  3,  1908.  On  this  occasion  the 
grand  march  was  organized  about  ten  o'clock,  and  was  led  by 

12.  /&. 

13.  Columbian,  Jan.  19,  1907,  p.  2. 


434         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Jerome  J.  Crowley,  President  of  the  Chicago  Chapter,  accom- 
panied by  Miss  Henrietta  O'Brien  of  South  Bend,  Indiana, 
Mr.  William  A.  Dalton,  Chairman  of  the  Chapter  Entertain- 
ment Committee,  with  Mrs.  Dalton,  assisting.  Following  close 
in  line  were  Patrick  L.  McArdle,  Past  State  Deputy,  accom- 
panied by  Miss  Marie  de  Rohan,  Mr.  William  F.  Ryan,  Master 
of  the  Fourth  Degree  with  Mrs.  Ryan  and  about  five  hundred 
active  Knights  and  their  ladies.  Patrick  J.  Murphy,  Grand 
Knight  of  Charles  Carrol  Council,  and  Robert  M.  Sweitzer, 
Grand  Knight  of  Illinois  Council,  were  in  charge  of  the  floor .^* 

One  of  the  most  notable  undertakings  of  the  Chapter  was 
the  concert  given  by  the  Knights  of  Columbus  Choral  Club 
and  Gregarian  Choir  and  Philharmonic  Orchestra  of  St.  Louis, 
rendered  at  the  Coliseum  May  2nd,  and  3rd,  1909.  This  musi- 
cal aggregation  consisted  of  a  carefully  chosen  male  choir 
of  eighty  voices,  accompanied  by  a  great  orchestra  of  ninety 
pieces.  The  concert  was  given  for  the  benefit  of  the  House  of 
the  Good  Shepherd,  St.  Mary's  Training  School,  the  Epheta 
School  for  the  Deaf  and  the  St.  Vincent  de  Paul  Society. 
The  attendance  at  the  concert  was  declared  to  be  "  undoubtedly 
the  greatest  ever  known  in  the  history  of  the  Order. ' ' 

This  great  musical  organization  was  under  the  direction 
of  Rev.  Leo  Manzetti,  former  Choir  Master  of  Pope  Leo  XIII. 
Father  Manzetti  returned  to  the  Vatican  immediately  after 
the  Chicago  Chapter  concert.  The  success  of  the  concert  was 
due  in  a  large  measure  to  George  F.  Mulligan,  who  had  charge 
of  the  general  Committee  on  Arrangements.^"' 

The  annual  ball  of  the  Chapter,  held  January  26,  1912, 
was  not  only  a  great  success,  but  was  to  a  large  extent  unique. 
It  was  held  in  the  Seventh  Regiment  Armory,  and  headquarters 
were  fitted  up  for  each  council  applying  therefor.  The  grand 
march  was  lead  by  the  president  of  the  Chapter  and  Mrs. 
Brown. 


14.  Colitmbiaii,  Jan.  10,  1908,  p.  2. 

15.  Columbian,  May  7,  1909,  p.  3. 


THE  CHICAGO  CHAPTER  435 

A  beautiful  cotillion  was  a  feature  of  the  ball ;  and  the 
music  by  Hetreed's  Orchestra  was  especially  suitable.  This 
was  one  of  the  most  largely  attended  social  affairs  ever  given 
by  the  Chapter.^® 

On  March  10,  1912,  the  Chicago  Chapter  presented  the 
noted  tenor,  John  McCorraack  in  a  concert  at  the  Auditorium. 
In  this  musical  event  the  great  singer  was  assisted  by  Miss 
Grace  Narelle,  said  to  be  the  most  gifted  woman  Irish  ballad 
singer  in  the  world.     The  concert  was  a  signal  success.^^ 

This  was  the  second  appearance  of  the  gifted  singer  for 
the  Knights  of  Columbus. 

Mr.  McCormack  sang  a  return  engagement  on  Sunday 
afternoon,  March  16,  1913.  In  this  concert  sacred  music 
predominated.  William  N.  Brown,  President  of  the  Chap- 
ter, welcomed  the  audience  with  an  introductory  address. 
On  this  occasion  boxes  were  occupied  by  John  P.  V.  Murphy, 
Thomas  McGrath,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  R.  Ford,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
John  F.  O'Brien,  Mrs.  John  Powell,  Mrs.  William  H.  Powell, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick  J.  Ringley,  "Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  H. 
Ringley  and  party,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  Francis  Cavanagh,  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  E.  N.  Redden,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Francis  J.  Houlihan, 
Miss  Dorothy  Reardon,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Louis  J.  Behan  and 
party,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Louis  J.  Waller  and  party,  guests  of  Mr. 
McCormack,  Mr.  John  A.  McCormick,  Mr.  John  P.  Hopkins, 
Rev.  J.  L.  Kearns,  Rev.  H.  W.  McGuire,  Rev.  B.  C.  Heeney, 
Rev.  W.  R.  Griffin,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Weisenbach  and 
family,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  M.  Sweitzer,  Mr.  and  Mi-s.  John 
C.  Cannon,  Mr.  George  Putzer,   Col.   Daniel  Moriarity  and 

party,    and    representatives    of    Father    Perez    Council    No. 
144418 

After  a  few  years  of  omission  the  Chapter  ball  was  re- 
vived and  staged  on  October  12,  1917.  The  Entertainment 
Committee,  with  Thomas  F.  O'Connell  as  chairman,  arranged 


16.  Columbian,  Jan.  26.  1912,  p.  1. 

17.  Golumhian,  March  9,  1912,  p.  1. 

18.  Columbwn,  March  14,  1913,  p.  1. 


436         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


To^.o  r.       u         PRESIDENTS  CHICAGO  CHAPTER 

James  Donahoe,  Dennis  J.  Normoyle,  Daniel  A.  McCann,  Louis  J.  Behan 


THE  CHICAGO  CHAPTER  437 

a  most  enjoyable  program,  including  motion  pictures  of  the 
Dellwood  Park  outing  enjoyed  in  July,  1917.  The  music 
was  furnished  by  Charles  Montgomery's  orchestra.  The  Presi- 
dent of  the  Chapter,  John  T.  Lillis,  and  Mrs.  Lillis  led  the 
promenade,  assisted  by  Thomas  F.  0 'Council  and  Miss  Mar- 
garet Dillon.  Mr.  William  A.  Shay,  Grand  Knight  of  Damen 
Council  and  Chairman  of  the  Floor  Committee,  directed  the 
promenade.  At  the  conclusion  of  the  march  Miss  Dillon  sang 
the  National  anthem,  ' '  The  Star  Spangled  Banner. '  '^^ 

One  of  the  very  enjoyable  public  appearances  of  the  Chi- 
cago Chapter  was  the  concert  by  the  gifted  tenor,  John  0  'Sul- 
livan, at  the  Auditorium  on  March  14,  1920.  The  program 
was  in  charge  of  the  President  of  the  Chapter,  Jeremiah  A. 
Kennelly  and  Thomas  F.  0 'Council  was  Chainnan  of  the  En- 
tertainment Committee.  Mr.  0  'Sullivan  on  this  occasion  sang 
for  the  first  time  ' '  Hail !  Knights  of  Columbus ' '  a  song  written 
by  James  A.  Ecker  of  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  and  handed 
to  Mr.  0  'Sullivan  just  as  he  was  leaving  Boston  for  Chicago.-" 

During  the  next  month,  on  the  evening  of  April  7,  1920, 
the  great  Home  Coming  Ball  of  the  Chicago  Chapter  took  place 
at  the  First  Regiment  Armory.  On  this  occasion  the  crowd 
began  to  arrive  early,  and  dancing  was  at  its  height  when,  at 
ten  o'clock  p.  m.,  the  grand  march  formed.  State  Deputy 
Houlihan  with  Miss  Margaret  Dillon  and  State  Secretary 
Henry  J.  Lynch  with  Mrs.  Lynch  led  the  march,  which  con- 
cluded in  such  a  way  that  as  many  as  possible  would  stand 
facing  the  stage  and  the  draped  honor  roll  to  be  unveiled  on 
the  occasion.  The  President  of  the  Chapter,  Jeremiah  A. 
Kennelly,  in  a  brief  address  welcomed  the  guests,  paying  trib- 
ute to  the  living  and  the  dead  of  the  service  men.  Miss  Dillon 
sang  the  National  anthem,  which  she  followed  by  "Hail! 
Knights  of  Columbus,"  the  song  introduced  by  John  0 'Sulli- 
van.   Then  all  stood  for  a  few  minutes  with  bowed  heads  while 


19.  Columbian,  Oct.  19,  1917,  p.  1. 

20.  Columbian,  March  19,  1920,  p.  1. 


438        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

a  bugler  sounded  taps  for  the  one  hundred  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus from  Cook  County  who  made  the  supreme  sacrifice  in  the 
great  war.  Thereupon  the  beautifully  engraved,  illuminated 
honor  roll,  designed  in  commenoration  of  the  6,500  members 
of  the  Order  from  Cook  County  who  joined  the  colors,  was 
unveiled,  and  stood  a  mute  testimonial  to  the  service  of  the 
Catholic  manhood  of  the  city  and  county. 

The  silent  moment  concluded  the  dancing  was  resumed, 
and  the  Welcome  Home  Ball  was  voted  a  brilliant  success.-^ 

In  1921  the  plan  of  divisional  Chapter  balls  was  intro- 
duced— one  for  the  North,  one  for  the  West,  and  one  for  the 
South  side,  on  October  14th. 

The  North  side  ball  was  given  at  Broadway  Armory,  and 
was  participated  in  officially  by  Columbus,  Father  O'Connor, 
Marquette,  Newman,  Ouilmette  and  Tonti  Councils. 

The  West  side  ball  was  held  at  Guyon's  Paradise,  where 
Americus,  Bishop  Kettler,  Cardinal,  Charles  Carroll,  Chicago, 
Commercial,  Damen,  Father  Setters,  Feehan,  Franklin  Park, 
General  James  Shields,  General  Sherman,  Hennepin,  Hilde- 
brand,  Hug)ies,  Illinois,  Nazareth,  Oak  Park,  Phil  Sheridan, 
St.  Cyr  Day,  St.  Francis  Xavier,  St.  Patrick's  and  Washing- 
ton Councils  participated. 

The  South  side  ball  was  staged  in  White  City,  where  Arch- 
bishop McHale,  Auburn  Park,  Blue  Island,  Calumet,  Chicago 
Heights,  Daniel  Dowling,  De  LaSalle,  Englewood,  Father 
Perez,  Fort  Dearborn,  Garcia  Moreno,  LaRabida,  Loyola-Hyde 
Park,  Lemont,  Leo  XIII.,  Madonna,  Pinta,  St.  Joseph's,  St. 
Philip  Neri,  St.  Rita,  San  Salvador,  Santa  Marie,  and  Thomas 
Aquinas  participated. 

There  was  a  general  committee  to  supervise  all  of  the 
arrangements,  which  consisted  of  Austin  E.  Regan,  chairman, 
William  N.  Guerin,  vice-chairman,  William  Blondin,  secretary, 
and  Peter  P.  Kransz,  treasurer. 

In  addition  there  was  a  special  committee  to  have  direction 

21.     ColunoMan,  April  9,  1920,  p.  1. 


THE  CHICAGO  CHAPTER  439 

of  each  ball.  These  were  as  follows :  North  side — Broadway 
Armory.  William  Skillen,  chairman;  R.  J.  Reynolds,  P.  V. 
McGuire,  W.  C.  Napier,  E.  Heidkamp,  E.  E.  Fleming,  E.  F. 
Connolly,  G.  Donechi. 

West  side — Guyon's  Paradise.  M.  J.  Howlett,  chairman; 
P.  C.  Nilles,  J.  Fischer,  J.  Guilfoyle,  C.  F.  Goodwillie,  Jr., 
P.  F.  Monahan,  J.  T.  Broderick,  J.  P.  Caulfield,  J.  A.  Dono- 
van, T.  Marron,  T.  Hasty,  R.  H.  Campbell,  J.  Hoyne,  M.  Briz- 
lane,  G.  Carroll,  J.  C.  Butler,  Jr.,  G.  Fox,  G.  J.  Spatuzza,  G. 
F.   Goodwin. 

South  side — White  City  Ballroom  and  Casino.  J.  McKeon, 
chairman;  R.  W.  Darcy,  J.  A.  Noonan,  H.  Rack,  T.  J.  Mul- 
laney,  W.  McSweeney,  E.  Sheehy,  E.  J.  Larmey,  H.  C.  Jann,  J. 
H.  Corbett,  C.  P.  Quinlan,  A.  E.  Broderick,  J.  T.  Gallagher, 
E.  M.  Harrington,  P.  Kelly,  E.  Seidensticker,  G.  Miller,  M. 
Dreger,  M.  Leahy,  A.  F.  Meyer,  G.  LeBeau,  E.  I.  Kelly,  W. 
Burns,  J.  M.  Dubois,  J.  Sullivan,  W.  Cavanaugh. 

There  was  also  a  Publicity  Committee  composed  of  the 
following  members:  E.  J.  Mooney,  chairman;  W.  J.  Clark,  J. 
C.  Daley,  R.  Tansey,  E.  B.  Orne,  M.  F.  Geraty,  T.  F.  Mc- 
Carthy, H.  J.  Flannery,  J.   O'Meara,  J.  Gerlich.^^ 

So  satisfactory  and  successful  were  these  undertakings 
that  arrangements  liave  been  made  to  repeat  the  program  in 
1922,  with  the  thought  that  similar  arrangements  would  be 
made   annually. 

LAY  RETREATS 

The  Chicago  Chapter  undertook  the  matter  of  lay  retreats 
on  a  large  scale  in  the  year  1910.  On  the  evening  of  the  28th, 
29th  and  30th  of  September  retreats  were  held  in  several  dif- 
ferent churches  in  different  parts  of  Chicago.  On  the  West 
side  Holy  Family  Church  was  selected  ;  on  the  South  side  Holy 
Angels,  and  on  the  North  side,  St.  Vincent 's  Church  where  the 
retreat  was  preached  by  Rev.  Francis  X.  McCabe,  C.  M.,  Presi- 


22.     ColumMan,  Oct.  7,  1921. 


440         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

dent  of  De  Paul  University.  At  Holy  Family  Church,  Rev. 
Bernard  Vaughan,  of  England,  preached.  At  Holy  Angels 
Church,  Rev.  Thomas  E.  Shannon,  Vicar-General  of  the  Peoria 
diocese  preached  the  retreat.  This  was  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful undertakings  of  the  Chicago  Knights.  The  retreats 
were  well  attended  by  large  numbers  of  members  and  also  by 
other  Catholic  laymen.^^ 

The  Chapter  retreat  of  1912  was  held  on  Wednesday, 
Thursday  and  Friday,  October  30  and  31,  and  November  1st. 
The  churches  selected  were  Our  Lady  of  Sorrows,  Jackson 
Boulevard  and  Albany  Avenue ;  St.  Ambrose's,  47th  and  Ellis 
Avenue;  St.  Vincent's,  Webster  and  Sheffield  Avenues;  Ascen- 
sion, Jackson  St.,  and  Scoville  Avenue;  St.  Lucy's,  Lake  Street 
and  Franklin;  St.  Patrick's,  95th  and  Commercial  Avenue.^* 

As  time  passed  the  retreat  plans  enlarged.  That  for  1915 
was  arranged  for  twenty-one  districts,  and  held  in  the  follow- 
ing churches :  Our  Lady  of  Sorrows ;  St.  John  the  Baptist ;  St. 
Vincent's;  Holy  Rosary;  St.  Marten's;  St.  Ignatius;  St.  Syl- 
vester; St.  Cyril's;  St.  Mel's;  St.  Pius;  St.  Patrick's;  St. 
Mary's  (Paulist)  ;  Mary  Queen  of  Heaven;  St.  Bridget's;  St. 
Agnes';  St.  Mary's;  St.  Patrick's  (South  Chicago)  ;  St.  Ber- 
nardine's;  St.  Francis  Xavier;  St.  Patrick's  (Lemont),  and 
St.  Joseph's   ( Summit ).^'^ 

The  retreat  for  1916  was  held  on  the  17th,  18th  and  19th 
of  May.  On  the  North  side  at  St.  Vincent  de  Paul;  on  the 
South  side  at  St.  Lawrence's,  St.  Anne's  and  St.  Brendan's; 
on  the  West  side,  St.  Charles  Borromeo's  and  Our  Lady  of 
Sorrows ;  on  the  Northwest  side  at  St.  Sylvester 's,  and  outside 
Chicago  at  Ascension  Church,  Harvey,  Illinois,  It  was  esti- 
mated that  8,000  persons  made  this  retreat.^^ 

The  war  interrupted  the  annual  retreats,  as  it  did  many 
other  activities,  and  particularly  in  view  of  the  fact  that  some 


23.  Golumhian,  Oct.  7.  1910,  p.  3. 

24.  Columbian,  Oct.  25,  1911,  p.   1,  and  Nov.  8,  p.  3. 

25.  Golumhian,  March  26,  1915.  p.  3. 

26.  Golumhian,  May  5,  1916,  p.  1. 


442         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

of  the  religious  orders  took  up  the  work  of  retreats  regularly, 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  have  not  revived  this  work  since  the 
war. 

OUTINGS 

The  first  outing  of  the  Chicago  Chapter  was  held  in  River- 
view  Park,  September  1,  1906. 

At  this  time  the  Order  was  ten  years  old  in  the  West,  and 
the  outing  took  on  to  an  extent  the  features  of  a  Tenth  Anni- 
versary Celebration. 

Headquarters  were  established  in  the  Casino  Building, 
and  the  morning  and  afternoon  were  spent  by  the  assembled 
guests  in  viewing  the  attractions  of  Riverview  Park,  and  in 
picnicking  parties. 

The  formal  exercises  took  place  at  8  o'clock  in  the  evening, 
and  were  opened  by  the  President  of  the  Chapter,  John  J. 
Ryan,  in  a  forceful  address.  National  Advocate,  Patrick  L. 
McArdle,  was  next  introduced,  to  speak  in  place  of  the  State 
Deputy,  Lewis  E.  Sauter.  Mr.  McArdle  made  an  eloquent 
address  and  paid  a  glowing  tribute  to  the  great  bandmaster, 
Patrick  Conway,  who  led  the  music  at  this  big  amusement 
Park  for  so  many  years. 

This  outing  was  well  attended  and  was  an  auspicious  begin- 
ning for  the  many  annual  gatherings  under  the  auspices  of 
the  Chicago  Chapter.^^ 

The  outing  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  1908,  was  held 
at  River  View  Park  Grove  on  July  18th,  1908.  During  the  day 
the  festivities  took  the  form  of  a  basket  picnic  gathering.  In 
the  evening  a  meeting  was  held  in  the  big  auditorium,  presided 
over  by  James  Donahoe,  President  of  the  Chapter,  at  which 
the  Hon.  J.  B.  Sullivan  of  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  delivered  a  stir- 
ring oration. 

The  music  was  of  an  exceptional  nature,  the  big  concert 
band  being  led  by  the  great  bandmaster,  Patrick  Conway.    Mr. 


27.     Columbian,  Sept.  8,  1906,  p.  2. 


THE  CHICAGO  CHAPTER  •  443 

J.  Pariiell  Egan  was  soloist  and  the  DeSoto  Council  Glee  Club 
entertained  with  numerous  popular  selections.^* 

The  Chapter  outing,  held  July  29,  1911,  at  Ravinia,  was  a 
very  notable  affair.  Members  of  the  order  in  the  thousands, 
by  means  of  the  Northwestern  passenger  service,  in  auto- 
mobiles and  otherwise,  flocked  to  the  great  park  and,  after 
enjoying  a  basket  picnic,  attended  the  various  features  of 
entertainment.  There  was  a  baseball  game  between  picked 
nines,  which  was  greatly  enjoyed,  a  magnificent  concert  in 
the  great  pavilion,  and  continuous  dancing  in  the  beautiful 
ballroom. 

This  was  largely  a  free  and  easy  outing,  and  was  certainly 
very  much  enjoyed  by  the  members  and  their  families  and 
friends. 

A  number  of  snapshots  published  in  the  Columbian  of 
August  4,  1911,  illustrated  well  the  pleasures  of  the  day.-'' 

The  1912  Chapter  outing  was  held  on  July  27th,  and  it  is 
recorded  that  that  was  *Hhe  fairest  day  of  the  year."  The 
outing  was  held  on  the  grounds  of  St.  Mary's  Training  School 
near  Desplaines.  '  *  A  conservative  estimate  placed  the  attend- 
ance at  not  less  than  10,000. ' ' 

Foot  races,  horse  races,  not  forgetting  the  slow  mule, 
jumping,  baseball  and  dancing  added  to  the  interest  and 
enjoyment  of  the  occasion.  By  no  means  the  least  enjoy- 
able feature  of  the  picnic  was  the  basket  lunch  on  the  green- 
sward. There  was  besides  the  spacious  cafeteria  of  the  insti- 
tution, which  was  taxed  to  its  capacity.  "The  visitors  were 
not  the  only  persons  to  whom  the  day  was  a  source  of  delight. 
The  little  folks  at  the  institution  had  scarcely  dreamed  there 
were  so  many  people  in  the  whole  wide  world  as  suddenly 
dropped  down  upon  them,  all  the  beautiful  ladies  and  fine 
gentlemen  just  like  a  story  in  a  book,  and  they  were  all 
anxious  to  talk  to  them,  and  took  pleasure  in  hearing  them 


28.  Columhian,  July  17,  1908,  p.  1. 

29.  GolumMan,  Aug.  4,  1911,  pp.  1-2. 


444         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

talk  and  sing.  Poor  little  waifs  they  were  who  had  seen 
more  of  hardship  in  their  few  years  than  many  of  the  visitors 
were  destined  to  know  in  their  long  lives." 

"As  the  crowds  trooped  through  the  numerous,  but  spot- 
lessly clean  rooms  and  over  the  miles  of  polished  tile-floored 
corridors,  all  marveled  at  each  new  evidence  of  efficiency  and 
sanitation  joined,  and  as  every  visitor,  without  exception  we 
think,  knelt  for  a  moment  in  the  beautiful  chapel,  each 
breathed  a  prayer  of  thanksgiving  for  the  favors  granted 
these  little  ones  through  Holy  Church,  and  begged  Divine 
blessings  upon  the  able  Archbishop  to  whose  efforts  the 
success  of  the  institution  is  due,  and  upon  the  good  Sisters 

and  the  Keverend  Chaplain  immediately  charged  with  the 
work.  "30 

The  Chapter  outing  for  1913  also  was  held  on  the  grounds 
of  St.  Mary's  Training  School,  Desplaines,  Illinois,  on  Satur- 
day, July  26,  1913.  The  attendance  was  estimated  at  10,000, 
and  the  outing  was  voted  even  a  greater  success  than  that 
of  the  year  previous  held  in  the  same  place.^^ 

The  Chapter  outing  of  1914  was  held  on  August  8,  in  the 
picnic  grove  at  Riverview  Park. 

A  particularly  enjoyable  feature  of  this  outing  was  the 
concert  by  the  Irish  Choral  Society  of  200  voices,  with  Mrs. 
Rose  Lutiger  Gannon,  contralto,  and  J.  Parnell  Egan,  tenor. 
The  orchestra  was  under  the  direction  of  Signor  Paul  Pavel- 
chack.  Kennedy's  orchestra  from  Illinois  Council  also  fur- 
nished music.     The  track  events  were  especially  enjoyable. 3- 

The  following  account  of  the  Chicago  Chapter  outing 
for  1915  is  a  fair  expression  of  the  success  of  that  under- 
taking : 

"The  Chicago  Chapter  outing  of  1915  will  take  its  place  in  history 
as  one  of  the  most  successful  and  enjoyable  festivities  ever  given  by 
the  Knights  of  Columbus.     Brothers  of  the  numerous  councils  and  their 


30.  Editorial  in  CoUimhian.  Aug.  2,  li»12,  p.  2 

31.  Columbian.  Auk.   1.   19ia. 

32.  Columbian,  Au?.  14,  1914,  p.  1. 


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445 


PRESIDENTS  CHICAGO  CHAPTER 
John  T.  Lillis,  John  E.  Byrnes,  Jeremiah  A.  Kennelly,  Arthur  Donoghue 


446         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

families  and  friends  poured  into  Eiverview  Picnic  Grove  to  the  num- 
ber of  15,000. 

"The  weather  was  perfect;  the  entertainment  was  abundant  and 
meritorious,  and  the  crowd  large.  It  was  not  only  a  pleasant  time,  but 
the  financial  returns  were  satisfactory. 

"A  new  feature  was  introduced  in  the  way  of  tent  homes  for  the 
councils,  each  council  having  its  own  tent.  These  were  the  centers  of 
many  pleasant  gatherings. 

"A  big  feature  of  this  outing  was  the  athletic  meet.  A  keen  interest 
was  shown  in  this  work  not  only  by  large  numbers  of  friends  of  the 
contestants,  but  by  the  great  bulk  of  the  visitors  in  attendance. ' '  33 

The  Chapter  outing  of  1916  was  held  at  Riverview  Park, 
Saturday,  July  30.  The  weather  was  unpropitious  and  the 
great  heat  evidently  prevented  many  from  enjoying  the  outing. 
It  was  nevertheless  successful  to  a  high  degree.  Especial 
praise  was  given  the  concert  by  the  Calumet  Council  band 
under  the  directorship  of  Mr.  Kennedy.  The  solos  by  Miss 
Gladys  M.  Easter  and  Mr.  John  Dromey  were  of  the  highest 
merit  and  greatly  appreciated.  There  were  the  usual  races 
and  track  events  and  an  interesting  game  of  baseball  between 
the  teams  of  Carroll  and  Santa  Maria  Councils.^* 

The  Chicago  Chapter  outing  of  1917  was  held  in  Dellwood 
Park  on  July  22.  It  was  under  the  immediate  direction  of 
John  T.  Lillis,  President  of  the  Chapter,  and  Thomas  F. 
O'Connell,  Chairman  of  the  Entertainment  Committee. 
The  sports  program  was  unusually  enjoyable,  and  the  concert 
by  the  Joliet  band,  with  Miss  Margaret  Dillon  as  soloist  was 
very  satisfactory.  In  all  respects  the  outing  was  a  splendid 
success.^^ 

The  war  interrupted  the  Chapter  outings,  and  that  form 
of  activity  has  not  been  revived. 

LANDING    DAY    CELEBRATIONS 

As  has  been  seen,  the  Knights  of  Columbus  throughout  the 
United  States  carried  out  a  successful  campaign  for  the  pur- 


33.  Columbian,  Sept.  17,  1915,  p.  1. 

34.  Columbian,  Aug.  4,  1916,  p.  1. 

35.  Gohimbiatt,  July  27,  1917,  p.  1. 


THE  CHICAGO  CHAPTER  447 

pose  of  having  October  12th,  the  day  upon  which  Christopher 
Columbus  landed  at  San  Salvador,  thus  becoming  the  dis- 
coverer of  the  Western  Continent,  made  a  legal  holiday  in  the 
several  states.  Beginning  with  the  proposal  of  Anthony 
Czarnecki,  of  General  James  Shields  Council,  and  spreading 
to  other  councils  and  to  the  Chicago  Chapter  and  the  State 
Council  itself,  the  movement  was  set  on  foot  in  Illinois,  with 
the  result  that  the  legislature  passed  an  act,  which  was  ap- 
proved by  the  governor  on  May  10,  1909,  making  October  12th, 
a  State  Holiday.^" 

Even  before  the  state  took  such  action  the  City  Council 
of  the  city  of  Chicago,  at  the  solicitation  of  prominent  Knights 
of  Columbus,  made  October  12,  1908,  a  legal  holiday  in  Chi- 
cago. On  October  11,  1908,  soutliside  Knights  of  Columbus, 
with  the  co-operation  of  the  South  Park  Board,  dedicated 
a  statue  of  Columbus  in  Calumet  Park.  The  dedication  cere- 
monies included  a  creditable  parade,  and  an  eloquent  address 
by  Hon.  George  E.  Clark,  of  South  Bend,  Indiana. 

On  the  same  evening  a  Vesper  Service  was  held  at  St. 
Vincent's  Church.^^ 

The  first  formal  and  so  to  speak  elaborate  Landing  Day 
observance  occurred  in  1909,  when  the  Chicago  Chapter  cele- 
brated Columbus  Day  on  October  12,  in  an  especially  fitting 
manner.  In  the  morning  solemn  High  Mass  was  celebrated 
at  the  Cathedral  of  the  Holy  Name;  in  the  afternoon  there 
was  a  pageant  in  Jackson  Park.  In  the  south  lagoon  lay 
the  Columbus  caravels  nearby  the  model  of  the  La  Rabida 
convent,  fully  equipped  and  with  sails  set.  Here  addresses 
were  made  by  prominent  men. 

In  the  evening  a  mass  meeting  was  held  at  Orchestra  Hall, 
at  which  the  Paulist  Choristers,  under  the  direction  of  Rev. 
J.  Finn,  C.  S.  P.,  rendered  a  delightful  musical  program. 
The  first  speaker  of  the  evening  was  Hon.  Charles  S.  Cutting, 

36.     See  State  Statutes,  "Legal  Holidays." 
3',-.      Columbian,  Oct.  2,  1908,  pp.  7,  10  and  8. 


448         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Judge  of  the  Probate  Court  of  Cook  County,  who  spoke  on 
"Pre-Columbian  Expositions."  Hon.  Marcus  Kavanagh, 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Cook  County,  delivered  an 
address  on  "Columbus  and  his  Mission,"  and  Hon.  Peter 
S.  Grosscup,  Judge  of  the  United  States  Circuit  Court  of 
Appeals,  spoke  on  "Providence  in  History."  Miss  Margaret 
Slattery  rendered  a  vocal  selection;  Miss  Clara  Thurston,  a 
harp  selection,  and  Mrs.  William  F.  Ryan,  wife  of  the  Master 
of  the  Fourth  Degree,  a  selection  on  the  great  organ.^^ 

The  1910  celebration  of  Landing  Day  was  notable.  His 
Grace,  Most  Rev.  James  Edward  Quigley,  Archbishop  of  Chi- 
cago, summed  up  the  events  of  the  day  as  "fitting  and  satis- 
factory. ' '  The  day 's  observance  was  begun  by  Pontifical  High 
Mass  at  the  Cathedral.  In  the  afternoon  an  immense  con- 
course of  children  gathered  at  Jackson  Park  to  witness  a 
Pageant  of  the  Columbus  Caravels.  This  pageant  was  per- 
haps the  richest  in  historical  allusions  of  all  the  Columbus 
Day  observances.  In  the  evening  a  great  banquet  was  par- 
ticipated in  in  the  Gold  Room  of  the  Congress  Hotel,  at  which 
James  S.  Sherman,  Vice-President  of  the  United  States ;  Hon. 
Peter  Grosscup,  Judge  of  the  United  States  Court  of  Appeals, 
and  Hon.  Charles  Murphy,  Secretary  of  State  of  Canada,  de- 
livered addresses.  Most  Rev.  James  Edward  Quigley,  D.  D., 
Archbishop  of  Chicago,  attended  the  banquet,  as  did  Rev.  E. 
F.  Hoban,  Chancellor  of  the  Archdiocese;  Very  Rev.  A.  J. 
Burrowes,  S.  J.,  President  of  Loyola  University;  Very  Rev. 
M.  J.  Fitzsimmons,  Pastor  of  Holy  Name  Cathedral;  former 
mayors  Carter  H.  Harrison,  John  P.  Hopkins  and  Edward 
F.  Dunne.  A  large  number  of  prominent  citizens  and  for- 
eign representatives,  were  present,  including  Gustavo  de 
Obaldio,  Consul  of  Panama;  Stewart  R.  Alexander,  Consul 
of  Brazil;  Francisco  E.  Enright,  Consul  of  Argentine  Re- 
public; Eduardo  Patterson,  Consul  of  Cuba,  and  Jule  F. 
Brown,  Consul  of  Guatemala.    The  committee  having  in  charge 

38.  CohnnMan,   Oct.  8,  1909,  p.  3,  and  lb.,   Oct.  15,  1909,  p.  8. 


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449 


this  great  event  consisted  of  Anthony  Czarneeki,  Chairman; 
Francis  D.  Connery,  E.  J.  McMahon,  W.  E.  Fuller,  John  E. 
Byrnes,  Daniel  McCabe,  Edward  Larkin,  George  Mulligan,  J. 
P.  McCann,  Paul  Larmer,  James  Donahoe,  John  J.  Leonard. 
A.  M.  Doolin,  Thomas  P.  Farrell,  LeRoy  Hackett,  M.  J.  Hogan 
and  George  LeBeau.^" 


JOHN   P.   MIIXBR 
Madonna  Council 


MICHAEL  F.  GIRTEN 
Englewood   Council 


The  Landing  Day  celebration  in  1911  was  a  reproduction 
on  a  small  scale  of  the  voyage  of  Columbus.  The  Columbus 
Caravels  were  equipped  for  sailing,  and  after  a  program  at 
Jackson  Park  the  actors  in  the  drama  embarked  upon  the  cara- 


39.     Columbian,  Oct.  14,  1910,  p.  2. 


450         KNIGHTS  OF  COLU^IBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

vels  at  the  harbor  at  67th  street  and  sailed  to  Grant  Park, 
where  a  landing  was  effected.  At  Grant  Park  the  mayor, 
Carter  H.  Harrison,  and  a  committee  from  the  council  wel- 
comed the  navigators,  who  were  all  in  costume,  and  who  en- 
acted a  most  interesting  pageant.  A  moving  picture  story 
of  the  life  and  voyages  of  the  great  navigator  was  then  shown 
in  Music  Hall  of  the  Fine  Arts  Building.  At  6  :30  a  banquet 
was  served.*" 

On  October  12,  1912,  "Christopher  Columbus,  with  his 
gallant  crew,  again  made  the  voyage  from  Jackson  Park  to 
Grant  Park  in  the  caravel  'Santa  Maria'  and  commemorated 
the  420th  anniversary  of  the  discovery  of  America.  Owing 
to  the  strong  wind  of  the  day,  following  the  heavy  storm  of 
the  previous  night,  it  was  deemed  inadvisable  to  risk  sailing 
the  remaining  two  caravels,  the  Nina  and  the  Pinta.  Nearly 
100,000  persons  witnessed  the  historical  pageant  at  various 
points  of  vantage,  from  the  commencement  of  the  voyage  at 
La  Rabida  Convent  to  its  termination  at  Grant  Park,  when 
'Land  Ho'  was  sounded  opposite  the  Chicago  Yacht  Club  on 
the  Lake  Front  at  4:30  p.  m."  There  were  exercises  at 
Jackson  Park  before  the  starting  of  the  pilgrimage,  including 
an  interesting  and  forceful  address  by  the  Rev.  M.  J.  Dorney. 

Arriving  off  Grant  Park  Mr.  John  E.  Byrnes  representing 
Columbus,  with  a  retinue  of  aids,  cavaliers,  acolytes  and  sail- 
ors, rowed  to  the  shore,  planted  the  Spanish  colors  in  the 
name  of  Queen  Isabella.  An  immense  throng  had  gathered 
in  Grant  Park,  including  members  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
and  representatives  of  the  various  Italian  societies  and  other 
patriotic  citizens. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  ceremonies,  ending  with  the  erec- 
tion of  a  cross  and  the  offering  of  prayers,  Columbus  was  wel- 
comed by  officials  of  the  State  Council  and  the  Chicago  Chap- 
ter, and  preceded  by  the  Calumet  Council  band  and  orchestra, 
led  by  a  platoon  of  mounted  police,  they  marched  to  the  Chap- 


40.     Oohimbian,  Oct.  6,  1911,  p.  1. 


THE  CHICAGO  CHAPTER  451 

ter  headquarters,  116  S.  Michigan  avenue,  where  a  reception 
was  held.*^ 

Landing  Day  in  1913  fell  on  Sunday,  and  was  elaborately 
observed  in  Chicago.  The  opening  feature  was  a  solemn  pon- 
tifical High  Mass  at  the  Cathedral  of  the  Holy  Name,  with 
Right  Rev.  Paul  P.  Rhode  as  celebrant,  assisted  by  a  number 
of  the  clergy.  Rt.  Rev,  Alexander  J.  McGavick,  D.  D., 
preached  an  eloquent  sermon  on  the  duties  of  citizenship,  tak- 
ing for  his  text  the  well-known  command  ' '  Render,  therefore, 
to  Caesar  the  things  that  are  Csesar  's. ' ' 

In  the  afternoon  the  historical  drama,  Christopher  Colum- 
bus, written  especially  for  the  occasion  by  Joseph  P.  Farrell, 
was  presented  at  the  Illinois  Theater  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Chicago  Chapter.  The  drama  was  pronounced  a  distinct  suc- 
cess, both  from  a  standpoint  of  rendition  and  attendance.^- 

A  lesson  in  American  history  was  borne  home  to  the  school 
children  of  Chicago  on  Landing  Day,  October  12,  1914,  when 
Columbus  and  his  captains  on  board  the  Columbus  caravels  in 
Jackson  Park  delivered  the  historic  ships  to  the  children  for 
their  part  in  the  day's  program. 

The  program  began  when  a  tall  figure  in  red  doublet  and 
hose  stepped  right  out  of  the  history  books  into  the  midst  of 
hundreds  of  school  children  crowded  aboard  the  sailing  vessels 
Pinta  and  Nina.  It  was  Christopher  Columbus,  boots,  sword 
and  all,  and  he  was  followed  by  several  personages  who  had 
detached  themselves  from  the  same  pages  of  history  to  disport 
on  the  holiday. 

"  It 's  my  birthday, ' '  said  Christopher  Columbus,  while  the 
children  cheered  and  applauded  around  him,  "and  I  guess 
I'll  give  you  this  famous  ship." 

Whereupon  Christopher  unsheathed  his  sword  and  gave  it 
to  a  little  Miss  named  Winifred  Ferry,  who  goes  to  the  Wads- 
worth  school  and  who  said,  ** Thank  you." 


41.  Columbian,  Oct.  18,  1912,  p.  1. 

42.  Oolumhian,  Oct.  17,  1913,  pp.  1-2. 


452         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

The  children  crowded  close  around  the  hero  of  1492  and 
plied  him  with  innumerable  questions.  There  were  a  great 
many  things  old  Christopher  could  tell  and  of  which  his  young 
admirers  had  gained  a  small  inkling  in  their  history  lessons. 

To  their  intense  delight  Columbus  raised  his  hands  to  his 
forehead  and,  shading  his  eyes,  and  looking  out  over  the  water 
at  Jackson  Park,  cried,  ' '  Land  ahoy. ' ' 

Then  a  reception  committee  entirely  diiferent  from  the  one 
in  1492,  being  full  dressed  and  most  highly  civilized,  received 
Columbus. 

After  the  reception  aboard  ship,  Columbus  landed.  Every 
eye  was  upon  the  historic  figure.  Four  hundred  and  twenty- 
two  years  ago  a  man  looking  just  like  that  had  walked  sol- 
emnly ashore  at  San  Salvador  and  made  the  important  dis- 
covery of  America.  Hundreds  of  school  children  stationed 
along  the  shore — not  of  San  Salvador,  but  of  Jackson  Park, 
this  time — rushed  out  to  greet  the  intrepid  voyager.  They 
clustered  around  him  and  filled  their  hearts  with  joy,  calling : 
' '  Hello,  Mr.  Columbus,  have  a  nice  trip  ? ' ' 

After  this  there  were  speeches  in  which  the  serious  side 
of  the  program  was  brought  out.  America's  great  position  in 
the  world  as  a  country  of  peace  was  touched  upon  by  the 
speakers.  Then  followed  the  signing  of  a  singular  petition, 
asking  the  South  Park  commissioners  to  seek  the  return  of  the 
Santa  Maria,  the  third  Columbus  caravel,  which  was  supposed 
to  be  in  Boston  harbor.  The  Santa  Maria,  with  the  Nina  and 
Pinta,  was  taken  out  some  time  before  for  an  exhibition  trip. 
The  Nina  and  Pinta  were  abandoned  in  Lake  Erie  and  brought 
back  to  Chicago  by  friends. 

Among  the  visitors  at  Jackson  Park  were  Antonio  Navarro, 
East  Panama  Consul  to  Chicago ;  Berthold  Singer,  consul  for 
Spain,  Costa  Eica  and  Nicaragua ;  Juan  Moffit,  consul  of  Uru- 
guay, and  J.  B.  Balleras,  consul  from  Honduras. 

Robert  M.  Sweitzer  presided.  The  guests  of  honor  in- 
eluded  Berthold  Singer,  consul  of  Spain,  and  the  consular 


THE  CHICAGO  CHAPTER  453 

representatives  of  eight  South  American  republics;  James 
Maher,  supreme  director  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus;  Dr. 
Otto  L.  Schmidt,  of  the  Chicago  Historical  Society,  and 
Charles  S.  Peterson,  of  the  school  board,  spoke  of  the  voyage 
of  Columbus  and  the  place  of  the  early  navigators  in  American 
history. 

Captain  Richards,  of  the  South  Park  commissioners  gave 
assurances  that  the  Santa  Maria  would  be  returned  to  Chi- 
cago in  time  to  participate  in  the  celebration  of  Landing  Day, 
1915.  James  T.  Berney  acted  the  part  of  Columbus,  Francis 
J.  Mahon  and  James  J.  0  'Shea  acted  the  part  of  the  captains. 
At  the  conclusion  of  the  program  Columbus  and  his  captains 
were  besieged  by  the  school  children  who  wished  to  meet  the 
father  of  the  Americas.*^ 

In  the  evening  a  large  meeting  assembled  at  Orchestra 
Hall  and  listened  to  eloquent  addresses  by  Rev.  Henry  S. 
Spalding,  S.  J.,  and  State  Deputy  William  N.  Brown.  Louis 
J.  Behan,  President  of  the  Chapter,  presided. 

These  excellent  addresses  were  printed  in  full  in  the 
Columbian  of  October  23,  1914." 

The  423rd  anniversary  of  the  landing  of  Christopher  Co- 
lumbus, patron  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  upon  San  Sal- 
vador, was  jointly  celebrated  on  Tuesday,  October  12,  1915, 
by  the  Chicago  Chapter  and  LaSalle  Assembly  Fourth  De- 
gree Knights  of  Columbus. 

Chicago,  with  closed  schools,  suspended  governmental  func- 
tions and  a  general  holiday  spirit  joined  and  partook  of  the 
excellent  programs  offered  in  different  parts  of  the  city,  prin- 
cipally under  the  auspices  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus. 

The  committee  in  charge  of  the  program  arranged  by  the 
Chicago  Chapter  reported  crowded  houses  at  each  entertain- 
ment and  the  success  of  the  pageant  under  the  auspices  of  the 
LaSalle  Assembly  was  far  beyond  the  greatest  expectations. 


43.     Columbian,  Oct.  16,  1914,  p.  2. 
t4.     Columhian,  Oct.  23,  1914,  pp.  1-2. 


454        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

The  pageant  at  Jackson  Park  was  a  reproduction  of  the 
appeal  by  Columbus  before  the  Court  of  Isabella,  Queen  of 
Aragon.  Miss  Dolores  Cassinelly,  one  of  the  most  typically 
beautiful  Italian  girls  of  Chicago,  played  the  role  of  Queen, 
and  Hon,  Bernard  P.  Barasa  represented  Columbus. 

The  historic  pageant  was  followed  by  a  symbolic  tableau, 
the  central  figure  of  which  was  Queen  Columbia,  with  two 
peace  goddesses  in  attendance.  Children,  bearing  flags  of 
every  nation,  marched  before  them.  Miss  Marian  Agnew  was 
selected  as  one  of  the  goddesses.  Miss  Lillian  Murphy  the 
other.  Miss  Rose  McGuire  was  chosen  to  enact  the  part  of 
Columbia,  and  presided  over  the  Court  of  Nations. 

The  ceremony  was  staged  at  La  Rabida  Convent,  within 
sight  of  the  caravels,  the  Nina  and  Pinta,  upon  which  the 
1915  Columbus  and  his  crew  embarked,  depicting  the  de- 
parture at  Palos,  Spain,  to  seek  a  new  world.  The  caravels 
were  rigged  and  decorated  for  the  celebration  under  direction 
of  Captain  Cornelius  Hallahan,  marshal  of  the  day. 

The  Chicago  Chapter  arranged  for  speakers  and  a  musical 
program  at  the  following  places:  On  the  north  side,  St.  Al- 
phonse's  Auditorium;  the  west  side.  Presentation  Hall,  and 
the  south  side,  St.  Ann's  Auditorium. 

Peter  P.  Kransz  was  chairman  of  the  meeting  on  the  north 
side  and  the  principal  speaker  was  former  Judge  Michael  F. 
Girten,  who  delivered  a  fitting  address  on  ''The  True  Amer- 
ican." 

Louis  J.  Behan  was  chairman  on  the  west  side  and  Hon. 
George  E.  Gorman,  the  speaker,  held  his  audience  by  a  mas- 
terful address,  on  "The  True  Patriot." 

William  J.  Shelley  presided  at  the  south  side  meeting  and 
Judge  John  P.  McGoorty  pleased  his  audience  with  a  stirring 
address  on  "The  American  Citizen,"*^ 

The  arrangements  for  the  observance  of  Columbus  Day 
were  not  quite  so  elaborate  in  1916  as  those  of  some  former 


45.     Columbian,  Oct.  15,  1915,  p.  1. 


THE  CHICAGO  CHAPTER 


455 


occasions.  In  that  year  the  Entertainment  Committee  of  the 
Chicago  Chapter  arranged  for  an  informal  dinner,  representa- 
tive of  all  the  councils,  which  was  held  at  the  Auditorium  on 
October  12.    The  speakers  of  the  occasion  were  Rt.  Rev.  Peter 


CHICAGO   CHAPTER  OFFICE 
Edward  J.  McMahon,  Damen  Council ;  William  E.  Meade,  La  Rabida  Council 


J.  Muldoon,  State  Chaplain  of  the  Order,  and  Mr.  J.  Madison 
Walsh,  State  Deputy  of  Indiana.  Music  was  furnished  by  the 
Columbia  Quartette.*^ 

Due  to  the  fact  that  the  country  was  in  the  throes  of  war 
there  was  no  celebration  of  Columbus  Day  in  1917  and  1918. 

46.     Columbian,  Oct.  13,  1916,  p.  1. 


456         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

On  Saturday  evening,  October  12,  1919,  Illinois  Council 
celebrated  Landing  Day  with  a  banquet  in  honor  of  its  home- 
coming soldiers,  sailors  and  servicemen.  Edward  N.  Hurley, 
Chairman  of  the  United  States  Shipping  Board,  was  the  prin- 
cipal speaker.  Other  speakers  were  Rev.  George  T.  McCarthy, 
Captain  Chaplain  at  Fort  Sheridan,  Jerome  J.  Crowley,  State 
Deputy  Edward  Houlihan,  James  C.  O'Brien  and  Judge 
Charles  V.  Barrett." 

Columbus  Day,  October  12,  1920,  was  marked  in  Chicago 
by  a  pretty  and  historically  interesting  ceremony.  It  was  the 
unveiling  of  the  anchor  of  Columbus'  Flagship  at  the  Colon- 
nade in  Grant  Park  at  Randolph  street  and  Michigan  avenue. 
The  ceremony  was  planned  and  executed  by  the  Chicago  Eve- 
ning American  for  the  edification  of  the  school  children  of 
Chicago.  Among  those  who  took  part  in  the  unveiling  of  the 
anchor  were  State  Secretary  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus, 
Henry  J.  Lynch,  impersonating  Columbus ;  Miss  Victoria 
Warnesson,  honorary  Grand  Lady  of  the  Ladies  of  Isabella, 
who  impersonated  Queen  Isabella,  and  George  F.  Mulligan, 
District  Deputy  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  Master  of  Cere- 
monies. Francis  0 'Shaughuessy,  Past  Grand  Knight  of  Mar- 
quette Council,  delivered  an  address  on  Columbus.  Mr. 
Frank  McGlinn,  impersonator  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  in  the 
great  Lincoln  drama,  was  present  as  "Abraham  Lincoln," 
and  Miss  Mae  Carter  was  "Miss  Chicago." 

The  pageant  was  suggested  to  the  Chicago  Evening  Amer- 
ican by  Mr.  Thomas  A.  0 'Shaughuessy  and  supervised  for  the 
newspaper  by  William  J.  Clark.*^ 

As  will  be  seen,  the  principal  celebration  of  Columbus  Day, 
1921,  was  under  the  auspices  of  La  Salle  Assembly  Fourth 
Degree.^"  The  Foch  reception,  only  six  days  before  Landing 
Daj^,  in  a  manner  took  on  the  aspect  of  a  general  Columbus 
Dav  celebration. 


47.  Columbian,  Oct.  10,  1919,  p.  1. 

48.  Columbian,  Oct.  15,  1920,  p.  1. 

49.  See  Chapter  XI. 


THE  CHICAGO  CHAPTER  457 

RELIEF  WORK  OF  THE  CHICAGO  CHAPTER 

From  the  very  beginning  the  Chicago  Chapter  has  been  the 
clearing  house  for  emergency  relief  cases.  Naturally,  activi- 
ties of  this  nature  would  not  be  suitable  for  specific  publicity. 
The  eases  where  members  find  themselves  stranded  and  obliged 
to  seek  help  are  rare,  except  where  an  accident  or  injury,  or 
some  unforeseen  circumstance  has  intervened.  It  is  the  ex- 
perience of  the  officers  in  charge  at  Chapter  headquarters  that 
very  little  of  what  is  sometimes  termed  "touching"  is  prev- 
alent, but  a  very  large  number  of  really  deserving  cases  have 
come  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Eelief  Committee. 

While  nobody  would  expect  that  a  schedule  of  relief  cases 
would  be  published,  it  may  not  be  regarded  as  inappropriate 
that  the  character  of  the  relief  work  accomplished  by  the 
Chapter  he  indicated.  An  example  of  relief  may  be  mentioned, 
a  case  which  occurred  in  1910.  Alfred  Murphy,  a  member  of 
Marcos  de  Niza  Council  No.  1189,  Phoenix,  Arizona,  who  was 
sojourning  in  Chicago,  died  here,  and  the  Relief  Committee 
of  the  Chapter  took  charge  of  his  funeral,  procured  a  grave 
in  the  cemetery,  and  placed  a  headstone  to  his  memory.^"  In 
the  same  year  Leonard  Birkle,  of  Los  Angeles  Council  No. 
621,  died  in  Chicago,  and  his  funeral  was  taken  charge  of  by 
the  Relief  Committee  of  the  Chapter.^^ 

Early  in  January,  1916,  Alexander  P.  Kellett,  a  wealthy 
retired  railroad  contractor  of  Spokane,  Washington,  joined 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  through  Spokane  Council  No.  683. 
In  July,  scarcely  six  months  later,  he  and  his  wife  reached 
Chicago,  where  he  was  stricken  with  a  fatal  illness,  and  died  at 
the  Presbyterian  Hospital.  Alone  in  her  bereavement,  Mrs. 
Kellett  found  a  friend  in  Chicago  Chapter.  She  had  never 
heard  of  Chicago  Chapter,  but  there  was  a  patient  in  an  ad- 
joining room,  a  Father  Rice,  who  knew  of  the  Chapter  and 
its  work.    There  was  also  in  the  office  of  the  hospital  an  iden 


50.  Chapter  Records,  1910. 

51.  Chapter  Records,  1910. 


458         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

tification  card.  Word  was  sent  from  the  hospital  to  the  Chap- 
ter, and  within  an  hour  the  Executive  Secretary,  Edward  J. 
McMahon,  Chairman  of  the  Chapter  Relief  Committee,  called 
upon  Mrs.  Kellett  at  the  hospital.  Mrs.  Kellett  discovered  to 
her  surprise  that  she  was  no  longer  friendless  and  alone 
among  strangers.  The  remains  were  taken  to  Gleeson  's  Under- 
taking Parlor,  3718  S.  Halsted  street,  and  several  members 
of  the  councils  in  that  vicinity  (Daniel  Dowling,  Leo  XIII, 
Madonna  and  LaRabida)  called  at  the  rooms  that  evening. 
The  remains  were  shipped  back  to  Spokane  on  the  following 
morning.  An  escort  was  provided  by  the  Chicago  Knights 
from  the  undertaker's  establishment  to  the  train,  and  a  few 
others  met  the  funeral  party  at  the  station  and  remained  until 
the  departure  of  the  train.  A  wire  was  sent  to  the  Grand  Knight 
of  Spokane  Council,  advising  him  when  the  remains  would 
arrive.^^ 

A  case  where  the  Chicago  Chapter  did  a  good  service  to  a 
brother  visiting  Chicago,  was  that  of  James  Morrow,  of  Elk- 
hart, Indiana.  In  March,  1916,  while  hurrying  to  the  depot, 
Mr.  Morrow  was  struck  by  a  large  auto  truck,  carried  a  few 
feet,  and  pinned  against  the  uprights  of  the  elevated  rail- 
way structure.  When  released  he  was  hurried  in  an  ambu- 
lance to  the  County  Hospital,  and  recorded  as  "Unidentified 
man,  white,  about  35  years  old,  5  feet  10  inches  tall. ' '  He  had 
in  the  lapel  of  his  coat,  however,  a  Knights  of  Columbus  em- 
blem. The  policeman  who  brought  him,  and  the  clerk  who 
received  him,  were  non-Catholic,  but  they  knew  from  previous 
experience  and  from  the  public  press  that  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  maintained  a  headquarters,  and  at  once  communi- 
cated with  the  Executive  Secretary  of  the  Chapter.  The 
Secretary,  as  soon  as  possible,  got  in  touch  with  the  Chairman 
of  the  Visiting  Committee,  who  sent  the  member  of  the  com- 
mittee of  that  territory  to  Mr.  Morrow 's  bedside  at  once.  The 
visiting  knight  notified  the  wife  and  family  of  the  injured 

52.     Columbian,  Aug.  11,  1916,  p.  1. 


THE  CHICAGO  CHAPTER  459 

man,  and  advised  her  to  come  to  Chicago  at  once.  Mrs.  Mor- 
row was  met  at  the  Chicago  depot  by  a  member  of  the  com- 
mittee and  taken  to  the  hospital ;  a  safe  and  inexpensive  place 
for  her  to  remain  nearby  was  secured.  The  wives  of  the  com- 
mitteemen visited  her,  and  she  was  made  to  feel  that  she  was 
among  friends.  Morrow  was  not  fatally  injured,  but  was 
laid  up  in  the  hospital  for  some  time,  where  he  was  frequently 
visited  by  members  of  the  committee  and  other  Knights  of 
Columbus.  When  able  to  travel,  but  still  too  weak  to  journey 
alone,  a  Chicago  knight,  acting  for  the  Chicago  Chapter,  ac- 
companied him  to  Elkhart.^^ 

One  night  early  in  March,  1917,  Brother  G ,  of  Mor- 

ristown,  New  Jersey,  was  carried  into  the  Englewood  Union 
Hospital,  unconscious  from  heart  attack.  He  carried  the 
emblem  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  with  him,  and  the  hos- 
pital attendant  seeing  it,  compared  it  with  the  emblems  of  the 
3rd  and  4th  degrees  printed  on  the  Chapter's  visiting  and 
relief  card,  with  which  every  hospital,  police  station,  under- 
taking establishment  and  hotel  in  Chicago  is  supplied,  and 
recognized  the  patient  as  a  Knight  of  Columbus  and  notified 
the  Chapter  headquarters.  Members  of  the  Visiting  Commit- 
tee visited  the  hospital  at  once,  wired  to  the  Grand  Knight  of 
Morristown  Council,  and  had  an  answer  requesting  that  the 
brother  be  cared  for.  By  direction  of  the  committee  the  sick 
member  was  removed  to  another  hospital,  and  later  to  the 
infirmary  at  Oak  Forest,  where  he  recovered.  During  all  his 
sickness  he  was  visited  by  brothers,  and  his  stay  in  the  hos- 
pital made  as  comfortable  and  agreeable  as  possible.^* 

In  March,  1917,  Arthur  Donoghue,  Grand  Knight  of  Mar- 
quette Council,  received  a  message  from  the  Grand  Knight  ot 
Helena  (Montana)  Council,  stating  that  an  aged  and  almost 
helpless  brother  was  leaving  Helena  for  Grand  Rapids,  Michi- 
gan, to  end  his  days  with  relatives  there.    While  on  the  train 


53.  ColumMan,  March  31,  1916,  p.  1. 

54.  ColumMan,  March  23,  1917,  p.  1. 


460         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

the  old  gentleman  was  being  eared  for  by  members  of  the  order 
among  the  train  crew.  Would  the  Chicago  brothers  see  that 
the  invalid  was  taken  care  of  here?  Mr,  Donoghue  notified 
the  Chapter,  and  the  chairman  of  the  Relief  Committee  was 
informed.  Early  Thursday  morning  the  train  rolled  into  the 
Union  Station,  and  the  train  crew  assisted  the  feeble  old  man 
to  the  platform.  As  he  looked  about  wonderingly,  Brother 
Barton  and  his  associates  of  the  Relief  Committee  stepped  up. 
"We  represent  the  Knights  of  Columbus  of  Chicago,"  said 
Barton,  "and  will  take  care  of  this  man,"  With  mutual  thanks 
the  local  Knights  took  leave  of  the  trainmen  and  took  the  old 
gentleman  with  them  and  put  him  in  safe  hands  aboard  the 
Pere  Marquette  train.  In  parting  with  the  Chicago  Knights 
of  Columbus  the  old  gentleman  said,  "I  am  happier  than  I 
have  been  in  a  long  time.  I  was  afraid  of  Chicago  and  the 
transferring  here.  I  didn't  think  I  could  do  it,  but  the  part 
of  the  trip  I  dreaded  most  has  been  the  pleasantest.  Although 
I  have  been  a  Knight  of  Columbus  a  long  time,  I  never  realized 
until  today  what  it  meant.  I  may  never  be  able  to  help  anyone, 
but  I  can  and  will  pray  for  you  and  the  Order. '  ''^^ 

These  are  but  a  few  instances  in  which  the  Chapter  was  able 
to  be  of  service  in  emergencies.  The  Relief  Committee  has 
always  been  alert  and  interested  in  all  deserving  cases. 

CHRISTMAS    CHEER   WORK 

The  Christmas  Cheer  Work,  so-called,  of  the  Chicago  Chap- 
ter has  been  the  most  satisfying  of  all  the  Chapter 's  activities. 
While  it  is  not  intended  as  a  permanent  benefit  to  any  one,  yet 
the  spirit  disseminated  at  Christmas  time  by  the  Chapter  com- 
mittees, usually  joined  in  by  committees  from  the  women's 
organizations,  that  have  more  or  less  relationship  to  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  is  most  valuable. 

The  idea  of  the  Christmas  Cheer  Work  was  proposed 
originally  in  the  October  meeting   (1911)   of  the  Governing 

55.     ColumUan,  March  30,  1917,  p.  1. 


THE  CHICAGO  CHAPTER  461 

Board  of  the  Chicago  Chapter  by  John  F.  Miller,  Madonna 
Council,  then  a  member  of  the  Chapter's  Board  of  Directors. 
Mr.  Miller's  suggestion  had  reference  to  the  supplying 
of  reading  matter  or  libaries  at  the  institutions.  The  subject 
was  discussed  and  the  idea  of  toys,  food,  fruit,  tobacco  pipes, 
etc.,  for  the  inmates  was  introduced  by  the  President  of  the 
Chapter,  "William  N.  Brown. 

On  motion  a  committee  was  appointed,  to  be  known  as  the 
Christmas  Committee,  with  authority  to  solicit  funds  from 
the  councils  to  be  devoted  to  gifts  at  Christmas  time  to  insti- 
tution inmates. 

The  first  fund  amounted  to  about  $700.00,  and  was  dis- 
tributed in  foodstuffs  in  a  half-dozen  institutions. 

The  leading  spirits  in  this  early  Christmas  Cheer  body 
were  William  N.  Brown,  Illinois,  then  president  of  the  Chicago 
Chapter;  John  F.  Miller,  the  instigator  of  the  movement,  and 
Finley  Bell,  the  committee's  first  chairman. 

The  nestor  of  the  Christmas  Cheer  Committee  is  John 
Raleigh  Hughes,  who  was  appointed  to  the  committee  by  Wil- 
liam N.  Brown  in  1912,  and  to  date  has  an  unbroken  record 
to  his  credit,  having  served  for  ten  consecutive  years. 

Brother  Peter  W.  Hayes,  Americus ;  A.  L.  Fik,  Father  Set- 
ters; Arthur  Donoghue,  Marquette,  and  Harry  J.  Gerardin, 
Chicago,  joined  the  committee  in  1914  and  are  still  "in  service" 
after  eight  consecutive  years  on  the  committee.  The  first 
named  was  the  committee 's  secretary  for  one  year,  and  the  last 
named  held  that  post  for  four  years.  Brother  Donoghue  served 
as  committee  chairman  during  1918,  1919,  1920  and  1921,  in 
which  year  he  was  elected  to  the  Chapter  presidency. 

Three  members  of  the  committee  have  a  record  of  seven 
years.  They  are  :  John  F.  Miller,  Madonna,  1911  to  1917  ;  Jos. 
M.  Powers,  Oak  Park,  1914  to  1920,  and  Hugo  J.  P.  Haub,  San 
Salvador,  1915  to  1921. 

Among  the  six-year  men  is  Jos.  E.  Walsh,  Daniel  Dowling 
(later  iVrchbishop  McHale),  1912  to  1917.    He  was  chairman 


462         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

of  the  committee  for  five  years.  Others  were  Walter  Gaboriault, 
Blue  Island,  and  Wm.  J.  Kelly,  Bishop  Kettler,  both  1916  to 
1921.  Brother  Kelly  was  elected  secretary  of  the  committee 
late  in  1921. 

Records  of  five  years  of  service  are  held  by  M.  J.  Tierney, 
Illinois,  1912  to  1916,  and  by  John  Kennedy,  Archbishop 
McHale;  August  Warnesson,  Tonti,  and  C.  N.  Bartodziej,  all 
1917  to  1921. 

The  record  of  four-year  men  is  longer  and  includes  Harry 
S.  Wilkins,  Damen,  who  represented  Feehan  Council  from 
1911  to  1914;  John  J.  Guthrie,  Father  Perez,  1912  to  1915; 
John  Burke,  Father  Perez,  1914  to  3917,  and  the  following 
members  who  were  first  appointed  in  1918 :  Edmond  P.  Den- 
nehy,  Daniel  Bowling;  John  Reilly,  St.  Patrick's ;  John  O'Con- 
nor, Damen;  Ed  V.  Cox,  Irving  Park  (later  Father  O'Con- 
nor) ;  Ed  McNamara,  Calumet;  Chas.  Witthoeft,  Commercial; 
James  J.  Gillen,  Hildebrand ;  James  D.  Stacy,  Phil  Sheridan ; 
John  E.  Kavanagh,  and  Thos.  J.  Garrity. 

The  active  men  who  have  served  since  1919,  or  three  years, 
are  James  B.  Carney,  Fort  Dearborn,  committee  secretary  for 
one  and  one-half  years,  who  resigned  that  post  to  accept  the 
assistant  secretaryship  of  Chicago  Chapter;  Chas.  Lutz,  St. 
Augustine;  Jos.  M.  Jansky,  Thomas  Aquinas,  and  Alex. 
McGuire,  Cardinal. 

The  following  were  appointed  to  the  committee  in  1920, 
and  by  their  activity  since  holding  membership,  give  evidence 
of  long  continuing  in  the  work :  Peter  C.  Holm,  Father  Perez ; 
Frank  Ropinske,  General  Sherman;  Phil  Sullivan,  Newman; 
Fred  Massmann,  Columbus;  John  T.  Donahue,  Loyola-Hyde 
Park;  Albert  Fenlon,  Chas.  Carroll;  M.  B.  Brislane,  Nazareth, 
and  August  Ronda. 

In  1912  the  fund  rose  to  about  $1,500.00,  twice  the  sum 
of  the  original  fund.  Ninety  dollars  of  this  came  from  twenty 
individuals.  Some  toys  were  given  out,  but  foodstuffs  re- 
mained the  staple  gift.    Seventeen  institutions  were  cared  for 


THE  CHICAGO  CHAPTER  463 

and  about  4,000  inmates.    Entertainment  was  brought  to  two 
institutions. 

In  this  year  the  offer  of  the  Ladies  of  Isabella  to  care  for 
the  girls  at  such  institutions  as  their  funds  would  permit  them 
to  embrace  was  made  for  the  first  time  and  accepted.  Since 
that  year  this  co-operation  has  been  annually  rendered  the 
Cheer  Committee,  growing  larger  each  year. 

The  part  of  Santa  Claus  at  St.  Mary's  in  Desplaines  in 
1912  was  enacted  by  the  then  Eev.  Edward  F.  Hoban,  chan- 
cellor of  the  archdiocese,  since  made  auxiliary  bishop  of 
Chicago. 

In  1913,  Louis  J.  Behan,  Loyola,  became  Chapter  president, 
and  Jos.  E,  Walsh,  then  of  Bowling,  became  chairman  of 
the  Christmas  Cheer  Committee.  The  fund  grew  to 
$2,000.00;  eighteen  institutions  were  cared  for  and  about 
4,500  inmates. 

The  gifts  in  this  and  subsequent  years  ran  almost  ex- 
slusively  to  playthings  for  the  children,  and  wearing  apparel, 
toilet  articles,  etc.,  for  the  other  charges. 

Solicitation  for  individual  contributions  was  first  given 
consideration  in  1914,  when  a  select  list  of  1,100  Catholic  men 
was  compiled  and  canvassed.  As  a  result  of  this  solicitation, 
contributions  were  received  from  225  individuals,  and  these, 
with  the  usual  council  donations,  brought  the  total  fund  up  to 
about  $2,500.00. 

Fifteen  institutions  were  cared  for  and  about  4,000  inmates, 
and  this  number  was  augmented  by  1,200  unemployed  and  per- 
sons of  poor  families  who  were  aided  to  the  extent  of  a  dinner 
or  a  basket  of  groceries. 

John  T.  Lillis,  of  Illinois  Council,  became  president  of  the 
Chicago  Chapter  in  1915,  and  during  his  incumbency  of  two 
years  was  one  of  the  Cheer  Committee 's  most  active  workers. 
Peter  W.  Hayes,  Americus,  became  in  this  year  the  commit- 
tee's first  secretary. 

The  fund  was  about  the  same  in  size  as  was  the  one  raised 


464         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

in  the  previous  year,  and  the  records  otherwise  are  very  much 
similar. 

For  two  years  the  work  of  extending  relief  to  poor  families 
and  to  the  unemployed  was  carried  on,  but  the  reports  of  re- 
sults were  very  unsatisfactory.  In  a  committee  which  is  active 
over  a  period  of  but  ninety  days,  it  is  impossible  to  make  a 
proper  investigation  of  the  worthiness  of  appeals  from  poor 
families,  and  in  1916  the  committee  concluded  that  henceforth 
all  such  requests  would  be  referred  to  the  St.  Vincent  de  Paul 
Society,  an  organization  better  fitted  to  render  poor  aid,  and 
since  that  time  this  society  has  been  included  among  the  com- 
mittee's beneficiaries. 

In  this  year  (1916)  the  individual  donations  began  to  com- 
pete with  the  council  contributions,  the  former  being  $1,393.10, 
while  the  latter  was  $1,482.55. 

Though  the  committee  had  acknowledged  itself  unable  to 
properly  reach  the  worthy  poor  of  the  city,  it  did  not  entirely 
give  up  the  hope  of  bringing  Christmas  Cheer  to  the  children 
of  the  poor,  and  as  most  of  these  were  to  be  found  through  the 
Catholic  day-nurseries  and  settlement  houses,  a  number  of 
these  were  added  to  the  list  of  institutions  cared  for,  and  in 
1916  these  numbered  thirty,  housing  approximately  6,000  per- 
sons. 

The  next  year  saw  the  individual  contributions  topping  the 
council  donations  by  $10.00.  About  $3,500.00  was  collected 
and  expended  upon  the  same  number  of  institutions  as  in  the 
year  before. 

Arthur  Donoghue,  of  Marquette  Council,  succeeded  Brother 
Walsh  in  the  chairmanship  in  1918.  In  this  year  1,900  per- 
sons gave  a  little  less  than  $3,800.00,  while  from  the  council 
treasuries  $2,000.00  more  were  subscribed.  Thirty-six  institu- 
tions were  cared  for  and  about  7,600  inmates. 

An  important  innovation  was  introduced  in  1919,  when 
the  committee  decided  to  discontinue  its  annual  appeal  for  dona- 
tions from  council  treasuries  and  rely  exclusively  upon  the  gen- 


THE  CHICAGO  CHAPTER  465 

erosity  of  the  individual  membership.  The  solicitation  was 
made  by  mail  with  the  aid  of  the  complete  address  list  in  the 
possession  of  the  publishers  of  the  local  organ,  the  Columbian. 

To  enable  all  to  have  a  share  in  the  fund,  the  committee 
adopted  the  slogan  "Give  a  quarter  or  more  to  Christmas 
Cheer,"  and  10,492  individuals  responded  with  sums  varying 
from  25  cents  and  up,  bringing  the  total  receipts  over  $6,000.00. 

With  this  sum  8,597  children  and  old  people  were  cared 
for  in  thirty-eight  institutions. 

In  1920,  forty-one  institutions  were  visited  and  13,332 
wards  were  the  recipients  of  gifts  at  the  hand  of  the  Cheer 
Committee,  whose  fund  had  grown  to  about  $9,000.00,  received 
from  16,000  members  of  the  order. 

The  commercial  unrest  experienced  in  1921  left  its  mark 
upon  the  record  of  the  committee,  and  though  the  number  of 
institutions  remained  the  same,  the  roll  of  inmates  grew  to 
almost  15,000,  while  many  donors  of  previous  years  withheld 
their  contributions,  and  the  total  fund  was  less  than  the  year 
before.^^ 

MISCELLANEOUS    ACTIVITIES    OF    THE    CHAPTER 

For  a  time  during  1906  and  1907  the  Chicago  Chapter 
maintained  and  encouraged  a  dramatic  club.  The  greatest 
success  of  this  organization  was  a  comedy,  "The  Wonderful 
Woman,"  which  was  presented  on  several  occasions.  A  per- 
formance v.as  staged  at  Oakland  Music  Hall,  April  25,  1907, 
and  another  at  the  Fort  Dearborn  Club  on  May  3.  The  per- 
formances of  the  Dramatic  Club  were  staged  in  different  parts 
of  the  city  and  under  the  auspices  of  the  local  councils  in  the 
various  districts.  The  funds  realized  were  used  for  the  relief 
and  employment  work  of  the  Chapter.^^ 

In  the  latter  part  of  the  year  1908  the  Chicago  Chapter 
completed  and  published  a  Catholic  reading  list,  with  an  in- 


56.     Compiled  from  Chapter  Records. 
/}7.     Columbian,  April  26,  1917,  p.  1. 


466         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

troduction  by  Most  Rev.  James  Edward  Quigley,  D.  D.,  Arch- 
bishop. The  list  included  the  names  and  library  numbers  of 
books  by  Catholic  authors,  or  that  were  Catholic  in  their  tone, 
to  be  found  in  the  Chicago  Public  Library.  It  contained  3,000 
titles,  and  was  distributed  practically  free.^* 

In  the  year  1915  a  Lyceum  Bureau  was  organized  in  the 
Chapter.  Henry  J.  Lynch  was  made  Chairman  of  the  Bureau, 
and  an  effort  was  made  to  popularize  meritorious  speakers  and 
entertainments  in  the  several  councils.  The  work  was  con- 
tinued during  1916  and  subsequent  years.^^ 

In  April,  1916,  the  Chicago  Chapter  provided  for  furnish- 
ing identification  cards,  reading  as  follows : 

"In  case  of  injury  or  sudden  illness  to  any  man  wearing  either  of 
the  emblems  indicated  hereon,  please  notify  the  Chicago  Chapter,  Knights 
of  Columbus." 

The  card  contained  the  telephone  numbers  and  office  hours 
of  the  Chapter  headquarters,  and  on  the  reverse  side  the  names 
and  telephone  numbers  of  the  members  of  the  committee  who 
might  be  called  at  any  time.  These  cards  were  placed  in  every 
hospital,  undertaking  establishment  or  morgue,  police  stations, 
hotels  and  such  other  places  as  it  is  usual  to  resort  to  with 
injured  persons.®** 

Within  a  week  after  the  Chicago  Chapter  headquarters  was 
opened  a  list  of  employers  and  applicants  for  employment  was 
begun,  and  the  tabulated  requests  for  employment  filed  in  the 
Chapter  offices  appeared  weekly  in  the  Columbian.  It  is  per- 
haps true  that  it  would  be  impossible  to  fix  upon  any  definite 
number  of  positions  procured  through  the  instrumentality  of 
the  Chapter,  but  as  there  has  never  been  a  time  since  the  offices 
were  opened  in  1905  to  the  present  that  the  Chapter  did  not 
have  an  employment  department,  it  is  safe  to  say  that  many 
hundreds   have   secured   employment  through   this   medium. 

58.     See  copies  at  Chapter  Headquarters. 

.59.     .Tames  J.  O'Mally  later  conducted  the  Bureau. 

60.     See  Chapter  Records,  1916. 


THE  CHICAGO  CHAPTER  467 

When  as  the  result  of  the  war  there  was  much  unemployment 
on  the  part  of  service  men,  and  much  re-employment  on  the 
part  of  employers,  the  Chapter  became  an  employment  clear- 
ing house,  and  the  headquarters  for  employment  activities  of 
the  Order  up  to  the  time  that  the  post  war  employment  offices 
were  opened  by  the  Supreme  Council,  and  resumed  that  posi- 
tion after  the  war  employment  offices  were  closed.^^ 

The  Chicago  Chapter  was  one  of  the  most  effective  war- 
work  agencies  as  will  be  seen  in  other  chapters, 
the  distribution  of  gifts  and  creature  comforts. 

The  following,  published  in  the  Columbian  of  January  23, 
1920,  puts  briefly  the  scope  of  the  Chicago  Chapter : 

1.  It  maintains  downtown  offices,  reading  rooms  and  club 
rooms  at  165  "West  Madison  street,  which  are  kept  open  at  all 
times  to  all  members  of  the  order. 

2.  It  maintains  an  employment  bureau,  through  which 
thousands  have  obtained  employment. 

3.  It  extends  the  hand  of  charity  and  fraternity  to  mem- 
bers of  the  Councils  and  of  other  jurisdictions  by  extending 
relief  to  those  in  need  and  visiting  those  who  are  ill. 

4.  It  extends  fitting  and  proper  courtesies  to  deceased 
members  of  other  jurisdictions  and  to  their  relatives. 

5.  It  represents  the  Councils  in  this  jurisdiction  in  civic 
matters,  in  which  an  expression  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
in  the  vicinity  should  be  given. 

6.  It  brings  happiness  and  cheer  to  the  children  and 
women  in  our  Catholic  institutions  at  Christmas  time  through 
the  distribution  of  gifts  and  creature  comforts. 

7.  It  furnishes  committee  rooms  for  representatives  of 
the  Councils  to  discuss  matters  not  under  the  chapter  juris- 
diction, such  as  baseball,  golf,  bowling,  basketball  and  indoor 
baseball. 

8.  It  promotes  a  closer  relation  between  Councils  through 


61.     See  flies  of  OolumMan. 


468         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUIVIBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

acquaintance,  exchange  of  ideas,  etc.,  and  thus  brings  about 
unity. 

9.  It  renders  assistance  to  Council  officers  in  preparing 
for  the  exemplification  of  degrees. 

10.  It  maintains  a  bureau  through  which  high  class  enter- 
tainment and  speakers  may  be  obtained  for  Council  meetings. 

11.  It  encourages  a  proper  celebration  of  Columbus  Day. 

12.  It  maintains  a  library,  with  magazines,  pool  tables, 
etc.«2 

OFFICERS  OF  CHICAGO   CHAPTER 

1905 — Temporary  • 

President    Joseph  J.  Thompson Bloomington 

Secretary    J.  M.  Kangley Leo  XIII 

Committee   Michael  F.   Girten Englewood 

1905-1906 

President    John   J.    Ryan Phil  Sheridan 

Vice-President  J.  J.  McLaughlin Fort  Dearborn 

Secretary    Jerome  J.   Crowley De  Soto 

Treasurer  P.  C.   Gibbons LaFayette 

Warden J.  J.   Owens Illinois 

Guard James   McLennan    Chas.   Carroll 

Director John  T.  McEnery Damen 

Director John  R.  Ford* Marquette 

Director Wm.   F.    Ryan* Illinois 

Director Wm.  N.  Brownt Illinois 

Director Harry  P.  Kenny t La  Rabida 

'Resigned  1905  and  succeeded  by  f. 

1907 

President    Jerome  J.   Crowley De  Soto 

Vice-President  James  Donahoe Charles  Carroll 

Secretary    Joseph  A.  Regan Damen 

Treasurer  P.   C.   Gibbons LaFayette 

Director John  J.  Ryan Phil  Sheridan 

Director "VVm.  N.  Brown Illinois 

Director Thos.  P.  Kerrigan Thos.  Aquinas 

1908 

President    James  Donahoe Charles  Carroll 

Vice-President  Robert  M.  Sweitzer Illinois 

Secretary    Wm.  P.  J.  Halley Commercial 

Treasurer  John  A.  McCormick Calumet 

Director J.   H.  Roche De  La  Salle 

Director George  F.    Mulligan Phil  Sheridan 

Director Thos.  F.  Judge Chicago 

1909 

President    D.  J.  Normoyle La  Rabida 

Vice-President M.  J.  Tlerney Illinois 

Secretary    Edward  Larkin Englewood 

Treasurer John  A.  McCormick Calumet 

Warden   John  J.   Owens Illinois 

Guard William  J.  Callahan Calumet 

Director James  J.  Kelly Englewood 

Director George  F.  Mulligan LaFayette 

Director B.  J.  Coens Phil  Sheridan 

62.     Columbian,  Jan.  23,  1920,  p.  2. 


THE  CHICAGO  CHAPTER  469 

1910 

President    Daniel  McCann  Hildebrand 

Vice-President Jolin  H.  Collins De  La  Salle 

Secretary    Edward  Larkin Englewood 

Treasurer  John  A.  McCormick Calumet 

Warden Thos.  Poland  LaFayette 

Guard R.  E.  Hogan 

Director Thos.  F.  Gayer Irving  Park 

Director W.  C.  Johnson Columbus 

Director P.  T.  O'Sullivan Calumet 

1911 

President    Wm.  N.  Brown Illinois 

Vice-President W.   C.   Johnson Columbus 

Secretary    Edward  Larkin Englewood 

Treasurer John  A.  McCormick Calumet 

Warden E.  J.  Chartrand Gen.  Jas.  Shields 

Guard F.  E.  Sammons Newman 

Director J.  V.  Merrion Madonna 

Director P.   Emmett  WTiealen St.  Cyr 

Director Peter  C.  Hoey Americus 

1912 

President    Wm.  N.  Brown Illinois 

Vice-President W.  C.  Johnson Columbus 

Secretary    Edward  Larkin Englewood 

Treasurer John  A.  McCormick Calumet 

Warden  Daniel   Mulcahy    Leo  XIII 

Guard F.   E.   Sammons Newman 

Director P.   Emmett  Whealen St.  Cyr 

Director John  F.  Miller Madonna 

Director Joseph  E.  Walsh Daniel  Dowllng 

1913 

President    Wm.  N.  Brown Illinois 

Vice-President Louis  J.  Behan Loyola 

Secretary    Edward  Larkin  Englewood 

Treasurer John  A.  McCormick Calumet 

Warden  Daniel  Mulcahy   Leo  XIII 

Guard Francis  E.  Sammons Newman 

Director John  F.  Miller Madonna 

Director Joseph  E.  Walsh Daniel  Dowling 

Director P.  Emmett  Whealen St.  Cyr 

1914 

President    Louis  J.  Behan Loyola 

Vice-President John  E.  Byrnes Calumet 

Secretary    Edward  Larkin Englewood 

Treasurer  John  E.  Maloney LaFayette 

Warden  Frank  J.  Enright Irving  Park 

Guard Francis  E.  Sammons Newman 

Director P.  Emmett  Whealen St.  Cyr 

Director Joseph  E.  Walsh Daniel  Dowling 

Director T.  Francis  Cavanaugh Feehan 

Director Henry  J.  Lynch Chicago 

Director Phillip  J.  Maguire Marquette 

1915 

President    Louis  J.  Behan Loyola 

Vice-President John  E.  Byrnes Calumet 

Secretary    Edward  Larkin Englewood 

Treasurer  Peter  P.  Kransz Ravenswood 

Warden  Frank  J.  Enright Irving  Park 

Guard Francis  E.  Sammons Newman 

Director Henry  J.  Lynch Chicago 

Director T.  Francis  Cavanaugh Feehan 

Director W.  J.  Lynch Englewood 

Director Joseph  E.  Walsh Daniel   Dowling 

Director Phillip  J.  Maguire Marquette 


470         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

1916-1917 

President    John  T.  Lillis Illinois 

Vice-President John   E.   Byrnes Calumet 

Secretary    Edward  Larkin Englewood 

Treasurer  Peter   P.    Kransz Ravenswood 

Warden  Franlc  J.  Enright Irving  Park 

Guard Phil.  C.  Nilles Bishop  Kettler 

Director Henry  J.  Lynch Chicago 

Director Wm.   J.   Clark Phil.  Sheridan 

Director Philip   J.    Maguire Marquette 

Director John  M.  Fox Father  Perez 

Director John  M.   Lee General  Sherman 

1918 

President    John   E.   Byrnes Calumet 

Vice-President J.  A.  Kennelly Archbishop  McHale 

Secretary    Edward  Larkin  Englewood 

Treasurer Peter  P.  Kransz Ravenswood 

Warden Joseph  M.  Powers Oak  Park 

Guard Philip  C.  Nilles Bishop  Kettler 

Director Arthur  Donoghue Marquette 

Director Henry  J.  Lynch Chicago 

Director John  M.   Fox Father  Perez 

Director D.  A.   Callahan Loyola-Hyde  Park 

Director Wm.   J.   Clark Phil.  Sheridan 

1919 

President    John  E.  Byrnes Calumet 

Vice-President J.  A.  Kennelly Archbishop  McHale 

Secretary    Edward  Larkin  Englewood 

Treasurer Peter  P.  Kransz Ravenswood 

Warden  Joseph  M.  Powers Oak  Park 

Guard John  P.  McAuliffe St.  Patrick's 

Director Arthur  Donoghue    Marquette 

Director John  M.   Quinlan Americus 

Director Henry  J.   Lynch Chicago 

Director Wm.   J.   Clark Phil.  Sheridan 

Director John  M.  Fox Father  Perez 

1920 

President   J.  A.  Kennelly Archbishop  McHale 

Vice-President Arthur  Donoghue Marquette 

Secretary    John  M.   Quinlan Americus 

Treasurer Peter  P.  Kransz Ravenswood 

Warden  John  P.  McAuliffe St.  Patrick's 

Guard Francis  Borrelli   St.    Francis  Xavier 

Director Wm.  J.   Clark Phil.   Sheridan 

Director Harry  P.  Kenny La  Rabida 

Director Edward  B.   Branick Bishop  Kettler 

Director Henry  J.  Lynch Chicago 

Director Bernard  Payton   Leo  XIII 

1921 

President   J.   A.  Kennelly Archbishop  McHale 

Vice-President Arthur  Donoghue    Marquette 

Secretary    Wm.   J.   Clark Phil.   Sheridan 

Treasurer Peter  P.  Kransz Ravenswood 

^Varden  John  P.  McAuliffe St.  Patrick's 

Guard Austin  E.  Regan Fort  Dearborn 

Director Henry  J.  Lynch Chicago 

Director Edward  B.   Branick Bishop  Kettler 

Director Michael  J.  Hewlett Americus 

Director Sidney  M.  Doheny Leo  XIII 

Director August  Warnesson   Tonti 

Director Francis  Borrelli    St.  Francis  Xavier 

Director Harry   P.    Kenny La  Rabida 

Director Joseph  M.  Powers Oak  Park 

Director Wm.  N.  Galvin Nazareth 


THE  CHICAGO  CHAPTER  471 

1922 

President    Arthur  Donoghue   Marquette 

Vice-President    Harry  P.  Kenney La  Rabida 

Secretary    William   J.    Clark Phil  Sheridan 

Treasurer    Frank  J.  Enright Father  O'Connor 

Warden    John    P.    McAuliffe St.  Patricks 

Inside  Guard  Emmett   McCarthy    Father  Perez 

Outside   Guard    Hugo   J.    P.    Haub San   Salvador 

Director    Henry  J.    Lynch Chicago 

Director    Edward  B.  Branick Bishop  Kettler 

Director    Michael  J.   Howlett Americus 

Director    Sidney  M.  Doheny Leo  XIII 

Director    ^Joseph  A.  McMahon Damen 

Director    Francis   Borelli    St.  Francis  Xavier 

Director    August  Warnesson    Tonti 

Director    Edward   Orme    Calumet 

Director    Joseph  M.   Powers Oak  Park 

Director    Thomas  J.   "Whalen Chicago   Heights 

Director    Edmond  P.  Dennehy Daniel   Dowling 

Director    Enos   A.    Hamer Columbus 

Director    Harold    O'Connell Madonna 

Director    Edward  Hennessy    Englewood 

1923 

President    Arthur  Donoghue   Marquette 

Vice-President    Harry  P.   Kenney   La  Rabida 

Secretary    William    J.    Clark Phil   Sheridan 

Treasurer    Frank    J.    Bnright Father  O'Connor 

Warden    John  P.  McAuliffe St.   Patrick's 

Inside  Guard   Edmund  J.  Molyneux Father  Perez 

Outside   Guard    Hugo  J.   P.  Haub San  Salvador 

Assistant  Secretarv   . .  James  B.   Carney Fort  Dearborn 

Director    Henry  J.   Lynch Chicago 

Director       Edward    B.    Branick Bishop  Kettler 

Director   Michael  J.   Howlett Americus 

Director    James  J.   McDermott Leo  XIII 

Director   Joseph  A.  McMahon Damen 

Director   Francis   Borelli    St.  Francis  Xavier 

Director   August  Warnesson    Tonti 

Director   Walter    J.    Timmons Calumet 

Director   Joseph  M.  Powers Oak  Park 

Director   William    M.    Galvin Nazareth 

Director   Thomas  J.   Whalen Chicago  Heights 

Director       Edmund   P.   Dennehy Daniel   Dowlmg 

Director   Enos   A.    Hamer Columbus 

Director   Harold  O'Connell    Madonna 

Director   Edward  Hennessy   Englewood 


CHAPTER  XI 


THE   FOURTH   DEGREE 

After  some  years  of  experience  in  the  Order  and  through 
familiarity  with  the  several  degrees  into  which  the  ceremonial 
work  was  divided,  there  naturally  arose  a  desire  in  the  minds 
of  some  members  for  something  additional  and,  in  a  sense, 

novel,  to  provide  new  honoi*s,  as  it 
were,  to  which  members  might  as- 
pire. "Finally,  about  1903,  the 
Board  of  Directors,  selecting  the 
best  suggestions  of  the  hundreds 
offered,  accepted  a  ritual  having 
patriotism  for  its  theme,  and 
awarded  it  the  dignity  of  a  Fourth 
Degree.  To  Mr.  Charles  0.  Web- 
ber, of  Brooklyn,  formerly  a  Na- 
tional Director,  must  be  given  credit  for  establishing  this  de- 
gree,"^ although  the  great  growth  in  membership  and  the 
valuable  development  of  Fourth  Degree  activities,  as  well  as 
the  notable  improvements  in  the  ceremonials,  are  very  largely 
due  to  the  present  Supreme  Master,  John  H.  Reddin,  of  Den- 
ver, who  has  occupied  the  office  since  1910.- 

The  first  exemplification  of  the  Fourth  Degree  was  held  in 
New  York  City  on  February  22,  1900,^  and  the  work  so  com- 
mended itself  that  branches  or  assemblies,  as  they  are  called, 
rapidly  grew  up  throughout  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Order. 

The  Fourth  Degree,  as  it  was  established  and  has  developed, 
is  largely  separate  from  and  independent  of  the  membership 


1.  Egan-Kennedy,  Knights  of  Columhus  in  Peace  and,  War,  Vol.  I.,  p.  118. 

2.  Several  attempts  were  made  to  modernize,  in  eflEect,  the  ritualistic 
work  but  none  succeeded  so  well  as  Supreme  Master  Reddin,  who  is  also 
Supreme  Director. 

3.  Egan-Kennedy,  Knights  of  Columbus  in  Peace  and  War,  Vol.  I.,  p.  118. 

472 


THE  FOURTH  DEGREE 


473 


MASTERS  OF  THE  FOURTH  DEGREE 
William  F.  Ryan,  Chicag-o;  Thomas  P.  Flynn,  Chicago;  John  A. 
McCormick,  Chicago;  Michael  K.  Reilly,  Fond  du  Lac,  Wisconsin 


474         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

of  the  Order  in  general.  The  executive  officers,  called  Masters, 
are  appointed  by  the  Supreme  Master.  There  are  seventy-five 
of  these  in  the  entire  jurisdiction.  The  Provincial  District 
General  and  local  assemblies,  each  of  which  is  given  a  distin- 
guishing name,  are  separate  from  the  Supreme  Council  and 
from  the  State  and  local  councils  of  the  Order,  but  all  assem- 
blies and  officers  are  subject  to  the  Supreme  Board  of  Direc- 
tors. The  National  Government  of  the  Fourth  Degree  is 
vested  in  a  Supreme  Assembly  of  the  Fourth  Degree.  This 
consists  of  the  Supreme  Master,  Supreme  Secretary  and  seven 
Vice  Supreme  Masters.  Every  Vice  Supreme  Master  is  the 
head  of  a  province.  The  United  States,  Canada,  Newfound- 
land and  Mexico  are  divided  into  seven  Provinces;  Canada 
and  Newfoundland  are  known  as  Champlain  Province;  the 
New  England  states,  Cabot  Province;  the  Atlantic  states, 
Calvert  Province ;  the  Southern  states,  De  Soto  Province ;  the 
Mississippi  states,  including  Illinois,  Marquette  Province; 
Michigan  and  a  number  of  other  states  adjoining  and  south, 
Hennepin  Province ;  the  Mountain  states,  including  the  Pacific 
coast,  Junipero  Serra  Province.* 

The  first  Master  of  the  Fourth  Degree  from  Illinois  was 
Patrick  L.  McArdle,  who  was  appointed  Master  in  1903.  Under 
his  leadership  the  Fourth  Degree  was  exemplified  in  Chicago 
in  1904  and  1905. 

Master  McArdle  was  succeeded  in  1906  by  William  F. 
Ryan,  who  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  development  of  that 
branch,  and  by  reason  of  the  elaborate  musical  settings  de- 
veloped the  degree  work  beyond  any  contemporary  attempts. 

Master  Ryan  was  succeeded  in  1911  by  Thomas  P.  Flynn, 
who  held  the  office  of  Master  of  the  Fourth  Degree  through  a 
period  of  four  years. 

In  turn  Master  Flynn  was  succeeded  by  John  A.  McCor- 
mick  in  1915,  who  continued  as  Master  for  five  years,  and  was 


4.     Supreme  Assemily  Records. 


THE  FOURTH  DEGREE  475 

succeeded  by  the  present  incumbent,  Jerome  J.  Crowley,  in 
1920. 

Through  an  intelligent  development  the  Fourth  Degree 
has  been  efficiently  organized  throughout  the  country,  and  is 
particularly  well  organized  in  Illinois.  As  early  as  1912 
LaSalle  General  Assembly,  which  is  the  central  organization, 
covering  Chicago  and  Cook  County,  included  fifty-one  local 
councils. 

In  the  same  year  Phil  Sheridan  General  Assembly  com- 
prised the  local  councils  of  Rockford,  Freeport,  Galena, 
Belvidere,  Oregon  and  Harvard.  Marquette  General  Assembly 
comprised  the  local  assemblies  of  Ottawa,  Kewanee,  Amboy, 
Kankakee,  Streator,  LaSalle,  Morris,  Ohio,  McHenry,  Seneca 
and  Braidwood.  Joliet  General  Assembly  included  the  local 
councils  of  Joliet,  Aurora,  Rochelle,  Elgin  and  "Woodstock, 
and  De  Soto  General  Assembly  comprised  the  local  assemblies 
from  Rock  Island,  Sterling,  Dixon,  Moline  and  Fulton.^ 

The  Illinois  territory  was  first  divided  and  a  Northern  and 
Southern  District  created  in  1912.  Eugene  Colgan,  of  Spring- 
field Council,  was  first  appointed  for  the  then  Southern  Dis- 
trict. Mr.  Colgan 's  business  engagements  prevented  his  ac- 
ceptance, and  William  F.  Woods,  of  Champaign,  was  then 
appointed  Master,  but  ill-health  prevented  his  acting  in  that 
capacity,  whereupon  Dr.  J.  P.  Luthringer,  of  Spalding  Coun- 
cil, Peoria,  was  appointed  Master  of  the  Southern  District 
July  1,  1914,  and  served  in  that  capacity  until  June  30,  1918, 
when  E.  F.  Tobin,  of  Galesburg,  was  appointed.  Tobin  served 
until  the  date  of  his  death,  October  8,  1921. 

On  July  1,  1916,  another  division  of  the  terrtiory  was  made, 
whereby  the  state  was  divided  into  three  districts — Northern, 
Central  and  Southern.  Dr.  Luthringer  became  Master  of  the 
Central  District,  and  was  succeeded,  as  above  stated,  by  Tobin, 
of  Galesburg,  who  in  turn  was  succeeded  by  Dr.  John  A.  Moore, 
of  Bloomington,  on  January  9,  1922. 

6.   n. 


476         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

In  the  Southern  District,  Daniel  McGlynn,  Sr.,  was  named 
as  Master  July  1,  1916,  and  has  continued  in  that  capacity  to 
the  present.  The  following  exemplifications  have  occurred  in 
the  Central  and  Southern  Districts :  Peoria,  February  7,  1915 ; 
February  13,  1916 ;  February  18,  1918 ;  at  Galesburg,  Novem- 
ber 27,  1939;  at  Bloomington,  May  29,  1921.*' 

The  executives  in  Illinois  at  the  present  time  are :  Jerome 
J.  Crowley,  of  Chicago,  is  Master  of  the  Northern  Illinois 
District;  John  A.  Moore,  D.  D.  S.,  of  Bloomington,  is  Master 
of  the  Central  District,  and  Daniel  McGlynn,  Sr.,  of  East 
St.  Louis,  is  Master  of  the  Southern  District." 

EXEMPLIFICATIONS  OF  THE  FOURTH  DEGREE 

A  Fourth  Degree  exemplification  constitutes  in  itself  a 
great  event  and  an  important  activity.  None  but  men  who 
liave  been  Third  Degree  members  for  two  or  more  j^ears  are 
qualified  for  advancement  to  the  Fourth  Degree.  Candidates 
for  the  honors  of  the  Fourth  Degree  come  from  the  various 
councils  within  the  Province  and  Division  of  the  Assembly  they 
seek  to  join,  and  usually  number  several  hundred.  The  ex- 
emplifications usually  occur  on  "Washington's  Birthday,  or  as 
near  that  anniversary  as  may  be  practicable. 

As  has  been  noted,  there  were  two  exemplifications  of  the 
Fourth  Degree  during  the  Mastership  of  the  first  Master  of 
Illinois,  Patrick  L.  McArdle.  No  contemporary  account  of 
these  ceremonies  has  been  preserved.  However,  the  writer 
was  one  of  the  candidates  at  the  first  exemplification,  and  was 
an  interested  spectator  at  the  second.  His  recollection  is  of 
extraordinarily  notable  ceremonials.  Almost  the  whole  of  the 
afternoon  was  occupied  with  the  various  exercises,  and  the 
banquet  which  succeeded  in  each  case  during  the  evening  was 
exceptionally  brilliant  and  spectacular. 

Upon  the  accession  of  William  F.  Ryan  to  the  Mastership, 


6.  Notes  of  Master  J.  P.  Luthringer. 

7.  Supreme  Assemhly  Records. 


THE  FOURTH  DEGREE  477 

the  first  degree  of  which  we  have  a  record,  occurred  on  January 
27,  1907,  at  the  Great  Northern  Hotel,  followed  by  a  banquet. 
The  Fourth  Degree  was  next  exemplified  on  November  15, 1908. 
This  was,  if  possible,  even  more  elaborate,  especially  in  its 
musical  features,  than  the  exemplifications  which  had  pre- 
ceded it.® 

There  was  a  third  exemplification  under  the  direction  of 
Master  Ryan  in  1909,  of  which  no  contemporary  account  is 
available. 

On  April  24,  1910,  the  fourth  exemplification,  under  the 
direction  of  Master  Ryan,  took  place.  The  degree  work  was 
excellent,  as  usual.  The  number  of  candidates,  the  largest  up 
to  that  time,  was  346.  The  banquet  in  the  evening  was  at  the 
Hotel  LaSalle,  where  a  very  elaborate  musical  program,  both 
instrumental  and  vocal,  was  rendered,  and  where  the  following 
after-dinner  addresses  were  delivered  under  the  direction  of 
Master  William  F.  Ryan,  Toastmaster :  ' '  The  Holy  Father, ' ' 
Rev.  Peter  J.  0.  Callaghau,  C.  S.  P.;  "Our  Order,"  James 
Maher,  State  Deputy  of  Illinois;  "The  Ladies,"  Jerome  J. 
Crowley,  District  Deputy;  "The  American  Catholic,"  James 
Donahoe;  "Catholic  Education,"  John  P.  McGoorty. 

The  artistic  souvenir  program  of  this  exemplification  and 
banquet  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  specimens  of  the  printer 's 
art  that  has  been  used  by  the  Order." 

The  exemplification  of  1911  occurred  on  Washington's 
Birthday,  February  22,  and  ushered  in  a  class  of  500  candi- 
dates. This  was  the  first  exemplification  under  the  direction 
of  Master  Thomas  P.  Flynn.  The  ceremonials  during  the  after- 
noon were  especially  satisfactory,  and  the  banquet  in  the  Louis 
XV  Banquet  Hall  of  the  Hotel  Sherman  was  an  exceptionally 
brilliant  affair.  For  this  feature  of  the  proceedings  Rev.  Sid- 
ney J.  Morrison,  of  the  Fourth  Degree  staff,  invoked  the  Divine 
blessing,  and  Thomas  H.  Cannon,  District  Deputy,  presided 


8.  ColumUan,  Feb.  2,  1907,  p.  4,  and  ib.,  Nov.  20,  1908,  pp.  2,  3,  4. 

9.  Columbian.  April  29,  1910,  p.  2. 


478         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

as  Toastmaster.  The  speakers  of  the  evening  were:  James 
Maher,  State  Deputy;  Very  Rev.  John  E.  Cavanaugh,  C.  M., 
President  of  Notre  Dame  University,  and  Dr.  R.  Emmet  Kane, 
of  St,  Louis,  State  Deputy  of  Missouri.  A  special  musical  pro- 
gram was  rendered  by  the  Damen  Quartette,  and  Mr.  Louis  A. 
Delia  Marie,  baritone,  and  Mr.  John  W.  0  'Connor,  tenor.^*' 

On  February  22,  1912,  400  Knights  of  Columbus  were  ad- 
vanced to  the  honors  of  the  Fourth  Degree.  The  rendezvous 
of  the  candidates  was  the  Florentine  Room  of  the  Congress 
Hotel  Annex.  The  exemplification  took  place  in  the  Gold 
Room  of  the  same  hotel.  The  banquet  following  the  degree 
was  held  in  the  Louis  XIV  Red  Room  of  the  LaSalle  Hotel. 
The  principal  speakers  at  the  banquet  were :  Jerome  J.  Crow- 
ley, Thomas  P.  Flynn,  LeRoy  Hackett,  Hon.  Martin  J.  Wade, 
of  Iowa ;  John  0  'Brien  and  Rev.  Francis  X.  McCabe,  of  DePaul 
University.  The  music  was  furnished  by  Hetreed's  Orchestra 
and  the  DeSoto  Council  octette,  composed  of  Arthur  P. 
Schmidt,  A.  C.  Birren,  A.  H.  Winkler,  Joseph  Jungblood,  J. 
Parnell  Egau,  E.  P.  Casper,  Edwin  Madden  and  Adam 
Schneider.  A.  H.  Winkler  and  J.  Parnell  Egan  rendered 
solos.  ^^ 

The  exemplification  of  1914  occurred  on  February  22.  Four 
hundred  and  seventy  members  received  the  honors  of  the 
Fourth  Degree.  The  Elizabethan  Room  of  the  Congress  Hotel 
Annex  was  used  as  a  rendezvous  and  the  Gold  Room  for  the 
exemplification.  The  work  was  under  the  direction  of  Master 
Thomas  P.  Flynn  and  an  able  staff.  The  banquet  was  held  in 
the  Louis  XIV  Room  of  the  LaSalle  Hotel.  The  first  speaker 
presented  was  Supreme  Director  James  Maher.  Mr.  Hugh 
0  'Donnell,  a  briliant  author  and  reconteur  of  note,  entertained 
with  the  relation  of  his  experiences  in  foreign  lands.  Hon. 
Charles  A.  McDonald,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Circuit  Court ;  Hon. 
John  P.  McGoorty,  an  Associate  Justice,  and  Hon.  George  E. 


10.  OolumWan,  Feb.  22,  1911,  pp.  1,  2,  3,  4. 

11.  ColumUan,  March  1,  1912,  pp.  1,  2. 


THE  FOURTH  DEGREE  479 

Gorman,  State  Senator,  made  addresses.  The  music  was  fur- 
nished by  the  DeSoto  Quartette  and  Hetreed's  Orchestra. 
William  J.  Cook,  J.  Parnell  Egan,  Albert  Winkler  and  E.  P. 
Casper  rendered  solos." 

On  Sunday,  February  8,  1915,  the  first  Fourth  Degree  ever 
given  in  Illinois  outside  of  Chicago  was  conferred  in  Peoria. 
The  degree  was  a  splendid  success.  With  the  single  excep- 
tion of  Captain  Thomas  Octigan,  of  Chicago,  who  acted  as 
Marshal  of  the  day,  the  team  was  a  local  one.  In  addresses 
delivered  at  the  banquet  by  distinguished  visitors,  including 
Rev.  Sidney  J.  Morrison,  William  N.  Brown,  State  Deputy  of 
Illinois,  and  Thomas  P.  Flynn,  of  Chicago,  the  degree  was  pro- 
nounced a  genuine  success  and  the  work  of  the  degree  officers 
highly  praised. 

At  the  banquet  which  followed  the  degree  several  Chi- 
cagoans  responded  to  toasts,  Thomas  P.  Flynn,  Vice  Supreme 
Master  of  the  Fourth  Degree  of  Marquette  Province,  urged 
upon  the  members  of  the  Fourth  Degree  an  effort  to  effect  the 
rescue  of  the  Catholic  boy  in  the  various  cities  from  surround- 
ings that  might  be  injurious  to  him.  In  Peoria  he  urged  that 
the  splendid  club  house  of  the  Order  be  thrown  open  during 
the  day  for  the  use  of  the  boys  of  the  city,  so  that  they  might 
be  kept  in  an  environment  that  would  be  an  influence  for  good 
upon  their  future.  He  urged  also  supervision  of  public  library 
reading  matter.  Rev.  Sidney  J.  Morrison,  Chaplain  of  LaSalle 
Assembly,  Chicago,  also  responded  to  a  toast,  urging  upon 
members  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  the  duty  of  observing  and 
practicing  their  religion  consistently,  and  by  so  doing  give  to 
those  without  the  fold  a  worthy  example  of  Catholic  citizen- 
ship. He  stated  as  his  belief  that  the  work  of  those  without 
the  Church  in  attacking  the  spiritual  force  of  the  Church  was 
without  results  seriously  injurious  to  the  Church  and  its  mem- 
bers. The  great  danger  that  the  Church  faces  today  is  the 
danger  which  grows  up  within  its  ranks  when  members  of  its 


v^ 


12      Columlian,  Feb.  27,  1914,  pp.  2,  3. 


480         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


MASTERS  OF  THE  FOURTH  DEGREE 

Dr.    John    A.    Moore,    Bloomington ;    Dr.    J.    P.    Luthringer,    Peoria ;    Daniel 

McQlynn,  Sr.,  East  St.  Louis ;  Jerome  J,  Crowley,  Chicago 


THE  FOURTH  DEGREE  481 

fold  become  indifferent  or  lax  in  the  practice  of  their  duties. 

WiUiam  N.  Brown  paid  a  particular  tribute  to  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Fourth  Degree  in  the  Southern  District  for  the 
good  work  they  have  been  accomplishing  in  building  up  the 
ranks  of  the  Fourth  Degree.  He  reviewed  in  eloquent  words 
the  work  of  the  Order  in  the  state  during  the  recent  past,  and 
the  promise  that  the  Order's  success  made  for  greater  achieve- 
ments in  the  future.  The  party  of  Chicagoans  who  participated 
in  the  degree  and  banquet  which  followed  included  the  follow- 
ing :  William  N.  Brown,  John  A.  McCormick,  Thomas  P.  Flynn, 
Rev.  Sidney  J.  Morrison,  Theodore  E.  Cornell,  James  F. 
Monahan,  Charles  J.  Mayer,  W.  J.  Spillane,  Thomas  P.  Octi- 
gan,  Harry  P.  Kenney,  John  F.  Diffenderffer,  James  B. 
McCahey  and  John  Brisch.^^ 

The  exemplification  of  1915  of  LaSalle  General  Assembly 
was  held  on  February  22,  and  was  the  first  under  the  direction 
of  Master  John  A.  McCormick.  Four  hundred  candidates  re- 
ceived the  honors.  The  degree  staff,  nearly  all  of  the  members 
of  which  had  developed  during  former  years,  consisted  of  John 
J.  Phelan,  Thomas  Hoey,  Jerome  J.  Crowley,  James  F.  O'Con- 
nor, James  Donahoe,  George  V.  Mclntyre  and  Rev.  Sidney  J. 
Morrison.  Music  was  rendered  by  the  DeSoto  Quintette.  The 
banquet  in  the  evening  was  held  in  the  great  banquet  hall  of 
the  Hotel  LaSalle,  where  the  invocation  was  pronounced  by 
Rev.  Sidney  J.  Morrison.  Thomas  P.  Flynn,  lately  appointed 
Vice  Supreme  Master,  was  Toastmaster.  Among  the  speakers 
were  Hon.  Joseph  P.  Rafferty,  Hon.  Jolin  P.  McGoorty,  of 
Chicago;  Hon.  John  E.  Whelan,  former  Corporation  Counsel 
of  New  York  City ;  Msgr.  Michael  LaVelle,  of  the  Cathedral 
Parish  of  New  York  City,  and  Hon.  Edward  E.  McCall,  former 
Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  New  York.^* 

The  exemplification  and  banquet  held  on  February  22, 1916, 
was  the  most  notable  function  of  that  branch  of  the  Order  in 


13.  Columbian,  Feb,  12,  1915,  p.  1. 

14.  Columbian,  Feb.  26,  1915,  p.  1. 


482         KNIGHTS  OF  COIjUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Illinois  up  to  that  time.  The  banquet  in  the  evening  was  espe- 
cially notable,  due  to  the  presence  of  the  Archbishop,  Most 
Rev.  George  W.  Mundelein,  but  recently  installed  in  the  Arch- 
diocese. 

"One  thousand  Kinghts  of  Columbus  of  the  Fourth  Degree  greeted 
the  Most  Rev.  George  W.  Mundelein,  Archibishop  of  Chicago  in  the 
Hotel  LaSalle.  A  reception  preceded  the  banquet,  larger  and  more 
brilliant  than  any  Fourth  Degree  function  of  its  character  ever  held 
in  Knights  of  Columbus  circles  in  Chicago.  *  *  *  The  presence  of  His 
Grace  and  the  attendance  of  the  various  members  of  the  Fourth  Degree 
in  Marquette  Province,  which  extends  from  Ohio  to  Montana,  and 
from  the  Great  Lakes  to  the  Gulf,  added  an  interest  extraordinary 
to  the  program  of  the  day. 

' '  The  program  of  toasts  was  opened  by  Charles  F.  Clyne,  U.  S. 
District  Attorney,  who  responded  to  the  toast  'Our  Country.'  Hon. 
Harry  P.  Dolan,  Justice  of  the  Municipal  Court  of  Chicago,  gave 
his  'Impressions  of  the  Day.'  Hon.  James  C.  O'Brien,  Assistant  States 
Attorney,  responded  to  the  toast  '  The  Fourth  Degree. '  The  feature 
of  the  banquet  was  the  address  of  the  Archbishop  of  Chicago,  which 
was  an  eloquent  appeal  for  '  The  Boy  who  Never  Had  a  Chance. '  He 
called  upon  the  Knights  of  Columbus  to  help  in  the  effort  to  take  the 
boy  'just  strayed  or  straying'  away  from  his  environment  and  give  him 
favorable  surroundings  and  parental  rather  than  corrective  care. ' '  is 

In  1917  the  exemplification  occurred  on  February  22,  and 
was  fully  up  to  the  standard  of  excellence  set  in  preceding 
exemplifications.  At  the  banquet  which  followed  addresses 
were  made  by  Hon,  Marcus  A.  Cavanaugh,  Justice  of  the  Su- 
perior Court  of  Cook  County,  who  responded  to  the  toast 
"Patriotism,"  and  Dennis  E.  McCarthy,  poet,  lecturer  and 
editor  of  Boston,  made  a  fitting  address  and  rendered  an 
original  poem,  ' '  The  Dream  of  Columbus. ' '  A  notable  address 
was  also  delivered  by  Rev.  John  Webster  Mellody,  D.  D.^^ 

The  account  furnished  the  Columbian  described  the  Fourth 

Degree  initiation  in  1918  in  the  following  glowing  words : 

"The  most  brilliant  Fourth  Degree  exemplification  ever  held  in 
Chicago  took  place  on  Sunday,  March  3,  (1918).  The  presence  in  the 
class  of  one  hundred  men  in  the  military  service  uniform  of  our  country 

15.  Columbian,  Feb.  25,  1916,  p.  1. 

16.  Columbian,  Feb.  23,  1917,  p.  1. 


THE  FOURTH  DEGREE 


483 


and  an  equal  number  of  the  navy  lent  an  extraordinary  color  and 
beauty  to  the  occasion.  The  several  hundred  other  members  of  the 
class,  appeared  inspired  by  the  presence  of  their  gallant  soldier  and 
sailor  brothers  and,  after  a  brief  period  of  intensive  training,  with 
the  vanguard  of  officers,  sailors  and  soldiers,  in  command  of  the 
Marshal,  Capt.  Edward  H.  White,  they  swung  into  the  Degree  room 
with  a  precision  of  movement  and  a  military  bearing  that  surpassed 
any  effort  in  the  memory  of  the  older  members  of  the  Degree 
assisting  on  this  occasion." 


REV.   SIDNEY  J.  MORRISON 

Chaplain    LaSalle    General   Assembly, 

Fourth  Degree 


REV.    MOSES   E.   KILEY 

Chaplain   LaSalle   General   Assembly. 

Fourth  Degree 


The  degree  was  given  under  the  direction  of  John  A.  McCor- 
mick,  Master  of  the  Fourth  Degree  in  Northern  Illinois,  as- 
sisted by  John  J.  Phelan,  Rev.  Sidney  J.  Morrison,  Charles 
Chambers,  James  Kearns,  James  C.  O'Brien,  Theodore  E. 
Cornell  and  Jerome  J.  Crowley. 


484        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

The  same  authority  quoted  above  states : 

"The  banquet  which  followed  the  degree  exemplification  was  the 
largest  ever  held  in  the  city  of  Chicago.  The  Gold  Room  of  the  Hotel 
LaSalle  was  taxed  to  its  extreme  capacity." 

The  toasts  of  the  evening  were  "Our  Order,"  by  LeRoy 
Haekett,  State  Deputy  of  Illinois;  "The  Great  Republic  and 
the  Great  War,"  by  Quin  O'Brien,  and  "The  Spiritual  Mes- 
sage of  the  War,"  by  Rev.  Thomas  F.  Burke,  C.  S.  P.^^ 

On  Sunday,  February  23,  1919,  578  Third  Degree  Knights 
were  advanced  to  the  Fourth  Degree. 

The  degree  work  was  under  the  direction  of  John  A.  McCor- 
mick.  Master  of  the  Fourth  Degree  in  Northern  Illinois,  with 
the  assistance  and  co-operation  of  Thomas  P.  Flynn,  Vice 
Supreme  Master  and  an  able  staff. 

At  the  banquet  following  1,280  guests  were  in  attendance. 
The  invocation  was  pronounced  by  Rev.  Moses  E.  Kiley,  Chap- 
lain of  LaSalle  General  Assembly.  John  A.  McCormick,  the 
toastmaster,  was  presented  by  George  V.  Mclntyre,  chairman 
of  the  Banquet  Committee,  and  introduced  John  H.  Redden, 
Supreme  Director  of  the  Order  and  Supreme  Master  of  the 
Fourth  Degree.  After  the  Supreme  Master's  address,  Mr. 
Charles  V.  Barrett,  of  Chicago,  was  introduced.  William  J. 
McGinley,  Supreme  Secretary,  responded  to  the  toast ' '  Knights 
of  Columbus."  Jerome  J.  Crowley  and  Robert  Morrison,  of 
Prescott,  Arizona,  made  brief  addresses.^^ 

The  growth  of  the  Fourth  Degree  made  necessary  another 
exemplification  during  the  year  1919,  and  accordingly  the 
Fourth  Degree  was  exemplified  to  the  largest  class  in  the  his- 
tory of  that  Degree  on  November  30,  1919,  at  LaSalle  Hotel, 
Chicago.  Indeed,  so  numerous  were  the  applications  that  it 
was  necessary  to  disappoint  some  by  arranging  for  another 
degree  on  December  14  following. 

One  thousand  and  fifty  received  the  degree,  upwards  of 

17.  OolumMan,  March  8,  1918,  p.  1. 

18.  Columbian,  Feb.  28,  1919,  p.  1. 


THE  FOURTH  DEGREE  485 

700  of  whom  were  recently  in  the  military  or  naval  service  and 
wore  their  uniforms.  The  degree  work  was  under  the  direction 
of  John  A.  McCormick,  Master  of  the  Northern  District  of 
Illinois,  assisted  by  Thomas  P.  Flynn,  Vice  Supreme  Master 
of  Marquette  Province,  and  Theodore  E.  Cornell,  Executive 
Secretary  for  the  District.  The  degree  staff  consisted  of  John 
J.  Phelan,  James  C.  O'Brien,  John  E.  Maloney,  Chas.  L.  Cham- 
bers, Jerome  J.  Crowley,  Capt.  Edward  H.  White,  Edward 
Kirchberg  and  Capt.  Chaplain  Rev.  George  T.  McCarthy. 

At  the  banquet  in  the  evening  John  F.  Tyrrell,  chairman  of 
the  Banquet  Committee,  welcomed  the  candidates  and  intro- 
duced Thomas  P.  Flynn  as  toastmaster.  The  speakers  of  the 
evening  and  the  toasts  to  which  they  responded  were  as  follows : 
Capt.  George  T.  McCarthy,  Chaplain  U.  S.  A.,  "Army  Chap- 
lains;" James  A.  Flaherty,  Supreme  Knight,  "Our  Ac- 
complishments and  Opportunities;"  Jerome  J.  Crowley,  "As- 
sembly Activities;"  Peter  W.  Collins,  "Our  Educational  Sys- 
tem. "^^ 

A  brilliant  exemplification  of  the  Fourth  Degree  occurred 
on  February  23,  1920  (Sunday),  in  the  Hotel  LaSalle,  when 
755  candidates  were  advanced  to  the  higher  degree. 

The  induction  was  under  the  direction  of  John  A.  McCor- 
mick.  Master  of  the  Fourth  Degree  for  Illinois.  This  was  the 
third  exemplification  during  the  year  ending  with  this  exempli- 
fication, in  which  2,400  knights  were  elevated  to  the  Fourth 

Degree. 

These  accomplishments  gave  Master  McCormick  the  right 
to  retire  from  the  arduous  work,  and  accordingly  he  announced 
his  intention  to  do  so. 

The  settings  for  the  degree  in  the  stately  Louis  XVI  and 
Red  Rooms  of  the  Hotel  LaSalle  were  unusually  beautiful. 
John  J.  Phelan  had  ably  assisted  the  Master  of  the  degree  in 
arranging  details.  The  degree  team  included  Chas.  L.  Cham- 
bers, James  C.  O'Brien,  John  E.  Maloney,  John  J.  Phelan, 

19.     Columbian,  Dec.  5,  1919,  pp.  1,  2. 


486         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Jerome  J.  Crowley  and  Capt.  Rev.  George  T.  McCarthy.    Ed- 
ward Kircliburg  assisted  in  the  work  as  Marshal. 

One  of  the  great  surprises  of  the  day  was  the  splendid  work 
of  La  Salle  Assembly  Choral  Club,  which  rendered  the  musical 
score  of  the  degree.  Thomas  P.  Flynn,  Vice  Supreme  Master 
of  the  Fourth  Degree,  assisted  the  Master  as  director  of  cere- 
monials, as  did  Theodore  E.  Cornell,  Secretary  to  the  Master; 
John  F.  Tyrrell,  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Arrangements ; 
Lawrence  T.  Riordan,  chairman  of  the  Credentials  Committee ; 
Philip  J.  McKenna  and  George  V.  Barrett,  of  the  Admiral 
Benson  Welcome  Committee. 

In  the  class  of  initiates  fully  500  appeared  in  the  khaki 
and  blue. 

At  the  banquet  in  the  evening  Admiral  William  S.  Benson, 
U.  S.  N.,  who  served  our  country  as  Chief  of  Naval  Operations 
throughout  the  world  war,  who  later  assisted  as  advisor  to  the 
President  at  the  Peace  Conference  in  Paris,  and  was  later 
made  Chairman  of  the  Shipping  Board,  was  the  principal  guest 
of  honor,  and  made  a  very  interesting  address.  The  invocation 
Avas  pronounced  by  Capt.  Chaplain  George  T.  McCarthy. 
Charles  V.  Barrett,  chairman  of  the  Banquet  Committee,  pre- 
sented Jerome  J.  Crowley  as  toastmaster.  Toasts  were  re- 
sponded to  as  follows:  John  A.  McCormick,  "A  Word  of  Wel- 
come;" John  F.  Martin,  Supreme  Director  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus,  "The  Opportunities  and  Duties  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus;"  Robert  E.  Crowe,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Criminal 
Court  of  Cook  County,  "Impressions  of  a  Candidate;"  James 
J.  McGraw,  Supreme  Director  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus, 
"The  Day  We  Celebrate." 

During  the  banquet  the  knights  were  charmed  by  J.  Parnell 
Egan,  who  sang  "Duna"  and  "Dear  Old  Pal  O'Mine."  Not- 
Avithstanding  the  fact  that  Mr.  Egan  had  sung  the  exacting 
tenor  part  with  the  Choral  Club  throughout  the  day,  his  voice 
was  clear,  big  and  resonant,  and  his  interpretation  artistic.^'^ 

20.     Columbian^  Feb.  27,  1920,  pp.  1,  2. 


THE  FOURTH  DEGREE  487 

The  first  Fourth  Degree  exemplification  under  the  new 
Master  of  the  Fourth  Degree,  Jerome  J.  Crowley,  February  22, 
1921,  was  a  brilliant  success.  Among  the  officers  in  charge  of 
the  exemplification  were  Thomas  P.  FljTin,  Vice  Supreme  Mas- 
ter and  Grand  Marshal;  Jerome  J.  Crowley,  Master;  James  C. 
O'Brien,  Faithful  Navigator;  John  E.  Maloney,  Faithful  Cap- 
tain; John  J.  Phelan,  Historian;  Charles  L.  Chambers,  De- 
fender ;  Rev.  George  T.  McCarthy,  Chaplain ;  Theodore  E.  Cor- 
nell, Comptroller,  and  T.  I.  Bourke,  Secretary.  Assisting  the 
Grand  Marshal  were  Captains  Frank  J.  Quinn,  Patrick  J.  Nee, 
Joseph  C.  Conley,  Jr.,  Edward  B.  Savory,  George  E.  Serak, 
Dennis  J.  0  'Toole  and  T.  Anthony  Kreuser ;  Lieutenants  Wm. 
E.  Reich,  Joseph  Burke,  Cornelius  J.  Ryan,  Emil  Heidkamp, 
Jr.,  Daniel  J.  Daley  and  Paul  P.  Immel ;  Secretaries  Philip  A. 
Seller,  Frank  P.  Leonard,  Leo  C.  Gallagher,  Eugene  "W. 
McKenna,  James  E.  McGrenna,  B.  Brodemacher,  Wm.  Farrell 
and  John  Haderlin,  Jr. ;  Color  Guard  George  E.  Nolan,  and 
Sentinel  Thomas  F.  Kelly.  William  Looney  was  director  of 
the  large  choir  which  rendered  the  music  for  the  exemplifica- 
tion. 

At  the  banquet  in  the  evening  the  invocation  was  pro- 
nounced by  Rev,  Moses  E.  Kiley,  Chaplain.  The  principal 
address  was  delivered  by  Supreme  Director  William  P.  Larkin, 
of  New  York,  Overseas  Commissioner  of  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus during  the  war,  who  had  complete  charge  of  personnel 
and  forwarding  of  supplies  to  the  boys  over  there,  and  upon 
whom  Pope  Benedict  XV  conferred  the  highest  rank  given  to 
Catholic  laymen,  that  of  Knight  of  St.  Gregory. 

State  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan  also  gave  an  interesting 
address,  as  did  Anthony  Czarnecki,  who  toured  Europe  after 
the  war  as  a  correspondent  of  the  Daily  News,  and  told  the 
story  of  misery  and  suffering  resulting  from  the  war.  James 
C.  O'Brien  also  made  a  short  address. 

The  degree  was  a  pronounced  success.-^ 


21.     Columbian,  Feb.  25,  1921,  pp.  1,  2. 


488         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

SOCIAL    FUNCTIONS    OF    THE    FOURTH    DEGREE 

Not  all  of  the  social  doings  of  the  Fourth  Degree  can  be 
described,  but  a  few  of  the  more  notable  of  its  social  activities 
may  be  selected  as  illustrative  of  their  character. 

On  the  evening  of  September  21,  1911,  the  Fourth  Degree 
Assembly  held  a  reception  in  the  Louis  XVI  Ballroom  of  the 
Hotel  Sherman  in  honor  of  Maurice  Francis  Egan,  the  -dis- 
tinguished writer,  then  Minister  to  Denmark.  The  receiving 
line  was  headed  by  Thomas  P.  Flynn,  Master  of  the  Fourth 
Degree,  at  the  right,  and  James  Maher,  State  Deputy,  at  the 
left,  and  included  Hon.  William  J.  Onahan,  James  J.  Kelly, 
Hon.  Patrick  O'Brien,  of  South  Bend,  Indiana;  Hon.  William 
H.  Sexton,  Corporation  Counsel  of  Chicago,  representing 
Mayor  Carter  H.  Harrison,  and  a  number  of  members  of  the 
Fourth  Degree  Assembly.  Dr.  Egan  made  an  informal  dis- 
course, expressing  his  appreciation  of  the  reception.  Miss 
Mary  Bryan,  of  Burlington,  Iowa,  rendered  a  piano  selection, 
and  J.  Pamell  Egan,  the  gifted  tenor,  rendered  two  solos  with 
fine  effect.^^ 

The  Fourth  Degree  Assembly  ball  of  November  16,  1911, 
had  the  reputation  of  being  one  of  the  most  brilliant  social 
functions  taking  place  amongst  Chicago  Catholics  up  to  that 
time.  '  *  The  ball  set  a  new  mark  in  the  social  functions  of  the 
Order,  and  established  beyond  doubt  the  permanency  of  the 
Fourth  Degree  Assembly  ball  as  a  social  event."  The  mag- 
nificent ballroom  of  the  Hotel  LaSalle  was  the  scene  of  this 
brilliant  social  function.  The  Floor  Committee  was  led  by 
George  E,  Warren,  and  the  Reception  Committee  by  Patrick 
J.  Murphy.  At  9  -.30  the  grand  march  was  formed  in  the  Red 
Room,  and  through  the  foyer  and  into  the  Louis  XIV  Room 
it  moved  to  the  ballroom.  Thomas  P.  Flynn,  Master  of  the 
Fourth  Degree  and  Mrs.  Flynn  led  the  march.  Among  those 
who  were  in  the  line  of  the  promenade  immediately  following 
the  Master  were  Supreme  Director  James  Maher  and  Mrs. 

22.     ColumUan,  Sept.  29,  1911. 


THE  FOURTH  DEGREE 


489 


„  a  •-4» 

Qja  to  o 

P-i  t-  ** 

Su  ... 


490         KNIGHTS  OF  COLmiBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Maher,  State  Deputy  LeRoy  Hackett  and  Mrs.  Haekett, 
Jerome  J.  Crowley  and  Mrs.  Crowley,  John  T.  McEnery  and 
Mrs.  McEnery,  Capt.  E.  H.  White  and  Mrs.  White,  P.  J. 
Murphy  and  Mrs.  Murphy,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Julius  A.  Collier,  of 
Minneapolis,  Minnesota ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  August  Teller,  of  Apple- 
ton,  Wisconsin;  Martin  Gillen  and  lady,  of  Racine,  Wiscon- 
sin; Mr.  and  Mrs.  Simeon  Yiger,  of  Lawrence,  Mass.,  and 
Thomas  H.  Cannon,  High  Chief  Ranger  of  the  Catholic  Order 
of  Foresters,  and  Mrs.  Cannon.^^ 

A  quite  remarkable  meeting  of  the  Fourth  Degree  Assembly 
was  held  on  Monday,  January  7,  1913.  The  Supreme  Board 
of  Directors  of  the  Order  was  in  session  in  Chicago  and  at- 
tended the  meeting  in  a  body. 

Preceding  the  Assembly  the  Supreme  Officers  had  been 
received  by  the  mayor  of  Chicago,  Carter  H.  Harrison.  They 
were  presented  by  State  Deputy  LeRoy  Hackett  and  Supreme 
Director  James  Maher. 

Jerome  J.  Crowley,  patron,  presided  at  the  meeting  and  in- 
trodced  in  turn  Rev.  Francis  X.  McCabe,  President  of  De  Paul 
University;  Joseph  C.  Pelletier,  Supreme  Advocate  of  the 
Order;  Supreme  Knight  James  A.  Flaherty,  Supreme  Master 
of  the  Fourth  Degree  John  H.  Reddin,  Supreme  Director 
George  F.  Monahan,  Detroit,  Michigan;  Deputy  Supreme 
Knight  Martin  H.  Carmody,  of  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan;  Su- 
preme Secretary  William  J.  McGinley,  Supreme  Treasurer 
Daniel  Callahan  and  Supreme  Physician  Edward  W.  Buckley, 
M.  D. 

An  ovation  was  tendered  Rev.  Patrick  J.  McGivney,  Supreme 
Chaplain  and  brother  of  the  lamented  Rev.  Michael  J.  McGiv- 
ney, so  active  at  the  foundation  of  the  Order. 

Quin  O'Brien  welcomed  the  Supreme  Officers  in  a  brief 
but  eloquent  address.^* 

On  June  14,  1913,  a  happy  party  set  sail  on  the  Minnesota, 


23.  Columbian,  Nov.  17,  1911,  pp.  1,  2. 

24.  Columbian,  Jan.  10,  1913,  p.  1. 


THE  FOURTH  DEGREE  491 

one  of  the  great  steamships  of  the  Graham  &  Morton  Line,  with 
a  large  party  of  Knights  of  Columbus  and  ladies,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Fourth  Degree  Assembly,  for  a  journey  through 
the  lakes  as  far  as  Buffalo.  The  trip,  arranged  largely  by 
Thomas  P.  Flynn,  Master  of  the  Fourth  Degree,  extended 
from  June  14  to  June  20,  and  was  greatly  enjoyed  by  all  the 
tourists.^^ 

On  November  3,  1915,  the  Fourth  Degree  Assembly  spent 
a  very  pleasant  evening  in  the  great  ballroom  of  the  Hotel 
LaSalle,  announced  as  "An  Evening  at  Home."  The  features 
of  the  entertainment  were  a  recital  by  J.  Parnell  Egan,  tenor, 
and  Miss  Irene  Stolofsky,  violinist,  and  an  address  by  Quin 
0'Brien.2s 

The  celebration  of  Washington's  Birthday,  1917,  at  Or- 
chestra Hall,  under  the  auspices  of  LaSalle  Assembly,  was  a 
very  enjoyable  affair. 

The  meeting  was  opened  with  a  great  medley  of  American 
patriotic  airs  rendered  by  William  Middleschulte.  Hon.  James 
M.  Curley,  ]\Iayor  of  Boston,  was  the  principal  speaker  of 
the  evening.  Rev.  Thomas  F.  Burke  addressed  the  meeting 
in  advance  of  Mayor  Curley  and  charmed  the  audience  with 
his  great  eloquence.  Mayor  Curley  was  introduced  by  Thomas 
P.  Flynn,  Vice  Supreme  Master  of  the  Fourth  Degree,  and 
delivered  a  remarkable  address. 

The  Columbia  Quartette,  composed  of  William  F.  Madden, 
Frank  J.  McNeills,  John  M.  Long  and  Waldou  J.  McCabe, 
with  Harry  J.  Stephens,  accompanist,  shared  honors  with  IMiss 
Irene  Stolofsky,  violinist,  in  presenting  a  fine  musical  program 
in  which  patriotic  numbers  predominated." 

A  Charity  Ball,  unequaled  in  splendor  and  numbers  since 
pre-war  days,  took  place  in  the  magnificent  Drake  Hotel,  upper 
Michigan  Avenue  at  Walton  Place,  on  Wednesday  evening, 
May  4,  1921,  under  the  auspices  of  La  Salle  Assembly,  Fourth 


25.  ColumUan,  June  20,  1913,  p.  2. 

26.  Columbian,  Nov.  5,  1915,  p.  2. 

27.  Columbian,  March  2,  1917,  p.  1. 


492         KNIGHTS  OF  COLOIBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Degree.  The  grace  and  beauty  of  the  ladies  and  the  handsome 
appearance  of  the  Knights,  all  in  evening  dress,  made  a  picture 
unsurpassed  by  any  gathering  in  Chicago  society,  as  over  600 
couples  participated.  The  proceeds  of  the  event  were  trans- 
mitted to  the  Associated  Catholic  Charities  of  the  Diocese  of 
Chicago." 

Columbus  Day,  1921,  was  celebrated  by  LaSalle  Assembly, 
Fourth  Degree,  with  a  memorable  banquet,  held  on  the  evening 
of  October  12  in  the  Grand  BaUroom  of  the  Hotel  LaSalle. 

At  the  inception  of  the  banquet  Eev.  Moses  E.  Kiley,  Chap- 
lain, invoked  the  Divine  Blessing.  James  C.  O'Brien  was 
toastmaster  and  introduced  first  Hon.  John  P.  McGoorty,  who 
delivered  an  address  on  the  subject  of  "Citizenship.''  Next 
was  introduced  Jerome  J.  Crowley,  who  spoke  on  the  activities 
of  the  Fourth  Degree.  The  toastmaster  then  presented  Hon. 
Victor  J.  Dowling,  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  New  York. 
who  reviewed  the  ''Life  of  Columbus,"  drawing  conclusions 
from  the  conduct  of  the  great  navigator.  Judge  Dowling  has 
been  heard  frequently  in  Chicago,  but  never  to  better  advan- 
tage than  at  this  banquet. 

The  musical  program,  under  the  direction  of  John  E.  Ma- 
loney,  was  artistic  and  entertaining.  It  included  the  follow- 
ing numbers:  Piano  solo,  Prof.  M.  S.  Rozycki;  baritone  solo. 
Mr.  George  Fraley ;  violin  solo,  ]Mrs.  "Wanda  Simbor ;  tenor 
solo,  ^Ir.  E.  J.  Crabbs;  vocal  selection,  Mi-s.  ^.  A.  Ring:  duet. 
"In  this  Solemn  Hour,"  Messrs.  G.  Fraley  and  E.  J.  Crabbs, 
accompanist,  Mrs.  G.  Fraley.-^ 

MISCELLANEOUS  ACTIVITIES  OF  THE  FOUKTH  DEGREE 

The  first  Landing  Day  celebration  with  which  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  in  Chicago  were  identified  was  staged  Saturday 
evening,  October  12,  1907,  and  was  under  the  direction  of  the 
Fourth  Decree  Assemblv,  of  which  "William  F.  Rvan  was  at 
the  time  Master.     The  program  included  Pontifical  Vespers 


28.  ColumUan,  April  29,  1921,  p.  1,  and  May  13,  1921,  p.  3. 

29.  ColumUan,  Oct.  7,  1921,  p.  1. 


THE  FOUBTH  DEGREE  493 

in  the  Church  of  St.  Vincent  de  Paul,  comer  Webster  and 
Sheffield  Avenues,  Chicago.  The  choir  was  composed  wholly 
of  clergymen,  and  Rt.  Rev.  Peter  J.  Muldoon,  Bishop  of  Rock- 
ford,  Chaplain  of  the  Illinois  State  Council,  delivered  an 
appropriate  sermon.  After  Vespers  the  program  was  con- 
tinued in  the  College  Theater,  where  Hon.  George  E.  Clark, 
of  South  Bend,  Indiana,  delivered  an  oration.*" 

A  notable  meeting  of  the  Fourth  Degree  Assembly  occurred 
on  :March  21.  1912,  when  the  noted  writer,  Frank  H.  Spear- 
man, was  a  guest  of  the  Assembly.  Upwards  of  600  members 
gathered  in  the  Red  Room  of  the  Hotel  LaSalle  to  greet  ilr. 
Spearman.^^ 

On  the  evening  of  March  25,  1913,  LaSalle  Assembly, 
Fourth  Degree,  entertained  the  distinguished  writer  and 
theatrical  critic.  Rev.  John  Talbot  Smith,  DJ).,  who  delivered 
a  lecture  on  ' '  The  Winning  Side. " '  At  the  same  meeting  Rev. 
Joseph  H.  McMahon,  D.D..  founder  of  the  Cathedral  Library, 
New  York  City,  was  present,  and  made  an  eloquent  addr^s, 
as  was  also  Rev.  Basil  Maturin,  of  London,  England.  R^v. 
Francis  Clement  Kelly.  D.D.,  President  of  the  Catholic  Church 
Extension  Society,  presided  at  the  meeting,  and  happily  intro- 
duced the  distinguished  speakers.^- 

A  red  letter  day  in  the  annals  of  LaSalle  Assembly  was 
May  25, 1913,  when  the  Assembly  was  honored  by  the  presence 
of  Most  Rev.  James  Edward  Quigley.  D.D.,  Archbishop  of  Chi- 
cago. His  Grace  made  a  feeling  address,  and  gave  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Fourth  Degree  and  Knights  of  Columbus  in  general 
strong  assurances  of  his  confidence.  Addresses  were  also  made 
by  Hon.  Patrick  J.  Lucey.  Attorney  General  of  Illinois: 
Edward  L.  Hearn.  Past  Supreme  Knight  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus:  Edward  J.  McDermott,  Lieutenant  Governor  of 
Kentuckv.  and  Professor  James  C.  Monaghan,  of  Washing- 


SO.  Columbian,  Oct.  IS.  1907,  p.  2.     See  also  Columhiam,  Oct.  4  and  11. 
1907. 

31.  ColumMan,  Marci  29.  1912,  p.  1. 

32.  CohtwMmm,  Apnl  4.  1913,  p.  1. 


494         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

ton,  D.  C.  Excellent  vocal  selections  were  rendered  by  Miss 
Hannah  Rubin  and  J.  Parnell  Egan.^^ 

A  very  sad  duty  was  discharged  by  the  Fourth  Degree 
members  on  the  occasion  of  the  funeral  of  Most  Rev.  James 
Edward  Quigiey,  D.D.,  Archbishop  of  Chicago,  July  15,  1915. 
On  that  occasion  the  Fourth  Degree  members,  headed  by 
Thomas  P.  Flynn,  Vice  Supreme  Master,  and  Jerome  J. 
Crowley,  in  immediate  command  of  the  column,  ably  assisted 
by  Joseph  J.  Kelly  of  De  La  Salle  Council,  made  a  profound 
impression.  In  the  line  of  march  were  400  members,  each 
wearing  the  parade  dress  of  the  Fourth  Degree  and  occupy- 
ing the  place  of  honorary  escort,  marching  directly  in  advance 
of  the  pallbearers.  The  parade  was  most  picturesque  and 
majestic.  Much  credit  for  the  precision  and  dignity  with 
which  the  procession  moved  was  due  to  the  Grand  Marshal. 
Daniel  A.  McCann,  and  Vice  Grand  Marshal,  Edward  H. 
White. 

The  last  tribute  to  their  worthy  spiritual  leader  was  one 
of  the  most  praiseworthy  efforts  of  the  Fourth  Degree  mem- 
bers.^* 

Few  more  important  gatherings  than  that  of  January  6, 
1916,  under  the  auspices  of  La  Salle  Assembly,  Fourth  Degree, 
have  occurred  in  Chicago.  This  was  Chicago's  presentation 
of  the  questions  involved  in  the  religious  prejudice  campaign 
conducted  by  the  Supreme  Council  of  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus. 

The  meeting  was  held  in  the  Gold  Room  of  Hotel  LaSalle, 
and  was  given  the  prominence  it  deserved.  The  orator  of  the 
occasion  was  Joseph  Scott  of  Los  Angeles,  California,  one 
of  the  most  stirring  and  at  the  same  time  most  forceful  plat- 
form orators  in  America.  Men  who  have  heard  Mr.  Scott 
under  all  manner  of  circumstances  concede  that  on  no  subject 
has  he  ever  been  so  forceful  as  on  that  of  religious  prejudice, 


3.3.      Cohimhian,  May  30,  1913,  pp.  1,  2. 
34.      Columbian,  July   16,   1915,  pp.   1,  2. 


THE  FOURTH  DEGREE 


495 


496         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

and  it  is  believed  that  the  several  addresses  delivered  by  this 
eloquent  Californian  throughout  the  United  States  during 
the  conduct  of  that  campaign  have  accomplished  much  in  the 
direction  of  allaying  religious  prejudice  and  promoting  a 
better  understanding  of  the  Catholics  with  their  fellow  citi- 
zens.'° 

At  the  meeting  of  La  Salle  Assembly  on  October  27,  1917, 
three  notable  addresses  were  delivered.  The  first  was  by 
Quin  O'Brien,  introducing  the  Hon.  T.  P.  O'Connor  (Tay 
Pay) ,  member  of  the  English  Parliament,  who  spoke  feelingly 
on  the  war,  and  urged  every  effort  possible  for  its  speedy 
conclusion.  Mr.  O'Connor  was  followed  by  Richard  Hazle- 
ton,  also  a  member  of  the  English  Parliament,  who  spoke  elo- 
quently along  the  same  lines.^* 

The  virtues  of  the  idealist  were  eloquently  told  in  an 

address  by  Rev.  Thomas  F.  Burke,  C.S.P.,  at  a  meeting  of  the 

Fourth  Degree  Assembly,  February  12  (Lincoln's  birthday), 

1919.    After  calling  Lincoln  the  personification  of  America, 

and  reflecting  upon  the  influence  Lincoln's  philosophy  had 

upon  the  world,  the  reverend  orator  said: 

"And  today  over  there,  across  the  seas,  at  the  peace  table'  the 
representative  of  American  people.  President  Wilson,  is  speaking 
precisely  the  same  message,  is  offering  the  same  challenge  to  all  the 
world.  For  he  is  trying  to  teach  the  world  the  truth  that  it  must  learn, 
that  the  nations  of  the  earth  cannot  exist  half  slave  and  half  free.  The 
world  is  looking  to  America  and  Abraham  Lincoln  through  our  nation's 
head,  today,  gives  the  solution  and  the  answer.  His  opponents  thought 
to  destroy  Abraham  Lincoln  by  calling  him  an  idealist.  Today  men 
seek  to  belittle  President  Wilson  by  calling  him  an  idealist,  but  the 
men  who  signed  the  Declaration  of  Independence  were  idealists. 
George  Washington  was  an  idealist,  the  men  of  the  Irish  republic 
are  idealists.  Lincoln  may  have  been  an  idealist,  President  Wilson 
today  may  be  an  idealist,  but,  thank  God,  in  the  light  of  history 
and  in  the  justice  of  Heaven,  it  is  the  idealists  that  win. ' '  S7 

La  Salle  Assembly  Fourth  Degree  remembered  its  departed 

35.  Columhian,  Jan.  14,  1916,  pp.  1,  2. 

36.  Columhian,  Nov.  2,  1917,  p.  1. 

37.  Columhian,  Nov.  14,  1919,  p.  1. 


THE  FOURTH  DEGREE  497 

members  and  the  gallant  heroes  who  made  the  supreme  sacri- 
fice in  the  world  war  in  a  beautiful  and  impressive  manner  on 
Sunday  morning,  November  2,  1919,  in  old  St.  Mary's  Church, 
Wabash  Avenue  and  Ninth  Street.  A  Solemn  High  Mass  was 
offered  up,  with  the  famous  Paulist  Choir  assisting.  Rev. 
John  B.  Harney  was  the  celebrant,  Rev.  Edward  J.  Mullalley, 
deacon,  and  Rev.  J.  T.  Colohan,  sub-deacon. 

The  choir,  eighty  in  number,  sang  exquisitely,  as  this  noted 
musical  organization  is  so  well  qualified  to  do. 

Rev.  Edward  J.  Mullalley,  the  pastor,  delivered  the 
sermon.^^ 

Acting  under  the  direction  of  the  Fourth  Degree  Assembly, 
in  accordance  with  action  taken  at  its  meeting  in  February, 
1920,  twenty-three  sets  of  the  Catholic  Encyclopedia  were  pur- 
chased and  placed  in  public  libraries  in  Chicago. 

The  meeting  of  La  Salle  Assembly  of  May  4,  1920,  was 
made  notable  by  the  presence  of  Rev.  Francis  A.  Kelly,  Staff 
Chaplain  of  the  27th  Division,  U.  S.  A.,  known  as  the  **  fight- 
ing chaplain,"  and  who  received  the  highest  decorations  for 
bravery  from  the  United  States,  Great  Britain,  France  and 
Belgium,  and  in  addition  several  other  citations  for  distin- 
guished conduct. 

Father  Kelly  was  the  National  Chaplain  of  the  American 
Legion.  Presented  to  the  Assembly,  he  delivered  a  very 
happy  address.  On  the  same  evening  Rt.  Rev.  Joseph 
Schrembs,  bishop  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  delivered  one  of  the  most 
eloquent  addresses  ever  heard  in  the  Assembly. 

There  was  besides  a  very  entertaining  program  of  dramatic 
and  musical  numbers. 

On  Sunday  afternoon.  May  19,  1920,  in  the  ball  room  on 
the  19th  floor  of  the  Hotel  La  Salle,  there  was  presented  by 
La  Salle  Assembly  a  delightful  musical  program.  A  group 
of  singers  of  the  Assembly  Glee  Club  furnished  the  music. 

First  tenor:   John  F.  Clark,  Ed.  C.  Meyer,  Charles  Me- 


ss.   ColumMan,  Nov.  7,  1919,  p.  1. 


498         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Neil,  C.  C.  Griffith.  Second  teuor :  W.  C.  Barron,  G.  E.  La- 
Vaque,  E.  F.  Mulvaney,  M.  A.  Sheblessy,  P.  M.  Martin.  First 
bass:  A.  E.  Tormey,  G.  J.  Barry,  J.  A.  Selimitz,  J.  B.  Doyle. 
Second  bass :  P.  Jacobs,  R.  D.  Flavin,  F.  A.  Karusek.^^ 

Some  of  the  local  assemblies  of  the  Fourth  Degree  have 
engaged  in  some  very  interesting  work  as,  for  instance,  that 
of  Springfield,  where  an  extended  program  of  historical 
studies  has  been  carried  out. 

Included  in  the  papers  prepared  and  read  at  open  meet- 
ings were  the  following: 

''Pre-Columbian    Discoveries    of    America";    "European 
Conditions  Prior  to  the  Discovery  of  America";  "The  Dis- 
covery of  America  by  Columbus — His  Subsequent  Voyages — 
Other  Travels  of  Same  Period";  Exploration  and  Settlement 
of  Mexico  and  South  America";  "Missions  of  California"; 
"Explorations  by  the  Jesuits,  Especially  in  Canada  and  Region 
of  the  Great  Lakes" ;  "Settlement  of  Maryland,  and  the  Estab- 
lishment of  Religious  Liberty";  "Settlement  of  New  York  and 
New  England";  "Settlement  of  Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey 
and  Delaware";  "Settlement  of  Illinois  and  Middle  West"; 
"The  Declaration  of  Independence";  "The  War  for  Inde- 
pendence and  the  Part  Taken  by  Catholics  in  It";  "States- 
men, Generals  and  Churchmen  of  War  Period";  "Articles 
of  Confederation";  "The  Constitution";  "Catholic  Immigra- 
tion to  the  Colonies  and  to  the  U.  S.";  "Organization  of 
Church  in  the  U.  S.";  "Councils  of  Church  in  U.  S.";  "Part 
Catholics  Took  in  Civil  War";  "Catholics  in  Our  Foreign 
Wars  Subsequent  to  the  Revolutionary  War  " ;  "  George  Wash- 
ington"; "Abraham  Lincoln";  "Church  in  Canada";  "Mar- 
quette"; "Acadians  and  Evangeline";  "Early  History  of  the 
Church  in  Florida  and  Louisiana";  "Anti-Catholic  Movement 
in  the  U.  S.";  "American  Converts  to  the  Catholic  Church"; 
"Catholic  Loyalty";  "The  Religious  Orders  in  the  Catholic 
Church  in  the  U.  S.";  "Catholic  Education  in  the  U.   S." 


39.     Cohimmayi,  May  21,  1920,  p.  1. 


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CHAPTER  XII 

THE    CEREMONIALS    OF    THE    KNIGHTS    OF    COLUMBUS    AND    SOME 
ABLE  EXPONENTS  THEREOF 


Not  much  has  been  written  about  the  ceremonials  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus,  but  much  has  been  said  about  them 
both  by  members  and  non-members.     They  are  matters  of 

wide  repute  and  are  deemed  notable  both 
by  those  who  do  and  those  who  do  not 
know  what  they  are. 

A  looseness  of  expression  designates 
the  ceremonial  exercises  of  this  and  other 
societies  "ritual."  No  impiety  is  in- 
tended when  this  term,  which  properly 
applies  to  religious  ceremonies  is  thus 
improperly  used.  It  is  just  an  error 
caught  up  by  hearsay  and  loosely  used. 

All  readers  will  understand  that  of  course  we  cannot  state 
what  the  ceremonials  of  the  order  are  or  very  minutely  describe 
them.  Were  we  to  do  so  there  is  a  possibility  that  new  ones 
must  be  devised,  for  it  is  certain  that  a  lack  of  advance  infor- 
mation on  the  part  of  the  ''candidate"  as  to  the  ceremonials 
adds  greatly  to  their  effectiveness. 

But  within  the  limits  of  permissibility  there  is  much  that 
may  be  said  of  the  ceremonials  of  our  order,  and  amongst 
the  most  interesting  things  it  is  allowable  to  say  is  that  they 
appeal  to  the  whole  man,  and  in  an  entirely  human  manner. 

Proceedings  that  engross  alike  young  men  and  old,  the 
gay  and  grave,  the  bounding  son  and  the  austere  grand- 
father, and  that  never  grow  old,  must  be  strange  and  notable 
and  many  sided.    If  they  are  all  this  it  is  because  they  appeal 

500 


CEREMONIES  AND  EXPONENTS 


O.! 


to  the  whole  man  as  we  have  said,  because  they  are  true 
to  man 's  nature. 

Grown-up  men,  loaded  with  the  cares  and  responsibilities 
of  life  especially  are  hard  to  interest.  They  do  not  enthuse 
and  rhapsodize  as  boys.    How  then  is  it  possible  they  retain 


MAURICE  V.  JOYCE. 
East  St.  Louis  Council 


JAMES   G.    CONDON, 
De  LaSalle  Council 


a  desire  to  see  again  and  again,  and  ever  again  our  cere- 
monials ? 

From  the  first  roll  call  (anybody  might  hear  that)  until 
the  new  Knight  emerges  from  the  last  vestibule,  the  curtain 
must  be  drawn  upon  the  actual  proceedings,  but  it  is  notable 
that  with  whatever  misgivings  the  postulant  be  filled,  what 
pains    and    penalties    soever   he    may    suffer,    what    fatigue 


502 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLmiBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


and  discomfort  he  may  undergo,  his  verdict  is  one  of  satis- 
faction. 

But  who  said  there  were  pains  and  penalties,  fatigue  and 
discomfort?  No  candidate  you  ever  saw,  gentle  reader.  If 
from  the  first  ringing  down  of  the  curtain  through  every 


JOHN    T.    McENERT, 
Damen  Council 


JOHN    R.    FORD, 
Ravenswood    Council 


detail  of  the  induction  one  be  swept  along  by  a  full  tide  of 
absorption,  who  will  think  of  fatigue  ? 

And,  if  one  after  threading  the  winding  passages,  either 
actual  or  intellectual,  which  lead  to  full  fellowship  in  the 
Order,  find  himself  at  the  end  of  such  an  arduous  journey, 
refreshed,  uplifted,  ennobled,  rather  than  tired,  dejected, 
cast  down,  still  the  wonder  grows. 


CEREMONIES  AND  EXPONENTS  503 

This  much  of  the  mystery  of  the  ceremonials  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  we  may  impart.  They  are  intended  to 
help  good  men  find  and  know  themselves.  They  have  been 
quite  generally  successful  in  that  regard.^ 

It  may,  we  think,  be  truthfully  added  that  no  man  has 
ever  received  the  "degrees"  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
according  to  their  purpose  and  intent  without  benefit. 

The  general  reader  would  hardly  expect  to  find  published 
in  this  manner  a  statement  showing  how  far,  if  at  all,  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  have  followed  or  been  influenced  by 
the  knighthoods  of  old.  Non-members  who  read  this  Avork 
may  be  disappointed  if  they  find  upon  joining  the  Order 
that  what  has  been  said  herein  has  no  bearing  upon  the  cere- 
monies, purposes  or  aspirations  of  the  Order,  while  others 
might  be  equally  disappointed  if  they  found  the  contrary 
to  be  true. 

Whether  the  Knights  of  Columbus  resembles  any  other 
organization  of  the  past  or  the  present  in  any  particular,  it  is 
no  violation  of  the  secrets  of  the  Order  to  say  that  the  "secret 
work,"  so-called,  is  believed  by  those  who  are  fully  con- 
versant with  it,  and  have  an  otherwise  competent  knowledge, 
to  be  unexcelled.  This  work,  immediately  upon  its  intro- 
duction, made  the  Order  singularly  popular,  and  despite  its 
many  great  achievements  has  continued  to  be  the  chief  factor 
in  maintaining  the  unusual  popularity  of  the  society. 

So  far  as  the  actual  originators  of  the  ceremonials  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  are  concerned  our  investigation  leads 
us  to  believe  that  the  essence  of  the  work  was  a  pure  inven- 
tion.   It  may  very  seriously  be  doubted  if  the  men  or  man 


1.  While  of  course  all  members  are  obligated  uot  to  disclose  any  of  the 
ceremonials,  the  only  purpose  of  such  inhibition  is  to  keep  men  eligible  for 
membership  from  a  knowledge  of  them.  Accordingly,  whenever  any  kind  of 
official  or  other  important  bona  fide  inquiry  arises  the  books  containing  the 
ceremonials  are  promptly  turned  over  to  the  proper  officials  and  full  examina- 
tion invited.  In  like  manner  under  proper  circumstances,  bona  fide  inquirers 
or  investigators  may  be  permitted  to  be  present  and  witness  any  or  all  of 
the  ceremonies.  The  Order  has  no  secrets  which  it  is  afraid  to  have  made 
known.  It  has  no  fear  of  publicity.  Of  course  all  meetings  of  every  char- 
acter are  open  to  the  Catholic  clergy. 


504         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

who  composed  the  ritual  ever  studied  with  any  degree  of 
completeness  the  record  of  any  other  organization.  It  was 
perhaps  just  as  well  that  he  did  not  but  to  the  credit  of 
Daniel  Colwell  it  must  be  said  that  a  ritual,  so-called,  the 
child  of  his  mind,  was  struck  off,  that  has  never  been  ex- 


THOMAS  W.    FLYNN, 
Calumet  Council 


FRANCIS   J.   HOULIHAN, 
Leo   XIII   Council 


celled,  and  perhaps  never  equaled  for  the  purpose  for  which 
it  is  intended.  The  language  of  the  several  charges  was 
revised  by  Supreme  Director  John  H.  Reddin  of  Denver  in 
1909.  Mr.  Reddin  has  effected  a  great  improvement  in  the 
ceremonials  of  all  degrees. 

It  must  be  conceded,  however,  that  there  is  much  in  the 


CEREMONIES  AND  EXPONENTS  505 

exemplification  of  these  masterpieces  of  ceremonial.  Al- 
though the  elements  of  greatness  repose  in  the  work  itself, 
it  must  be  admitted  that  its  excellence  in  execution  depends 
largely  upon  the  interpretation  given.  In  this  connection  it 
is  believed  that  the  older  and  better  informed  members  would 
concede  that  up  to  the  time  he  was  active  in  the  order  the 
late  John  J.  Delaney,  of  New  York,  was  the  greatest  master 
of  the  initiatory  ceremonies.-  In  the  West  it  is  believed  too 
that  Delaney  even  was  excelled  in  this  role  by  Patrick  L. 
McArdle.2 

To  this  trio,  Colwell,  the  originator,  Delaney  and  McArdle, 
superb  interpreters,  is  due  in  a  large  measure  the  immense 
popularity  of  the  degree  work  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus, 
and  in  consequence  the  gratifying  popularity  and  promi- 
nence of  the  Order. 

It  is  highly  proper  in  this  connection  to  state  that  the 
secret  work,  so-called,  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  has  met 
with  approval  of  the  highest  dignitaries  and  greatest  theo- 
logians of  the  Church,  and  that  it  is  in  all  particulars  promo- 
tive and  preservative  of  the  interest  and  principles  of  just 
government;  and  while  membership  in  the  Order  is  confined 
to  men  of  the  Catholic  Faith,  nothing  in  its  rules,  its  secret 
work,  or  its  proceedings  of  any  nature  reflects  upon  or  dis- 
parages any  other  system  of  belief. 

If  it  be  suggested  that  it  is  safe  to  make  such  an  asser- 
tion on  the  theory  that  meetings  are  held  behind  closed 
doors,  and  "rituals"  are  not  made  public,  the  answer  is  that, 
in  a  contingency  that  would  justify  so  doing  any  meeting  of 
any  branch  of  the  order  can  be  thrown  open  to  the  public  or 
to  bona  fide  inquirers,  and,  as  has  frequently  been  the  case. 


2.  Mr.  Delaney  was  not  of  the  very  earliest  members.  The  Order  had 
been  in  existence  for  several  years  before  he  became  a  member  and  it  appears 
that  he  did  not  follow  the  beaten  path  of  the  earlier  degree  masters  in  all 
particulars. 

3.  Some  of  the  very  early  members  cling  to  the  old  traditions  and  usages, 
but  the  general  run  of  officers  throughout  the  country  have  adopted  the 
Delaney  and  McArdle  style ;  albeit,  it  must  be  said,  many  do  not  succeed 
well  in  the  display  and  practice  of  the  taste  and  dignity  emphasized  by  these 
early  masters. 


506         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

all  the  rituals  or  secret  work  may  be  delivered  up  for  in- 
spection.* 

It  seems  proper  also  to  indicate  the  nature  of  the  pledges 
taken  bv  members  by  quoting  one  of  the  most  solemn  and  im- 
portant of  them.  At  an  advanced  stage  in  the  degree  work 
the  Knight  of  Columbus  makes  the  following  promise : 

' '  I  swear  to  support  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States.  I  pledge 
myself,  as  a  Catholic  citizen  and  Knight  of  Columbus,  to  enlighten  my- 
self fully  upon  my  duties  as  a  citizen  and  to  conscientiously  perform 
such  duties  entirely  in  the  interest  of  my  country  and  regardless  of  all 
personal  consequences.  I  pledge  myself  to  do  all  in  my  power  to  pre- 
serve the  integrity  and  purity  of  the  ballot,  and  to  promote  reverence 
and  respect  for  law  and  order.  I  promise  to  practice  my  religion  openly 
and  consistently,  but  without  ostentation,  and  to  so  conduct  myself  in 
public  affairs,  and  in  the  exercise  of  public  virtue  as  to  reflect  nothing 
but  credit  upon  our  Holy  Church,  to  the  end  that  she  may  flourish  and  our 
country  prosper  to  the  greater  honor  and  glory  of  God.  "s 

It  is  not  improper  to  particularize  to  a  limited  extent 
with  reference  to  some  of  the  exponents  of  the  ceremonials 
of  the  Order,  revealing,  of  course,  none  of  the  features  or 
expressions,  the  keeping  private  of  which  adds  to  the  interest 
of  the  ceremonials. 

The  first  exponents  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  cere- 
monials known  to  members  in  Illinois  were  Hon.  John  J. 
Delaney,  John  Barnes  and  Richard  Farley,  all  of  New  York." 
Independent  of  the  prevailing  opinion  that  the  degree  officers 
from  whom  a  member  receives  his  honors  are  "best  of  all," 
it  is  certain  that  these  were  singularly  gifted  men  in  their 
several  roles,  Mr.  Delaney  especially  enjoying  an  exception- 
ally high  reputation  as  a  degree  officer. 

4.  See  Note  1. 

5.  The  above  is  the  only  "oath"  taken  by  any  member  of  the  Order  and 
is  the  culminating  obligation  of  the  Fourth  Degree.  There  are  several 
"promises"  made  by  the  member  at  various  stages  of  his  advancement  such 
as  to  lead  a  Christian  life,  to  go  to  church  and  to  fulfill  his  duties  as  a 
man  and  a  citizen.  There  is  of  course  nothing  resembling  the  blasphemous 
and  libelous  forgery  published  at  various  times  and  places  by  miscreants  as 
the  "Knights  of  Columbus  Oath,"  and  for  the  publication  of  which  several 
persons  have  been  criminally  prosecuted  and  punished. 

6.  Came  to  Chicago  to  institute  Chicago  Council. 


CEREMONIES  AND  EXPONENTS 


507 


In  the  few  years  succeeding  the  •  establishment  of  the 
Order  in  Illinois  other  degree  officers  visited  Chicago,  the 
most  notable  of  whom  were  John  W.  Hogan  of  Syracuse, 
N.  Y.,  W.  J.  Cashman  of  Boston,  and  Supreme  Knight  John 
J.  Cone,  of  New  Jersey^ 


JOSEPH  B.   CRIVELLO, 
Alton  Council 


EDWARD  SUESS, 
Du  Quoin  Council 


Necessity  as  well  as  inclination  spurred  on  local  men  to 
undertake  the  exemplification  of  the  degrees,  and  two  were 
soon  found  ready  for  that  purpose.  Patrick  L.  McArdle  and 
Lewis  E.  Sauter  were  appointed  District  Deputies  under  State 
Deputy  Thomas  S.  Keirnan  in  1898,  and  not  long  after  their 


7.  All  came  to  confer  degrees  in  early  Chicago  councils. 


508         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

appointment  both  took  up  the  study  of  the  degree  work.  Just 
which  one  actually  conferred  the  major  degree  first  is  a 
question  that  is  a  little  hazy.  The  times  at  which  these  two 
distinguished  members  first  acted  in  that  capacity  must  have 
been  very  close  together.  District  Deputy  McArdle  partici- 
pated at  the  time  of  the  institution  of  Lafayette  Council  No. 
361  on  June  2, 1898.  Speaking  of  this  degree  more  than  twenty 
years  later  Mr,  McArdle  said : 

"1  had  never  attempted  any  part  of  the  work  of  the  major  degree. 
Some  weeks  before  the  event,  it  was  decided  that  I  should  conduct  the 
candidates  for  the  new  council  through  the  mysteries  of  the  '  third. ' 
With  great  fear  and  misgiving  I  started  to  prepare  myself  for  this  work. 
I  had  the  most  loyal  co-operation  from  all  the  degree  officers  and  members 
of  the  team,  but  yet  I  must  say  that  I  gave  more  thought  and  study  to 
the  preparation  of  my  own  work  for  this  event  than  to  any  law-suit  I 
have  ever  tried.  I  have  always  looked  upon  Lafayette  Council  as  the  first 
product  of  my  greatest  individual  effort  in  Knights  of  Columbus  activity, 
and  though  I  have  officiated  at  hundreds  of  Major  Degrees  over  the  ter- 
ritory extending  from  Buffalo,  New  York,  to  San  Francisco,  from  Duluth 
to  New  Orleans,  I  have  no  prouder  memory  of  my  activities  in  the  great 
Order  than  of  the  day  Lafayette  was  instituted. '  's 

Prior  to  this  Mr.  McArdle  had  acted  as  chancellor  and 
was  ambitious  to  become  proficient  in  that  particular  role. 
He  was  now  just  as  anxious  to  succeed  in  the  major  role,  and 
started  upon  a  career  covering  six  and  one-half  years,  during 
which  time  he  was  to  make  himself  known  throughout  the 
length  and  breadth  of  the  land.  He  was  invited  very  fre- 
quently and  of  the  numerous  invitations  received  accepted 
some  two  hundred.  His  engagements  in  this  capacity  ex- 
tended from  ocean  to  ocean  and  from  Canada  to  the  Gulf.  At 
home  and  in  nearby  states  Mr.  McArdle  was  usually  assisted 
by  James  Plunkett,  Patrick  Murphy,  Thomas  Burke,  George 
Connors  and  Joseph  Causeman,  besides  others,  all  of  whom 
were  very  proficient  and  are  remembered  with  much  satis- 
faction by  earlier  members. 

8.  Letters  written  by  McArdle. 


CEREMONIES  AND  EXPONENTS 


509 


Lewis  E.  Sauter's  first  major  degree  was  conferred  on  a 
class  joining  De  LaSalle  Council,  as  he  remembers  it,  in  1897. 
District  Deputy  Sauter  labored  with  equal  energy  for  the  per- 
fection of  the  ceremonials,  and  met  with  a  full  measure  of 
success.     In  his  earlier  degree  work,  where  locality  made  it 


HON.    JOHN    J.    GORMAN. 
Gen.   Sherman   Council 


HON.    JOHN    W.    RAINET, 
De  LaSalle  Council 


feasible,  he  was  assisted  by  Thomas  H.  Cannon,  Chief  Eanger 
of  the  Catholic  Order  of  Foresters,  James  Horan,  later  Chief 
of  the  Chicago  Fire  Department,  and  lamented  as  the  heroic 
victim  of  the  Stockj^ards  fire,  George  Connors,  Joseph  Cause- 
man,  Thomas  J.  Dawson,  Michael  J.  Teehan,  Joseph  Flanagan 
and  John  T.  Connery.  As  District  Deputy  and  State  Deputy 
Mr.  Sauter  was  very  frequently  called  upon  for  the  purpose 
of  degree  work. 


510 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


During  State  Deputy  McArdle's  five  years  as  State 
Deputy  he  appointed  several  District  Deputies,  some  of  whom 
qualified  as  successful  masters  of  the  ceremonials.  The  next 
most  active  member  in  this  regard  was  Mr.  McArdle's  suc- 
cessor as  State  Deputy,  Joseph  J.  Thompson.    Mr.  Thompson 


JAMES    C.    O'BRIEN, 
Illinois   Council 


JOHN    F.    BOLTON, 
Daniel  Dowling  Council 


joined  the  Order  in  1901,  and  was  appointed  District  Deputy 
in  1902,  and  entered  active  service  as  a  degree  master  almost 
at  once.  His  first  major  degree  was  exemplified  to  a  class 
joining  Lafayette  Council  in  the  year  1902.  Mr.  Thompson 
was  among  the  first  of  the  active  officers  down  state,  as  the 
expression  is  used.  Centrally  located  at  Bloomington,  Illi- 
nois, and  appointed  at  a  time  when  the  territory  in  the  cen- 


CEREMONIES  AND  EXPONENTS  511 

tral  part  of  the  state  was  being  rapidly  organized,  he  became 
unusually  active,  and  for  some  four  years  during  which  he 
was  District  Deputy  and  State  Deputy,  he  exemplified  the 
major  degree  on  an  average  of  twice  each  month ;  frequently 
for  long  stretches  once  a  week.  Mr.  Thompson's  activities 
in  this  regard  brought  him  into  the  outlying  cities  as  well  as 
into  Chicago,  and  the  single  unpleasant  recollection  he  retains 
of  those  strenuous  days  is  the  hardships  of  transportation 
experienced.  District  Deputy  Thompson  organized  his  own 
degree  staff,  and  usually,  where  circumstances  permitted,  was 
assisted  by  his  law  partner,  Thomas  P.  McDonnell  (Long 
Tom,  as  he  was  familiarly  known),  Patrick  J.  White,  the  iron- 
handed  blacksmith,  Frank  W.  Gregory,  A.  A.  Ullrich  and 
Thomas  F.  Middleton,  each  of  whom  established  a  creditable 
reputation  for  efficiency  in  the  several  roles. 

During  the  administration  of  State  Deputy  Thompson  in 
1904  and  1905,  John  R.  Brown  of  Rockford,^  and  George  G. 
McCarthy  of  Freeport,^"  as  District  Deputies,  with  the  assist- 
ance of  David  Daley,  established  a  reputation  for  good 
degree  work  in  the  northern  part  of  the  state,  while  others, 
to  have  more  particular  mention,  were  working  their  way  to 
high  standing  in  other  parts  of  the  state. 

Among  the  popular  Chicago  officers  developed  during  this 
time  was  Jerome  J.  Crowley,^ ^  first  appointed  District  Deputy 
by  State  Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thompson.  Acting  in  the  capacity 
of  District  Deputy  for  nearly  ten  years  Mr.  Crowley  con- 
ferred the  major  degree  many,  many  times,  and  always  with 
unqualified  success.  Not  only  did  Mr.  Crowley  act  in  this 
capacity  in  Chicago  and  all  over  the  state  of  Illinois,  but  in 
Cleveland,  Pittsburgh,  New  Orleans,  Albuquerque,  New 
Mexico,  Calgary  and  Alberta,  Canada,  Detroit,  St.  Paul,  St. 
Louis  and  Kansas  City.    Mr.  Crowley 's  most  frequent  assist- 


9.  Since  removed  to  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin. 

10.  Since  removed  to  Dubuque,  Iowa.  „^     ^ 

11.  Of  DeSoto  Council.     Was  president   of  the  Cliicago  Chapter  and  is 
at  present  Master  of  LaSalle  General  Assembly,  Fourth  Degree. 


512         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

ants  were  Henry  J.  Lynch,  to  become  Dean  of  his  profes- 
sion, John  Loftis,  Patrick  Murphy,  Joseph  Coffey,  Thomas 
Hoy,  James  Donahoe,  P.  J.  Martin,  M.  J.  Tierney,  Philip 
Sharkey,  Patrick  J.  Murphy,  J.  Parnell  Egan  and  George 
Crowley. 

James  G.  Condon^'  and  Daniel  D.  Donahoe^^  were  two 
Chicago  men  who  conferred  the  major  degree  very  success- 
fully, assisted  usually  by  much  the  same  men  as  were  Mc- 
Ardle  and  Crowley.  James  Donahoe,"  later  Justice  of  the 
Municipal  Court,  became  and  remains  a  popular  degree 
master,  and  has  been  in  frequent  demand  for  that  purpose. 
He  was  usually  assisted  by  Henry  J.  Lynch  and  the  men  who 
generally  worked  with  District  Deputy  Crowley. 

Amongst  the  most  successful  degree  masters  in  the  south- 
ern central  part  of  the  state,  even  from  the  days  of  State 
Deputy  McArdle,  was  Maurice  V.  Joyce  of  East  St.  Louis." 
As  has  been  seen  in  the  council  sketches  Mr.  Joj^ce  exempli- 
fied the  major  degree  all  through  central  and  southern  Illi- 
nois during  the  years  1902,  1903,  1904  and  1905,  also  organiz- 
ing his  own  degree  staff,  the  members  of  which  became  well 
and  favorably  known. 

Edward  J.  Morrissy  of  Alton^®  was  another  of  the  suc- 
cessful exponents  of  the  major  degree  during  this  same 
period,  assisted  by  a  degree  staff  of  his  own  selection. 

Not  far  distant,  but  a  little  later  in  time  August  Barthel, 
of  Belleville,^^  developed  into  a  very  successful  master  of  the 
major  degree,  and  exemplified  that  honor  in  several  cities  in 
Illinois.  His  degree  staff,  organized  from  the  home  council 
of  Belleville,  usually  consisted  of  Dr.  J.  K.  Conroy,  Henry 
Herr,  Albert  Bedel,  James  W.  Igle,  August  Fersch,  Adolph 
Schuester,  and  A.  G.  Kassebaum. 


12.  A  leading  Chicago  lawyer. 

13.  A  distinguished  Chicago  lawyer,  since  deceased. 

14.  Able  lawyer  and  former  Judge. 

15.  Distinguished  lawyer. 

16.  One  of  the  leading  merchants  of  Alton. 

17.  Successful  lawyer. 


CEREMONIES  AND  EXPONENTS 


513 


E.  A.  Simmons,  of  Pontiac/^  must  be  counted  amongst  the 
most  successful  exponents  of  the  major  degree  in  the  central 
part  of  the  state.  For  sixteen  years  Mr.  Simmons  has  been 
an  active  District  Deputy,  and  remains  one  of  the  leading 
officers.    He  has  exemplified  the  major  degrees  many  times. 


JOHN  J.  FERRY. 
Jacksonville  Council 


MICHAEL  J.  GERATT, 
Father  O'Connor   Council 


and  has  been  called  upon  for  repeat  engagements,  especially 
in  Kankakee,  where  he  was  twice  selected,  Ottawa  four  times, 
LaSalle  six  times,  Braidwood  three  times,  and  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri twice.  Mr.  Simmons  has  also  worked  in  Minonk,  Mor- 
ris, Jacksonville,  Lincoln  and  Kewanee.  He  has  also  visited 
Hammond,  Indiana,  w4th  his  staff.  District  Deputy  Sim- 
is.   One  of  the  leading  lawyers  of  the  Livingston  County  Bar. 


514         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

mons  is  usually  assisted  by  Judge  Philip  A.  Gibbons  of  Pon 
tiae,  F,  A.  Ortman,  Edward  Chalmers,  Emil  Dolan,  W.  B. 
Burke,  Patrick  Burke,  J.  P.  Lyons,  J.  P.  Lannon,  James  Fit/- 
simmons,  Patrick  McManus  and  George  Horback. 

Andrew  J.  O'Connor  of  Ottawa  was  one  of  the  most  elo- 
quent of  the  Illinois  District  Deputies  and  conferred  the 
honors  frequently  and  very  successfully. 

Following  chronologically  a  number  of  District  Deputies 
appointed  by  the  fourth  State  Deputy,  Lewis  E.  Sauter, 
developed  into  successful  degree  masters,  amongst  whom 
none  became  more  popular  than  the  succeeding  State  Deputy 
James  Maher,^''  deceased.  Mr.  Maher  as  State  Deputy  con- 
ferred the  major  degree  very  frequently  in  Chicago  and 
throughout  the  state  and  in  neighboring  states.  His  prin- 
cipal assistants  were  Henry  J.  Lynch,  P.  J.  Martin,  and  a 
number  of  those  who  had  grown  up  in  the  work  with  former 
State  and  District  Deputies. 

William  N.  Brown,^°  first  as  District  Deputy,  and  later 
as  State  Deputy,  became  very  successful  in  the  ceremonials 
of  the  Order,  not  only  in  the  major  degree,  but  in  the  pre- 
liminary degrees  as  well.  Mr.  Brown  discharged  the  duties 
of  degree  master  in  an  infinitely  pleasing  manner,  and  dur- 
ing several  years  was  in  urgent  demand. 

LeRoy  Haekett^^  during  his  five  years  of  service  as  State 
Deputy  conferred  the  major  degree  very  frequently,  and 
always  very  successfully. 

Edward  Houlihan,^-  present  State  Deputy,  was  first  ap- 
pointed District  Deputy  in  1912,  and  while  he  became  a  suc- 
cessful degree  master  was  really  more  noted  as  an  eminently 
successful  organizer.  An  unusually  large  number  of  councils 
owe  their  successful  institution  to  District  Deputy  Houlihan's 
efforts.    As  time  passed,  however,  and  especially  since  Mr. 

19.  See  Chapter  IX. 

20.  See  Chapter  IX. 

21.  See  Chapter  IX. 

22.  See  Chapter  IX. 


CEREMONIES  AND  EXPONENTS  515 

Houlihan  has  become  State  Deputy  he  has  been  called  upon 
for  an  immense  amount  of  degree  work,  and  in  that  capacity- 
has  traveled  all  over  the  state  of  Illinois,  and  is  remembered 
with  much  satisfaction,  not  only  by  all  those  who  have  re- 
ceived their  honors  at  his  hands,  but  by  those  who  witnessed 
the  degree  work  as  well. 

Dr.  Charles  0.  Molz,^^  of  Murphysboro,  has  exemplified 
the  major  degree  frequently  with  a  high  degree  of  satisfac- 
tion. He  is  usually  assisted  by  John  Ward,  John  Halpin, 
William  Costigan,  S.  A.  Bastien,  William  Wanstreet,  Robert 
Forester  and  D,  Hellestern. 

Michael  V.  Kannally,^^  of  Chicago,  has  been  a  popular 
degree  officer  in  many  parts.  He  was  a  District  Deputy  for 
more  than  ten  years,  and  did  much  valuable  work  during  that 
time. 

Henry  M.  Kelly,^^  was  a  District  Deputy  for  some  six 
years,  and  conferred  the  major  degree  several  times  success- 
fully. Thomas  M.  Poynton,  of  Chicago,  was  a  District  Deputy 
in  Illinois  for  four  years,  and  in  Michigan  for  some  years. 
While  in  Michigan  he  had  several  successful  major  degrees. 

John  E.  Byrnes-"  was  a  District  Deputy  for  ten  years,  and 
during  that  time  conferred  the  major  degree  quite  satisfac- 
torily. 

Joseph  J.  Cook,-^  of  Beardstown,  was  a  District  Deputy 
for  three  years,  and  conferred  the  major  degree  very  suc- 
cessfully, twice  at  Jacksonville,  and  in  Galesburg  and  Effing- 
ham. On  these  occasions  he  was  assisted  by  John  A.  Annas, 
former  State  Secretary,  Charles  Devlin,  Charles  Hunt,  T.  V. 
Brannon  and  A.  J.  Schultz,  all  of  Beardstown. 

James  J.  Kelly,^*  of  De  LaSalle  Council,  was  a  District 


23.  Noted  physician  of  Southern  Illinois. 

24.  Distinguished  Chicago  lawyer. 

25.  Successful  lawyer  of  the  LaSalle  County  Bar. 

26.  Responsible  officer  of  the  Chicago  Board  of  Education. 

27.  Presided  for  many  years  in  the  County  Court  of  Cook  County,  now 
practicing  law  in  Chicago. 

28.  Able  Chicago  lawyer. 


516         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Deputy  for  seven  years,  and  conferred  the  major  degree 
many  times,  both  within  and  outside  of  Illinois.  Mr.  Kelly 
gained  the  reputation  as  one  of  the  most  eloquent  of  the 
degree  masters.  He  was  usually  assisted  by  Patrick  Murphy, 
Francis  J.  Houlihan,  John  H.  Collins,  M.  E.  Dalton  and 
George  Connors. 

Joseph  J.  Freiburg,^''  of  Quincy,  was  a  popular  degree 
master,  and  was  frequently  called  upon  to  exemplify  the 
major  degree.  He  was  usually  assisted  by  Thomas  J.  Gilles- 
pie, Eobert  Damborst,  Dr.  Raymond  Padburg,  Patrick  Dan- 
iels, Charles  Malley,  J.  R.  Weltin  and  Frank  C.  Gavin. 

Sidney  W.  Ring,^"  past  State  Treasurer,  is  well  reputed 
as  a  master  of  the  major  degree.  He  is  usually  assisted  by 
John  F.  Hogan,  Joseph  M.  McGlynn,  Dr.  John  F.  Murphy, 
M.  J.  Byrnes,  William  Page,  Thomas  Murphy,  Leo  Burke, 
and  E.  A.  Cunningham. 

There  are  at  the  present  time  a  number  of  very  active  and 
unusually  successful  District  Deputies.  Amongst  these  may 
be  named  Congressman  John  J.  Gorman.^^  Mr.  Gorman  has 
in  the  last  three  years  exemplified  the  major  degree  many 
times  in  the  state,  besides  some  visits  outside.  He  is  a  young 
man  of  striking  eloquence  and  has  established  a  splendid 
reputation.  He  is  usually  assisted  by  Michael  J.  Howlett, 
but  frequently  by  Martin  Howe  as  first  assistant.  Other  mem- 
bers of  the  staff  include  Francis  J.  Houlihan,  James  J.  Walsh, 
John  P.  McAuliffe,  John  E.  Cooney  and  others. 

Joseph  A.  McMahon,^-  of  Chicago,  has  conferred  the 
major  degree  very  often  in  the  last  three  years  with  satisfac- 
tion. He  is  usually  assisted  by  John  P.  McAuliffe,  John  Rei- 
del,  Thomas  Hackett,  John  Brannon,  Joseph  Shay,  Harry 
Shay,  Thomas  Burns,  Thomas  Bond,  Daniel  McAuliffe  and 
Joseph  McAuliffe. 


29.  Successful   funeral  director  of  Quincv,   now  deceased. 

30.  Past  State  Treasurer  of  State  Council. 

31.  Able  and  successful  Chicago  lawyer. 

32.  Funeral  director. 


CEREMONIES  AND  EXPONENTS 


517 


James  C.  O'Brien,^^  of  Chicago,  in  the  course  of  five  years 
has  conferred  the  major  degree  frequently. 

John  P.  Bolton, ^'^  also  of  Chicago,  has  conferred  the  major 
degree  frequently  in  the  last  three  years. 

John  E.  Cooney^"^  has  been  a  District  Deputy  for  four 


SIDNEY    W.     RING, 
E.    St.    Louis   Council 


FRANK  A.   TRAYNOR, 
Centralia    Council 


years,  and  has  exemplified  the  major  degree  many  times  in 
the  state,  and  several  times  outside  the  state. 

Frank  A.  Traynor,^"  of  Centralia,  was  a  very  popular 
degree  master  in  the  central  and  southern  parts  of  the  state 
from  1908  to  1918,    During  that  time  he  conferred  the  major 


33.  Noted  lawyer  and  prosecutor. 

34.  Successful   Chicago   lawyer. 

35.  Printer  and  publisher. 

36.  Prominent  business  man. 


518         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

degree  very  often.  He  was  usually  assisted  by  James 
L.  Brady,  B.  I.  Norris,  J.  Taylor,  D.  H.  Traynor,  Charles  Hart, 
Edward  Suess,  W.  Ordner,  H.  E.  Meagher  and  Nello  Linzini. 
Others  who  assisted  occasionally  were  W.  A.  Mathis,  F.  Busse, 
G.  A.  Garnier,  D.  Meagher,  H.  Thompson,  I.  J.  Gamier,  M. 
0 'Brian,  E.  Waggoner,  F.  J.  Meagher  and  Joe  Curran. 
John  R.  Kellahan,^^  of  Granite  City,  has  been  a  popular 


JOSEPH  A.  McMAHON, 
Danien  Council 


JOHN  E.  COONEY, 
Hildebrand  Council 


District  Deputy  for  twelve  years.  In  recent  years  he  has 
conferred  the  major  degree  frequently.  He  is  usually  as- 
sisted by  William  C.  Unthank,  William  P.  Anson,  Thomas 
Reilly,  John  Robbers  and  M.  J.  McGuire. 

John  J.  Ferry,^^  of  Jacksonville,  Illinois,  has  become  a 
very  popular  exponent  of  the  major  degree  and  has  exem- 
plified that  degree  frequently  within  and  without  the  state. 
He  is  usually  assisted  by  D.  L.  Buelley,  P.  H.  Lonergan,  W. 


37.  Electrical  contractor. 

38.  Morgan  County  official. 


CEREMONIES  AND  EXPONENTS  519 

M.  Carroll,  William  F.  Thompson,  Harry  D.  Lavery,  JooitpU 
E.  McGinnis,  who  is  especially  eminent  in  his  role,  Frank 
McKenna,  John  E.  Fogerty,  D.  Scott  Sweeney,  J.  T.  Roach, 
Francis  J.  Ferry,  J.  A.  Schmalz,  J.  D.  Becker,  J.  V.  Ken- 
nedy, Thomas  McManus,  Frank  Kiloran  and  Frank  E.  Baker, 

Michael  J.  Geraty,^^  of  Chicago,  has  been  a  District  Depi  ty 
for  five  years,  and  has  exemplified  the  major  degree  very  often 
in  Illinois,  and  several  times  outside  Illinois.  He  is  usually 
assisted  by  Martin  J.  Hough,  Jack  Burke,  Travis  H.  Bradley, 
Thomas  Campbell,  John  Moynihan,  Thomas  Flynn  and  "Wil- 
liam Murphy,  with  Martin  J.  Hough  in  the  principal  role. 

E.  J.  Sullivan**'  is  rapidly  establishing  a  reputation  as  a 
degree  master. 

District  Deputy  Edward  Suess,*^  of  Olney,  has  frequently 
conferred  the  major  degree,  assisted  by  Joseph  Brassie, 
Arthur  Mehmert,  L.  A.  Brassie,  John  Martin,  E.  Brookfield, 
Jerome  Mitchell,  Joseph  Daniel,  E.  E.  Preble,  John  Ohm, 
and  Thomas  Davey,  an  exceptionally  active  officer. 

Charles  L.  Chambers,*^  is  a  popular  and  efficient  degree 
master. 

John  E.  Moloney,*^  has  conferred  the  major  degree  fre- 
quently and  with  satisfaction. 

Arthur  Donoghue,**  is  one  of  the  more  recent  appointees 
but  has  given  several  degrees  in  a  satisfactory  manner. 

The  exemplification  of  degrees  is  not  by  any  means  the 
only  work  of  a  District  Deputy.  He  may  be  assigned  to 
almost  any  duty  by  the  State  Deputy,  and  is  at  all  times 
when  selected,  for  the  purpose,  the  representative  of  the 
State  Deputy  and  of  the  Supreme  Knight.  His  full  title  is 
District  Deputy  Supreme  Knight,  just  as  the  State  Deputy's 
full  title  is  State  Deputy  Supreme  Knight. 


39.  Manufacturer's  agent. 

40.  Funeral  director. 

41.  Bank  official. 

42.  Prominent  business  man. 

43.  Funeral  director. 

44.  Chicago  lawyer. 


520         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

There  are  accordingly  a  number  of  District  Deputies  who 
are  entitled  to  much  credit  by  reason  of  valuable  activities 
other  than  degree  work.  Amongst  such  should  be  named 
John  T.  McEnery/^  who  has  been  a  District  Deputy  for  more 
than  fifteen  years.  During  that  time  District  Deputy  Mc 
Enery  has  conferred  the  major  degree,  but  he  has  besides 
taken  the  cliief  part  in  the  organization  of  an  unusually  large 
number  of  new  councils.  He  has  also  been  extraordinarily 
active  in  the  supervision  of  councils  for  which  he  has  been  se- 
lected as  District  Deputy,  and  has  performed  most  satisfac- 
torily many  special  commissions  entrusted  to  him  by  the 
several  State  Deputies. 

John  R.  Ford,"  of  Chicago,  is  another  example  of  the 
valuable  District  Deputy,  not  so  active  in  degree  work.  Mr. 
Ford,  besides  organizing  several  councils  at  the  direction  of 
a  State  Deputy  has  exercised  a  most  beneficial  influence  upon 
the  conduct  of  councils  for  which  he  was  appointed  District 
Deputy  or  in  which  he  was  assigned  some  special  work  by  the 
State  Deputy. 

George  F.  Mulligan,*'  has  been  for  many  years  an  active 
member  in  more  than  one  council,  and  for  three  years  a  Dis- 
trict Deputy.  He,  too,  is  entitled  to  much  credit  on  account 
of  services  rendered  to  the  councils  aside  from  degree  work. 
In  the  same  class  should  be  mentioned  Daniel  F.  Quinlan,*^ 
of  Woodstock,  R.  J.  Hodge,*^  of  Murphysboro,  Charles  G. 
McNeany,^"  of  Rockford,  Thomas  J.  Cunningham,^^  of  Taylor- 
ville,  P.  J.  Byrne,"  of  La  Salle,  Patrick  H.  O'Donnell,'^  of 
Belvidere,  Joseph  B.  Crivello,^*  of  Alton,  C.  Frank  Daly, 
of  "Woodstock.  Harry  J.  Alt,^*'  of  Effingham,  John  E.  Rear 

45.  Successful  realtor,   Chicago. 

46.  Chief  Deputy  U.  S.  Customs  Collector. 

47.  Chicago  Lawyer. 

48.  Successful  realtor. 

49.  Bank  official. 

50.  Prominent  Ijusiness   man. 

51.  Postmaster,  newspaper  man,  public  official. 

52.  Lawyer. 

53.  Lawyer. 

54.  Merchant. 

55.  Clothing  merchant. 

56.  Prominent  business  man. 


55 


CEREMONIES  AND  EXPONENTS  521 

don/''  of  Waukegan,  Martin  J.  Gannon,'^  of  Dixon,  John  J. 
Sheehy,^^  of  La  Salle,  T.  V.  Brannan,''"  of  Joliet,  and  Oliver 
J.  Gibbs,"^^  of  Aurora. 

Space  prevents  a  review  of  adept  members  in  other  parts 
of  the  degree  work,  but  an  exception  is  justifiable  in  the 
case  of  the  late  lamented  Michael  W.  Gleason,"-  whose  prece- 
dence as  chancellor  has  never  been  questioned. 

It  is  regrettable  that  space  will  not  permit  tracing  a  large 
number  of  men  who  became  very  proficient  in  special  parts 
in  the  degree  work.  It  Avould  be  unpardonable,  however,  to 
omit  mention  of  some  Avho  have  become  really  famous  in  this 
respect.  The  earliest  notables  were  "Tom"  Burke,  "Paddy" 
Murphy,  "Jim"  Horan,  "Tom"  Dawson,  "Tom"  Cannon, 
W.  J.  Callahan,  E.  J.  Stackhouse,  who  though  an  lowan,  fre- 
quently invaded  Illinois,  "Dave"  Daley,  "Bob"  Scott,  Dr. 
J.  K.  Cronin,  "Long  Tom"  McDonnell,  and  John  J.  Howlett. 

In  this  galaxy  of  celebrities  early  appeared  Henry  J. 
Lynch,  destined  to  excel  all  his  predecessors  in  the  extent 
of  his  labore  at  least.  Henry  J.  Lynch,**^  first  participated 
in  the  major  degree  in  1899  and  continued  in  a  heavy  role 
until  1920.  During  that  time  he  had  been  one  of  the  chief 
actors  in  many  major  degrees.  He  has  acted  as  assistant  to 
State  Deputies  Joseph  J.  Thompson,  Lewis  E.  Sauter,  James 
iNIaher,  LeRoy  Hackett,  William  N.  Brown  and  Edward  Hou- 
lihan of  Illinois,  State  Deputies  John  J.  Fleming  of  Iowa, 
Herbert  Jackson  of  Montana,  W.  D.  Dwyer  of  Wisconsin, 
0.  N.  Marron  of  New  Mexico,  District  Deputies  Daniel  D. 
Donahoe,  James  Donahoe,  Jerome  J.  Crowley,  Charles  L. 
Chambers,  Joseph  K.  McMahon,  Arthur  Donoghue,  Joseph 


57.  Clothing  manufacturer. 

58.  Prominent   business  man. 

59.  Merchant. 

60.  Officer  of  steel  company. 

62  Acquired  much  popularity  as  National  Organizer  from  1890  to  his 
death  which  occurred  Oct.  16,  1904.  He  was  born  in  1860,  in  Jolu-t.  Illinois. 
First  'employed  with  Armour  &  Co..  and   later  in   meat  business  on   his  own 

account.  „     .     ^ 

63.  Clothier.     See  chapter  on  State  Council. 


522 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


A.  McMalion,  Michael  J.  Gerraty,  John  E.  Maloney  and  Ed 
ward  Sullivan.     In  the  course  of  his  work  he  visited  Iowa, 
Montana,  Wisconsin,  Indiana,   Ohio,  Michigan,   Minnesota, 
Kentucky,  Tennessee  and  Canada. 

"Marty"  Hough,  in  the  course  of  the  last  few  years,  has 
acted  in  an  important  capacity  many  times,  and  is  in  constant 


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demand  in  Chicago,  and  indeed  in  all  parts  of  the  country. 
Michael  J.  Howlett  has  a  fine  record  in  a  similar  role.  George 
T.  Howlett  and  John  P.  McAuliffe  are  in  frequent  demand  also 
and  accounted  very  popular.  In  downstate  localities  James  L. 
Brady  of  Centralia  has  established  a  reputation  as  assistant  to 
District  Deputy  Frank  A.  Traynor.  William  C.  Unthank  is 
doing  excellent  work  with  District  Deputy  John  E.,  Kelahan. 
E.  L.  Bentley  and  P.  H.  Lonergan  have  both  become  very  popu- 
lar as  assistants  to  District  Deputy  John  J.  Ferry  of  Jackson- 
ville, and  Joseph  Brassie  as  assistant  to  District  Deputy  Ed- 


CEREMONIES  AND  EXPONENTS  523 

ward  Suess,  while  Judge  Philip  A.  Gibbons  of  Pontiac,  re- 
mains a  prime  favorite  as  assistant  with  District  Deputy  E.  A. 
Simmons. 

Those  in  attendence  at  exemplification  meetings  have  be- 
come familiar  with  the  many  and  helpful  efforts  of  a  num- 
ber of  "regulars"  without  whom  some  of  the  attractions  of 
the  meetings  would  be  wanting.  In  this  class  should  be  men- 
tioned the  Ward  brothers,  "Paddy"  and  "Joe,"  in  early 
days,  John  J.  Owens,  the  incomparable  w^arden.  The  Rus- 
sell brothers,  Doctors  Dennis  P.  and  Joseph  L.,  D.  J.  Normoyle, 
D.  D.  S.,  Phillip  Sharkey  and  M.  J.  Tierney. 

ILLINOIS  DISTRICT  DEPUTIES 

Name  Location  First  appointed  by 

Ackerman,  Robert  B Elgin James  Maher,  S. D. 

Ahearn,  James  D Cliicago  James  Malier,  S.D. 

Alt,  Harry  J Effingham Le  Roy  Hackett.  S.D. 

Barry,  Thomas  E Dwight James  Maher,  S.D. 

Barthel,   August Belleville  Joseph  J.  Thompson,  S.D. 

Bartley,  Joseph  F Peoria    Le  Roy  Hackett.  S.D. 

Behringer,    Frank Woodstock   Edward  HouHhan,  S.D. 

Bergen,    Daniel   P Chicago  Heights...  Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Birong,  Peter  B Chicago   James  Maher,   S.D. 

Bolton,  John  F Chicago  Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Bourke,    William Peoria    James  Maher.  S.D. 

Brannon,  Thomas  V Beardstown   Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Brennan,   Thomas  V Joliet Joseph  J.  Thompson,  S.D. 

Brown,    John   R Rockford Patrick  L.  McArdle,  S.D. 

Brown,   Williain   N Oak  Park James  Maher,  S.D. 

Burke,  Daniel Ottawa Patrick  L.  McArdle.  S.D. 

Burns,  Eugene  J Rock  Island Lewis  Edward  Sauter,  S.  D. 

Burns,  M.  J Galena  Le  Roy  Hackett.  S.D. 

Burns,  Thomas  F Elgin James  Maher,  S.D. 

Burt,  Fred  M Rock  Island Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Byrnes,  John  E Chicago James  Maher.  S.D. 

Byrne,  P.  J La   Salle Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Cannon,   Thomas  F Chicago Joseph  J.  Thompson,  S.D. 

Cannon,  Thomas  H Chicago  James  Maher,  S.D. 

Carey,   Thomas  Carew Harvard    Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Carlin,  Harry  W Kewanee James  Maher,  S.D. 

Chambers,  Chas.  L Chicago  James  Maher,  S.D. 

Clancy,   E.   G.,  M.D Chicago   Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Clavin,  A.  M Sterling   Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Cleary,  Michael  H Galena  Lewis  Edward  Sauter,  S.D. 

Condon,  James  G Chicago  Patrick  D.  McArdle.  S.D. 

Condon,  Thomas  J Springfield   James  Maher,  S.D. 

Conwav,   Wm.   Henry Springfield   Lewis  Edward  Sauter.  S.D. 

Cooke,  Joseph  J Beardstown  Lewis  Edward  Sauter.  S.D. 

Cook,    Samuel   E Pullman    Patrick  L.  McArdle,  S.D. 

Coonev,  John   J Woodstock Lewis  Edward  Sauter.  S.D. 

Cooney,  John  E Chicago  Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Corby,  W.  Francis Chicago Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 


524         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Name  Location  First  appointed  by 

Cosgrove,  Terrence  B Danville    James  Maher,  S.D. 

Crivello,  Joseph   B Alton    Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Crowley,  Jeremiah  J Chicago  Patrick  L.  McArdle,  S.D 

Crowley,  Jerome  J Chicago  Joseph  J.  Thompson,  S.l  > 

Crush,  Louis  W Chicago  Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Cunningham,  T.  J Taylorsville   Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Daly,    C.   Frank Woodstock  Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Daley,   Joseph   P Waukegan    Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Daly,  Thomas  H..  M.D Mt.    Carmel Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Daly,  William   Pana James  Maher.  S.D. 

Daugherty,  JMichael  J Galesburg  Patrick  L.  McArdle,  S.D. 

Davey,   Thomas  H Chicago   James  Maher.  S.D. 

Dawson,  Thomas  J South  Chicago Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Dolan,   O.   J Peoria    William  N.   Brown.   S.D. 

Donahoe,    Daniel   D Chicago   Patrick  L.  McArdle,  S.D. 

Donahoe,   James    Chicago   James  Maher.  S.D. 

Donoghue,  Arthur Chicago   Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Donnelly,  H.  E Morrisonville James  Maher,  S.D. 

Donovan,  Thos.  F Kankakee  Joseph  J.  Thompson,  S.D. 

Dooling,  Frank  E Springfield   Patrick  L.  McArdle,  S.D. 

Doyle,  Thos.  F i^a    Salle Lewis  Edward  Sauter,  S.D. 

Dowdall,  John  A De   Kalb Joseph  J.  Thompson,  S.D. 

Drew,  Thos.  F Decatur   Joseph  J.  Thompson,  S.D. 

Duncan,  Nicholas  V La    Salle James  Maher,  S.D. 

Easter,  Adolph  H Chicago  William  N.  Brown.   S.D. 

Enright,   Frank  J Chicago  Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Erwin,  John  E Dixon    Joseph  J.  Thompson,  S.D. 

Ewerts,    Peter    Chicago   James  Maher,  S.D. 

Fegers,  Rev.  H.  M Freeport    Lewis  Edward  Sauter,  S.D. 

Ferry,  John  J Jacksonville James  Maher,  S.D. 

Fitzgerald,  Daniel  E Chicago  Lewis  Edward  Sauter.  S.D. 

Fitzgerald,  M.  J Assumption   James  Maher.  S.D. 

Flynn,   Thomas   W Chicago  Patrick  L.  McArdle.  S.D. 

Ford,   John   R Chicago  Joseph  J.  Thompson.  S.D. 

Fox,  John  M Chicago   Edward  Houhhan,   S.D. 

Frieberg,  Joseph  J Quincy James  Maher.  S.D. 

Gannon,  Martin  J Dixon   Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Gawer,  Otto  F Morrisonville Le  Rov  Hackett,  S.D. 

Geraty,   Michael  F Chicago   Edward  Houlihan,   S.D. 

Gibbs,  Oliver  J Aurora Edward  Houlihan,   S.D. 

Gill,   Thomas   E Rockford   Edward  Houlihan,   S.D. 

Girten,  Michael  F Chicago   Joseph  J.  Thompson.  S.D. 

Goeken,    Victor  V Alton    Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Gorman,  John  J Chicago  Edward  Houlihan,   S.D. 

Graham,  R.  E Galesburg  Edward  Houhhan,   S.D. 

Gshwend,   Wm.  C Alton    Edward  Houlihan,   S.D. 

Guthrie,  John  J Chicago Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Hagel,   Theodore    Mt.    Sterling Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Hanafin,  Frank  P Elgin    James  Maher,  S.D. 

Hayes,  Frank   H Morris    Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Hickey,  John  P Kankakee     Le  Roy  Hackett.  S.D. 

goag,  Joseph  J Mattoon Le  Roy  Hackett.  S.D. 

Hodge,  R.  J Murphysboro James  Maher,  S.D. 

Hoefer,   Wm.   L Peoria    Le  Roy  Hackett.  S.D. 

Hoey,   Peter  C Chicago  James  Maher,  S.D. 

Hope,  W.  J     Sr De   Kalb Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Hottinger,  Joseph  A Chicago  Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Houlihan.  Francis  J Chicago  James  Maher.  S.  D. 

Houhhan,   Edward Chicago  James  Maher,  S.D. 

James,   Robert Evanston    James  Maher,  S.D. 

Johnson,  Wm.  C  Chicago  Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Joyce,  Maurice  V East    St.    Louis. . . .  Patrick  L.  McArdle,  S.D 


CEREMONIES  AND  EXPONENTS  525 

Name  Location  First  appointed  by 

Kahler,  John  F Rochelle    Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Kannally,  Michael  V Chicago  Joseph  J.  Thompson,  S.D. 

Kannally,  Wm.  A Sterling   Lewis  Edward  Sauter.  S.D. 

Keating,  B.  P Streator    James  Maher,  S.D. 

Kelahan,  John  R Granite  City   James  Maher,  S.D. 

Kelly,  James  J Chicago  Patrick  L.  McArdle,  S.D. 

Kelly,  Edw.  J Ottawa Lewis  Edward  Sauter,  S.D. 

Kelly,   Henry  M Ottawa Joseph  J.   Thompson,  S.D. 

Kelly,  Joseph  J Chicago  James  Maher,  S.D. 

Kelly,  P.  M.,  M.D Litchfield    James  Maher,  S.D. 

Kelly,   Michael    Argo    Edward  Houhhan,  S.D. 

Kerrigan,    Thos.    P Chicago   Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Kiernan,  John  F Peoria    Joseph  J.  Thompson,  S.D. 

Kirby,  Wm.  J Peru    Edward  Houhhan,  S.D. 

Langan,  Theodore  H Morrisonville    Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Latchford,  Geo.  P Chicago   Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

La  Velle,  Thos.  E Rock  Island Lewis  Edward  Sauter,  S.D. 

Lillis,  John  T Chicago   Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Linskey,  M.  F Streator Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Lucey,  Patrick  J Streator Lewis  Edward  Sauter.  S.D. 

McArdle,  Patrick  L Chicago  Thomas  S.  Keirnan,  S.D. 

McCann,  James   Morris    Lewis  Edward  Sauter,  S.D. 

McCann,  James    Joliet    James  Maher,  S.D. 

McCarron,   John   F Farmersville    James  Maher,  S.D. 

McCarthy,   George  G Freeport    Joseph  J.  Thompson,  S.D. 

McCarthy,  Justin Chicago   William  N.    Brown,   S.D. 

McDonald,    John   W Rockford   James  Maher,  S.D. 

McEnery,  John  T Chicago   Joseph  J.  Thompson.  S.D. 

McBvoy,  M.  H Decatur  Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.  D. 

McGlynn,  Joseph   East    St.    Louis. . . .  Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

McGrail,   J.   E La  Salle    Le  Roy  Hackett.  S.D. 

McKenna,  Philip  J Chicago   Joseph  J.  Thompson,  S.D. 

McMahon.  T.   T Freeport    Lewis  Edward  Sauter,  S.D. 

McMahon,  H.  A Kankakee   Lewis  Edward  Sauter,  S.D. 

McMahon,  Joseph   K Chicago   Le  Roy  Hackett.  S.D. 

McMahon,   Joseph  A Chicago   Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

McNeaney,  Chas.  G Rockford Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Maher,  James   Chicago   Lewis  Edward  Sauter.  S.D. 

Malone,   M.   F De   Kalb Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Malonev,  John  E Chicago   Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Manion,  J.  F Freeport    Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Marron,  John  T Rock  Island James  Maher.  S.D. 

Martens,    Edward    Blue  Island Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Meehan.  Wm.  J Springfield   Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Meyer,  E.  P Danville Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Moiz,  Chas.  F.,  M.D Murphysboro Joseph  J.  Thompson.  S.D. 

Moore,  Wm.   R Moline    Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Moran,  Wm.  M..  Jr Mattoon    Le  Roy  Hackett.  S.D. 

Moriartv.  John  J Quincy Le  Roy  Hackett.  S.D. 

Morris,  Thos.  G Wilmette Joseph  J.  Thompson,  S.D. 

Morissey,   Edw.   J Alton    Patrick  L.  McArdle.  S.D. 

Morissey    John  T Danville Lewis  Edward  Sauter,  S.D. 

Morissey,   D.   J Chicago   James  Maher,  S.D. 

Movnihan,  James  P Chicago  Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Mulligan,   George  F Chicago  Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Murphv,   Joseph  E Moline    James  Maher,  S.D 

Murphy,  James  F Rock  Island Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Murray,  Thomas  J Rock  Island Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Nilles,   Philip   C Chicago  Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Normoyle,   D.   J Chicago  Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

O'Brien,  James  C Chicago Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

O'Connell,  Wm.  J Evanston    James  Maher,  S.D. 

O'Connor,  Andrew  J Ottawa    Joseph  J    Thompson,  S.D. 

O'Connor,  Eugene  C Kewanee Lewis  Edward  Sauter,  S.D. 


526         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

O'Connor,  Thomas  Peoria    Lewis  Edward  Sauter,  S.D. 

O'Connor,  James  F Chicago Lewis  Edward  Sauter.  S.D. 

O'Donnell,   Patrick  H Belvidere    Patriclc  L.  McArdle.  S.D. 

O'Donnell,  Michael   Effingham    James  Maher.  S.D. 

O'Mara,  James Decatur    James  Maher,  S.D. 

Phelan.   John   J Chicago  Patrick  L.  McArdle.  S.D. 

Poynton,  Thos.  M Chicago  James  Maher,  S.D. 

Powers,  Edw.  J De   Kalb James  Maher,  S.D. 

Powers,  George  W Chicago  Edward  Houhhan,  S.D. 

Prystalski,  John    Chicago  Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Quinlan,  Daniel  F Woodstock  Joseph  J.  Thompson,  S.D. 

Quinlan,  Robert  Chicago  Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Quinn,  Frederick  A Chicago Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Rank,  Frederick  W Moline    Lewis  Edward  Sauter,  S.D. 

Reardon,  John  E Waukegan   Lewis  Edward  Sauter.  S.D. 

Riley   J.  H     M.D De   Kalb Lewis  Edward  Sauter.  S.D. 

Ring,'  Sidney  W East   St.    Louis Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Rush,  John  T Chicago  Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Russell,  Joseph  L.,  M.D Chicago  James  Maher.  S.D. 

Ryan,  John  J Monmouth    Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Ryan,   Lawrence    Decatur  Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Sauter,  Lewis  Edward Chicago  Thomas  S.  Kiernan,  S.D. 

Schlenk,  George Rockford  Le  Roy  Hackett.  S.D. 

Sexton,  Thos.  G Chicago  Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Sexton,  Michael  H Rock    Island Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Sheehan,   M.   J Ottawa    William  N.  Brown,  S.D. 

Sheehy,   John  J Utica    Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Sherer,  Thos.  A Quincy   Lewis  Edward  Sauter.  S.D. 

Shopin,  Frank  B Elgin    Joseph  J.  Thompson,  S.D. 

Simmons,  Emil  A Pontiac    Joseph  J.  Thompson,  S.D. 

Smith,  A.  E Kankakee  James  Maher,  S.D. 

Streeter,  Fred  B Aurora Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Suess,  Edw Olney    Le  Roy  Hackett.  S.D. 

Sullivan,  D.  J Rochelle    James  Maher.  S.D. 

Sullivan,  Edw.  J Chicago  Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Sullivan,  Michael  F Chicago  James  Maher.  S.D. 

Sweitzer,  Robert  M Chicago  James  Maher,  S.D. 

Thompson,  Joseph  J Bloomington Patrick  L.  McArdle,  S.D. 

Toal,   Joseph    Monmouth    Edward  Houlihan,  S.D. 

Traynor,  Frank  A Centralia    James  Maher.  S.D. 

Trumbull,  George  T Chicago  James  Maher,  S.D. 

Vail,  Edward   Dixon James  Maher,  S.D. 

Wall,  J.  D Quincy William  N.  Brown.  S.D. 

Walsh,  Joseph  P Chicago  William  N.  Brown,  S.D. 

Walsh,  J.  T.,  M.D Cairo Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Walsh,  Martin    Chicago  Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Weber,  C.  L.,  M.D Cairo Edward  Houhhan,  S.D. 

Weber,  George  R.,  M.D Olney   Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Welch,  Thos.  J Kewanee Le  Roy  Hackett,  S.D. 

Whealen,  Emmet  P Chicago  William  N.  Brown,  S.D. 

Witthoeft.  Charles  H Chicago  Edward  Houhhan,  S.D. 

Woods,  William  F Champaign James  Maher,  S.D. 


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CHAPTER  XIII 

OCCASIONAL,    INCIDENTAL   AND    RELATED    ACTIVITIES 

Many  undertakings  and  accomplishments  of  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  or  of  some  division,  commission  or  agency  of 
the  Order  are  important,  but  defy  classification.  Accord- 
ingly, it  seems  proper  to  devote  a  chapter  to  such  activities, 
and  perhaps  the  most  appropriate  for  first  mention  concerns 
various  channels  of  publicity  and  intercommunication  consist- 
ing of  periodicals,  bulletins  and  various  kinds  of  publications. 

THE   KNIGHTS    OF    COLUMBUS    PRESS 

The  Order  in  its  national  capacity  established  in  1902,  an 
official  organ  under  the  name  of  Columhiad,  which,  with  some 
changes,  including  a  change  of  name  from  Columbmd  to 
Columbia,  made  in  the  year  1921,  has  been  published  monthly 
in  magazine  form,  and  sent  to  all  the  members  of  the  Order. ^ 

Soon  after  the  Illinois  State  Council  was  organized  the 
need  for  a  publication  of  some  sort  was  felt,  and  as  early  as 
1903,  a  sprightly  little  bulletin  under  the  name  of  "The 
Strand"  was  published  by  A.  P.  Dulligan.  This  publication 
was  short  lived,  and  though  there  were  some  other  attempts 
nothing  permanent  was  accomplished  until  the  year  1906. 

During  the   administration   of   State   Deputy  Joseph  J. 

/     Thompson,  negotiations  were  entered  into  by  him,  at  the  in- 

/     stance  of  John  F.  Byrnes,  to  secure  a  franchise  for  a  weekly 

//^aper  which  would  enable  the  publisher  of  a  Knights  of 

Columbus  paper  to  gain  access  to  the  mails.     These  efforts 

resulted  in  securing  the  title  to  a  publication  of  long  standing, 

known  as  The  Western  Catholic,  and  a  merger  was  effected 

1.  Columbia  Is  becoming  an  extraordinarily  well-known  matrazine. 

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528         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

by  which  the  new  publication  became  known  as  The  Columbian 
and  Western  Catholic. 

WheK  Lewis  E.  Saiiter  became  State  Deputy  in  1906,  he 
exter^ded  his  approval  and  co-operation  to  the  publishers  in 
launching  the  new  organ. 

The  first  issue  of  the  Colunibian  appeared  on  August  25, 
1906.    It  contained,  amongst  other  interesting  items,  the  com- 


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plete  report  of  the  proceedings  of  the  convention  of  the  State 
Council  held  May  8,  1906,  and  is  the  only  remaining  source 
of  information  regarding  that  convention,  since  no  separate 
report  was  printed. 

This  number  also  contained  several  good  views  of  the  Chi- 
cago Chapter  club  rooms  and  dining  room,  then  in  operation, 
and  just  recently  established. 

In  form  the  earliest  numbers  of  the  Columbian  were  prac- 
'  '  X  tically  the  same  as  that  used  at  the  present  time.  In  make-up 
the  paper  for  many  years  was  remarkable  for  the  size  of  the 
half  tone  cuts  used  for  illustrations,  thus  demonstrating  that 
engravers  must  have  exacted  a  much  smaller  price  for  their 
work  in  those  days,  else  the  publisher  would  soon  be  bankrupt. 

The  Columbian  was  published  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  .?**"'"'< 
I^^^^jfcwa^s,  who  displayed  considerable  enterprise  in  its  manage- 
ment, until  the  year  1908,  when  Robert  A.  Hoyne  became 
owner,  subject  to  some  outstanding  stock  holdings  of  the 
Columbian  Publishing  Company,  organized  by  Mr.  Byrnes, 
and  published  the  paper  until  1911,  when  Frank  J.  Quinn 
became  President  of  the  Company,  and  took  over  most  of  the 
outstanding  interests,  and  entered  upon  the  active  manage- 
ment of  the  periodical. 

At  various  times  during  the  life  of  the  Columbian,  William 
J.  Dillon,  Edward  J.  Kane,  and  latterly  and  up  to  the  present 
Frank   M.   Hayes,   have   acted   in   the   capacity   of  business 


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by  various  members  of  the  Order,  and  as  time  passed,  Jerome 


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J,  Crowley  for  two  or  three  years  furnished  many  of  the 
editorials.  Past  State  Deputy  Joseph  J.  Thompson  began 
writing  editorials  for  the  Columbian  in  1908,  but  became 
Editor-in-Chief  only  in  1910,  in  which  capacity  he  has  con- 
tinued to  the  present  time. 

In  recent  years,  beginning  in  1917,  "William  J.  Clark  has 
written  feature  news  articles  almost  weekly. 

A  system  of  correspondents  has  been  developed  for  the 
Columhian  that  has  made  it  of  great  value  to  the  various 
councils  and  the  membership  at  large.  From  the  very  earliest 
it  was  habitual  to  publish  notices  with  more  or  less  comment 
of  the  activities  of  the  councils, — of  the  Chicago  Chapter,  of 
the  Fourth  Degree,  and  other  news  and  notes  concerning  the 
Order  or  any  branch  of  it.  The  plan  was  finally  hit  upon  of 
having  regular  correspondents  from  the  several  councils  and 
from  the  Chapter  and  Fourth  Degree  whose  duty  it  became 
under  council  regulations  to  furnish  copy  each  week  detailing 
the  local  activities. 

In  practice  difficulties  were  experienced  in  regulating 
these  council  contributions.  The  quantity  of  space,  the  char- 
acter of  the  contributions,  the  time  and  manner  in  which  the 
contributions  should  be  provided,  and  other  questions  arose, 
and  had  to  be  adjusted. 

The  periodical  was  really  published  under  the  provisions 
of  the  laws  of  the  Supreme  Council,  which  provide  for  the 
publication  of  applications  for  membership,  and  accordingly 
fell  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  State  and  District  Deputies 
— hence  when  it  became  apparent  that  regulation  was  nec- 
essary all  matters  of  dispute  or  criticism  were  referred  to  a 
meeting  of  the  State  and  District  Deputies,  called  for  the 
purpose  of  considering  the  matter  of  regulation.  A  meeting 
for  that  purpose  was  held  in  February,  1910,  at  which  Past 
State  Deputy  Thompson  was  asked  to  outline  the  scope,  re- 
strictions, etc.,  of  the  conduct  of  the  periodical.  As  this  out- 
line was  adopted  by  the  District  Deputies,  and  has  since  been 


INCIDENTAL  AND  RELATED  ACTIVITIES     531 


THOMAS   D.    GRIFFITH, 
Chairman  Illinois  State  Council  Athletic  Commission 


532         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

the  basis  of  operation,  it  is  thought  that  its  reproduction  here 
is  justified. 

After  stating-  that  "no  general  catalogue  of  desirable  and 
undesirable  matter  for  the  columns  of  a  paper  like  the  Colum- 
bian could  be  made  that  would  cover  every  contingency,  and 
no  set  of  rules  could  be  laid  down  that  would  not  be  subject 
to  some  exceptions,"  nevertheless  some'principles  could  be 
stated  to  furnish  a  working  basis.  These  were  set  out  as 
follows : 

FIKST,  AS  TO  GENEEAL  CONTENTS— 

(a)  Important  public  occurrences. 

(b)  Important  general  activities  of  the  Order  throughout  the  jurisdiction. 

(c)  Important   Church   events   and   events   that   reflect   credit   upon   the 

Church,  and  important  movements  and  actions  amongst  the  great 
nationalities  represented  in  the  Church. 

(d)  Educational  movements  approved  by  the  Church,  and  all  educational 

work  along  such  lines  inaugurated,  supported  or  participated  in 
by  the  Order. 

(e)  Ecasonable  attention  to  religious  subjects  at  the  hands  of  the  clergy 

who  alone  should  deal  with  doctrinal  and  controversial  religious 
topics. 

(f)  A    proper   admixture    of    special   technical   writings    from    qualified 

sources  within  the  Order. 

(g)  Meritorious  and  authoritative  treatment  of  the  professions,  art,  lit- 

erature, music  and  drama. 

(h)  Careful  treatment  and  presentation  of  the  features  and  scope  of  the 
Order,  including  its  general  purpose  and  its  particular  work,  such 
as  educational,  benevolent,  charitable,  insurance,  literary,  etc. 

(i)   Clean,  legitimate  advertising. 

General  contributions  of  the  character  above  should  be  invited. 

SECOND,  AS  TO  COUNCIL  CONTRIBUTIONS— 

(a)  Everything  proposed  or  achieved  by  the  council  along  the  lines  above 

indicated. 

(b)  All  creditable  social  affairs. 

(c)  All  clean  sports. 

(d)  Praiseworthy  efforts  and  real  achievements  of  individual  members  of 

councils. 


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INCIDENTAL  AND  RELATED  ACTIVITIES      533 

(e)  Such  activities  of  officers,  individuals  or  committees  as  are  somewhat 
out  of  the  ordinary  and  really  deserving  special  recognition. 

On  the  other  hand,  matter  along  the  lines  here  to  be  suggested  would  seem 
either  without  value,  or  if  of  some  value  to  the  individual  council, 
yet  not  of  sufficient  worth  to  outweigh  general  objections. 

THIRD,  IMPROPER  OR  OBJECTIONABLE  MATTEI^- 

(a)  Anything  in  opposition  to  the  settled  principles  of  the  Church  or  the 

Order  or  any  work  finally  and  definitely  approved  by  the  Church 
or  the  Order. 

(b)  Criticism,  covert  or  otherwise,  of  the  Church,  its  officers,  ministers, 

or  action  general  or  particular, 
(e)   Criticism  of  the  Order,  or  of  the  officers  or  members  of  the  Order, 
unless  founded  upon  unquestioned  merit  and  authority,  and  then 
only  when  made  essential  to  the  Order 's  continued  well-being. 

(d)  Vainglorious  boasting  and  superlatives  in  the  description  of  efforts 

or  accomplishments. 

(e)  Individual  "boosting"  for  jiolitical  or  other  reasons.     (There  seems 

to  be  no  regular  word  so  well  fitted  to  our  tendency  to  sing  our 
praises  or  the  praises  of  those  we  wish  to  compliment  as  the  semi- 
slang  phrase  used.) 

(f)  An  extensive  use  of  slang  and  nicknames  or  indulgence  in  much 
frivolity. 

(g)  Names  of  persons  appointed  or  acting  on  committees  unless  in  some 
more  than  ordinary  duty,  lists  of  names  of  persons  attending  meet- 
ings or  functions  and  frequent  repetition  of  the  names  of  mem- 
bers or  others  or  extravagant  eulogies. 

(h)   Lengthy  set  programs  and  extended  comment  thereon. 

(i)   Lengthy  resolutions,  obituary  or  otherwise. 2 

It  would,  of  course,  be  maeeurate  to  state  that  tliese 
regulations  were  always  fully  complied  with.  Being  a  human 
enterprise  it  is  to  be  expected  that  many  errors  and  inac- 
curacies would  occur.  As  a  matter  of  fact  the  Columbian, 
like  every  other  paper,  has  been  subjected  to  many  and  severe 
criticisms,  many  of  which  were  beyond  doubt  justified. 

Through  all  the  years  of  its  existence  the  Columbian  has 
adhered  steadily  to  several  fundamental  principles  however, 
which  may  be  summed  up  as  follows: 


2.  See  Columbian,  Feb.  25,  1910,  p.  4. 


534         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

First:  It  was  always  for  the  Order.  When  any  ques- 
tion was  settled  by  the  proper  authorities,  the  settlement  was 
binding  upon  the  Colimi'bian,  and  its  columns  expressed  ac- 
quiescence or  approval. 

Second:  The  paper  was  always  dutiful  to  the  Church, 
without  ever  pretending  to  represent  the  Church,  its  doctrines 
or  discipline  in  any  manner.  It  always  counseled  obedience  to 
the  Church  and  never  entered  upon  any  disputation  or  con- 
troversy regarding  Church  matters. 

Third :  It  sought  to  be  representative  of  the  membership. 
How  lamentably  it  may  have  failed  in  this  regard  in  particu- 
lar instances  may  not  be  stated.  The  purpose  however,  was 
to  maintain  the  publication  on  a  high  plane. 

Fourth :  Sometimes,  in  the  early  days,  questions  of  polit- 
ical preferment  crept  into  the  columns  through  the  old  system 
of  political  "writeups. "  In  general,  the  columns  have  been 
kept  clean  in  this  regard,  however,  and  for  years  past  nothing 
of  a  partisan  political  nature  has  been  permitted  to  appear 
in  the  columns  unless  by  accident  or  oversight. 

There  are  perhaps  very  few  weekly  papers  published  and 
distributed  to  a  larger  number  of  readers.  The  weekly  issue 
has  climbed  to  nearly  50,000  and  the  publication  of  the 
periodical  is  indeed  a  task  of  considerable  magnitude.  As 
compared  with  the  mailing  list  of  the  Columhia,  the  official 
monthly  organ  of  the  Supreme  Council,  of  course  the  Colum- 
hian  list  is  small,  but  when  it  is  remembered  that  there  are 
fifty-two  issues  of  the  Columbian  during  the  year  to  the  twelve 
issues  of  Columhia,  each  containing  as  many  pages  and  many 
issues  containing  many  more  pages,  the  disparity  does  not 
appear  so  great. 

The  Columbian  has  made  a  rather  enviable  record  of  special 
numbers.  Some  of  these,  especially  in  the  earlier  days,  were 
somewhat  on  the  "boost"  order,  but  as  time  has  passed  the 
work  has  been  largely  standarized  and  special  numbers  have 
been  quite  free  from  objection. 


INCIDENTAL  AND  RELATED  ACTIVITIES     535 

Looking  through  the  files  one's  attention  is  attracted  to 
a  very  meritorious  number,  published  March  17,  1910,  in 
recognition  of  St.  Patrick's  Day  and  of  a  reception  held  by 
the  Irish  Fellowship  Club  for  the  President  of  the  United 
States,  William  Howard  Taft.  The  edition  was  printed  in 
green  ink  throughout,  and  a  full  page  cut  of  the  President 
appeared  on  the  front  cover.  The  conclusion  of  a  special 
editorial  in  that  number  reads  as  follows: 

"It  is  not  aside  from  the  purpose  of  this  periodical  to  take  special 
note  of  this  festive  occasion  for  several  reasons;  first,  because  the  day  is 
one  on  which  one  of  the  greatest  saints  of  the  Church  is  honored;  second, 
because  a  large  majority  of  the  members  of  the  Irish  Fellowship  Club 
are  worthy  members  of  our  Order,  and,  lastly,  because  our  President,  the 
President  of  the  whole  people,  is  the  honored  guest. '  '3 

The  next  special  edition  was  issued  on  October  11,  1912, 
as  a  memorial  of  Columbus  Day.  It  contained  an  outline  of 
the  Columbus  Day  program,  and  some  very  remarkable  views 
of  the  pageant  enacted  in  celebration  of  the  day. 

Alluding  to  the  special  edition  of  the  Columhian  pub- 
lished October  10,  1913,  an  able  correspondent  wrote  at  the 
time  as  follows : 

"A  masterpiece  in  fraternal  order  journalism,  a  treasure  to  every 
Knight  of  Columbus  and  to  the  members  of  all  Catholic  organizations  and 
a  souvenir  commemorative  of  the  discovery  of  America  by  Christopher 
Columbus  that  in  years  to  come  will  be  a  keepsake  for  men  and  women 
of  the  Catholic  faith,  when  many  of  those  whose  features  appear  in  the 
Landing  Day  number  of  the  Columbian  of  1913  have  passed  to  the  great 
beyond.  In  these  few  words  we  desire  to  express  our  appreciation  of 
last  week's  edition  of  your  valued  journal,  and  the  management  is  to  be 
congratulated  on  the  excellent  work. '  '* 

A  splendid  special  edition  of  the  Columhian  was  issued 
October  9,  1914,  in  commemoration  of  Landing  Day.  The 
unique  feature  of  this  issue  consisted  in  a  description  of  the 


3.  This  number  was  favorably  commented  upon   by   President  Taft  dur- 
ing the  reception. 

4.  Columbian,  Oct.  17,  1913. 


536         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


HENNEPIN    COUNCIL   BASKET   BALL,   TEAM. 
Champions,    North    Division,   1920-21    and   K.    C.    City   Champions,    1920-21 


women's  Catholic  societies  and  several  pages  were  devoted  to 
cuts  of  the  officer's  of  those  societies. 

The  editorials  dealt  with  the  relation  of  the  Order  to  the 
Chrrch,  the  relation  of  the  Order  to  the  State,  the  approba- 


INCIDENTAL  AND  RELATED  ACTIVITIES     537 

tion  of  the  Order,  the  efforts  and  achievements  of  the  Order 
and  the  Knights  of  Columbus  plan  of  insurance. 

The  special  edition  of  Columbus  Day,  1915,  contains  an 
advance  account  of  Columbus  Day  celebration,  an  address  by 
Eev.  Thos.  J.  Burke,  C.S.P.,  on  the  Spirit  of  Columbus,  a 
story  of  the  origin  of  the  Order,  an  article  on  educational 
activities  of  the  Order,  and  numerous  portraits. 

Landing  Day  number  of  the  ColuniMan,  dated  October  13, 
1916,  was  a  very  fine  edition.  It  contained  a  good  article  on 
the  Chicago  Chapter,  its  Mission  and  Work,  by  John  T.  Lillis, 
its  President,  an  article  on  the  La  Salle  Assembly  Fourth 
Degree;  Child  Saving  by  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  by  W.  J. 
Clark,  a  sketch  of  the  Order,  and  several  good  cuts.  Page  9 
presented  the  first  seven  State  Deputies,  with  a  short  sketch 
of  each. 

One  of  the  most  meritorious  issues  of  the  Columbian  was 
the  special  number  published  October  17,  1919,  taking  the 
character  of  a  military  edition.  It  contained  a  comprdiensive 
review  of  the  relief  work  of  the  Order,  a  detailed  account  of 
the  relief  work  at  Camp  Grant,  at  the  Great  Lakes  Training 
Station,  and  numerous  special  articles  pertaining  to  the  war 
and  the  work  of  the  Order. 

In  his  annual  report  as  President  of  the  Chapter  in  1912, 
President  William  N.  Brown  said : 

' '  This  body  and  the  Knights  of  Columbus  generally  in  Cook  County 
owe  a  debt  of  gratitude  to  the  publicity  given  by  the  Columbian  and 
Western  Catholic  for  its  very  efficient  promotion  and  publicity  of  every 
Knight  of  Columbus  endeavor. 

' '  The  great  success  of  our  annual  outing  and  the  Chapter  Ball  is  due 
largely  to  the  publicity  given  by  the  Columbian  and  proves  conclusively 
the  value  to  the  order  of  such  a  medium.  The  Chapter  has  from  time  to 
time  thanked  the  Columbian  and  now  again  acknowledges  gratefully  the 
spirit  that  actuated  its  response  to  the  State  Deputy 's  request  that  it  go 
to  press  a  day  earlier  in  order  to  give  a  final  word  to  the  members  regard- 
ing the  Chapter  Ball. '  '5 


5,  Columbian,  Feb.  IG,  1912. 


538         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

A  short  editorial  appearing  in  the  Columbian  of  January 
10,  1913,  indicates  to  some  extent  the  policy  that  the  publish- 
ers have  attempted  to  pursue: 

SCANDALS  NOT  ASSETS 

In  some  newspaper  offices  a  new  scandal  is  worth  money.  If  it  be  a 
big  one  it  is  worth  a  special  edition.  The  Columbian  office  is  not  such 
a  one.    We  do  not  recognize  value  in  scandal. 

In  all  the  years  of  the  life  of  the  paper  we  do  not  recall  seeing  a 
single  line  that  would  tend  to  scandalize  anyone. 

We  do  not  recall  ever  seeing  in  the  columns  of  the  Columbian  a  single 
report  of  a  crime  of  any  kind  as  a  matter  of  news,  or  a  reference  that 
could  possibly  have  an  evil  influence. 

Not  a  line  has  appeared  in  this  paper  in  the  way  of  exposure  of  evils, 
be  they  graft,  drunkenness,  immorality,  or  other  shortcomings.  And  the 
paper  has  lived.    We  have  reason  to  believe  it  has  been  read,  too. 

These  reflections  are  indulged  in  only  to  add  weight  to  the  opinion 
held  by  many  sensible  people  that  sensations  are  not  essentials  in  the 
newspaper  business,  even  if  profitable. 

It  may  be  that  it  works  some  good  to  expose  evil,  but  it  cannot  be 
doubted  that  it  frequently  works  harm.  Unquestionably  many  evils  are 
committed  in  direct  imitation  of  others  described  in  published  accounts. 
Men  and  boys  are  led  to  commit  faults  they  never  heard  of  until  they 
saw  an  account  of  their  commission  in  the  papers.^ 

Many  of  the  councils  maintain  bulletins  or  monthly  papers ; 
in  fact,  nearly  all  of  the  councils  outside  of  Cook  County 
publish  bulletins  or  leaflets,  some  of  them  regularly,  and 
some  only  occasionally,  which  are  convenient  for  intercom- 
munication amongst  the  members.  Some  of  the  Chicago  coun- 
cils have  at  various  times  published  papers  of  considerable 
importance.  Amongst  those  may  be  named  the  Calumet 
Progress,  which  has  been  maintained  for  a  number  of  years, 
and  has  been  quite  a  pretentious  publication.  A  close  com- 
petitor of  the  Calumet  Progress  is  the  Lafayette  News,  pub- 
lished by  Lafayette  Council,  and  in  which  much  meritorious 


6.  ColumMan,  Jan.  10,   1913,  p.  8. 


INCIDENTAL  AND  RELATED  ACTIVITIES     539 

matter  has  appeared.  The  Perez  Smile,  edited  by  Daniel 
O'Connell,  is  the  official  organ  of  Father  Perez  Council,  and 
has  been  conducted  for  a  number  of  years  with  special  vigor 
and  considerable  ability.  The  Xaverian  is  published  by 
Francis  Xavier  Council,  under  the  direction  of  Rev.  F.  X. 
Breen,  S.  J.,  and  has  attracted  no  little  attention  on  account 
of  the  strong  editorials  and  general  excellence  of  its  contents. 
The  latest  council  publication  is  the  St.  Rita  Cheer,  the  official 
organ  of  St.  Rita  Council,  under  the  editorship  of  Elmer  E. 
Cramer. 

Another  element  of  the  press  consists  of  extraordinary 
publications  in  the  way  of  jubilee  histories,  council  directories, 
souvenirs  of  various  activities,  and  not  infrequently  memorials 
to  departed  members. 

SPORTS    AND    ATHLETICS 

The  Chicago  Councils  began  early  to  cultivate  the 
athletic  field.  From  the  very  earliest  days  of  the  Order  in 
Illinois,  it  was  usual  for  the  younger  members  to  organize 
ball  teams  and  arrange  for  games  when  and  where  it  was 
feasible. 

BASE  BALL 

It  was  not  until  1905  however,  that  any  organized  effort 
involving  the  joint  action  of  different  councils  was  made. 
Before  the  beginning  of  the  baseball  season  in  1905,  a  base- 
ball league  was  organized,  which  included  several  councils. 
A  communication  to  the  Columbian  records  some  facts  in 
reference  to  that  league : 

' '  The  Knights  of  Columbus  Baseball  League  organized  a  year  ago  has 
done  much  to  promote  interest  in  our  national  game.  Our  games  have 
been  well  attended,  and  have  been  particularly  popular  on  account  of  the 
absence  of  rowdyism  on  the  part  of  the  players.  The  pennant  this  year 
was  nearly  won  by  Feehan,  who  had  the  honor  a  year  ago."' 


7.  Columbian  of  even  date. 


540 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


As  stated,  the  pennant  for  1905  was  won  by  Feehan 
Council.  The  then  State  Deputy,  Joseph  J.  Thompson,  early 
in  the  season,  offered  a  pennant  to  the  championship  team, 
and  at  a  banquet  held  at  the  Council  Rooms  of  Feehan  Council, 
presented  the  same. 

The  League  continued  in  operation,  and  in  1906  con- 
sisted of,  South  Division :  Leo  XIII,   Commercial,  Calumet, 


FATHER    PEREZ    COUNCIL    TEAM, 
Champion-s,   K.   of  C.   League,    1916-17-19-20-21 


De  LaSalle,  Hildebrand  and  Englewood.  West  Division : 
Feehan,  Damen,  Daniel  0  'Connell,  Marquette,  LaFayette  and 
DeSoto.    For  1906  the  pennant  was  won  by  Leo  XIII. 

Some  interest  attaches  to  the  bestowal  of  pennants  in  that 
year.  Mr.  Edward  W.  Rew  of  Marquette  Council  was  Presi- 
dent of  the  League  from  its  inception.  During  the  year  1906, 
Mr.  Rew  received  a  letter  from  Mr.  Harry  R.  Gibbons  as 
follows : 

"Dear  Sir  and  Brother:     As  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Ck)lumbus 
League,  T  uould  like  to  be  given  the  opportunity  of  presenting  to  your 


INCIDENTAL  AND  RELATED  ACTIVITIES      541 

League  a  pennant  which  could  be  competed  for  each  year  by  the  different 
clubs  in  the  Knights  of  Columbus  League. 

' '  If  your  committee  looks  favorably  upon  this  proposition,  I  wOl  at 
once  procure  the  pennant  and  present  same  to  your  committee  whenever 
it  is  agreeable  to  you  to  receive  same.  Harry  P.  Gibbons.  ' '« 

At  a  meeting  of  the  League  held  soon  after,  the  proffer  of 
the  pennant  was  accepted,  and  a  committee  composed  of 
LeRoy  Hackett  of  Feehan  Council,  John  J.  Morgan  of  Com- 
mercial Council  and  John  J.  Priestly  of  Leo  XIII  Council 
was  appointed  to  advise  Mr.  Gibbons  of  the  acceptance. 

Mr.  Gibbons  immediately  ordered  Messrs.  T.  C.  Gleason 
&  Co.  to  make  up  "the  handsomest  banner  that  money  could 
buy.  "9 

Accordingly,  on  Wednesday,  October  26th,  at  the  Chapter 
Headquarters,  112  East  Monroe  Street,  there  gathered  around 
the  banquet  board  "all  the  shining  lights  of  the  baseball 
world  in  Knights  of  Columbus  circles."  The  occasion  was 
the  presentation  of  the  banner  emblematic  of  the  champion- 
ship of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  Baseball  League  presented 
by  the  State  Deputy,  Lewis  E.  Sauter,  to  the  winners,  Leo 
XIII  team,  and  also  to  take  possession  of  the  league  trophy 
banner  donated  by  Harry  R.  Gibbons,  which  it  was  in- 
tended should  be  played  for  each  season  until  one  of  the 
teams  won  three  times,  when  it  became  the  property  of  the 
three-time  winners. 

Francis  J.  Houlihan,  Grand  Knight  of  Leo  XIII  Council, 
presented  District  Deputy  Thomas  W.  Flynn,  who  acted  as 
toastmaster. 

State  Deputy  Sauter,  in  a  few  well  chosen  remarks,  pre- 
sented a  championship  banner  donated  by  himself,  and  the 
Harry  R.  Gibbons  banner  was  presented  by  Mr.  Frank  J. 
Sherlock  of  Chicago  Council. 

Speeches  of  acceptance  were  made  by  Francis  J.  Ilouli- 


8.  Columbian. 

9.  Columhiaii. 


542         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

han,  and  by  John  J.  Sullivan,  manager  of  the  baseball  team. 

Vocal  selections  were  rendered  by  Messrs.  Harry  Scott 
and  R.  N.  Hallinan;  LeRoy  Hackett,  Grand  Knight  of  Fee- 
han  Council  and  Edward  W.  Rew,  President  of  the  Baseball 
League  responded  to  toasts. 

The  Baseball  League  w^as  voted  a  genuine  success  and 
its  future  prospects  pronounced  bright.^" 


DAMEN  COUNCIL  TEAM, 
Champions  in  Bowling  League  City  Tournament 

In  its  issue  of  April  19,  1907,  the  Columbian  extended  an 
invitation  to  those  interested  in  athletics  to  use  space  in  the 
paper : 

"The  Columbian  would  like  to  hear  from  the  managers  of  the  various 
teams  in  the  Knights  of  Columbus  League  as  to  the  personnel  of  the 
different  teams,  as  arrangements  are  being  made  to  give  adequate  space 
to  this  news  during  the  baseball  season;  also  all  athletic  events. "n 

10.  Columhian. 

11.  The  columns  of  the  Columl)ian  have  always  been  open  to  reports  and 
news  of  sports  and  athletics. 


INCIDENTAL  AND  RELATED  ACTIVITIES     543 

Possibly  in  response  to  this  invitation  a  communication 
appeared  in  the  Columbian  May  24,  1907,  part  of  which  was 
as  follows: 

"Baseball.  Such  an  array  of  Kniglits,  Grand  Knights,  Past  Grand 
Knights,  Knights  with  ample  girth,  lean  Knights,  Kjiights  with  wavy 
locks,  bald-headed  Knights,  bow-legged  Knights,  Kjiights  who  might  put 
Apollo  to  shame,  diminutive  Knights,  panetella  Knights;  in  fact,  every 
Knight   scrambled  into   line,   hoping  to   procure   one  of   these    dazzling 

uniforms  and  play  the  national  game. 

' '  Crowds  surrounded  the  diamond  and  cheered  wherever  the  councils 
composing  the  Knights  of  Columbus  Baseball  League  gathered  for  their 
opening  games. 

"Over  on  the  North  Side,  Clifford  led  his  prancing  colts  against  the 
Daniel  O  'Councils.  Away  out  south,  Calumet  and  Thomas  Aquinas  waged 
mighty  battle.  Leo  Council  fell  into  line  behind  the  valiant  Titus  and 
a  victory  over  Madonna  lends  more  luster  to  the  '  halo. ' 

"Out  west,  Damen  and  Lafayette  held  a  love  match.  With  Alphonse 
and  Gaston  politeness  they  hauded  each  other  hits  and  runs,  apologizing 
to  the  umpires  for  keeping  them  awake,  but  the  real  excitement  was  cen- 
tered about  the  contest  between  Feehan  and  Hennepin. 

"Not  a  familiar  feature  was  missing;  the  valiant  leader  of  last  year's 
successes  giving  advice  freely  and  generously  and  establishing  a  private 
morgue  for  every  "fly"  that  dropped  into  his  garden. 

"The  conflict  between  the  BuHs  and  Bears  'on  change'  prevented 
Commercial  from  meeting  Hildebrand. ' ' 

Joseph  A.  Regan  furnished  this  bit  of  sporting  news.  Mr. 
Regan  continued  his  interest  in  furnishing  baseball  informa- 
tion for  some  time,  but  if  he  furnished  the  next  few 
contributions,  he  was  too  modest  to  sign  his  name.  By  a 
communication  in  the  issue  of  June  14,  1907,  we  are  told 
that: 

The  teams  in  the  league  this  year  were :  South  Side,  Leo, 
Calumet,  Thomas  Aquinas  and  Madonna ;  West  Side,  Damen, 
Hennepin,  Marquette,  Feehan,  LaFayette,  O'Connell  and 
Commercial. 


544         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Joseph  A.  Regan  furnished  this  bit  of  sporting  news. 

"Jupiter  Pluvius  or  some  other  obsolete  pagan  deity  took  possession 
of  the  baseball  fields  again  last  Saturday  and  where  diamonds  should 
have  sparkled  (beg  pardon),  lakes,  rivulets  and  marshland  sullenly  de- 
fied, the  meaning  of  which  was  there  was  too  much  rain  for  baseball,  and 
tiie  game  had  to  be  postponed. 

'•The  teams  were  in  action  again  by  the  week  of  June  28th,  when  the 
following  line-up  was  reported: 

'•'South  Side,  Leo,  Calumet,  Madonna,  Aquinas,  De  LaSalle  and  En- 


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Peehan,  LaFayette,  De  Soto  and  Commercial.  "12 

As  the  season  progressed,  the  versatile  reporter  states : 

"The  league  is  in  a  flourishing  condition,  and  rivalry  is  unabated. 
Out  south  Leo,  with  a  clean  percentage,  still  maintains  its  lead.  Both 
Madonna  and  Thomas  Aquinas  have  placed  the  '  champeens '  in  danger, 
and  Calumet  needs  but  to  get  even,  and  the  contest  for  pennant  honors 
will  be  one  worth  watching.  Calumet  is  strong  and  always  in  the  game, 
continually  adding  strength  to  its  splendid  team. 

"Over  west,  Hennepin  with  good  stick  work  and  excellent  pitching 
maintains  1,000  per  cent  record.     Close  behind  are  DeSoto  and  Damen, 

12.  Several  members  were  frequent  reporters  and  contributors. 


INCIDENTAL  AND  RELATED  ACTIVITIES     545 

either  qualified  to  give  the  leaders  a  hot  fight.  The  next  few  games  in 
both  league  divisions  will  be  decisive.  Marquette  is  in  good  form.  Heavy 
at  the  bat,  but  a  trifle  slow  at  the  bases,  accounts  for  its  victories  and 
defeats.  O'Connel  plays  in  hard  luck.  The  team  is  strong  and  plays  with 
energy  and  determination. ' ' 

The  scribe  then  tells  us : 

"This  is  the  third  year  of  the  League's  existence,  and  the  oflScers 
are  confident  of  a  successful  season.  The  first  year  results  were  such  that 
the  State  Deputy  of  Illinois,  recognizing  the  spirit  induced,  presented  a 
pennant  which  now  graces  the  halls  of  Feehan  Council.  The  second 
year  Leo  XIII  won  not  only  the  State  Deputy  pennant  but  another  banner 
presented  by  Mr.  Harry  Gibbons,  "i  3 

The  league  officers  for  1907  were  President  Edward  W. 
Rew,  Secretary  John  J.  Morgan,  Treasurer  John  Conroy. 

In  the  season  of  1908,  Joseph  A.  Regan  was  President  of 
the  league,  and  E.  L.  McGarry  was  Second  Vice  President. 
During  that  season  the  following  clubs  were  members  of  the 
league  :  Northwest  Division,  Barry,  Commercial,  Damen,  Hen- 
nepin, Lafayette,  Daniel  0  'Council,  De  Soto  and  Marquette ; 
South  Division:  Calumet,  Madonna,  De  LaSalle,  Thomas 
Aquinas,  St.  Cyr  and  Americus.^* 

The  pennant  for  the  season  of  1908  was  won  by  Calumet 
Council. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  season  of  1909,  Joseph  F.  Brown 
of  Hennepin  Council  was  elected  President  of  the  league, 
M.  J.  Howlett  was  elected  Vice-President,  and  J.  T.  Reed 
was  elected  Secretary. 

The  league  started  out  with  twelve  teams,  divided  into 
divisions— North  and  South.  The  North  Division  com- 
prised Damen,  Marquette,  Americus,  St.  Cyr  Day  and  Brown- 
son  Councils ;  the  South  Division  included  Calumet,  Madonna, 
Thomas  Aquinas,  Daniel  Dowling,  Archbishop  McHale  and 
De  Soto,  the  latter  agreeing  to  play  in  the  South  Division.^"^ 

13.  See  above. 

14.  Columbian. 

15.  See  Golumhian. 


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George  W.  McGurn  entered  the  field  as  correspondent 
and  sporting  editor  in  the  season  of  1909.^'^ 

The  pennant  winner  for  1909  was  Damen  CounciL 
The  attitude  of  the  membership  toward  baseball  was  ex- 
pressed in  an  editorial  in  the  Columbian,  as  follows : 

' '  The  Ameiicau  people  surely  have  a  high  and  enthusiastic  regard 
for  Base  Ball.     Some  few  years  ago  the  Knights  of  Columbus  felt  the 


CHARLES  CARROLL  COUNCIL  TEAM 


need  and  demand  for  outdoor  sport  made  by  the  younger  members  of 
the  organization.  In  consequence  there  sprung  up  in  councils  in  towns 
and  cities  Base  Ball  Clubs  prepared  by  such  training  as  it  was  pos- 
sible for  the  members  of  the  teams  to  obtain  under  the  varying  cir- 
cumstances. In  the  larger  cities  the  teams  associated  themselves  in 
leagues  and  played  a  series  of  contests  with  one  another  for  the  honor 
of  supremacy.  Today  in  St.  Louis  and  Chicago,  as  well  as  other 
cities,  these  leagues  continue  to  furnish  amusement  wholesomely  bene- 
ficial to  many  of  the  Order's  fold. 

"We  have  observed  the  games  played  in  Chicago  closely  and  we 
are  pleased   to   state   that  the  young   men  representing  the   councils 

16.  Columbian. 


INCIDENTAL  AND  RELATED  ACTIVITIES      547 

have  conducted  themselves  in  a  manner  consistent  with  their  duties  as 
Knights  of  Columbus.  We  believe  that  they  should  be  encouraged 
and  that  the  Knights  of  Columbus  Base  Ball  League  should  receive  the 
support  of  the  membership.  As  an  inducement  it  has  genuine  attrac- 
tiveness to  Catholic  young  men  upon  whom  the  Order  in  large  meas- 
ure must  rest  its  hopes  for  the  future. 

"To  the  younger  men  within  the  Order  it  furnishes  an  opportunity 
to  enjoy  an  athletic  diversion  on  the  one  holiday  of  the  week  out  in 
the  open,  but  within  the  refining  influence  of  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus. "i7 

The  pennant  for  1909  was  awarded  to  Damen  Council  at 
Chapter  headquarters  on  the  evening  of  October  18,  1909, 
and  arrangements  made  for  the  banquet  to  follow. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  season  the  correspondent  was 
able  to  say :  ' '  We  have  had  a  very  successful  year.  No  dis- 
putes to  speak  of  have  arisen  and  everything  has  been  peace- 
ful. Next  year  we  will  start  out  stronger  than  ever,  and 
we  hope  to  increase  the  number  of  clubs.  Councils  not  rep- 
resented this  year  are  urged  to  start  next  year.  It  is  the 
best  amusement  you  can  oifer  to  brothers  during  the  summer 
inonths.^'^ 

' '  The  annual  banquet  of  the  Kuights  of  Columbus  Base  Ball  League 
was  held  on  Saturday  week  last,  at  the  Shamrock  Room  in  the  Boston 
Oyster  House.  All  the  delegates  from  the  various  councils  were  pres- 
ent and  many  tributes  were  paid  to  the  retiring  officers.  Music  was 
interspersed  between  the  speeches  and  the  evening  was  enjoyed  by 
all.  The  worthy  president,  Brother  Brown,  submitted  a  report  re- 
viewing the  work  of  the  different  teams  during  the  past  year  and 
complimenting  the  players  upon  their  conduct  on  the  field.  After  the 
banquet  it  was  decided  to  go  into  business  session  when  the  officers 
for  the  year  1910  were  elected,  the  following  brothers  being  honored 
with  office: 

"President,  Jos.  Brown,  re-elected;  first  vice-president,  Ted  Eei- 
nert  of  Madonna  Council;  second  vice-president,  Thos.  J.  Madden  of 
Damen  Council;  secretary,  C.  McManaman  of  Madonna  Council;  treas- 
urer, Wm.   Davy  of   St.   Cyr   Day  Council.     Committees  will  be   ap- 


17.  Columhian. 
IS.  Columhian. 


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KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


pointed  by  the  newly  elected  of3Q.eers  and  the  season  will  start  very 
early  next  spring,  "is 

In  1910  there  were  eighteen  teams  in  the  Cook  County 
Knights  of  Columbus  League,  several  of  which  developed 
considerable  strength,  but  toward  the  end  the  contest  for 
supremacy  lay  between  Commodore  Barry  and  Leo  XIII,  and 
in  the  final  conflict  Leo  XIII  won  the  pennant.^" 

In  1911  twenty-two  teams  composed  the  league.    Francis 


McDERMOTT  BROTHERS,  ATHLETES 
F.  O.  McDermott,  member  of  I.  A.  C.  Swimming  and  Water  Polo  Team, 
enlisted  in  the  war  service  in  April,    1917,   aeronautical  branch,  of  Navy, 
served    in    France    for    more    than    a    year.      Gerard    McDermott,    expert 
swimmer;   Gerald   McDermott,    expert  swimmer. 

J.  Houlihan  was  President  of  the  League,  and  a  very  active 
season  was  enjoyed.  During  this  year  a  dispute  of  consider- 
able importance  arose  between  the  teams  of  Leo  XIII  and 
Daniel  Dowling  Councils,  which  was  referred  for  settlement 
to  AVilliam  N.  Brown  and  LeRoy  Hackett.  The  matter  was 
contested  to  a  conclusion,  and  an  able  opinion  was  rendered 
by  the  committee  on  protest.  Americus  and  Commodore 
Barry  were  the  final  contenders  for  the  pennant,  but  Com- 
modore Barry  won.-^ 

In    1912    twenty-three    councils    constituted    the    league. 
General  James  Shields  and  Archbishop  McHale  were  the 

19.  Golumhian. 

20.  Columbian. 

21.  ColumMan. 


INCIDENTAL  AND  RELATED  ACTIVITIES     549 

teams  finally  pitted  against  each  other  for  the  championship, 
and  Archbishop  McHale  won. 

In  1913  there  were  thirty  clubs  in  the  league  and  Damen 
and  Archbishop  McHale  contested  for  the  pennant,  which 
was  won  by  Damen. 

In  1914  thirty-five  clubs  were  in  the  league,  and  the  final 
contest  for  the  championship  was  between  Charles  Carroll 
and  University  Councils.     Charles  Corroll  won. 

In  1915  there  were  twenty-two  councils  in  the  league. 
Santa  Maria  and  Charles  Carroll  contended  for  the  cham- 
pionship at  the  end  of  the  season,  and  Santa  Maria  won. 

In  1916  there  were  thirty-one  teams  in  the  league. 
Charles  Carroll  and  Father  Perez  fought  for  the  champion- 
ship, and  Perez  won. 

In  1917  there  were  thirty-three  teams  in  the  league. 
Father  Perez  and  Americus  Councils  contended  for  the  pen- 
nant, and  Father  Perez  won. 

In  1918,  the  game  was  suspended  on  account  of  the  play- 
ers practically  all  joining  the  colors.  During  the  years  1918 
and  1919  most  of  the  councils  joined  with  the  Order  in  gen- 
eral furnishing  baseball  outfits  to  the  boys  in  the  service. 

During  the  season  of  1919,  ball-playing  was  resumed,  and 
the  teams  gradually  got  back  into  the  work  again.  The 
team  from  Father  Perez  Council  was  especially  active,  win- 
ning high  honors  in  the  amateur  baseball  world.  The  Lit- 
zinger  trophy  was  carried  off  by  Father  Perez.  In  an  indi- 
vidual contest  for  final  honors  Father  Perez  and  University 
Councils  crossed  bats,  and  Father  Perez  won. 

In  1920  there  were  thirty-six  teams  in  the  league.  The 
team  from  Leo  XIII  forged  to  the  front  again,  as  did  also 
Father  Perez,  and  in  the  final  contest  between  these  two 
splendid  baseball  aggregations  Perez. won,  thus  for  the  fourth 
time  becoming  a  pennant  winner. 

In  1921  the  main  league  comprised  thirty-six  teams,  while 
a  new  league,  known  as  the  Knights  of  Columbus  Suburban 


550         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

League  was  organized,  and  composed  of  teams  from  Santa 
Maria,  Whiting,  San  Salvador,  Unity,  Garcia  Moreno,  Blue 
Island  and  Chicago  Heights.  In  the  exchange  of  compli- 
ments between  the  several  teams  in  the  main  league  Father 
Perez  again  won  the  championship. 

OTHER    ATHLETIC    ACTIVITIES 

As  early  as  1912  the  councils  began  to  branch  out  into 
other  athletic  activities,  and  first  several  bowling  leagues 
were  organized ;  then  came  basket  ball,  indoor  baseball,  and 
finally  golf. 

The  story  of  all  these  athletic  activities  is  too  intricate 
and  involved  for  an  ordinary  layman  to  write  and  for  mere 
lay  readers  to  comprehend.  Suffice  to  say  that  in  each  of 
these  several  athletic  fields  some  men  of  unusual  merit  and 
ability  have  developed,  and  the  accounts  of  big  athletic  meets 
and  tournaments  published  in  the  public  press,  in  which 
Knights  of  Columbus  teams  and  individual  contenders  hold 
conspicuous  places,  are  abundant  evidence  that  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  athletic  field  is  an  important  one. 

The  various  athletic  organizations  of  the  Knights  of  Co- 
lumbus have  held  many  field  days,  tournaments  and  meets 
of  various  kinds  and  scored  numerous  successes  in  this  field. 

Perhaps  no  action  of  the  membership  in  the  State  has 
attracted  more  favorable  attention  and  comment  than  the 
great  athletic  meet  of  August  28,  1920,  held  at  Stagg  field, 
University  of  Chicago. 

This  meet  was  won  for  the  Knights  of  Columbus  by  Sen- 
ator and  later  Clerk  of  the  Appellate  Court,  Francis  P.  Brady, 
Chairman  of  the  Athletic  Committee  of  the  Chicago  Chapter, 
and  placed  the  Knights  of  Columbus  athletic  forces  in  the 
foreground  of  public  popularity. 

Besides  several  Knights  of  Columbus  aggregations  such 
organizations  as  the  Chicago  Athletic  Association,  the  Illi- 
nois Athletic  Association,  the  University  of  Chicago,  North- 


INCIDENTAL  AND  RELATED  ACTIVITIES      551 

western  University,  University  of  Michigan,  Belding  Play- 
ground, Vilas  Athletic  Club,  Chicago  Hebrew  Institute, 
Logan  Square  Athletic  Club,  Swedish  American  Athletic 
Club,  Western  Electric  and  many  unattached  athletes  partici- 
pated. 

There  was  also  a  great  wrestling  match  between  the  fa- 


COMMODORE    BARRY   INDOOR   TEAM 

mous  Zybyszko  and  Paul  Alvarez,  resulting  in  an  easy  victory 

for  the  former.-- 

It  should  be  noted  that  sports  and  athletics,  especially 
baseball,  have  been  popular  in  Knights  of  Columbus  circles 
in  all  parts  of  the  state,  as  well  as  in  Chicago,  but  it  may  be 
doubted  if  the  councils  outside  of  Chicago  generally  have 
made  as  much  of  athletics  and  especially  of  interchange  be- 


22.  Columbian. 


552         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

tween  councils  to  the  benefit  of  all  councils,  as  might  have, 
been  the  case. 

Any  one  who  has  given  much  attention  to  the  war  service 
will  easily  understand  that  there  was  indeed  more  than  a 
distant  relation  between  athletic  training  and  meritorious 
war  service.  Even  if  the  statement  that  the  war  was  won  in 
the  vacant  lots  of  American  cities  be  not  literally  true,  it  is 
nevertheless  a  fact  that  the  sturdy  young  men  who  applied 
themselves  in  the  field  of  athletics  acquitted  themselves  nobly 
in  the  war  service. 

NOTES    ON   ATHLETICS 

The  point  of  merit  which  athletics  had  reached  in  1914 
is  indicated  by  a  statement  of  the  then  State  Deputy  William 
N.  Brown,  who  said: 

"The  success  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  Base  Ball  League — the 
greatest  fraternal  league  in  the  world — as  well  as  the  unvarying  suc- 
cesses of  the  bowling  and  indoor  leagues,  cannot  be  other  than  gratify- 
ing to  all  of  us  who  enjoy  clean,  healthy,  manly  sport.  "23 

The  Knights  of  Columbus  in  Chicago  gave  "Babe"  Ruth 
and  the  boys'  band  from  St.  Mary's  Industrial  School  at 
Baltimore  a  welcome  reception  during  the  latter  part  of 
September  1920.  Three  evenings  were  devoted  to  the  recep- 
tion. The  first  evening  the  great  ball  player  appeared  at 
Damen  and  General  James  Shields  Councils.  On  the  next 
evening  the  celebration  was  held  with  Lafayette  Council, 
and  on  the  last  day  Ruth  and  the  band  were  the  guests  of 
Father  O'Connor  Council  and  was  later  joined  there  by 
Chicago  Chapter  at  St.  Jarlath's  Hall,  where  Ruth  was  pre- 
sented with  a  purse  of  $100.00. 

State  Deputy  and  Supreme  Director  Edward  Houlihan 
Avas  present.  Ruth  made  a  talk  in  which  he  praised  his  train- 
ing at  the  Baltimore  school  and  told  of  Brother  Matthias, 
whom  he  introduced,  and  turned  over  to  him  the  $100.00 


23.  Columbian,  Oct.  9,  1914. 


INCIDENTAL  AND  RELATED  ACTIVITIES      553 


which  he  had  received  from  the  Chapter.  It  was  stated  that 
the  band  which  came  into  Chicago  some  $400.00  in  debt  on 
the  expenses  of  the  trip  left  with  $4,000  to  the  good.-* 

Another  notable  event  in  Knights  of  Columbus  athletic 
circles  was  the  reception  tendered  "Johnny"  Evers,  manager 


DE    SOTO   COUNCIL,   TEAM 

of  the  Cubs  and  "Pat"  Moran,  manager  of  the  Cincinnati 
team  at  the  National  League  Ball  Park  May  8,  1921. 

Members  from  every  council  in  Cook  County  and  from  ad- 
jacent states  swarmed  the  bleachers  and  filled  every  seat  and 
point  of  vantage  in  the  great  park. 

24.  Columbian,  May  13,  1921. 


554         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Amid  one  grand  exchange  of  felicitations  and  well  wishes 
Thos.  P.  Flynn  on  behalf  of  the  Knights  assembled  presented 
INIanager  Evers  with  a  magnificent  silver  service.  Jerome  J. 
Crowley  made  the  presentation  in  tendering  Pat  Moran  a 
beautiful  gold  mounted  cane  and  gold  mounted  umbrella. 
The  players  representing  the  K.  of  C.  Suburban  League  gave 
each  of  the  popular  managers  a  silver  card  case  suitably  in- 
scribed and  the  youthful  fans  bestowed  huge  bunches  of 
roses  on  them.  The  crowd  rose  in  their  seats,  hats  and  canes 
flew  in  the  air,  the  ladies  waved  their  handkerchiefs  and  for 
fully  five  minutes  the  great  crowd  applauded.  Evers  and 
Moran  were  literally  taken  off  their  feet  and  in  responding 
assured  the  great  assemblage  of  their  great  appreciation  of 
the  reception  and  promised  them  that  their  best  efforts  would 
be  put  forth  during  the  present  season  to  maintain  the  popu- 
larity of  the  tw^o  great  teams.^^ 

The  athletic  interests  of  the  various  councils  have  grown 
to  large  proportions  and  have  elicited  keen  interest.  The 
natural  rivalry  of  contending  teams,  of  course,  developed 
various  contentions.  Not  only  that  but  there  was  a  strong 
temptation  to  take  any  action  that  would  enable  the  team  to 
win.  In  consequence  there  was  much  confusion  and  no  little 
dissatisfaction  concerning  the  employment  of  professionals, 
the  transferring  from  one  council  to  another,  the  unfair  pay- 
ment of  good  players  to  gain  victories,  and  other  practices 
that  had  a  tendency  to  discredit  the  league  or  the  members 
thereof. 

Accordingly,  the  matter  of  general  regulation  was  taken 
up  by  the  State  Council  under  a  resolution  adopted  at  the 
23rd  annual  convention  at  Champaign,  May  12,  1920,  which 
resolution  reads  as  follows: 

' '  Whereas,  for  a  number  of  years  last  past  there  have  been  con- 
ducted throughout  the  State  of  Illinois  a  number  of  athletic  contests 
and  games  by  teams  composed  of  members  representing  the  Knights 


25.  Columbian. 


INCIDENTAL  AND  RELATED  ACTIVITIES     555 

of  Columbus;  said  games  and  contests  having  been  conducted  under 
the  name  and  auspices  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  through  and  by 
the  subordinate  councils,  and 

"Whereas,  there  has  been  a  difference  regarding  the  rules  and 
regulations  under  which  said  athletic  games  and  contests  have  been 
conducted; 

"Be  It  Resolved,  That  there  be  created  a  commission  on  athletics 
to  be  known  as  the  Athletic  Commission  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus, 
in  and  for  the  State  of  Illinois,  said  commission  to  consist  of  three 
members  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  to  be 
appointed  by  the  State  Deputy  for  a  period  of  one  year  each  from  and 
after  the  passage  and  adoption  of  this  resolution  by  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  in  State  Convention  assembled  and 
annually  thereafter,  or  until  their  successors  are  appointed.  This 
commission  may  be  increased  by  the  State  Deputy  by  appointment 
of  sub-committees  of  three  members  each.  The  duties  of  said  com- 
mission shall  be  to  promote  the  holding  of  athletic  games  and 
contests  by  and  for  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  the  State  of  Illinois, 
and  shall  have  and  are  hereby  given  authority  to  compile  and  enforce 
rules  and  regulations  under  which  all  athletic  games  or  contests  now 
planned  or  hereafter  to  be  held  within  the  State  of  Illinois  shall  be 
conducted;  said  rules  and  regulations  not  to  be  contrary  to  the  con- 
stitution and  by-laws  of  the  Supreme  Council  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus,  and  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  State  Deputy  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  of  the  State  of  Illinois.  The  members  of  said 
commission  are  to  serve  without  compensation  of  any  kind  for  the 
services  to  be  rendered  by  them.  "26 

Under  this  resolution  an  athletic  commission  was  appointed 
consisting  of  Thomas  D.  Griffin,  charman;  Frank  N.  Wohl- 
leber,  Secretary ;  Wade  J.  Brady,  Oliver  J.  Gibbs  and  Harr}^ 
P.  Kenny. 

This  committee  formulated  a  set  of  rules,  which  was  ap- 
proved by  the  State  Deputy  and  the  Supreme  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  Order.     These  rules  read  as  follows : 

1.  All  organizations  formed  for  the  purpose  of  promoting  athletics 
under  the  auspices  of  or  in  connection  with  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
in  the  State  of  Illinois,  shall  secure  the  consent  of  the  Commission 
before  proceeding  to   operate. 


26.  Report  of  State  Cenvention,  1920. 


556         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

2.  All  rules  and  by-laws  governing  the  conduct  of  athletic  or- 
ganizations connected  with  the  Knights  of  Columbus  must  have  the 
approval  of  the  Commission. 

3.  Copies  of  amendments^  alterations  or  changes  of  any  kind, 
effecting  rules  and  by-laws  previously  approved  by  the  Commission 
must  be  filed  with  the  Secretary  of  the  Commission  before  adoption. 

4.  The  Commission  does  not  function  in  matters  of  a  local  nature, 
pertaining  to  the  ordinary  conduct  of  the  various  organizations.     It 


THOMAS  AQUINAS   BASKET   BALL   TEAM. 
Pioneers  in   this  field   of  K.   C.   sports 


is  concerned  only  in  questions  involving  the  Good  of  the  Order  and  to 
protect  and  safeguard  the  name  of  our  Organization. 

5.  The  Commission  requires  that  all  organizations  playing  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  provide  a  rule  that  necessi- 
tates all  contenders  to  be  at  least  first  degree  members  in  good  standing 
with  their  respective  Councils.  A  rule  will  also  be  provided  so  that 
contenders  in   athletic   contests   will  represent   only   that   Council  in 


INCIDENTAL  AND  RELATED  ACTIVITIES     557 

which  they  hold  membership.    Penalties  will  be  prescribed  for  violation 
of  these  rules. 

6.  The  Commission  requires  that  all  organizations  provide  a  rule 
prohibiting  members  that  join  a  Council  by  transfer  from  another 
Council  from  participating  in  athletics  as  a  Council  representative, 
until  they  have  been  members  of  the  Council  to  which  they  transfer 
for  at  least  one  year  previous  to  the  date  of  the  contest  in  which  they 
are  entered.  The  time  shall  be  figured  from  the  date  of  acceptance 
of  transfer  by  the  Council  to  which  it  is  presented.  This  same  rule 
will  apply  to  members  that  withdraw  and  subsequently  rejoin  the 
Order.  If  application  is  made  to  a  different  Council  than  that  from 
which  the  member  received  a  withdrawal  card  the  period  shall  com- 
mence as  of  the  date  the  member  is  elected  to  the  new  Council. 

7.  The  Commission  has  for  its  object  the  prevention  of  payments 
of  initiation  fees  and  dues  for  members  as  rewards  for  services 
rendered  by  athletes.  Councils  are  expressly  forbidden  to  pay  athletic 
representatives  for  participating  in  contests.  Any  member  of  the 
Order  having  positive  knowledge  tha,t  either  of  the  above  rules  has 
been  violated  by  any  Council  is  at  liberty  to  bring  the  matter  before 
the  Commission  for  appropriate  action. 

8.  Whenever  the  eligibility  of  players  is  in  doubt,  interested 
parties  can  direct  their  inquiries  to  this  body  and  after  proper  in- 
vestigation the  Commission  will  render  its  decision. 

9.  If  any  Officer  or  member  of  a  Council  feels  that  the  Council's 
interests  have  been  sliglited  or  that  an  error  has  been  committed  bj' 
any  of  the  Athletic  Organizations  in  ruling  against  them  on  the 
question  of  eligibility,  they  may  petition  the  Commission  and  this 
body  will  arrange  for  a  rehearing  and  advise  with  the  Officers  and 
Directors  of  such  organization  to  the  end  that  all  concerned  may 
receive  justice. 

10.  This  Commission  is  also  interested  in  seeing  that  applications 
from  athletically  inclined  young  men  receive  the  same  treatment  as  is 
prescribed  in  the  Eules  and  Kcgulations  of  our  Order  and  that  they  are 
shown  no  special  favors. 

11.  The  Commission  is  in  favor  of  continuing  and  expanding  all 
those  organizations  now  in  existence  and  which  have  done  so  much 
toward  advertising  the  Order  and  its  purpose  is  to  help  them  in  every 
possible  way  and  at  the  same  time  protect  the  interests  of  the  Order 
from  those  few  who  connect  themselves  with  the  Athletic  Organizations 
for  purposes  of  self  advancement  and  commercialism. 27 


27.  Records  of  Commission. 


558         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

The  report  of  the  Athletic  Commission  made  to  the  State 
Convention  held  at  Galesburg,  May  9,  1922,  indicated  decided 
improvements  in  the  working  of  the  athletic  units  under  these 
rules  and  the  commission  was  commended  and  ordered  con- 
tinued. 

The  Knights  of  Columbus  Athletic  activities  in  Illinois  are 
destined  to  still  greater  popularity  as  the  Order  grows. 

KNIGHTS   OF   COLUMBUS  ANNALS 

A  number  of  very  interesting  incidents  and  events  have 
occurred  in  Knights  of  Columbus  circles  in  Illinois  since  the 
Order  was  established  here  which  may  appropriately  be  re- 
ferred to  chronologically. 

One  of  these  was  a  pilgrimage  made  to  the  Southland  in 
1908.  Although  this  journey  partook  somewhat  of  the  nature 
of  a  private  enterprise,  being  largely  managed  by  John  F. 
Byrne,  the  first  publisher  of  the  Colunibian,  it  nevertheless  was 
quite  representative  of  the  membership  in  that  early  day. 

The  party  consisted  of  126  ladies  and  gentlemen.  The 
journey  was  begun  on  Friday  evening,  February  28,  1908, 
and  the  party  arrived  at  New  Orleans  at  4  :30  the  following 
Sunday  morning.  After  attending  Mass  the  pilgrims  were 
received  in  the  beautiful  headquarters  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  in  New  Orleans,  and  were  made  welcome.  The 
outing  was  timed  with  reference  to  the  great  Southern  carni- 
val, known  as  the  Mardi  Gras,  and  several  days  were  given 
up  to  the  enjoyment  of  that  great  fete. 

On  the  return  journey  the  travelers  were  feted  and  en- 
tertained by  the  Knights  of  Columbus  of  Mobile,  Birmingham 
and  Nashville.  In  recognition  of  the  princely  reception  ac- 
corded them  the  pilgrims  presented  to  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus in  each  of  those  cities  a  magnificent  silver  loving  cup  ap- 
propriately engraved.-^ 

In  1908  a  unique  enterprise  was  undertaken  by  the  Knights 

28.   Columbian,  several  issues  of  January,  February  and  March. 


INCIDENTAL  AND  RELATED  ACTIVITIES      559 


of  Columbus  of  Philo,  Illinois.  About  35  members  of  Urbana 
and  Danville  councils  lived  in  or  near  Philo,  and  an  organiza- 
tion of  these  members  was  there  effected.  A  hall  owned  by  a 
stock  company,  composed  of  the  members,  was  procured,  and 
equipped  with  a  billiard  table,  piano,  card  tables  and  other 
necessary  furniture.     Monthly  meetings  were  held,  at  which 


CULUMBU.S    (/DLNCIL   BASKET    BALL   TEAM 

business  was  transacted,  followed  by  a  literary  program,— a 
debate  or  some  entertainment.  Social  meeting's,  to  which  the 
ladies  were  invited,  were  held  every  two  weeks,  on  Friday 
evening. 

A  notable  event  in  the  history  of  the  organization  was  the 
celebration  of  the  Landing  Day  on  October  12,  1908,  which 
was  attended  by  Knights  of  Columbus  and  their  families  and 
friends  from  Urbana,  Danville   and   other   points.     Besides 


560         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

able  addresses  on  Columbus  and  other  subjects  relating  to 
America,  Rev.  Jolm  Rooney  of  Bainbridge,  Ireland,  made  a 
notable  address  on  "Our  Holy  Father."  Rev.  J.  P.  Barry, 
the  Pastor  at  Philo  for  many  years,  was  the  leading  spirit  in 
this  organization.  Others  who  did  much  for  the  organization 
were  J.  A.  Corbett,  Chas.  A.  Daly,  Theodore  A.  Thoma,  M.  J. 
McDermott  and  F.  W.  Clennon.-" 

A  brilliant  banquet  and  cotillion  marked  the  opening  of 
the  magnificent  $50,000  club  house  of  Spalding  Council  at 
Peoria,  December  15,  1909.  At  the  banquet  Rev.  J.  P.  Quinn, 
Chaplain  of  the  Council,  was  speaker  of  the  day,  and  ad- 
dressed himself  to  the  subject  "The  Spirit  of  Knighthood." 
The  invocation  was  pronounced  by  Archbishop  John  Lan- 
caster Spalding,  and  Right  Rev.  Edmund  M.  Dunne,  Bishop 
of  Peoria,  made  a  stirring  address.  Other  speakers  on  the 
occasion  were  James  Maher,  State  Deputy  on  the  subject 
"The  Purpose  of  Catholic  Organizations";  Dr.  A.  J.  Kane, 
.St.  Louis,  on  "The  Home  Life  of  a  Knight  of  Columbus"; 
Dr.  Robert  Emet  Kane  on  "The  Public  Life  of  a  Knight  of 
Columbus  " ;  J.  N.  Tittemore  on  ' '  The  Influence  of  a  Knight ' ' ; 
Thomas  F.  Donovan  on  "The  Ladies. "^° 

Right  Rev.  Edmund  M.  Dunne,  Bishop  of  Peoria,  in  his 
address  summarized  the  situation  with  regard  to  clubs  as 
follows : 

"This  magnificent  club  house  reflects  great  credit  on  the  local 
council  responsible  for  its.  erection.  It  is  intended  by  its  sponsors  as  a 
place  where  the  members  may  indulge  in  innocent  recreation.  The 
attractions  offered  here  will  tend  to  keep  them  from  frequenting  other 
rendezvous  where  the  amusement  furnished  is  perhaps  not  altogether 
so  harmless,  but  rather  detrimental  to  right  living. 

"It  cannot  be  gainsaid  that  clubs  become  sometimes  a  curse 
instead  of  a  blessing  to  the  community  in  which  they  exist.  They  are 
often  regarded  as  one  of  the  greatest  foes  to  family  life.  The  club 
member  who  has  only  to  press  an  electric  button  in  order  to  have  a 
waiter    dance    attendance    to    his    every    whim    and    caprice,    usually 

29.  Columbian,  Feb.  5,  1909,  pp.  1,  2. 

30.  Columhian,  Dec.  17,  1909,  p.  8.  ... 


INCIDENTAL  AND  RELATED  ACTIVITIES     561 

develops  into  a  very  egotistic,  selfish,  intolerable  nuisance  at  home, 
that  is,  if  he  ever  finds  sufficient  time  to  remain  home  long  enough 
to  become  acquainted  with  his  family.  Then  again  there  is  the  danger 
for  some  in  the  average  club  of  falling  victims  to  gambling,  carousing 
and  various  forms  of  dissipation.  It  also  happens  that  excesses  are 
occasionally  permitted  in  so-called  aristocratic  clubs,  which  if  the 
ordinary  levee  saloonkeeper  should  tolerate  in  his  barroom  he  might 
run  the  risk  of  having  his  license  revoked.  Now  that  you  are  starting 
out  on  a  new  career  of  club  life  in  your  attractive  quarters,  I  simply 
mention  incidentally  a  few  of  the  possible  dangers  against  which  you 
must  zealously  guard,  if  as  an  organization  you  really  desire  to  be  a 
success.  After  all  an  ounce  of  prevention  is  worth  more  than  a  pound 
of  cure. 

"My  advice  to  the  board  of  directors  is  to  see  that  the  house 
rules  are  accurately  observed.  Whatever  entertainments  you  give  let 
them  be  of  a  refined  and  elevating  character  and  beyond  the  shadow 
of  reproach.  Keep  a  vigilant  eye  over  the  reading  room  so  that  the 
library  shelves  be  not  encumbered  with  pernicious  literature  that 
might  tend  to  the  demoralization  of  the  members.  You  have  any 
number  of  literary  clergymen  in  your  council.  I  would  therefore  sug- 
gest that  you  place  at  least  one  of  them  on  the  reading  room  committee. 
You  are  all  supposed  to  be  loyal  members  of  the  Holy  Mother  Church. 
Set  therefore  an  example  by  a  faithful  observance  of  her  precepts, 
avoiding  all  public  festivities  in  the  line  of  dancing,  card  parties  and 
receptions  during  Advent  and  Lent,  which  are  seasons  of  penance  and 
mortification.  Do  not  tolerate  any  loitering  or  lounging  about  the 
club  rooms  Sunday  mornings  when  all  good  members  are  expected  to 
be  assisting  at  Mass.  Just  carry  out  these  few  practical  hints  and 
I  haven't  the  slightest  doubt  but  that  you  will  gain  the  esteem  and 
support  of  the  clergy  as  well  as  the  laity,  and  that  your  influence  for 
good  in  this  community  will  be  simply  immeasurable.  "3i 

Ex-President  Theodore  Roosevelt  was  a  guest  and  the 
principal  speaker  at  the  Landing  Day  banquet  at  Peoria, 
October  12,  1910.^^ 

The  Knights  of  Columbus  worked  very  hard  for  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  state  park  at  Starved  Rock,  and  when  the  law 
was  finally  passed  authorizing  such  a  park  the  Governor  ap- 


31.  Columbian,  Dec.  24,  1909.  pp.  8,  9. 

32.  OolumMan,  Aug.  26,  1910,  p.  1. 


562         KNIGHTS  OF,  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

pointed  Rev.  D,  L.  Crowe  of  Kewanee,  as  one  of  the  three 
commissioners.^^ 

PRESIDENT   TAFT    AT   PEORIA 

President  William  Howard  Taft  was  a  guest  of  Spalding 
Council  at  Peoria,  October  6,  1911.  The  Taft  meeting  was 
described  as  follows:  In  the  place  of  honor  in  the  center 
of  the  stage  sat  President  Taft,  beaming  and  benignant ;  on 
his  left  sat  Archbishop  Spalding.  On  the  President's  riglit 
hand  sat  Right  Rev.  Edmund  M.  Dunne,  Bishop  of  Peoria. 
In  the  balconies  were  at  least  1,000  spectators.  In  the  gather- 
ing were  leading  politicians  from  every  part  of  the  state, 
representative  business  men  of  Peoria  and  other  cities,  and 
the  assemblage  was  in  every  respect  notable  and  brilliant.  Tlie 
invocation  was  spoken  by  Archbishop  Spalding.  Archbishop 
John  J.  Glennon  of  St.  Louis,  delivered  a  very  pleasing  ad- 
dress ;  then  came  President  Taft. 

In  the  course  of  his  address  the  President  dwelt  upon  the 
difficulties  which  Columbus  overcame.  He  also  spoke  feelingly 
of  the  other  able  navigators  who  followed  Columbus.  Branch- 
ing off  into  other  thoughts  on  the  Catholic  Church,  President 
Taft  gave  some  of  his  experiences  in  the  Philippine  Islands, 
and  expressed  appreciation  of  the  influence  that  the  Church 
had  had,  both  in  the  Philippines  and  in  Cuba.  Summing  up 
this  great  meeting  a  correspondent  stated  "The  members  of 
Spalding  Council  have  another  shining  triumph  to  their  credit, 
and  Peoria  has  added  another  memorable  banquet  to  her 
list.  "3* 

ILLINOIS   KNIGHTS   AT    UNVEILING   OF    COLUMBUS   STATUE   IN 

WASHINGTON 

A  very  notable  event  in  the  history  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  was  the  erection  of  a  statue  of  Columbus  in  "Wash- 
ington, D.  C.     Through  the  efforts  of  Congressman  James  T. 

33.  ColumUan,   Sept.   15,   1911,  p.    2. 

34.  Columbian,  Oct.  13,  1911,  p.  1. 


INCIDENTAL  AND  RELATED  ACTIVITIES     563 

McCleary  of  Minnesota,  supported  and  seconded  by  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  throughout  the  country  Congress  made 
an  appropriation  of  $100,000  for  a  statue  to  commemorate 
Christopher  Columbus,  the  Discoverer  of  America. 

This  great  memorial  was  designed  by  Lorado  Taft  and  is 
one  of  the  finest  pieces  of  sculpture  in  the  world.    It  stands  on 


MONUMENT    TO    CHRISTOPHER    COLUMBUS, 
Union    Station    Plaza,    Washington,    D.    C. 


the  Union  Station  Plaza,  and  is  the  most  conspicuous  object  in 
Washington. 

Interest  in  this  undertaking  culminated  in  the  unveiling 
ceremonies,  on  June  8,  1912,  and  we  are  fortunate  in  having  a 
first  hand  account  of  this  great  event,  written  by  a  distin- 
guished Illinois  member  of  the  order,  and  detailing  particu- 
larly the  part  played  in  it  by  Illinois  members.  So  much  to  the 
point  is  this  account  that  we  reproduce  it  in  full : 

"The  unveiling  of  the  statue  of  Columbus  in  Washington  on  June  8 
was  not  only  a  notable  event  in  tlie  history  of  this  country — it  was 
much   more.      It   was   probably    the    most    notable   unveiling   ever    held. 


564         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

for  it  reflected  the  greatest  gathering  ever  witnessed  of  prominent  men 
from  all  parts  of  the  country. 

In  its  relation  to  the  general  public  its  attitude  and  accomplish- 
ment will  rank  with  those  of  any  of  the  great  gatherings  of  America. 
Its  significance  is  not  only  impressive  but  will  be  lasting,  because  it 
originates  in  the  patriotism  of  our  citizens. 

Space  does  not  permit  of  a  detailed  history  of  the  event,  but  much 
can  be  said  with  respect  to  the  pleasant  journey  to  and  from  Washing- 
ton.   I  will  therefore  restrict  my  account  to  this  phase. 

On  the  afternoon  of  June  6,  six  hundred  members  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  from  Illinois,  accompanied  by  their  friends,  wives  and  sweet- 
hearts, left  Chicago  for  the  capital  city. 

Through  the  foresight  of  the  committee  in  charge  a  most  agreeable 
entertainment  was  provided  en  route,  the  observation  car  being  the 
stage  for  much  local  talent.  The  next  day  the  party  arrived  at  Wash- 
ington, where  they  were  met  by  Captain  Edward  H.  White  and  other 
members  of  the  committee,  who  had  preceded  them  to  Washington  and 
made  arrangements  for  their  accommodations. 

A  tour  was  made  of  the  prominent  government  buildings,  including  the 
Supreme  Court,  House  of  Eepresentatives,  the  Senate  and  Congressional 
Library,  and  after  dinner  a  tour  of  the  City  of  Washington  was  made  in 
automobiles.  At  8:30  in  the  beautiful  and  spacious  ball  room  of  the 
Ealeigh  Hotel,  the  Knights  and  their  ladies  assembled  and  a  presenta- 
tion of  a  beautiful  silver  service  was  made  to  Brother  Thomas  P.  Flynn, 
Master  of  the  Fourth  Degree  of  the  Northern  District  of  Illinois. 

Saturday  afternoon  the  party  was  again  escorted  to  the  White 
House,  where  in  the  celebrated  east  room  each  was  presented  to  his 
excellency  the  President  of  the  United  States,  William  Howard  Taft. 

After  this  reception  much  sight  seeing  was  indulged  in  and  nearly 
all  of  the  historic  places  of  the  national  capital  were  visited. 

As  a  mark  of  honor  to  the  great  Discoverer  and  as  an  expression  of 
courtesy  to  the  visiting  Knights,  the  Congress  of  the  United  States 
adjourned  at  2  p.  m. 

At  3  0  'clock  in  the  afternoon  the  unveiling  ceremonies  were  begun 
with  one  of  the  largest  parades  ever  witnessed  in  the  national  capital, 
even  for  the  inauguration  of  a  president. 

In  the  parade  were  represented  Knights  from  every  corner  of  the 
continent  and  from  the  peninsular  possessions.  The  weather  was  ideal, 
the  sky  perfect,  and  the  cool  breezes  tempered  the  heat. 

At  the  moment  of  unveiling  the  great  statue  the  thoughts  of  a 
hundred  million  people  were  centered  on  the  white  piece  of  marble  in 
the  capital  of  the  United  States,  and  along  the  boulevards  were  gath- 


INCIDENTAL  AND  RELATED  ACTIVITIES     565 

ered  hundreds  of  thousands,  including  people  from  all  parts  of  the 
globe,  while  over  52,000  men  marched  in  honor  of  the  memory  of  the 
daring  navigator. 

The  army  and  navy  of  the  United  States  assigned  to  the  parade 
marched  in  column  up  Pennsylvania  avenue,  followed  closely  by  the 
Fourth  Degree  Knights,  presenting  an  appearance  only  equaled  by  the 
regular  army  preceding  them. 

The  Knights  were  led  by  Supreme  Knight  James  A.  Flaherty,  as- 
sisted by  supreme  oflSeers  and  directors.  Next  in  order  came  John  H. 
Eeddin,  Supreme  Master,  Fourth  Degi'ee,  who  had  for  his  staff  all  of 
the  Vice  Supreme  Masters.  Then  followed  in  column  the  Fourth  Degree 
and  40,000  Knights  of  the  various  councils  throughout  the  nation. 

Brigadier  General  G.  K.  Evans  of  the  U.  S.  Army  was  Grand  Mar- 
shal of  the  entire  parade,  with  Colonel  Joseph  Garrard  in  charge  of  the 
army  contingent,  while  Captain  Henry  B.  Wilson  of  the  U.  S.  Navy 
commanded  the  navy  delegation. 

The  solemn  unveiling  of  the  Columbus  memorial  was  presided  over 
by  the  Secretary  of  State,  Philander  C.  Knox,  and  the  principal  ad- 
dresses were  made  by  President  Taft,  Justice  Victor  J.  Dowling  of  the 
New  York  Supreme  Court,  and  James  T.  McCleary,  father  of  the 
memorial  bill  before  Congress. 

After  the  unveiling  the  rest  of  the  afternoon  was  devoted  to  more 
sightseeing  until  8  o'clock,  when  1,500  Sir  Knights  and  guests  as- 
sembled in  the  convention  hall  for  the  grand  banquet. 

At  the  same  hour  the  serial  play  of  salutes  on  the  White  House 
ellipse  took  place,  and  a  grand  reception  was  tendered  the  ladies  by 
the  local  Knights  of  Columbus  at  the  National  Museum,  and  more  than 
twenty  thousand  visitors  filed  into  the  building.  A  symphony  orchestra 
played  popular  airs.  At  8:30  to  9:30  p.  m.,  a  grand  display  of  set  pieces 
and  fireworks  took  place  near  the  White  House.  At  9:30  to  10:30  a 
grand  illumination  of  the  city  took  place,  and  decorated  automobiles 
paraded  Pennsylvania  avenue  and  the  boulevards. 

Sunday,  9  a.  m.,  June  9,  the  Fourth  Degree  Knights  formed  in  col- 
umn behind  the  band  of  the  Fourth  Degree,  Northern  District  of  Illi- 
nois, led  by  the  local  camps  of  the  United  Spanish  war  veterans  and  the 
United  States  Marine  Band,  acted  as  honorary  escort  to  his  eminence 
Cardinal  Gibbons  and  marched  to  the  White  House  where  at  the  base 
of  Washington's  monument,  took  place  the  grand  military  memorial 
mass  for  the  deceased  soldiers  and  sailors  of  the  Spanish  war.  His 
eminence  Cardinal  Gibbons  and  Mgr.  John  Bonzano,  the  papal  delegate 
to  the  United  States,  assumed  important  roles  while  Mgr.  James  T. 
Kussell  had  charge  of  the  arrangements  and  delivered  the  memorial  ser- 


566         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

mon,  which  was  excellent  in  its  simplicity  and  fervent  patriotism.  In 
addition  to  the  Marine  Band  the  full  orchestra  of  St.  Patrick's 
Church  rendered  the  music  for  the  chants  of  the  Mass.  A  more  beau- 
tiful siglit  it  is  impossible  to  imagine.  The  entire  congregation  at  the 
conclusion  of  the  Mass  sang,  'Holy  God,  We  Praise  Thy  Name,'  and 
'America,'  led  by  the  entire  Marine  Band. 

Illinois  was  especially  fortunate  in  having  a  man  like  John  J.  Fox 
of  Americus  Council,  who  stood  six  feet  eight  inches  in  his  stocking 
feet,  as  the  color  bearer  for  the  national  flag  in  both  parades  and 
Brother  Fox  received  the  thanks  of  the  vast  multitude  assembled  for 
the  brilliant  manner  in  which  he  performed  his  duty  and  'dipped  the 
colors'  to  the  President. 

In  the  afternoon  visits  were  made  to  the  State,  War  and  Navy  de- 
partments, U.  S.  Treasury,  the  navy  yards  at  the  foot  of  Eighth  street. 
East  Washington  Barracks  and  the  Corcoran  Art  Gallery.  A  large  pil- 
grimage visited  Arlington  cemetery,  where  the  monument  of  the  late 
Admiral  Coghlan  was  dedicated  under  the  auspices  of  the  United 
Spanish  War  Veterans. 

Monday,  June  10,  the  visiting  pilgrimage  left  Washington  and  after 
visiting  Mount  Vernon  and  with  appropriate  ceremonies  decorated 
Washington's  tomb,  sailed  down  the  Potomac  Eiver,  and  the  Chesa- 
peak  Bay  to  Hampton  Koads  visiting  Old  Point  Comfort  and  Fortress 
Monroe.  The  party  then  took  sea  and  sailed  down  the  Atlantic  to  New 
York.  After  seeing  New  York  the  trip  up  the  Hudson  was  made,  next 
New  York  was  crossed  to  Buffalo  where  Niagara  Falls  was  visited  after 
which  the  pilgrims  were  soon  upon  their  native  heath. 

Thus  ended  Illinois'  participation  in  the  great  event.  It  was  a 
royal  pilgrimage  to  a  hero 's  shrine,  where  Columbus  was  present  in 
spirit  and  each  worshipper  of  his  genius  there  to  do  justice  to  his 
memory. 

Could  the  Genoese  have  spanned  the  time  from  his  day  to  ours  he 
would  have  realized  the  fulfillment  of  things  then  undreamt.  The  mar- 
ble reared  to  his  genius  and  courage,  is  but  a  fitting  expression  of 
posterity's  love.  That  such  concrete  acknowledgement  should  shape 
itself  in  our  day  is  most  fortunate,  for  it  favors  us  sons  and  Knights  of 
Columbus  with  the  opportunity  to  show  to  the  world  our  appreciation  of 
the  great  navigator.  It  is  a  world  event  to  be  chronicled  for  all  time 
in  the  history  of  our  own  country.  It  links  us  with  the  day  the  little 
caravel  pointed  westward  under  the  command  of  the  resolute  mariner. 
It  brings  his  courage,  his  feelings,  his  inspirations,  his  achievements  to 
us. 

Our  homage,  our  honor,  our  glory  is  his.'""* 


35.  John  W.  Ramey  in  Columhian,  June  21,  1912,  pp.  1,  2. 


INCIDENTAL  AND  RELATED  ACTIVITIES     567 

On  Sunday,  August  30,  1913,  a  cross  was  raised  to  the 
memory  of  the  early  Catholic  missionary  priests  at  a  point 
known  as  Kaskaskia  Mound,  located  about  two  miles  west 
of  Starved  Rock  in  La  Salle  County,  Illinois,  and  on  August 
31st,  on  the  occasion  of  the  dedication  of  Starved  Rock  as  a 
state  park  Most  Rev.  Archbishop  John  J.  Glennon,  D.  D.,  of 
St.  Louis,  delivered  the  dedicatory  address,  and  on  Monday, 
September  1,  1913,  three  Catholic  schools  were  dedicated  in 
the  city  of  Ottawa  by  the  Most  Rev.  John  Bonzano,  apostolic 
delegate  to  the  United  States. 

For  these  ceremonies  an  invitation  was  extended  by 
Starved  Rock  Council  No.  634  of  Ottawa  to  the  members  of 
the  Fourth  Degree  throughout  the  state  to  act  as  escort  of 
honor  to  the  apostolic  delegate  and  to  all  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus in  the  state  to  attend  the  exercises. 

In  accordance  with  the  invitation,  approved  by  the  State 
Council,  the  Fourth  Degree  under  Master  Thomas  P.  Flynn, 
in  full  regalia,  accompanied  the  apostolic  delegate  from  Chi- 
cago to  Ottawa,  and  at  each  of  the  three  events  an  immense 
concourse  of  Knights  assembled  from  all  parts  of  the  state 
constituting  one  of  the  most  notable  gatherings  held  in  the 
state  to  that  time.^*' 

Landing  Day  1913  was  celebrated  by  the  twin  cities  of 
Champaign  and  Urbana.  President  Alton  B.  James  of  the 
University  of  Illinois,  was  the  principal  orator  of  the  day  at 
the  banquet.  Rev.  W.  E.  Frawley  of  Champaign  and  E.  G. 
Rennick  and  W.  J.  Dolan  of  Peoria  also  made  addresses.^' 

The  celebration  of  the  Golden  Jubilee  of  Most  Rev.  John 
Lancaster  Spalding  of  Peoria  was  substituted  by  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  of  Peoria  for  the  regular  Landing  Day,  Octo- 
ber 12,  1913  celebration.  A  banquet  was  served  in  the  Coli- 
seum, which  marked  a  great  demonstration  of  respect  for 
the  renowned  churchman. 


S'l.   Columbian,  Aug.  22,  1913,  p.  1. 
37.   Columhian,   Oct.    17,    1913. 


568         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Rev.  Francis  J.  O'Reilly  of  Danville  was  toastmaster. 
He  introduced  in  the  following  order:  Hon.  James  B.  Mc- 
Creary,  governor  of  Kentucky;  Rt.  Rev.  Peter  J.  Muldoon, 
bishop  of  Rockf ord ;  Dr.  Frank  Billings,  Chicago ;  Hon.  John 
S.  Leahy  of  St.  Louis ;  Rev  Charles  0  'Donnell,  of  Notre  Dame 
University;  Dr.  John  G.  Coyle,  of  New  York  and  Rt.  Rev. 
Msgr.  Thomas  J.  Shahan,  of  Washington,  D.  C.^^ 

POPULAR  LECTURES 

In  1913,  Brownson,  De  Soto  and  Ravenswood  councils  of 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  banded  together  to  give  their  mem- 
bers and  friends  a  series  of  instructive  lectures  dealing  with 
the  live  issues  of  the  day.  Men  famed  for  their  deep  research 
and  oratorical  ability  were  engaged  to  deliver  these  lectures, 
and  the  efforts  of  the  committee  in  charge  were  crowned  with 
gratifying  success. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  lectures  and  their  subjects : 

On  February  9th,  the  Rev.  Frederic  Siedenburg,  S.J.,  dis- 
coursed on  the  ' '  Social  Problems  of  Today. ' ' 

On  February  23,  the  Hon.  Michael  F.  Girten  spoke  on 
"Socialism  and  the  State." 

On  March  9,  the  Rev.  Wm.  A.  Murphy,  D.D.,  lectured  on 
"Socialism  and  the  Workingman." 

On  March  25,  Arnold  D.  McMahon,  A.M.,  L.L.B.,  discussed 
' '  Socialism  and  Christianity. ' ' 

On  April  9,  L.  Frederic  Happel,  A.B.,  gave  an  illustrated 
lecture  on  ' '  Child  Labor. ' ' 

On  April  23,  the  Hon.  Quin  O'Brien  treated  of  "Education 
and  Social  Reform." 

In  connection  with  the  lectures  a  musical  program  was 
furnished,  consisting  of  excellent  talent,  thereby  assuring  all 
of  not  only  an  instructive  evening  but  a  pleasant  one  as  well.^^ 

Early  in  February,  1914,  seven  West  Side  councils 
launched  a  joint  lecture  course.    The  councils  represented  were 

38.  Columbian,  Dec.  12,  1913,  p.   1. 

39.  Columbian,  Jan.  31,  1913,  p.  1. 


INCIDENTAL  AND  RELATED  ACTIVITIES     569 

Damen,  Hughes,  General  Sherman,  Charles  Carroll,  Hennepin, 
General  James  Shields  and  Feehan. 

The  lectures  were  under  the  general  supervision  of  Rev. 
Frederic  Seidenburg,  S.J.,  and  were  given  during  the  months 
of  March  and  April,  1914.-"' 

On  November  9,  1914,  Aurora  Council,  No.  736,  dedicated 
a  magnificent  club  house.  The  exercises  were  plain  but  im- 
pressive, the  principal  speaker  being  Representative,  after- 
wards United  States  District  Attorney,  Charles  F.  Clyne. 

A  notable  feature  of  this  club  house  is  the  Council  Cham- 
ber, which  besides  being  commodious  and  convenient  is  deco- 
rated with  large  frescoes  representing  the  sailing  and  landing 
of  Columbus. 

The  club  house  is  located  upon  one  of  the  principal  business 
streets  of  the  city,  and  has  been  a  source  of  great  satisfaction 
to  the  Knights  of  Columbus  of  Aurora." 

In  1915,  the  Knights  of  Columbus  of  Ottawa,  Peoria, 
Streator  and  other  adjacent  towns  arranged  for  the  holding 
of  a  joint  outing  at  Glen  Park,  commencing  Sunday,  July  11, 
and  lasting  for  one  week.  All  Knights  of  Columbus  and  their 
ladies  were  invited  to  take  part  and  the  invitation  was  gen- 
erously responded  to. 

The  outing  opened  with  Mass  in  the  Glen  at  the  hour  of 
11  o'clock  a.  m.,  with  the  V.  Rev.  Francis  J.  Reilly,  Vicar 
General  of  Peoria,  celebrating,  and  with  the  Rev.  Dean  John 
Quinu  of  Ottawa  addressing  the  assembled  Knights  and  their 
ladies.  A  special  train  left  Streator  at  9  a 'clock  Sunday  morn- 
ing, July  11,  and  another  left  Ottawa  at  9  :45,  making  con- 
Knights  and  their  ladies  from  these  and  adjoining  cities.*^ 
nections  with  the  train    from    Peoria  which   conveyed  the 

David  Goldstein,  perhaps  the  best  informed  man  on  Social- 
ism as  taught  and  practiced  throughout  the  world,  lectured 
in  Chicago  under  the  auspices  of  several  different  councils: 

40.  Columbian,  January   and   Fobiuary,   1914. 

41.  GolutnMan,  January  9,   1914,  p.   3. 

42.  Columbian,  June  S5,  1915,  p.  I. 


570         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

On  March  9,  1917,  before  Lafayette  Council ;  March  11,  Calu- 
met Council;  March  12,  De  Soto  Council;  March  13,  Com- 
modore Barry  Council ;  March  16,  St.  Philip  Neri  Council. 

These  lectures  were  very  largely  attended,  and,  being  re- 
peated all  over  the  United  States,  had  a  very  favorable  effect.*^ 

ILLINOIS  STATE  CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION 

Perhaps  no  public  demonstration  under  the  auspices  of 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  was  of  greater  interest  than  the 
observance  of  the  State  Centennial  at  Springfield,  111.,  on 
Sunday,  October  6,  1918. 

The  program  on  that  occasion  was  opened  by  a  parade  of 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  and  Catholic  societies  of  Springfield, 
in  which  2,000  persons  participated.  Directing  their  course 
to  the  grounds  of  the  Sacred  Heart  Convent  in  West  Spring- 
field, the  marchers  joined  the  throng  in  attendance  at  tlie 
outdoor  field  Mass. 

A  great  altar  of  very  attractive  architecture  had  been 
constructed  on  grounds  of  the  convent,  and  upon  the  amphi- 
theater seats  on  either  side  young  girls  in  red,  white  and  blue 
costume  were  placed  in  representation  of  flags,  the  American 
flag  on  one  side  and  the  State  Centennial  flag  on  the  other. 

Right  Rev.  Msgr.  Timothy  Hickey,  Vicar  General  of  the 
diocese,  was  celebrant  of  the  Solemn  High  Mass,  the  Rev.  L. 
Hulfker  deacon.  Rev.  T.  Smith  sub-deacon,  and  Rev.  George 
Kenney  master  of  ceremonies.  Rev.  John  W.  Cummings  of 
Ohio,  111.,  directed  the  choir  of  150  voices,  which  sang  to  the 
accompaniment  of  a  large  orchestra  under  the  direction  of 
Mr.  John  Taylor  of  Springfield. 

Governor  and  Mrs.  Frank  0.  Lowden,  together  with  a  large 
number  of  state  officials  and  guests  of  honor,  were  seated  on 
a  platform  adjoining  the  altar.  Lord  Charnwood  of  London, 
England,  and  Robert  Douglass,  nephew  of  Stephen  A.  Doug- 
lass, and  other  distinguished  visitors  were  present. 

43.  Columbian,  March  2,  1917,  p.  1, 


572         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

In  the  evening  a  banquet  was  served  at  the  St.  Nicholas 
Hotel  to  500  guests,  at  which  the  principal  speakers  were  Rev. 
Frederic  Siedenburg,  S.J.,  Hon.  John  P.  McGoorty,  Chief  Jus- 
tice of  the  Circuit  Court  of  Cook  County;  Rt.  Rev.  Msgr. 
Daniel  J.  Riordon  of  Chicago,  Robert  Douglass,  Lord  Charn- 
wood,  Mrs.  Jessie  Palmer  Weber,  Librarian  State  Historical 
Library ;  Otto  L.  Schmidt,  President  of  the  Illinois  Centennial 
Commission,  and  Hon.  James  M.  Graham,  of  Springfield. 

This  was  conceded  the  most  satisfactory  celebration  of 
the  Centennial  that  took  place  during  the  Centennial  year. 
The  committee  in  charge  of  the  celebration  included  Rt.  Rev. 
Msgr.  Timothy  Hickey,  James  M.  Graham,  Chairman ;  Thomas 
E.  Bland,  Thomas  J.  Condon,  Wm.  Henry  Conway,  Mary 
Delmore,  T.  P.  Donelan,  M.  Marguerite  Golden,  Anna  Lawless, 
Martin  Maurer,  G.  J.  Staab,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Stewart,  Mrs.  Alice 
E.  Tilley,  Helen  Troesch,  and  Theresa  Gorman,  Secretary. 

The  Daughters  of  Isabella  co-operated  with  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  in  this  great  celebration.^^ 

MISCELLANEOUS   ACTIVITIES 

Many  enterprises  not  directly  connected  with  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  have  been  approved  and  encouraged  as,  for  ex- 
ample : 

All  Knights  of  Columbus  were  urged  to  work  in  their  own 
parishes  for  the  success  of  the  Rosary  College  campaign  by 
State  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan  in  an  address  before  the 
Chicago  Chapter,  February  9,  1920.  In  his  address  the  State 
Deputy  dwelt  upon  the  purpose  and  value  of  Rosary  College 
for  women.  He  urged  them  to  fulfill  the  pledges  of  support 
which  had  been  made  to  His  Grace,  Most  Rev.  George  William 
Mundelein. 

The  Knights  of  Columbus  also  were  represented  on  the 
committees  of  workers  for  the  Rosary  College  drive  and  at- 
tained gratifying  results.*^ 

44.  ColumUan,  Oct.   11,  1918,  p.  6. 

45.  ColumMan,  Feb.  13,  1920,  p.  1. 


INCIDENTAL  AND  RELATED  ACTIVITIES     573 

A  committee  with  Frank  J.  Enright,  of  Father  O'Connor 
Council,  as  chairman,  was  appointed  by  the  Chicago  Chapter 
to  centralize  subscriptions  for  the  Chicago  drive  for  funds  to 
promote  the  work  of  the  Franciscan  Fathers,  which  the 
Knights  of  Columbus,  through  the  State  Council,  Chicago 
Chapter  and  numerous  local  councils  endorsed  and  assisted.*" 

State  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan  published  the  appeal  of 
the  Supreme  Officers  of  the  Order  for  Irish  relief.  In  the 
course  of  his  address  he  said :  "The  Knights  of  Columbus  are 
ever  prompt  to  respond  to  appeals  for  succor  for  the  afflicted. 
With  this  knowledge  we  ask  each  council  of  the  order  to  take 
up  this  appeal  of  the  people  of  Ireland;  to  vote  money  from 
its  treasury;  to  canvass  its  members.  Millions  are  needed 
and  needed  at  once  to  accomplish  this  great  work  of  mercy. 
Your  money  gift  can  be  immediately  translated  into  aid.*^ 

The  Knights  of  Columbus  in  all  its  branches  forwarded 
as  much  as  possible  the  Irish  cause. 

An  instance  of  their  assistance  had  to  do  with  arranging 
for  a  meeting  for  Miss  Mary  MacSwiney,  the  sister  of  the 
martyred  Lord  Mayor  of  Cork,  at  which  that  gifted  woman 
was  given  an  opportunity  of  telling  her  story  and  making 
her  plea  for  recognition  of  the  Irish  Republic  before  several 
hundred  nuns  at  the  Chicago  Chapter  meeting  hall  on  Sunday 
evening,  February  7,  1921.*^ 

The  State  Council  and  all  subordinate  councils  partici- 
pate and  co-operate  in  the  annual  drive  for  funds  of  the  As- 
sociated Catholic  Charities  of  the  Archdiocese  of  Chicago. 

The  State  Deputy  has  on  the  approach  of  the  campaign  for 
funds  appealed  to  the  councils  and  members  to  contribute 
liberally  and  join  in  the  work  of  raising  the  necessary  funds 
for  the  Archdiocesau  charities  and  the  Columbian  has  provided 
for  fullest  publicity.*® 


46.  Columhian,  Feb.  18,  1921,  p.  1. 

47.  Columbian,  March  18.  1921. 

48.  Columbian,  Feb.  11,  1921,  p.  1.  ... 

49.  The  annual  drive  for  funds  for  the  Associated  Catholic  Chanties  Is 
conducted  by  a  parish  organization  in  each  parish. 


CHAPTER  XIV 

WAR — RESPONDING    TO    THE    CALL THE    ROLL    OF    HONOR 

Neither  the  envious  nor  biased  can  ever  charge  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  with  hesitation  or  vacillation  when  the  country 
was  threatened  with  war.  No  sooner  had  congress,  at  the  call 
of  the  President  declared  a  state  of  war  to  exist  between 
Germany  and  the  United  States  and  war  preparations  begun, 
than  the  Supreme  Officers  tendered  the  services  of  the  Order 
to  assist  at  home  and  abroad,  in  camp  and  field,  wherever 
faithful  service  was  needed. 

In  making  such  tender  the  Supreme  Officers  but  voiced  the 
sentiments  of  the  membership  throughout  the  jvirisdiction. 
Indeed,  so  far  as  Illinois  was  concerned  (and  no  superiority 
is  claimed  for  this  state  above  any  other  in  this  regard), 
the  Order  was,  so  to  speak,  on  the  anxious  seat  waiting  for 
a  definite  pronouncement,  and  as  early  as  July  7,  1915,  the 
Chicago  Chapter,  on  the  motion  of  delegate  Patrick  H.  Dillon 
of  Nazareth  Council,  voted  unanimously  to  wire  President 
Wilson,  assuring  him  of  loyalty  and  support,  and  in  com- 
mendation of  his  policies  with  respect  to  the  war.  In  reply 
the  President  wired  Louis  J.  Behan,  President  of  the  Chapter, 

as  follows : 

Cornish,  N.  H.,  July  9,  1915. 
My  dear  Mr.  Behan: 

I  am  in  receipt  of  your  telegram  of  July  8th.,  acquainting  me  with 
the  very  generous  action  of  the  Chicago  Chapter,  Knights  of  Columbus, 
representing  sixty  councils  of  the  Order  in  Cliicago  and  Cook  and 
DuPage  Counties,  and  beg  that  you  will  convey  to  the  members  when 
you  have  the  opportunity  my  very  deep  and  sincere  appreciation. 

Cordially   and   sincerely  yours, 

(signed)  Woodrow  Wilson.i 

1.  Chapter  Records;  Columbian,  July  16,  1915,  p.  4. 

574 


WAK^THE  ROLL  OF  HONOR  575 

As  the  final  breach  approached  the  Chicago  Chapter  again 
on  February  8,  1917,  addressed  the  President  as  follows : 

Hon.  Woodrow  Wilson, 

White  House,  Washington,  D.   C: 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Chicago  Chapter,  representing  25,000  Knights 
of  Columbus  in  Cook  County,  the  undersigned  committee  was  instructed 
to  advise  the  President  of  the  United  States  of  our  unqualified  approval 
of  any  action  that  he  may  find  necessary  to  take  to  preserve  the  honor 
of  our  country  and  our  flag. 

Signed:   A.  J.  De  St.  Aubin,  Jos.  J.  Fischer,  F.  J.  Enright,  George 
F.   Mulligan,   Peter  P.   Kransz,  A.   L.   Fik,   William   N.   Brown, 
C.  N.  Bartodzeij,  Harry  Gerardin,  LeEoy  Hackett,  John  T. 
Lillis,  President. 

The  president  acknowledged  the  message  as  follows : 

The   White    House,    Washington. 
Mr.    John   T.   LUlis,   President,   Chicago   Chapter, 
Knights  of  Columbus,   Chicago,   111. : 

The  President  is  very  grateful  for  the  generous  message  of  con- 
fidence and  approbation  which  you  sent  him,  and  he  wishes  to  express 
his  genuine  appreciation  of  your  support. 

Joseph  P.  Tumulty, 
Secretary   to   the   President. 2 

The  State  Convention  of  the  Illinois  State  Council  was 
called  to  order  at  Danville,  Illinois,  May  11,  1917,  and  the  very 
first  business  transacted  consisted  of  instructions  to  send  a 
message  to  the  President  of  the  United  States,  as  follows: 

To  the  President: 

The  Illinois  State  Council  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  composed 
of  delegates  from  the  144  councils  of  the  Order  in  this  state,  meeting  in 
annual  session  in  Danville  today,  immediately  upon  assembling,  unani- 
mously and  by  a  rising  vote,  adopted  the  following  resolution: 

Be  it  Eesolved,  That  this  State  Council  tender  to  the  President  of 
the  United  States  the  loyalty  and  unflinching  support  of  its  44,000 
members  and  pledges  effective  co-operation  in  the  field,  on  the  farm, 
in   every   capacity   of   business  and   professional   life,   to   the   end,  that 


2.  Chapter  Records;  Columbian,  Feb.  16,  1917,  p.  1. 


576         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

the  sublime  principles  of  liberty  and  humanity  upon  which  this  republic 
is  founded  may  survive. 

James  Donahoe,  George  F.  Mulligan,  William  N.  Brown  (Chairman) .3 

A  few  days  after  a  state  of  war  was  declared  the  Colum- 
bian, the  official  organ  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  Illinois 
published  the  following  editorial : 

By  official  declaration  of  Congress  we  are  in  a  state  of  war  with 
Germany. 

Do  all  we  might  we  could  not  keep  out  of  the  world  conflict.  The 
President  persisted  in  peace  efforts  until  he  was  openly  accused  of 
cowardice. 

To  the  great  credit  of  Mr.  Wilson  it  seems  it  may  truthfully  be  said 
that  he  remained  uninfluenced  by  irresponsible  clamor,  criticism  or 
denunciation. 

He  was  in  the  end,  however,  forced  to  the  conclusion  that  we  must 
defend  ourselves.  It  is  plain  from  his  message  that  he  hopes  our  entrance 
into  the  war  will  be  the  means  of  bringing  the  horrible  scourge  to  a 
close. 

Mr.  WUson  has  made  our  position  plain,  that  we  have  no  quarrel 
with  the  German  people,  that  we  have  no  selfish  end  in  view,  but  that  we 
do  desire  peace. 

Our  entrance  into  the  war  has  created  quite  a  difficult  situation  for 
many  of  our  citizens.  So  long  as  the  fight  was  between  different  foreign 
powers  everybody  was  free  to  champion  either  side  and  blood  strains 
generally  determined  the  preference.  The  English,  French  and  others 
were  for  the  Allies,  while  the  Germans  and  Austrians  were  for  the 
central  powers.  Of  course  more  or  less  heat  generated  with  reference 
to  the  matter  and  necessarily  some  enmity. 

With  the  United  States  a  party,  the  whole  face  of  the  situation  is 
changed;  whereas,  but  last  week  it  was  wholly  unobjectionable  to  praise 
and  sustain  Germany  and  Austria;   now  it  is  highly  improper. 

The  slow,  steadfast  German  finds  it  difficult  suddenly  to  adjust 
himself  to  this  change  and  can  scarce  refrain  from  acting  and  talking 
as  he  did  but  a  short  time  ago.  Even  more  he  feels  hurt  that  the  United 
States  has  taken  sides  against  his  favorite  and  is  sorely  beset  to  keep 
from  breaking  out  in  denunciation,  and  sometimes  he  doesn't  succeed 
in  controlling  himself. 

We  think,  our  fellow  citizens,  not  of  German  extraction  or  leanings, 
should  be  patient  with  our  fellow  citizens  of  German  extraction. 


3.  Proceedings,  State  Convention,  1917. 


WAR— THE  ROLL  OF  HONOR 


577 


And  we  think  our  fellow  citizens  of  German  extraction  are  under- 
going the  supreme  test.  They  must  take  the  American  position.  As 
between  countries  other  than  America  there  is  a  free  choice  open,  but  as 
between  America  and  any  other  country  there  is  but  the  right  to  choose 
America  and  stand  faithfully  by  America. 

German  citizens,  their  children  and  their  children's  children  are 
going  to  be  judged,  rightly  or  wrongly  by  the  attitude  they  shall  now 


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Chateau  Thierry  Where  Many  Knights  of  Columbus  from  Illinois  Fought. 


assume.  There  is  no  possible  compromise  course.  They  can  not  be  part 
for  America  and  part  for  Germany.  They,  like  all  citizens,  must  be  for 
America  alone.* 

Of  course  the  most  important  and  valuable  response  that 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  or  others  could  make  to  the  war 
call  was  enlistment.  No  labored  argument  is  needed  to  prove 
that  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  Illinois,  and,  indeed,  through- 
out the  country,  embraced  service  promptly  and  in  creditable 


4.  Columbian,  April  13,  1917,  p.  3. 


578         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

proportions.  The  government  reports  liave  established  the 
fact  that  that  element  of  the  population  frequently  alluded 
to  as  Irish  held  decidedly  the  best  record  for  voluntary  enlist- 
ment.'"' It  is  well  known  of  course  that  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus is  made  up  very  largely  of  men  of  Irish  birth  or  ancestry. 
In  addition  to  this  it  was  clearly  demonstrated  upon  the 
physical  examination  that  a  higher  percentage  of  the  Catholic 
young  men  were  free  from  disabilities  and  disqualifying  phys- 
ical defects  than  others.  As  a  result  of  such  study  as  is 
possible  under  the  circumstances  the  general  opinion  prevalent 
amongst  those  who  are  best  informed  has  settled  upon  about 
35  per  cent  as  the  proportion  of  Catholics  to  the  total  number 
in  every  kind  of  war  service,*'  a  total  of  1,400,000  Catholics. 
The  Catholic  population  is  nowhere  shown  as  more  than 
fourteen  million  at  that  time,  hence  one  out  of  every  ten 
Catholics,  men  women  and  children  considered  was  in  the 
service.  Taking  the  round  numbers  of  the  total  enlistment 
of  four  million  it  appears  that  one  in  every  twenty-five  of  the 
population  of  one  hundred  million  entered  the  service.  At 
the  time  of  enlistment  there  were  less  than  four  hundred 
thousand  (392,406)  Knights  of  Columbus  in  the  United  States, 
and  from  amongst  them  one  hundred  thousand  entered  the 
service.'^  Accordingly,  one  out  of  every  four  of  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  served  their  country,  either  in  the  army,  the  navy, 
the  marine  corps,  aviation  or  some  other  regular  war  service. 
Glancing  at  the  war  record  of  Illinois  we  find  that  351,153 
men  entered  the  war  service,  or  one  out  of  every  15  of  the 
population  of  the  state.**    At  that  time  the  Knights  of  Colum- 


5.  See  cui-i"!  lit  reports  of  Provost  M.Trshall  Crowder. 

6.  Newton  C.  Baker,  Secretary  of  War;  War  Cyclopedia,  (published 
under  the  direction  of  the  Secretaries  of  State,  War  and  Navy  and 
George  Creel)  p.  145  ;  speaking  before  the  National  Conference  of 
Catholic  Charities  in  Philadelphia,  September  9,  1923,  Secretary 
of  the  Navy,  Denby,  said  :  To  Catholics  the  Marine  Corps  in  which 
I  served  should  be  of  special  interest,  since  I  found  that  more  than 
forty-five  per  cent  of  its  enlisted  men  were  Catholics.  (The  New 
World)    (Chicago)    September  21,  1921,  p.  1. 

7.  See  names  from  councils  reported  in  Knitjhts  of  Columbus  in  Peace 
and  War,  Vol.  II. 

S.  Report  of  Adjutant  General,  Illinois ;  IlUnois  in  the  World  War, 
(States  Publication  Society)   p.  14. 


WAK^THE  ROLL  OF  HONOR  579 

bus  had  a  membership  in  Illinois  of  43,963,  and  since  12,000 
of  the  members  in  Illinois  entered  the  service,  it  is  apparent 
that  one  in  every  three  and  one-half  members  were  in  the 
service.**  The  Knights  of  Columbus  of  Illinois  constituted 
at  that  time  less  than  six-tenths  of  one  per  cent  of  the  popula- 
tion of  Illinois,  but  three  and  four-tenths  per  cent  of  all  the 
men  in  the  service  from  Illinois  were  Knights  of  Columbus.'** 

These  figures  are  not  given  in  a  boastful  or  vainglorious 
spirit,  but  it  is  a  consoling  thought  that  at  no  time  in  the  future 
may  any  one  charge  the  Order  with  a  lack  of  practical  patri- 
otism when  put  to  the  test. 

It  is  an  interesting,  but  too  greatly  involved  inquiry  to 
trace  out  the  manner  of  the  connection  with  the  service  of  the 
young  men  who  served  their  country.  It  is  especially  credit- 
able to  the  men  of  Illinois  that  46  per  cent  of  those  who  entered 
the  service  entered  by  enlistment  or  volunteered.  Of  these 
volunteers  25,045  came  in  through  the  National  Guard,  24,- 
663  entered  the  navy,  3,678  went  in  through  the  marine  corps, 
while  there  were  109,757  in  the  United  States  army."  This 
leaves  188,010  that  came  into  the  service  through  the  draft. 
It  is  very  safe  to  assert  that  the  favorable  percentages  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  entrants  were  more  than  maintained 
amongst  the  volunteers.  As  a  matter  of  fact  it  has  been  quite 
conclusively  shown  that  the  volunteers  amongst  Catholics  far 
exceeded,  proportionately,  other  entrants.^- 

It  would  be  impractical  to  attempt  to  follow  all  of  the 
service  men  through  their  initial  and  ultimate  connection 
with  the  service.  As  to  many  of  them  the  most  that  can  be 
said  is  that  the  enlistments  in  the  navy  were  very  numerous; 
that  a  great  many  joined  the  marines  and  entered  aviation; 
substantial  numbers  entered  the  officers'  training  camps,  and 
others  even  entered  the  service  with  the  Canadian  forces  or 
through  some  European  service. 

9.  See  names  and  table  in  this  chapter. 

10.  lb. 

11.  Illinois  in  the  World  War,  op.  cit.,  p.  14. 

12.  See  analysis. 


580 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


The  bulk  of  the  Illinois  National  Guardsmen,  of  whom  it 
has  been  seen  there  were  25,045,  and  amongst  whom  there  was 
at  least  the  regular  proportion  of  members  of  the  Knights 
of  Columbus,  were  covered  into  what  was  designated  the  33rd 
Division,    This  33rd  Division  was  one  of  the  worthiest  units  of 


LIEUT. 
JOHN   F.    O'CONNELL. 


RICHARD 
O'CONNELL, 


Q.  M.  C,  Camp  Grant.        BATTERY  C,   72ND 

ARTILLERY, 
Leo    XIII    Council. 


HARRY    ENGLER, 

ST.    CYR    DAY 

COUNCIL. 

Overseas. 


the  great  war,  and  almost  every  man,  officer  or  private  con- 
nected with  the  division  reflected  credit  and  some  measure  of 
glory  upon  his  state, 

A  large  number  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  the  33rd 
Division  may  be  accounted  for  by  reference  to  the  record 
of  the  old  Seventh  Regiment  Illinois  National  Guard,  vari- 


WAR— THE  KOLL  OF  HONOR  581 

ously  denominated  as  the  "Fighting  Seventh,"  the  "Irish 
Regiment,"  etc.,  and  while  at  the  time  of  the  outbreak  of  the 
war  there  were  many  men  in  the  Seventh  that  were  not  Knights 
of  Columbus,  and  many  indeed  who  were  not  even  Irish,  yet  it 
is  perhaps  true  that  80  per  cent  of  the  members  of  the  organ- 
ization were  Irish,  and  possibly  60  per  cent  members  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus.  This  old  Seventh  Regiment  was  origin- 
ally formed  from  the  Hibernian  Rifles  and  other  kindred  Irish 
or  Catholic  organizations  in  Chicago,  and  was  mustered  into 
the  state  service  by  Governor  John  P.  Altgeld  in  June  1893. 
During  its  entire  existence  it  was  a  creditable  organization. 
It  did  guard  duty  during  the  American  Railway  Union  strike 
of  1894,  and  entered  the  service  of  the  United  States  as  the 
Seventh  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry  during  the  Spanish- Amer- 
ican war  in  1898,  and  served  with  distinction.  In  1908  the  regi- 
ment was  in  service  in  the  negro  riots  at  Springfield.  In  1914 
it  did  duty  in  connection  with  the  floods  at  Cairo,  Illinois.  In 
1916  the  regiment  was  in  the  Mexican  border  service  in  and 
about  Texas,  and,  as  has  been  suggested,  became  a  part  of  the 
United  States  forces  in  1917. 

The  commanding  officers  of  the  Seventh  were  men  of  note, 
many  of  whom  have  endeared  themselves  to  the  community. 
The  first  was  Col.  Francis  T.  Colby.  Col.  Colby  was  succeeded 
in  1898  by  Col.  Marcus  A.  Kavanagh.  In  1899  Capt.  Thomas 
L,  Hartigan  was  elected  colonel  to  succeed  Col.  Kavanagh. 
In  1899  Col.  Daniel  J.  Moriarty  succeeded  Col.  Hartigan  who, 
together  with  Capt.  Edward  H.  White,  Capt.  James  L.  Malley 
and  Capt.  James  Clark  resigned  from  the  regiment  and  all 
served  with  distinction  in  the  national  army  during  the  Philip- 
pine insurrection.  Col.  Moriarty  remained  in  command  until 
the  regiment  was  transferred. 

The  story  of  the  dismemberment  and  readjustment  of  the 
regiment  is  interesting. 

After  it  was  decided,  following  what  was  jokingly  referred 
to  as  a  test  of  the  "survival  of  the  fittest"  to  dismember  the 


582         KNIGHTS  OF  COLOIBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Seventh,  the  commanding  general  of  the  division,  to  which  the 
regiment  was  assigned  at  Camp  Logan,  Texas,  detailed  the 
regimental  band  to  temporary  duty  as  an  unattached  organ- 
ization at  division  headquarters  under  the  leadership  of  prin- 
cipal musician  Paul  Smith. 

The  headquarters  company  was  assigned  to  duty  and 
merged  with  the  131st  Infantry  (formerly  Chicago's  first 
regiment  of  infantry).  The  supply  company  of  the  Seventh 
was  likewise  assigned  to  duty  and  merged  into  the  131st 
Infantry. 

The  machine  gun  company  was  merged  with  the  124th 
ilachine  Gun  Battalion,  U.  S.  A.,  and  carried  with  it  Capt. 
Dodd,  and  Lieutenants  Daly,  Nolan,  Grace,  Murphy  and  Mori- 
arty,  the  latter  a  son  of  Col.  Daniel  Moriarty. 

Former  Company  A  became  Truck  Company  No.  1,  Com- 
pany B  Truck  Company  No.  2 ;  Company  C  Truck  Company 
No.  3  and  Company  D  Truck  Company  No.  4  of  the  108  Am- 
munition Train.  Former  Company  E  became  Caisson  Company 
No.  1,  Horse  Section,  108th  Ammunition  Trains,  and  former 
Company  F  became  Caisson  Company  No.  2  of  the  same  unit. 

Former  Company  G  became  Supply  Truck  Company  No.  1 
of  the  108th  Ammunition  Train ;  Company  H  became  Supply 
Truck  Company  No.  2;  Company  I  Supply  Truck  Company 
No.  3 ;  Company  K  Supply  Truck  Company  No.  4 ;  Company 
L  Supply  Truck  Company  No.  5,  and  Company  M  Supply 
Truck  Company  No.  6,  under  the  immediate  command  of 
Major  Brady. 

In  the  transfer  from  infantry  companies  to  ammunition 
truck,  caisson  and  supply  companies  many  enlisted  men  were 
left  over,  and  were  assigned  to  other  units,  composing  the  33rd 
Division. 

Col.  Daniel  Moriarty  was  relieved  from  the  command,  ren- 
dered a  supernumerary  colonel  of  infantry,  and  a.ssigned  to 
temporary  duty  with  two  military  police  companies  amongst 
other  units  of  the  108th  Ammunition  Trains.     Capt.  Sexton 


WAK— THE  ROLL  OF  HONOR  oSS 

was  likewise  relieved  from  duty,  rendered  a  snpemumerarv- 
captain  of  infantrv.  and  assigned  to  temporarv  duty  with  tlie 
lOSth  Trains. 

The  former  chaplain  of  the  Seventh.  Rev.  John  J.  0  "Hem. 
was  also  rendered  a  snpernumerary.  and  assigned  to  temporary 
duty  as  acting  chaplain  of  the  lOSth  Ammunition  Trains. 

Major-Surgeon  Clancy  was  assigned  to  temporary  duty  on 
the  division  staff:  attendants  and  assistant  surgeons  Alloway 
and  Quill,  together  with  the  sanitary  or  hospital  troops,  were 
assigned  to  the  lOSth  Ammunition  Trains. 

Lt.-Col.  J.  Martin  Clasby  was  assigned  to  the  command  of 
the  entire  lOSth  Ammuntion  and  Supply  Trains,  to  which 
command  was  also  attached  the  lOSth  Train  of  Engineers. 

Captains,  Stein.  Hyatt.  Tileson,  Dodd  and  Cull  and  Lts. 
Gunette.  Emerson.  Killoran.  Hannigan  and  Chores  were  ren- 
dered supernumerary  officers  by  the  change. 

In  the  Somme  and  Argonne-Meuse  offensive  and  all  major 
operations  of  the  33rd  Division.  U.  S.  Army.  A.  E.  F.,  the 
regiment  performed  duty  as  lOSth  Ammunition  Trains,  lOSth 
Supply  Trains :  lOSth  Sanitary  Trains :  33rd  Division  Military 
Police:  and  in  connection  with  the  ordnance  repair,  medical, 
hospital,  signal  corps  and  units  composing  the  33rd  Division, 
for  which  the  various  units  and  participants  received  much 
praise  from  the  highest  commanding  officer  down  to  the  imme- 
diate commander  of  the  various  units  for  the  gallant  and  meri- 
torious service  rendered  in  aid  of  and  in  participation  with 
front  line  trench  work  against  the  enemy.  The  lOSth  Ammu- 
nition Trains  was  detached  from  33rd  Division  upon  arrival 
in  France,  after  attending  the  French  Artillery  school  at 
LaValdahon.  The  regiment  went  to  the  front  at  St.  Mihiel 
and  was  assigned  to  the  1st  and  S9th  Division.  After  the 
St.  Mihiel  offensive  had  been  successfully  accomplished  the 
lOSth  Ammunition  Train  moved  to  Verdun  and  was  assigned 
to  the  2nd  French  Army. 

During  the  three  important  phases  of  the  Meuse-Argonne 


584         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

drive  the  108th  Ammunition  Train  was  attached  for  action  to 
the  91st,  32nd,  42nd,  89th  and  79th  Division,  being  at  Stenay, 
France  the  farthest  line  of  advance  of  the  A.  E,  F.,  after 
"policing"  the  Battle  Area  and  removing  all  captured  mate- 
rial, the  108th  Ammunition  Trains  marched  into  Luxemburg 
and  rejoined  the  33rd  Division. 

The  108th  Supply  Train  and  Military  Police  remained  at 
all  times  with  the  33rd  Division.  The  Seventh  Illinois  In- 
fantry Machine  Gun  Company  under  command  of  Captain  P. 
J,  Dodd,  became  a  part  of  the  122nd  Machine  Gun  Battalion.^^ 

It  was  some  consolation  to  the  old  members  and  admirers 
of  the  "Fighting  Seventh"  that  at  the  conclusion  of  the  world 
war  and  after  the  mustering  out  of  the  service  men  Governor 
Frank  0.  Lowden,  as  commander  in  chief  of  the  Military 
and  Naval  forces  in  the  state,  authorized  on  May  3,  1919,  a 
reorganization  of  the  regiment.  Since  that  time,  however, 
numerous  changes  have  taken  place  in  the  military  regula- 
tions. 

The  foregoing  will  indicate  the  general  experience  of  army 
men.  There  were  of  course  large  numbers  of  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  in  the  other  and  later  important  war  organiza- 
tion, recruited  largely  in  Illinois,  designated  the  86th  Division. 
Not  all  of  these,  indeed  only  a  portion,  saw  service  abroad, 
but  nearly  all  of  them  entered  the  service  through  Camp  Grant. 
Their  experience  was  not  unlike  that  of  the  members  of  the 
33rd  Division.  As  for  men  in  the  navy,  the  marine  corps  and 
the  supply  service,  numerous  individual  experiences  will  be 
found  in  this  volume  which  will  interest  the  reader. 

The  great  outstanding  fact  is  that  12,000  young  men  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  promptly  responded  to  the  call  of  their 
country,  and  creditably  discharged  the  duties  incumbent  upon 
them. 


13.     Information    chiefly   from    General   Edward    H.    White. 


l9l4 


Ko/C.  ROLL  0/ HONOR 

ILLINOIS  MEMBERS  IN  WORLD  WAR 


182    CHICAGO,  Chicago 


Armstrong,  James  S. 
Banneyer,  Joseph 
Baumer,  Harry  W. 
Baumgartner,  Edw.  R. 
Casey,  Frank  J. 
Clinnin,  John  V. 
Conley,  Wm.  F. 
Conley,  Wm.  F. 
Connelly,  Jas.  J. 
Connelly,  Jos.  F. 
Cooney,  Cyril  A. 
Conway,  Theo.  J. 
Cullen,  Jno.  J. 
Curran,  Peter  W. 
Detrich,  George 
Fischer,  Clement 


Gallery,  Daniel  V.,  .Jr. 
Gary,  Lee  J. 
Han  ley,  W.  J. 
Hantak,  Jas.  R. 
Hess,  Anthony  J. 
Hughes,  Arthur  J. 
Hurley,  Timothy  D. 
Hutchings,  W.  C. 
Kaminski,  Chas.  J. 
Mattin,  Jos.  J. 
Matthews,  Jno. 
May,  Albert  S. 
McCarthy,  Geo. 
McCaul,  Joseph  A. 
McGrath,  Thos.  J. 
Norton,  Arthur  J. 


O'Connor,  Jos.  T. 
Quirk,  Frank  J. 
Quirk,  Leo  J. 
Kedmond,  E.  J. 
Reuland,  Nicohlas  J. 
Ryan,  John  V. 
Schaefer,  Leo  J. 
Schwind,  Harold  P. 
Sheridan,  Jno.  V. 
Sheridan,  Vincent  J. 
Shugrue,  John  A. 
Thoma,  Reinhardt 
Vlk,  Edward 
Walsh,  James  I. 


244     MARQUETTE,  Chicago 


Bayerly,  George  J. 
Bell,  J.  R. 
Brady,  Bertrand  J. 
Clark,  George  L. 
Clark,  Myron  F. 
Clune,  Timothy  J. 
Conrardy,  Nicholas  W. 
Coors,  Vincent 
Curran,  James  T. 
Daly,  John  J. 
Delana,  Edward  K. 
Delany,  John  B. 
Dolan,  John  A. 
Donnelly,  James  F. 
Dowdle,  Patrick  J. 
Feehan,  Edward  M. 
Fisher,  Harold  P. 
Flannery,  Thomas  F. 
Garrity,  Park  E. 
Gavin,  James  A. 
Geble,  Jr.,  Peter  F. 
Georges,  M.  Martin 
Goldthwaite,  Frank  C." 
Griffin,  Harry  P. 
Grooss,  Jr.,  F.  A. 
Hohn,  Leo.  J. 
Heaney,  Michael 
Heup,  Cyril  F. 
Hoellen,  Edgar  J. 


Hughes,  Myles  J. 
Jordan,  Gerald 
Kane,  Charles  P. 
Kearney,  Thomas 
Kelly,  George  V. 
Kernel,  Edward  C. 
Kieffer,  Harold  W. 
Kilkenney,  Francis  J. 
Keeper,  Charles  C. 
Konecny,  Joseph 
Lantz,  Frederick  N.  J. 
Lavery,  Urban  C. 
Lesner,  Victor  J. 
Lof  tus,  Thomas  J. 
Loos,  Clarence  J. 
Luxem,  Edward  J. 
Lynskey,  William  J. 
Mathews,  Joseph  F. 
McCarthy,  Pat'k  J.  J. 
McCarthy,  Justin  T. 
McGuirk,  William  H. 
McHale,  Harry  P. 
Mooney,  Edward  S. 
Morrissey,  John  A. 
Morrison,  Rev.  Sid.  J. 
Musham,  John  W. 
Nilles,  John  A. 
O'Grady,  Hilary  J. 
Oink,  William  A. 

585 


O'Keefe,  David  C. 
O'Malley,  Edward  P. 
O'Malley,  Francis  E. 
O'Malley,  Peter  J. 
O'Hare,  Thomas  J. 
I'arker,  George  J. 
Pettis,  Walter  T. 
Quinlan,  Thomas  R. 
Radzin,  C.  L. 
Reading,  Harold  E. 
Reedy,  James  W. 
Rohe,  FrankA.     (Died 

in  Camp.) 
Roney,  Samuel  B. 
Ryan,  Herbert  J. 
Scanlon,  Arthur  F. 
Schmal,  Lewis  E. 
Schreiber,  Joseph  C. 
Schultz,  Raymond  H. 
Shea,  William  J. 
Spearing,  George  L. 
Thies,  Charles 
Thornton,  James  F. 
Thornton,  John  J. 
Venn,  Henry  L. 
Vovesney,  Joseph  P. 
Weiler,  Joseph  J. 
Weixel,  A.  L. 
Zender,  Edward  J. 


586 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


282     DE  LA  SALLE,  Chicago 


Brennan,  Thos.  V. 
Bievers,  Theo. 
Broad,  Chas.  M. 
Brown,  Edwin  R. 
Byrnes,  Ralph  J. 
Canary,  Jos.  A. 
Carroll,  J.  Edgar 
Clennin,  Thos.  C.  A. 
Coleman,  John  B. 
Corcoran, M.  H. 
Corcoran,  Thos.  E. 
Corcoran,  Wm.  A. 
Costello,  Dr.  Chas.  A. 
Cronin,  Ray 
Cronln,  Jas.  T. 
Cronin,  Patriclc  D. 
Cullinan,  Daniel  A. 
Darrow,  Jos.  A. 
Dee,  Thos.  P. 
Delaney,  Donald  D. 
DeRoulet,  Dr.  Alfred 
Flynn,  Raymond,  D. 
Fox,  Hugh  B. 
Grady,  John  F. 
Goeldel,  Thos.  L. 


Hanley.  Lawrence  A. 
Haj"th,  Anthony  L. 
Henricks,  Harold  H. 
Heron,  John 
Herrlnger,  Joseph  R. 
Holland,  James  C. 
Hughes,  W.  J. 
James,  Walter  J. 
Judge,  William  P. 
Keeler,  John  F. 
Kelly,  James  J. 
Lyman,  James  H. 
Lynch,  Thos.  J. 
Manning,  Dr.  Leonard 
Maxwell,  Frank. 
McCauliffe,  Dr.  Geo. 
McDermott,  Dr.  J.  J. 
McDermott,  Michael  J. 
McDonald,  Wm. 
McDonough,  John 
Moser,  C.  R.  J. 
Murray,  Edward  A. 
Murray,  Chas.  S. 
Murphy,  Francis  L. 


Murphy,  Henry  P. 
Murphy,  Vincent  B. 
Nolan,  Leo  T. 
Ogden,  P.  L. 
O'Leary,  Jerome 
O'Toole,  Dennis  J. 
Patrick,  D. 
Reis,  Henry  D. 
Scanlan,  Dr.  Walter  R. 
Schendorf,  W.  H. 
Shea,  Patrick  J. 
Sheehan,  Michael 
Smith,  Geo.  J. 
Smith,  Herbert  J. 
Sullivan,  Francis  R. 
Sullivan,  Geo.  D. 
Tibor,  Lee  A. 
Walsh,  Ed.  J. 
Walsh.  James  P. 
Walz,  Peter  P. 
Westphalen,  Robt.  J. 
White,  Edward  H. 
Williamson,  Geo.  W. 
Zimmerman,  J.  M. 


Ashworth,  John  P. 
Bacchi,  Anthony 
Bender,  Robert  J. 
Brennan,  Albert  F. 
Broadhead,  Joseph  J. 
Capraro,  A.  V. 
Cassin,  Clarence  A. 
Coleman.  Jos.  P. 
Fairfield,  Leonard  F. 
Finn,  Emmett  J. 
Foley,  Dr.  Thos.  P. 
Ford,  Frank  A. 
Fox,  Jos.  J. 
Fuhs,  Jos.  J. 
Gambro,  John  L. 
Gay,  Prank  J. 
Golden,   George 
Gaynor,  Harry 
Gleason,  John 
Goggin,  Edw.  R. 
Gualano,  V.  A. 


301     ILLINOIS,  Chicago 

Heins,  John  J.  V. 
Hendricks,  John  C. 
Hincker,  Harvey  C. 
Hurley,  Edw.  N. 
Hyde.  David  F. 
Hyde,  Frank  L. 
Joyce,  Michael  R. 
Kelly,  Daniel  J. 
Kelly,  Edward  C. 
Kliefoth,  Alfred  W.  A. 
Kricki,    Raymond 
Lampe,  Dr.  H.  G. 
Mahoney,  Thos.  P. 
McCaffery,  Edw.  T.  a 
McGranahan,  Thos.  J. 
McHugh,  Frank 
McKern,  Daniel  J. 
Moran,  Frank  E. 
Nagel,  Otto  J. 
Nolan.  Frank  T. 
North,   Harold   F. 


O'Hara,  Wm.  R. 
O'Dowd,  Prank 
Pecchia,  Geo. 
Powers,  John  E. 
Quinn,  E.  J. 
Rice,  Rev.  Edw.  F. 
Roach,  Frank  A. 
Roche,  Frank  A. 
Shanahan,  Edwin  C. 
Smith,  Thurber  M. 
Stanton,  Dr.  John  E. 
Tenerowicz,  R.    G. 
Theisen,  Benedict 
Tierney,  Cyril  W. 
Tierney,  Edw.  J. 
Tierney,  Norbert  J. 
Veasey,  Edw.  J. 
Weiss.  Frederick  J. 
Way,  Dr.  Henry  J. 
Ward,  J.  Stuart  E. 
Zimmer,  B.  W. 


324     ENGLEWOOD,  Chicago 


Adams,  Wm.  F. 
Bauer,  Geo.  V. 
Berg,  Chas.  F. 
Biedermann,  W.  W. 
Bracken,  John  H. 
Brosius,  Jacob  J. 
Cook,  Robert  M. 
Colbert,  John  H. 
Concannon,  Matthias 
Conrath,  Martin 
Coyne,  Patrick  J. 
Cummings.  C.  W. 


Downey,  Vincent 
Doyle,  Jos.  P. 
Kgan,  Martin  J. 
Entrees,  Harvey  E. 
I'airfield,  Fred  O. 
Finan,  Jas.  J. 
Flavin,  Timothy  E. 
Fuerst,  Lorenz  G. 
Hagarty,  Jas.  D. 
Hanlon,  Thos.  J.,  Jr. 
Hanna,  Stephen  R. 
Harrington,  Dr.  R.  R. 


Hasty,  John  J. 
Haubenreiser.  Robt.  C 
Helfrich,  Philip  J. 
Hoey,  Vincent  E. 
Horan,  Lawrence  J. 
Hughes,  Andrew  F. 
Huguelet,  Frank  E. 
Huguelet,  John  E. 
Huguelet,  Jos.  A. 
Huguelet,  Louis  E. 
Jacques,  Leo  H. 
Jann,  Albert  C. 


WAR— THE  ROLL  OF  HONOR 


587 


Kammert,  Wm.  H. 
Keating.  Edw.  T. 
Kennelly,  Martin  H. 
Koch,  J.  Edwin 
Uigar,  Rev.  Urban  W. 
Lawlor,  Michael  D. 
Maloney,  Harris  A. 
Maloney,  Jos.  W. 
Mayer,  James  Leo 
McCarthy,  Daniel  J. 
McFadden,  Edw.  T. 
McDonough,  Chas.  S. 
McGreevey,  J.  Geo. 
McLaughlin,  B.  J.,  Jr. 


Mies,  Chas.  F. 
Mies,  Stephen  W. 
Nix.  Peter  S. 
O'Connor,  Stephen 
O'Daniels,  Ellis 
Sage,  Leo  M. 
Schmitt,  Chas.  P.,  Jr. 
Schuberth,  Eugene  J. 
Schumacher,  John  P. 
Schumacher,  Wm.  A. 
Sesterhenn,  Ray  S. 
Shine,  Wm.  T. 
Sheridan,  Chas.  H. 


Sink,  John  P. 
Slowly,  Alex.  R. 
Sokel,  James  A. 
Sypneske,  Leo  J. 
Tracy,  Wilfred  F. 
Travis,  Edw.  J. 
Watts,  Samuel  E. 
Wilkins,  Harold  P. 
Wirtz,  Anthony  G. 
Wolff,  Alfred  J. 
Wolff,  Edw. 
Wuchter,  Chas.  A. 
Zuber,  Eugene  M. 


361     LAFAYETTE,  Chicago 


Adamowski,  Jerome  A. 
Amorella,  Andrew 
Anthony,  Paul  Henry 
Arens,  Albert  B. 
Arens,  Henry  C. 
Abell,  James  A. 
Bacon,  William  H. 
Badzmierowski,  M.  J. 
Balicki,  Walter  F. 
Bannach,  Joseph  V. 
Bannon,  J.  Harry 
Bannon,  John  A. 
Barrett,  Jos.  N. 
Bartnicki,  Felix 
Barta,  John 
Bartodzy,  Lawrence  M. 
Baumhart,  N.,Jr. 
Bebber,  Geo.  A. 
Benkendorf,  Bernard 
Benz,  William  J. 
Benson,  Charles  A. 
Blake,  Patrick  J. 
Blazejczak,  Jos. 
Blim,  Arthur  W. 
Bloecgl,  Herman  J. 
Blikowski,  John 
Bode,  Chas.  J. 
Boenning,  Jos.  F. 
Boland,   Geo.  A. 
Boland,  Eugene  J. 
Bowden.   Clement   M. 
Bowe,  William  J. 
Brady,  Philip 
Bradley,  Jos.  M. 
Bowen,  Jos. 
Brady,  Jos.  E. 
Brechel,  Jos.  L. 
Breit,  John  P. 
Bremer,  Godfrey  J. 
Brockmeyer,  Louis  A. 
Brown,  James  F. 
Brown,  John  R. 
Buckley,  Dennis  P. 
Bulger,  Geo.  A. 
Burgman,  Alex.   M. 
Burlinski,  Casimer 
Bychowski,  Alfred  J. 
Byczek,   Andrews  W. 
Byrne,  Charles  N. 
Cahill,  Francis  J. 
Carey,  William  T. 


Carney,  Edward  B. 
Carney,  Francis  G. 
Carroll,  Geo.  E. 
Carmody,  James  J. 
Carynski,  Stephen  R. 
Casey,  Dennis  J. 
Cauwels,  Arthur  A. 
Cawley,  Martin  F. 
Ciaglo,  John  M. 
Cindaj,  Felix  J. 
Cindaj,  Henry  A. 
Clark,  Patrick 
Classen,  Willys  H. 
Coane,   Matthes  J. 
Cogger,  Thomas  W. 
Coleman,   Walter  J. 
Collins,  John  A. 
Conklin,   Lambert  J. 
Connerton,  John  A. 
Connery,  Francis  D. 
Conroyd,  William  A. 
Conway,  Clement  T. 
Constantino,  James 
Corcoran,  Edward  A. 
Corda,  John  A. 
Corda,  Louis  A. 
Corso,  Charles  C. 
Coy,  William  H. 
Cramer,  Peter  J. 
Crowley,  Joseph  A. 
Cunningham,  Thos.  B. 
Czaja,  Leo  M. 
Czosek,  Peter  P. 
Damptz,  John  A. 
Dembrowski,  Walter  J. 
Deering,  Gerald  J. 
DeWulf,  Albert  C. 
Dienslake,  Peter  R. 
Dieter,  Elmer  E. 
Dinschel,  Nicholas  P. 
Dittmer,  Henry  A. 
Dolan,  Jos.  C. 
Dombrowski,  Alex. 
Domek,  Chas.  A. 
Dompke,  Bernard  S. 
Donlon,  Edmund  J. 
Donner,  Arthur  P. 
Donohue,  Chas. 
Dorsch,  Bernard  P. 
Dougal,  Richard  J. 
Doyle,  Martin 


Doyle,  Philip 
Drinan,  John  J. 
Dreyer,  Felix  E. 
Duthorn,  John  J. 
Durand,  Geo.  A. 
Dvorak,  John  J. 
Dzinbinski,  John  G.  F. 
Eiden,  Leonard  M. 
Elisher,  William  P. 
Ellwanger,  Carl  L. 
Emmert,  John  L. 
Erbach,  Andrew  J. 
Fabian,  Peter  P. 
Fallon,  James  J. 
Farrell,  Jerome  F. 
Fell,  John  R. 
Feeney,  Patrick 
Fensterle,  John  A. 
Fialkowski,  Felix  W. 
Finger,  Louis  J. 
Fitzgerald,  Thomas  J. 
Fitzpatrick,  Harold  A. 
Fitzsimmons,  Robt.  C. 
E'lannery,  Robert  E. 
Flynn,  Michael  J. 
Fojut,  Anthony 
Foley,  Edmond  I. 
Foley,  Stephen  X. 
Franey,  James  V. 
Franszcak,  Edmund  A. 
Frey,  Geo.  A. 
Furman,  Albert  C. 
Gallagher,  Francis  J. 
Galligan,  James  J. 
Gardiner,  Charles  A. 
Gardner,  Francis  J. 
Garvey,  Bernard  S. 
Gause,  Harry  J. 
Gering,  Charles  A. 
Gercken,  Geo.  J. 
Gillmeister,  Benj.  M. 
Gillmeister,  William 
Gillmeister,  Geo.  A. 
Gilligan,  Patrick  J. 
Glatt,  William  E. 
Gleason,  Raymond  F. 
Gleason,  William  E. 
Gordon,  Henry  F. 
Gorski,  Joseph  W. 
Gottschalk,  Mathias  V. 
Gralak,  Walter  A. 


588 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Grzegorzewski,  J.  S. 
Gutenkauf,  Jos.  C. 
Haffey,  James 
Hager,  Louis  J. 
Haggenjos,  Victor  C. 
Harmon,  Thomas  L. 
Harper,  Frederick  W. 
Hecker,  Henry  J. 
Hefferin,  Willia,  J. 
Heiser,  Eddie 
Helinski,  Francis  L. 
Henrich,  Frederick  W. 
Hennessy,  William  J. 
Keraty,  Francis  J. 
Heraty,  Peter  J. 
Hickey,  John  F. 
Higgins,  James  L. 
Hodgins,  Geo.  E. 
Hodgins,  Clifford  J. 
Holbrook,  Chas.  J. 
Holterhoff,  William  J. 
Hoppe,  Grover  W. 
Hoover,  Joseph  F. 
Hopkins,  Leonard  E.  J. 
Horan,  John  L. 
Horcher,  Theodore  C. 
Hough,  John  M. 
House,  Glen  C. 
Hughes,  Edward  A. 
Hulsman,  Joseph  C. 
Hunter,  David  P. 
Imber,  Joseph  C. 
Immel,  Paul  P. 
Immell,  William  J. 
Inglesby,  Thomas  D. 
Inglesby,  Lewis  J. 
Iwicki,  Edward  W. 
Jablonski,  Michael  F. 
Jakubski,  John   p. 
Janiszewski,  C.  J. 
Janiszewski,  Justin  J. 
Januszewski,  A.  W. 
Jay,  Alexander  R. 
Justen,  Adam  J. 
Kaczkowski,  Joseph  C. 
Kalteux,  James  C. 
Kanieski,  John  J. 
Kanka,  Walter  R. 
Karwata,  Stanley  A. 
Karl,  Geo. 

Karmann,  Edward  J. 
Kaspari,  Lawrence  P. 
Kaspari,  Francis  J. 
Kaspari,  Geo.  J. 
Kasser,  Walter  M. 
Kasser,  Edmond  H. 
Keaveney,  Thomas  F. 
Keean,  Cyrus  A. 
Keeffe,  William  J. 
Keenan,  John  A. 
Kehl,  W.  J. 
Kelley,  Robert  D. 
Kelly,  George  R. 
Kengott,  Chas.  A. 
Kenney,  Albert  G. 
Kenna,  John  W. 
Ketrick,  Francis  J. 
Ketrick,  Ambrose  B. 
Kiley,  Irving  J. 


Kilroy,  Martin  J. 
Kilroy,  Matthew  J. 
King,  Emmet  A. 
King,  John  J. 
Kirsten,  Edward  A. 
Klafeta,  Bronislaus  F. 
Klebenow,  John  H. 
Koehler,  William 
Kolmar,  William  F. 
Konkowski,  Francis  E. 
Kornatowski,  Jos.  P. 
Korda,  Leo  F. 
Korzeniewski,  G.  H. 
Kosick.  Adolph  A. 
Koss,  John 
Kostanski,  Jos.  E. 
Kotek,  Edward  F. 
Kotlarz,  Stanley  A. 
Kowalski,  Albert  A. 
Kowalski,  Stanley 
Kozak,  Casimer 
Kowalski,  John  J. 
Kraft,  Paul  J. 
Krause,  Francis  G. 
Krawice,  Joseph  A. 
Krloick,  Guy  E. 
Krusinski,  Aloysius  P. 
Kruszcynski,  S.  J. 
Kubetz,  Harry  J. 
Kuczynski,  Joseph  E. 
Kunkel,  Paul  A. 
Kupperschmidt,  R.  W. 
Laibe,  Stanley  M. 
LaPorte,   Louis  M. 
LaRoy,  Jesse  C. 
LaRoy,  Walter  R. 
Laux,  Michael  A. 
Lavellie,  Oscar  A. 
Lawson,  Wilson  C. 
Lecture,  Francis  R. 
Lee,  Morgan  J. 
Lee,  William  A. 
Lee,  Lincoln  F. 
Leipzig,  Nicholas  H. 
Leipzig,  Peter  M. 
Lemke.  Harry  A. 
Lenick,  Clarence  R. 
Lennon,  James  M. 
Lessner,  Edwin  F. 
Ligman,  Stanley  J. 
Litewski,  Anthony  G. 
Lobocki,  Anthony  G. 
Locki,  David 
Lonergan,  J.  M. 

(Chaplain) 
Lorenz,  Casimer  F. 
Luczak,  John 
Ludkowski,  Edward  I. 
Lukaski,  Henry 
Lustig,  Ernest  J. 
Lustig,  Henry  A. 
Lyk,  John  H. 
Machery,  William  F. 
Madigan,  James  J. 
Majewski,  Joseph  W. 
Malecki,  Jos.  B. 
Malesky,  Edward  A. 
Malloy,  James  F. 
Malesky,  Francis  P. 


Mangano,  Dominic 
Manning,  Clement  L. 
Manning,  Edgar  F. 
Marski,  Leo  G. 
Marcinski,  Leo  P. 
Martin,  Nicholas 
Martin,  Peter  N. 
Martinus,  Joseph  J. 
Matusiewicz,  A.  P. 
Mazurkiewicz,  Jos.  P. 
Mazurkiewicz,  Walter 
Mazzuca,  James 
McCarthy,  Martin  C. 
McCarthy,  Mitchell  F. 
McCue,  James  A. 
McCue,  Cornelius  J. 
McCue,  Leonard  T. 
McDermott,  Wm.  P. 
McGovern,  Patrick  J. 
McHugh,  Patrick 
McKillop,  Daniel 
McLaughlin,  Walter  E. 
McLoughlin,  Charles 
McNichols,  John  H. 
Meilinger,  Jos.  J. 
Mellin,  Bruno. 
Merkel,   Charles 
Merrill,  Eugene  C. 
Michalski,  Edward  V. 
Mikoljczak,  Stanley 
Milewski,  Walter  A. 
Millay,  James  B. 
Miller,  William  F. 
Monahan,  Robert  J. 
Monette,  Edward 
Moninger,  Geo.  J. 
Mooney,  John  V. 
Moran,  John  L. 
Moran,  Thomas  F. 
Mors,  Edward  W. 
Moriarty,  Daniel 
Moss,  William  E. 
M'lldoon,  Harry  J. 
Mulhern,  Lawrence  S. 
Mulhern,  Bernard  J. 
Mulhern,  Michael  S. 
Mullen,  Martin  J. 
Murphy,  Charles  F. 
Murphy,  William  J. 
Murphy,  Raymond  J. 
Murphy,  Thomas  V. 
Musloff ,  Joseph  B. 
Muth,  Anthony  J. 
Nash,  John  J. 
Newell,  John  J. 
Novitski,  Francis  A. 
Novitski,  John  J. 
Nowicki,  Felix  F. 
OBoyle,  Martin 
O'Brien,  John  J. 
O'Brien,  Ray  F. 
O'Connor,  Leslie 
O'Connor,  James  F. 
O'Connor,  Thomas  L. 
O'Donohue,  Simon 
O'Keefe,  David  J. 
O'Malley,  William  P. 
O'Neill,  John  E. 
O'Reilley,  John  J. 


WAEr-THE  ROLL  OF  HONOR 


O'Reilley,  Leon  D. 
O'Riley,  James  E. 
Openlander,  Howard 
Osterman,  John  R. 
Fahls,  William  P. 
Palewicz,  Edward  L. 
Pallasch,  Paul  V. 
Paluch,  Joseph  S. 
Paschali,  Camille 
Pawlowski,  Bernard  B. 
Peck,  John  L. 
Penrock,  William  B. 
Petrone,  John  F. 
Pich,  Joseph  A. 
Piggott,  Charles  F. 
Pirson,  Louis  J. 
Pitlock,  Francis  J. 
Podraza,  Jos.  G. 
Pirazinski,  Edw.  M. 
Potocki,  Theodore  J. 
Pribilski,  Bernard  G. 
Prost,  Theodore 

Purtell,  James  J. 

Purtell,  John  V. 
Purner,  Rudolph  H. 
Rademacher,  Bernard 
Rago,  Joseph 
Raleigh,  James  W. 

Reilly,  Edward 

Robakowski,  John  J. 
Piomeiser,  Martin  R. 

Rompa,  John  M. 

Roseman,  Francis 

Rossi,  Francis  R. 

Roszkowski,  Jos.  A. 

Rother,  Alphons  G. 

Ruehfel,  Frederick  J. 

Runge,  Gordon  E. 

Rutz,  Adolph  P. 

Ryan,  Patrick  I. 

Savage,  James  M. 


Savaglio,  James  R. 
Schaefer,  Jacob  U. 
Scherlong,  Alex.  W. 
Scheve,  Edward 
Schiewe,  Stephen  A. 
Schleiter,  Philip  A. 
Schlitz,  Irwin  J. 
Schlicht,  Benjamin  J. 
Schmidt,  Aloysius  E. 
Scholl,  Kenneth 
Schriver,  Roy  A. 
Schufrieder,  John  N. 
Schweik,  Charles 
Schweik,  Henry  L.  G. 
Schweizer,  Carl  L. 
Schweizer,  Eugene  J. 
Seivert,  Emil  J. 

Serritella,  Peter  J. 

Sherry,  Emil  J. 

Siegman,  Emil  J. 
Skokna,  Joseph  M. 

Stafford,  Richard 
Stanczak,  Eugene  F. 

Stephens,  Harry 
Stephens,  Robert  J. 

Stoltman,  Peter  J. 

Streit,  George  F. 

Suerth,  Conrad  H. 

Sullivan,  Jeremiah  T. 

Sullivan,  Patrick 

Sutton,  Robert  J. 

Suwalski,  Anthony 

Szulcznski,  Joseph  F. 

Szymanek,  Boniface. 

Szymanski,  Edward  S. 

Szyszko,  Peter 

Tadych,  Joseph  E. 

Tenczar,  Albert  V. 

Terry,  Emmet  L. 

Thomas,  Sylvester  J. 
Thulis,  William  C. 


Thornton,  Norbert  R. 
Tierney,  John  T. 
Tierney,  Emmet  J. 
Toomey,  William  D. 
Traub,  George  E. 
Treider,  John  A. 
Tully,  William  A. 
Tylkowski,  Joseph 
Ulrich,  Raymond  A. 
Unsin,  John  P. 
Urbanczyk,  Vincent  F. 
Vavricek,  Robert  E. 
Wagner,  John  F. 
Wagner,  Roy  A. 
Wagner,  Charles  J. 
Wagener,  Peter  P. 
Waldron,  John  J. 
Wallace,  James  R. 
AValsh,  Richard  J. 
Walsh,  Thomas  J. 
Waish,  Thomas  E. 
Walsh,  Walter  F. 
Walsh,  Thomas  E. 
Walski,  Joseph 
Waltemade,  Edw.  M. 
Washleske,  Victor 
Wawrzynski,  C.  T. 
Wienckowski,  Geo.  F. 
Wienckowski,  H.  W. 
Wittman,  Rickard  D. 
White,  Thomas  F. 
Wochinski, Aloysius  J. 
Wolff,  Francis  H. 
Wozny,  Francis  J. 
Wozny,  Victor 
Zglenicki,  Edward  T. 
Zimmermann,  John  A. 
Ziomek,  Stanley  H. 
Zoellner,  Henry  H. 
Zuchelkowski,  C.  A. 


364     SPRINGFIELD,  Springfield 


Alewelt,  Wm. 
Alewelt,  Carl 
Amrhein,  Carl 
Allison,  Cornelius 
Allison,  Joseph  C. 
Bernard,  Wm.  E. 
Burns,  Wm.  E. 
Bowen,  George 
Burkhardt,  Norman  J. 
Burtle,  Ernest  A. 
Birch,  Francis 
Bonansinga,  Robert  S. 
Buedel,  Anthony 
Bryce,  Allen  T. 
Boyle,  Packey 
Bretz,  Elmer  J. 
Beaghan,  John  F. 
Beaghan,  Jr.,  Peter 
Barrett,  George  F. 
Bryce,  James  D. 
Brady,  Frank  D. 
Brown,  Gregory 
Booth,  Joseph  A. 
Corrigan,  Ed.  J. 


Call,  Ronald  J. 
Carrigan,  Arthur 
Carrigan,  Wm.  E. 
Croney,  Wm.  B. 
Coady, Joseph  E. 
Call,  James  J. 
Coleman,  Martin  J. 
Coady,  Michael  C. 
Carrigan,  Edward  A. 
Cummins,  John 
Conway,  Thomas  J. 
Connolly,  Michael  F. 
Connolly,  James  A. 
Coleman,  Bernard 
Connolly,  Rev.  J.  J. 
Cooney,  Thos.  J. 
Cain,  John  L.,  Jr. 
Call,  John  M. 
Carroll,  E.  C. 
Call,  Charles  C. 
Conroy,  Edward  J. 
Connors,  Vincent 
Chandler,  Lawrence 
Cronan,  Leo 


Davlin,  Marcus  R. 
Davlin,  John  J. 
Dunigan,  James  W. 
Doyle,  Phillip  J. 
Dee,  Thomas  C. 
Delmore,  Myles 
Daughton,  Chas.  E.,  Jr. 
Dirksen,  Anthony  F. 
Dickerson,  Harry 
Dirksen,  Louis  W. 
Dolan,  Thomas 
Dressendorfer,  H.  L. 
Davey,  Frank 
Donnelly,  Michael 
Duncan,  Frank  L. 
Daughton,  Robert  E. 
Dixon,  Paul 
Klshoff,  John  S. 
Elshoff,  Gerhard 
Franz,  Arthur  G. 
p'ogarty,  Wm.  Ray 
Fisherkeller,  Leo 
Fielding,  Wm.  J. 
Flesch,  Edw.  A. 


590         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Fisherkeller,  Carl  A. 
Fitzpatrick,  John  R. 
Fisher,  Frank  J. 
Fahy,  Murty  M. 
Ford,  Robt. 
Flynn,  Wm.  H. 
Gillen,  Matthew  J. 
Gaffigan,  Wm.  J. 
Gaa,  Charles 
Gorman,  Maurice  T. 
Gusswein,  Ralph 
Gleason,  Stanley 
Greeley,  Jas.  P. 
Gleason,  Wm.  J. 


Hines,  Emmet  P. 
Hagele,  A.  J. 
Hilliard,  Thos.  C. 
Ilenn,  Frank 
Higgins,  Thos.  J. 
Higgins,  James 
Jasseck,  Carl 
Kloppenburg,  Harry 
Kunzweiler,  Carl 
Kraus,  Andrew  J. 
Kilhoffer,  Dr.  H.  L. 
Knox,  Wm. 
Kehoe,  Ed.  F. 
Kloppenburg,  Geo.  J. 


Lehnen,  Hugh  B. 
Lee,  John  M. 
Layendecker,  John  A. 
Lex,  John 
Lex,  Leonard 
Lauer,  Harry  T. 
Maheny,  D.  J. 
Murphy,  John  T. 
Murphy,  Edw.  L. 
Murphy,  Jr.,  John  N. 
Mullady,  Bernard  P. 
Mallon,  Chas. 
Manning,  Paul 
Murphy,  Jos.  T. 


St.  Mihiel,  One  of  the  Storm  Centers  of  the  War  in  Which  Illinois  Knights 

Distinguished   Themselves. 


Gorman,  John  A. 
Glaven,  John  A. 
Gaa,  Carl  W 
Galloway,  Paul  D. 
Hellhake,  Wm. 
Harvey,  Jas.  M. 
Henn,  John 
Houser,  C.  J. 
Hanrahan,  Harry  T. 
Hall,  Dennis  J. 
Higgins,  Geo.  H. 
Hackett,  Daniel  J. 
Hackett,  Jas.  E. 
HofCerkamp,  August 
Hanrahan,  John 


Kerwin,  Lawrence  F. 
Kerns,  Leo  C. 
Klaholt,  Harry  F. 
Lynch,  Wm. 
LaFauce,  Anthony 
Larabee,  Edw. 
Lorsch,  John 
Lawler,  Frank 
Lawless,  Moran 
Lauchlin,  M.  T. 
Lyman,  Frank  W. 
Lyman,  Edw.  M. 
Lipsmire,  Wm.  M. 
Lutz,  John  P. 
Leotta,  Joseph 


Murphy,  Jas.  F. 
Mahoney,  Ed.  J. 
Mullaney,  John  T. 
Maier,  C.  J. 
Matheis,  Albert 
Meany,  Chas. 
Mahoney,  Thos.  F. 
Murphy,  Frank  B. 
Matheis,  Henry  L. 
Mulcahy,  Daniel  M. 
Mulcahy,  Richard 
Mullaney,  Chas.  B. 
McLaughlin,  E.  T. 
McCue,  John  A. 
McCrea,  J.  Nash 


WAI^-THE  ROLL  OF  HONOR 


591 


McGlennon,  M.  J. 
McGraugh,  Harry 
McGurk,  Miles 
McHugh,  Jos.  P. 
McCue,  Jas.  C. 
Nollen,  Matthew  J. 
Otto,  L.  J. 
Ottis,  D.  M. 
O'Brien,  Jas.  L. 
O'Brien,  Andrew  T. 
Pohl,  Conrad  J. 
Palmisano,  Frank 
Pefferle,  Leslie  G. 
Quinn,  Wm. 
Rossiter,  Peter 
Rochicioli,  Wm.  J. 
Roche,  J.  M. 
Rebbe,  John 
Roche,  Bernard 
Reisch,  Harry  E. 


Reynolds,  Ed.  J. 
Rethinger,  A.  R. 
Ransford,  J.  Robt. 
Reilly,  Walter  R. 
Ryan,  Patrick  J. 
Reynolds,  Wm.  B. 
Shaughnessy,  E.  P 
Sullivan,  Thos.  H. 
Sheehan,  Howard 
Shea,  Aloysius 
Shea,  Walter  S. 
Stenson,  Walter  J. 
Stewart,  Michael  L. 
Staab,  Herman  W. 
Sheehan,  Edw. 
Shaughnessy,  Jas.  G. 
Smith,  Dr.  Robert  E. 
Schaf er,  John 
Schloton,  John  B. 


Scott,  Edw.  S. 
Scott,  Chas.  C. 
Sexton,  Stephen 
Taggart,  Henry 
Tilley,  Arthur  D. 
Thielken,  Paul  F. 
Troesch,  Frank  M. 
Trutter,  Edw. 
Uhl,  Thos.  J. 
Votsmier,  Henry 
White,  Jas.  J. 
Watters,  Jos.  J. 
Weis,  Jos.  J. 
Welsh,  Bernard  H. 
Walsh,  Michael  J. 
Walz,  Chas.  A. 
Webber,  Chas. 
White,  Jos.  F. 
Willenborg,  Edw.  .T. 


Anson,  Arthur  W. 
Bartley,  J.  Vernon 
Bertnik,  Albert  L. 
Piddle,  Harry 
Birkey,  Ralph  M. 
Blackburn,  Richard 
Blaha,  Jos. 
Boland,  E.  H. 
Boyle,  John  A. 
Brennan,  Edw.  M. 
Itrown,  Francis  A. 
Burke,  James  R. 
Burke,  Thos.  J. 
Burt,  Wm. 
Burke,  Wm. 
liyrnes  Maurice. 
Campbell,  Bernard 
Cleary,  Peter 
Comeford,  John  M. 
Comeford,  Geo.  L. 
Condon,  John  R. 
Connor,  John 
Connors,  Ray 
Connors,  Wm. 
Corcoran,  Frank 
Crighton,  Ambrose  J. 
Creighton,  Maurice  J. 
Croughwell,  John 
Crowley,  Neil 
Cunningham,  Leo 
Cunningham,  Wm. 
D'Arcy,  Prank  E. 
Daggett,  Ed. 
Dawson,  Thos.  A. 
Dempsey,  Henry  E. 


382    JOLIET,  Jolifct 

Dillon,  Geo.  H. 
Dillon,  John  J. 
Donohue,  Hamilton 
Dougherty,  John  H. 
Downey,  Harold 
Downing,  E.  Joseph 
Doyle,  Ray  F. 
Durkin.  Matt. 
Egan,  John  V. 
Faulkner,  Geo. 
Fay,  Bernard  J. 
Fay,  Thos. 
Feeney,  Albert 
Feeley,  Thos. 
Feeney,  John  Clarke 
Fenton,  Jas.  P. 
Ferguson,  C.  E. 
Fitzgerald,  Maurice 
Fomento,  Fred 
Foster,  Harold 
Freis,  Fred  P. 
Gabel,  Martin  W. 
Gahagen,  Patrick,  Jr. 
Gallagher,  Martin  E. 
Gleason,  Hugh  W. 
Gleason,  Jos.  W. 
Graham,  Wm. 
Griffin,  John  M. 
Haley,  Paul  C. 
Harney,  Thos. 
Hennessey,  Wm. 
Kavanaugh,  Jos. 
Kinsella.  John 
Komp,  Jos. 


Lawlor,  James  M. 
Loughran,  Cornelius 
Lowrey,  J.  Walter 
Malloy,  Harold  E. 
Malloy,  Norbert 
McCanna,  Wm.  E. 
McCauley,  Arthur 
McHugh,  Raymond 
McHugh,  Robert  E. 
McGowan,  Leonard  j. 
Metzgar,  Jos. 
Noel,  James 
O'Brien,  Wm.  J. 
O'Hern,  J.  Paul 
O'Leary,  C.  C. 
Olivo,  Jos. 

O'Neil,  Dr.  Joseph  T. 
Rafter,  Edw.  A. 
Reardon,  Chas.  R. 
Russell,  James  J. 
Salensnik,  Edw. 
Sexton,  John 
Scahill,  Thos. 
Schuster,  liaymond  ^i. 
Staehely,  Raymond  J. 
Sullivan,  Cornelius  D. 
Tierney,  John 
Tighe,  John 
Tracey,  Harry 
Trainor,  Edw.  J. 
Wagner,  P.  E. 
Ward,  Wm.  E. 
Wellnltz,  Anthony 
Wyss,  Frank  J. 


Allen,  Joseph 
Amrhein,  Andrew 
Anderson,  John 
Anderson,  William 
Anthony,  George 
Arnold,  John 


427     SPALDING,  Peoria 

Aylward,  Frank 
Barrett,  James 
Best,  Joseph 
Boland,  William 
Bradley,  Richaid  B. 
Boyd.  Wilbur 


Bourke,  Wm.  C. 
Brown,  Will 
Bruns,  Albert 
Buck,  Eugene 
Bunk,  Joseph 
Burke,  J.  C. 


592 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Bishop,  Frank 
Cahill,  Leo 
Callahan,  P.  P. 
Gallery,  Ray 
Gallery,  J.  L. 
Garrigan,  Tom 
Gashin,  M.  H. 
Gashman,  E.  E. 
Gharvat,  F.  J. 
Gleary,  Mike 
Conners,  Will 
Crowley,  Mike 
Cullinan,  Tom 
Comiskey,  T.  J. 
Dalton,  Frank 
Danahay,  Dan 
Daniels,  Tom 
Davis,  Walter 
Detrempe,  Les 
Dietrich,  Ghas. 
Donnell,  Julius 
Donnelly,  Harold 
Donohue,  J.  J. 
Doyle,  Ben 
Dries,  Joe 
Durkin,  William 
Damman,  Fred 
Donnelly,  Roy 
E^ngland,  Walter 
Farrell,  Gene 
Ferlman,  Ghas. 
Fitzgerald,  E.  W. 
Fitzgerald.R.  C. 
Flaherty,  L. 
Flood,  Francis 
Golike,  Frank 
Gorman,  John 
Gorman,  Tom  F. 
Haddigan,  F.  A. 
Haddigan.W.  A. 
Halpin,  Ghas. 
Hapenny,  John 
Harding,  Will 
Hayden,  Rufus 
Hediger,  Geo. 
Heinrich,  G.  T. 
Heinz,  B.  J. 
Hess,  William 
Heyd,  Wilbert 
Hietter,  G.  G. 
Higgins,  Rev. 
Higgins,  Mike 
Higgins,  Will 
Hopkins,  A.  J. 
Hofreiter,  G.  J. 
Hussung,  Frank 
Joseph, Joseph 
Kavanaugh,  R.  J. 
Kavanaugh,  R.  E. 
Kaptur,  V.  D. 


Keeley,  Ed 
Kelly,  Anthony 
Kelly,  Ed  D. 
Kelly,  Dan  E. 
Kelly,  Francis 
Kelly,  George 
Kelly,  Martin 
Kelly,  Tom    J. 
Kerns,  L.  B. 
Kearns,  Ed  J. 
King,  William 
Kirwan,  Emmet 
Koetter,  Len 
Kowash,  Charles 
Lafeber,  T.  J. 
Lawless,  Harry 
Lawless,  James 
Lavin,  Mike 
Linneman,  J.  J. 
Long,  William 
Madigan,  Rich 
Malone,  Larry 
Marks,  Harry 
Marks,  Ray 
Martens,  William 
Matthews,  George 
McArthey,  G.  L. 
McCarthy,  Ghas. 
McBurney,  William 
McConnell,  Joe 
McGann,  B.  C. 
McGrath,  W.  E. 
McManus,  J.  P. 
McManus,  Will 
Mills,  Leo 
Mooney,  G.  J. 
Mooney,  H.  J. 
Moore,  J.  G. 
Moran,  J.  P. 
Moutier,  B.  G. 
Moutier,  Frank 
Murphy,  J.  P. 
Murphy,  P.  G. 
Murphy,  Leo  T. 
Murphy,  Tom 
Myatt,  Harry 
Nau,  Joe 
Nauer,  Fred 
Neven,  W.  R. 
Newman,  Lewis 
Nolan,  James 
O'Brien,  John  J. 
O'Conner,  Ed 
O'Neil,  Walter 
Ossenbec,  C.  G. 
Phalen,  J.  J. 
Phalen,  R.  J. 
Phillips,  W.  J. 
Phillips,  W.  P. 
Powers,  Ed  J. 


Powers,  E.  J.,  Jr. 
Powers,  Fred 
Premersdoerfer,  J.  E 
Quinn,  L.  W. 
Quinlan,  J.  J. 
Raleigh,  Maurice 
Rapp,  A.  C. 
Reilly,  Edward 
Reis,  Val  E. 
Roach,  F.  O. 
Roche,  C.  T. 
Roche,  William 
Roth,  William 
Ruhaak,  E.  J. 
Ruhaak,  Howard 
Ryan,  Fred  W. 
Ryan,  Joe  F. 
Ryan,  Matthew 
Scherrer,  A.  L. 
Schmidt,  Bern. 
Schmidt,  W.  W. 
Schmitt,  F.  M. 
Schotthoefer,F.  F. 
Seller,  B.  J. 
Smelz,  Omar  P. 
Smith,  Ray 
Sours,  Ben 
Sours,  Len  T. 
Speck,  Carl 
Speck,  Ed 
Spitzer,  Francis 
Spurck,  George 
Sprenger,  Dr.  A. 
Spurck,  Dr.  P.  T. 
Stanley,  William 
Streitmiller,  N. 
Stuckey,  Leroy 
Sweeney,  Neil 
Tuohy,  Herb. 
Volz,  Bernard 
Volz,  Prank 
Vonachen,  P.  G. 
Wahl,  Gordon 
Wahl,  J.  Joe 
Walsh,  John  E. 
Walsh,  Rev.  P.  E. 
Walters,  Harry 
Waters,  Frank 
Waugh,  James 
Weber,  Clem 
Westlake,  A.  T. 
Whalen,  Leo 
Whalen,  John  M. 
Whalen,  William 
Whelan,  Frank 
Williams,  P.  D. 
Wissing,  Joe 
Wiltz,  Lambert 
Zimmerman,  A.  U. 


Acker,  Ambrose 
Acker,  Clement 
Acker,  Prank 
Barrett,  Edw.  N. 
Barrett,  John  L. 


460    ALTON,  Alton 

Beiser,  Louis 
Berger,  Henry 
Berry,  Thos. 
Blakely,  Walter 
Braunagel,  J.  A. 


Brown,  John  T. 
Budde,  Walter  L. 
Bund,  Wm. 
Callahan,  Jas.  T. 
Caldwell,  J.  L. 


WAI^-THE  ROLL  OF  HONOR 


593 


Callahan,  Jos. 
Callahan,  Wm. 
Caldwell,  Henry 
Cahill,  David  E. 
Conley,  John 
Coppinger,  Lucian 
Crivello,  Aug.  M. 
Crivello,  Gasper 
Cunningham,  C.  J. 
Carson,  Dr.  O.  E. 
Davey,  John  W. 
Dwiggins,  Leonard 
Dromgoole,  Jos. 
Degenhardt,  Jos.  L. 
Dennison,  John  T. 
Eckhard,  John 
Ernst,  Harry 
Federle,  Albert 
Ford,  Leo 
Flori,  Jos. 
Gallagher,  Dr.  B.  1 
Guertler,  Walter 
Girard,  Albert 
Gissal,  John 
Graf,  J.  A. 
Green,  Walter 
Grossheim,  Chas. 
Grossheim,  John 
Gross,  Sylvester 
Hagan,  Lucien 
Hagan,  Joe 


Hagan,  Chas. 
Harrington,  Wm. 
Heintz.  Leo 
Hellrung,  Herbert 
Hoehn,  John 
Horat,  Frank 
Howard,  Emmet 
Hughes,  Jr.,  Edmond 
Hohnstedt,  Fred 
Immenga,  Fred 
Joehl,  John 
June,  Leo 
Jun,  Henry 
Kleinschnittger,  Leo 
Knapp,  Oswald 
Kane,  Dr.  F. 
Kremer,  Bern. 
Kane,  Geo. 

Kelter,  Jas.  C. 

Kennedy,  Phil 

Kniery,  Edw. 

Laurence,  Allen  E. 

Lippoldt,  Jos. 

Long,  David 

Long,  W.  Earl 

Lynch,  J.  M. 

Lynch,  Stanley 

Leady,  Jos. 

Maul,  T. 

Maul,  Henry   C. 

Maguire,  Geo. 


Mahoney,  Martin 
Molloy,    Henry 
Maguire.  Chas. 
Manion,  Wm. 
McGinnis,  John  F. 
McGarrahan,  Geo. 
McHale,  John 
McHenry,  Wm.,  Jr. 
Mooney,  T.  J. 
Maul,  Theo. 
Norton,  Francis 
Pekarick,  Martin 

Reynolds,  Peter 
Ryan,  John 
Ransom,  Chas. 

Schulte,  Soe 

Stodieman,  Jos. 

Scherer,  Cecil 

Scherer,  Karl 

Schmidt,  W.  P. 

Schneeringer,  Han  y 

Slruif,  Leo  J. 

Thornton,  N.  B. 

Timper,  Theo. 

Troeckler,  Mike 

Werner,  Geo. 

Werner,  Edw. 

Willis,  Leo 

Wuellner,  Henry 

Wueliner,  Jos. 

Wyss,  Emmert 


470     ROCKFORD,  Rockford 


Ashton,  Jas.  H. 
Brennan,  Jas.  E. 
Barry,  Vincent  D. 
Bokler,  Rugur  R. 
Burke,  John  J. 
Burke,  Richard  E. 
Blankmeier,  Carl  J. 
Bedinger,  Edw.  F. 
Barrett,  David  F. 
Blommer,  Walter  J. 
Bradgon,  Harvey  E. 
Busch,  Lester  L. 
Burscher,  Clements 
Breyer,  Leonard  H. 
Casserly,  J.  Emmett 
Cavanagh,  Edmund  B. 
Cherichetti,  Jerome 
Cholke,  Albert  M. 
Condon,  John  R. 
Creagan,  Clyde  L. 
Creagan,  Ralph  P. 
Curry,T.  L. 
Curry,  Martin  H. 
Carmody,  Arthur  M. 
Carroll,  Geo.  A. 
Cummings,  Rev.  M.  A. 
Collentine.  Ralph  J. 
Cooper,  Edward 
Casey,  Jos.  M. 
Daly,  Thos.  M.,  Jr. 
Devine,  Willard 
Devine,  Harry  J. 
Doran,  James  A. 
Doherty,  James  R, 


Dougherty,  Lee 
Dougherty,  J.  Ray 
Dowdakin,  James  D. 
Doyle,  John  P. 
Devine,  Carlyle  T. 
Donaghy,  James  K. 
Doherty,  Earl  John 
EauClaire,  Dick 
Enright,  James  A. 
Faltysek,  Geo. 
Foley,  Herbert  F. 
Ford,  Francis  W. 
Ford,  John  H. 
Fox,  Peter  L. 
Finn,  Harold  L. 
Feldott,  Edwin  A. 
Fiedler,  John  C. 
Finnegan,  Thos.  B. 
Fineran,  Geo.  Henry 
Fitzpatrick,  Patrick 

Foley,  Chas.  J. 

Farrell,  Paul 

Gill,  George  P. 

Green,  Theo.  E. 

Grimm,  Leo  F. 

Gutzwiller,  R.  W. 

Greigler.  Edward  J. 

Ginouchio,  Frank  J. 

Glynn,  Floyd  G. 

Gangham,  John 

Gedwiel,  Henry 

Gruenke,  Mathias 

Gallagner,  James  P. 

Haf  ey,  Thos.  Jos. 


Hallock,  Stephen  C. 
Handibode,  L.  J. 
HefEern,  Ross 
Hickey,  Chas.  C. 
Honey,  John 
Johnson,  Robert 
Keane,  Edward  F. 
Kiegel,  Albert  P. 
Kleber,  Jos. 
Linnen, John  T. 
Lonergan,  John  R. 
Lonergan,  John  P. 
Martin,  Thos.  A. 
Mullane,  Wm.  P. 
Murphy,  Edward  H. 
Murphy,  Robert 
Marelli,  Henry  A. 
McCabe,  John  R. 

McCabe,  John,  Jr. 
McCann,  John  R. 
McCarthy,  Vernon  J. 
McCarty.  Dennis  J. 
McLee,  Bernard  J. 
McAndrews.  Raymond 

McNelis,  John  F. 

McCabe,  Harry  L. 
McNamara,  Frank 

McNeany,  W.  J. 

McDonald,  L.  G. 

Numann,  Felix 

Neal,  Wm.  J. 

Nolan,  Thos.  H. 

O'Connell,  John  F. 

O'Connor,  Willis  E 


594         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Plum,  Leo  F. 
Petritz,  John  G. 
Quirk,  Raymond 
Raidy,  Emmett  L. 
Raldy,  Raymond 
Redmond,  James 
Royer,  Wilfred  Wm. 
Ryan,  John  Thos. 
Rausch,  Leo  M. 
Sullivan,  Emmett  A. 


Schaenzer,  J.  P. 
Scollin,  Rev.  W.  J. 
Sloan,  Vincent  I. 
Stimack,  Ignas  A. 
Sullivan,  Harry  A. 
Sullivan,  James 
Sullivan,  Clarence  E. 
Schmauss,  Fred  L. 
Schmauss,  G.  Arthur 
Taube,  Edward 


Thomas,  Valentine  B. 
Tully,  John  M. 
Tokarz,  Frank 
Tuincy,  Chas.  J. 
Walsh,  Raymond  T. 
Ward,  Hugh  F. 
Waterfield,  Richard  R. 
Welch,  Eugene  J. 
Whelan,  Rev.  J.  H. 
Winkel,  Max  G. 


C.  M.   BUTLER  OF  FK. 

O'CONNOR  COUNCIL 

in    Siberia. 


FIRST  LIEUT.  M.  G. 
HARBULA, 
St.  Philip  Neri  Coun- 
cil, Instructor  in  Avia- 
tion at  Girstner  Field. 
Louisiana  and  other 
points. 


WILLIAAI    C.    SULLI- 
VAN  OP  CHICAGO 
in  Siberia. 


Annetti,  James 
Archibald,  Wm.  T. 
Beilman,  James  J. 
Bernard,  Fred 
Bess,  Wm.  F. 
Boehl,  Geo.  M. 
Boldt,  Arthur 


517     DE  SOTO,  Chicago 

Boltz,  John  J. 
Buettgen,  W.  C.  J. 
Burke,  Emmet 
Byrne,  James  A. 
Byrne,  Wm.  J. 
Garden,  Wm.  H. 
Carmody,  T.  J. 


Carney,  Emmett  R, 
Christoffel,  R.  P. 
Cleary,  Maurice  J. 
Coari,  Frank  A. 
Coffeen,  Wm.  F. 
Colford,  James  T>. 
Colquit,  Wm.  F, 


WAR— THE  ROLL  OF  HONOR 


595 


Conway,  J.  Rudolph 
Cuny,  Ambrose 
Cuny,  Prank  J. 
Debus,  Adam  J. 
DeCaluwe,  Alex. 
Dechmann,  Jos.  M. 
Delles,  Ray  J. 
Dobleskey,  Peter 
Draths,  Frank  A. 
Egan,  J.  Parnell 
Egloff,   Martin  F. 
Engel,  Andrew  J. 
Fngel,  John  M. 
Enzweiler,  P.  H. 
Even,  Geo.  M. 
Even,  Wm.  M. 
Fehrenbacker,  F.  J. 
P'eit,  Joseph  F. 
Feld,  Raymond  H. 
Figiel,  John 
Fisher,  Hugh 
Fischer,  James 
Fischer,  Jos.  J. 
Flannery,  John  S. 
Florczak,  Adolph 
Foehrlnger,  John  F. 
Frey,  Felix  F. 
Friedrichs,  Harry  M. 
Ganzer,  Walter  A. 
Gorman,  Jos.  A. 
Guenther,  Jos.  B. 
Hausmann,  W.  E.  L. 
Haley,   Martin  J. 
Hamilton,  John 
Harvey,  H.  W. 
Hayden,  T. 
Hayes,  C.  G. 
Healy,  M.  J. 
Hemmelgarn,  W. 
Hengl,  Alex.  C. 
Hennemann,  W.  J. 
Heraty,  Thomas 
Hinkes,  Nicholas  J. 
Hoffman,  Wm.  J. 
Hogan,  F.  J. 
Hogan,  Dr.  Thos.  A. 
Huelsmann,  F.  J. 
Jacobs,  Dr.  Fred  C. 
Jacobs,  Geo.  E. 
Jungblut,  John  B. 
Junius,  Geo.  N. 
Junius,  Peter  J. 
Kalvelage,  Arthur  C. 
Kandel,  Peter  N. 


Kasper,  Roger 
Kea  ting,  Chas.  E. 
Kefer,  Henry  M. 
Kent,  J.  P. 
Ketchum,  James  A. 
Kinson,  Francis  P. 
Knippel,  Frank  J. 
Koller,  John  C. 
Kraft,  Joseph  N. 
Krewer,  Wm.  A. 
Kuempel,  Arthur  E. 
Kuhn,  P.  V. 
Lahey,  Russell  E. 
Lanagan,  Thos.  J. 
Lauer,  Carl  F. 
Lebbin,  Wm.  J. 
Lecheler,  Louis  J. 
Loheinrich,  F.  A. 
Luxem,  L.  P. 
Lynch,  Frank  T. 
Machtel,  Peter  J. 
Maheu,  James  J. 
Malinowski,  A.  F. 
Marshall,  Edwin  S. 
Martin,  Bernard 
Martin,  Al 
Martini,  Mathias  N. 
Meyer,  Raymond  C. 
Meyer,  Wm.  J. 
Meyers,  Harry  J. 
Miller,  Roger  C. 
Mittel,  Rupert  V. 
Moran,  Lawrence  P. 
Mueller,  E.  L. 
Murphy,  Eugene  P. 
McDonald,  Campbell 
McGarry,  Robert  E. 
McHale,  Edward  J. 
McLaughlin,  J.  W. 
McLoughlin,  P.  C. 
Nicholson,  R.  W. 
O'Connell,  John  J. 
O'Connor,  Arthur  J. 
O'Connor,  Joseph  A. 
Oehm,  Henry  J. 
Paque,  Albert  E. 
Paque,  Otto 
Pecht,  Geo.  O. 
Powers,  Andrew  T. 
Prost,  Nlch.  A. 
Quinn,  John  M. 
Reif ,  Michael  P. 
Resch,  Casper  J. 


Retzek,  Rev.  Henry 
Richards,  Ernest  O. 
Riedl,   M.   J. 
Riley,  Joseph  W. 
Riordan,  John  J. 
Robinett,  Jos.  F. 
Roth,  Casper 
Ryan,  Edward 
Savage,  Geo.  E. 
Scanlan,  Thos.  E. 
Schaid,  Aug.  H. 
Schelling,  Frank 
Scherrer,  Chas.  F. 
Schmauss,  Michael  J. 
Schmidt,  Edw.  P. 
Schmitz,  Wm.  P. 
Schneider,  Arnold  G. 
Self  ert,  Mathias  J. 
Seng,  Lambert  Q. 
Sittler,  Frank  J. 
Stanton,  John  J. 
Steder,  Mathias 
Steder,  Nicholas 
Sugg,  Raymond  J. 
Sullivan,  James  T. 
Sullivan,  Vincent  L. 
Sweeney,  A.  L.  P. 
Theisen,  Jos.  L. 
Tomezak,  Victor  F. 
Turini,  John  A. 
Vanderkooi,  E.  J. 
Vitu,  Paul  J. 
Vollmann,  B.  M. 
Vollmann,  Jos.  I'. 
Vollmann,   Mathias  II. 
Wagemann,  Hubert  A 
Waldbillig,  P.  T. 
Weimer,  Herman  H. 
Weimer,  Phil  J. 
Weidemann,  E.  M. 
Werner,  Peter  A. 
Williams,  Oliver  A. 
Wohlleber,  Frank  N. 
Wohlleber,  Henry 
Wolschon,  John  C. 
Wuerth,  Walter 
Zapp,  Julian  E. 
Zapp,  Paul  A. 
Zei,  Fred  W. 
Ziesk,  Chas..  Jr. 
Ziesk,  unas. 
Zingsheim,  Geo.  C. 
Zwack,  John 


537     PHIL  SHERIDAN,  Oak  Park 


Brosnan,  T.  P. 
Butler,  Jas.  C,  Jr. 
Butler,  Wm.  F. 
Branen,  Chas.  E. 
Braheny,  John  E. 
Bertaux,  Jules  F. 
Callaghan,  V.  S. 
Cremin,  Thos.  B. 
Collins,  Edw.  W. 
Collins,  Wm.  J. 


Cameron,  Chas.  J. 
Dee,  Thos.  F.,  Jr. 
Foy,  Wm.  D. 
Feery,  Bern.  T. 
Gibbons,  Leo  J. 
Geselbracht,  H.  C. 
Hogan,  Floyd  L. 
Hinchey,  Robert  F. 
Junkersfeld,  Peter 
Keegan,  John 


Kane,  John  P. 
Kane,  Wm.  J. 
LeBeau,  Nor.  J. 
Lof  tus,  John  F. 
Mudd,  Jos.  A.,  Jr. 
Murphy,  Thos.  H. 
McBlliott,  J.  T.,  Jr. 
McCarthy,  John  W. 
McCarthy,  Jas.  F. 
McGarry,  Jas.  W. 


596 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


McGann,  L.  E.,  Jr 
Prendergast,  R  I. 
Quilty,  R.  Frank 
Quinlan,  John  W. 


Rice,  James  A. 
Schaf,  Aug.  Li. 
Smith,  Ber.  J. 
Smith,  Frank  E. 


Smith,  John  V. 
Stover,  Robt.  A. 
St.  Arnaud,  Geo. 


556     GALESBURG,  Galesburg 


Blake,  John  J. 
Bradshaw,  Harold  L. 
Burns,  Charles  M. 
Burns,  George  L. 
Carolan,  Edward  J. 
Carr,  Peter 
Cowan,  George  A. 
Cratty,  Earl  B. 
Cratty,  John  W. 
Green,  Joseph  C. 
Crouch,  Frederick  J. 
Cullen,  John  H. 
Duffy,  Leo  F. 
English,  William  J. 
Everist,  James  W. 
Fifield,  Chas.  A. 
Fifield,  Roy  P. 
Pigle,  Paul  S. 
Forsythe,  Forrest  J. 
Freeman,  William  T. 
Healey,  Charles  H. 
Hoben,  Michael  J. 
Hogan,  Patrick  M. 


Houlihan,  John  F. 
Houlihan,  Leo  K. 
Huston,  Marcus  M. 
Heffern,  Thomas 
Hoben,  Anthony 
Harris,  Paul  I. 
Hutmacher,  Oscar  G. 
Kennedy,  George  M. 
Kiernan,  Eugene  R. 
Ring.Timothy  E. 
Klrkbridge,  John  H. 
Lane,  Marvin  L. 
Maley,  William  H. 
Mangion,  Thomas  E. 
Narry,  Thomas  F. 
McGivern,  Fredk.  M. 
McKillip,  Paul  W. 
McNamara,  Leo  J. 
McNamara,  William 
Morrissey,  Jams  W. 
Morrissey,  Joseph  T. 
MuUer,  William  F. 
Necasek,  Fredk.  H. 


Necasek,  J.  Arthur 
O'Brien,  John  J. 
O'Brien,  Leo  F. 
O'Brien,  Thos.  C. 
O'Connor,  William  L. 
O'Connor,  Crescent  P. 
O'Connor,  Frederick  J 
O'Donnell,  John,  Jr. 
Rabenau,  Clarence  T. 
Riley,  Michael  J. 
Rlnella,  Samuel  C. 
Ritzenthaler,  J.  L. 
Rowe,  Chester  J. 
Scurry,  William  J. 
Sheahan,  John  C. 
Sheahan,  Leo  P. 
Stablein,  Paul 
Sullivan,  Eugene  J. 
Telford,  Charles  S. 
Trebbe,  Frederick  A. 
Watson,  Stanley  W. 
White,  William  J. 
Worden,  Homer  J. 


574     BLOOMINGTON,  BloomJngton 


Allen,  James 
Bandl,  John 
Borkoviak,  M.  L. 
Bethea,  Edward 
Blair,  Geo.  F. 
Bonnen,  Ed  G. 
Boylan,  Geo.  F. 
Boylan,  Harry  F. 
Brennan,  Ed  F. 
Burke,  Peter  A. 
Burns,  Richard  F. 
Butler,  James  F. 
Butler,  Frank  M. 
Callahan,  Martin  L. 
Carbery,  John  E. 
Cleary,  John  A. 
Conley,  Edgar  L. 
Conley,  Geo.  F. 
Conroy,  Francis  H. 
Conroy,  Maurice  F. 
Corbley,  John  P. 
Costigan,  Thomas  I. 
Cox,  James  V. 
Cox,  John  F. 
Cullen,  Francis  M. 
Condon,  J.  J. 
Denneen,  Frank 
DeVaney,  Roy  B. 
Donlon,  James  P. 
Downey,  Daniel  P. 
Downey,  Ed  F. 
Downey,  Eugene  P. 
Driscoll,  John  B. 
B^nright,  Jay  D. 


Fisherkeller,  Henry  A. 
Flynn,  Edgar  A. 
Flynn,  Thomas 
Flynn,  M.  G. 
Freeze,  Albert  F. 
Freeze,  John  G. 
Gehring,  Laurence 
Gildner,  Leo 
Gleason,  Geo.  P. 
Greenleaf ,  P.  E. 
Gregory,  Mathew  P. 
Hackett,  Frank 
Haffner,  Louis 
Hallihan,  John 
Hayden,  Daniel  A. 
Haydon,  Thomas  F. 
Hayes,  Louis  A. 
Hayes,  Melvin  S. 
Hayes,  Paul 
Heinz,  Peter  F. 
Hogan,  Leo  L. 
Howard,  Austin 
Hunt,  Leo 
Johnson,  James  F. 
Kalahar,  Maurice 
Kane,  Lt.  C.  P. 
Kellog,  Verne  F. 
Kinder,  Patrick 
Kinsella,  James  F. 
Koos,  Emmett  F. 
Koos,  Laurence  H. 
Lahey,  Robert 
Leary,  Chas.  E. 
Leary,  John  M. 


Leary,  Richard  M. 
Lenehan,  William  F. 
liUnney,  Laughlin  F. 
Lynch,  James  R. 
Lyons,  Wayne 
McAvoy,  Arthur 
McCarthy,  Eugene  S. 
McGraw,  Patrick  M. 
McGraw,  Wm.  E. 
Maloney,  Robert  E. 
Mann,  Andrew  F. 
Maurer,  Adolph  I. 
Meaney,  Joe  P. 
Merna,  Harry 
Merna,  Wm. 
Mesner,  Francis 
Moore,  Roy  B. 
Morath,  Ralph  C. 
Morrissey,  James  F. 
Morrissey,  James  S. 
Morrissey,  Thomas  J. 
Murray,  Fred  E. 
Murray,  Leo  F. 
O'Connell,  Richard  M. 
O'Donnell,  Raymond 
O'Hara,  Wm.  F. 
Ottes,  Peter  F. 
Parker,  Jacob  F. 
Pemberton,  Hubert 
Penn,  Fred  W. 
Penn,  James  E. 
Ploussard,  Edward 
Powers,  Ed 
Radbourn,  Louis 


WAR— THE  ROLL  OP  HONOR 


597 


Raycroft,  Ed  V. 
Riegger,  Arnold  P. 
Rodgers,  Joseph  E. 
Ryan,  James  M. 
Salmon,  Maurice  A. 
Salmon,  Maurice  F. 
Sammon.  James  F.  M. 
Schultz,  Andrew 
Schwart,  John 
Shanahan,  Thomas 


Smith,  J.  F. 
Smith,  Wm. 
Stone,  Leslie 
Sullivan,  Andrew  E. 
Sullivan,  Chas.  H. 
Sweeney,  George 
Sweeney,  Wm.  F. 
Thoennes,  Otto  A. 
Toohey,  Harold 


Twomey,  Daniel  P. 
Vogal,  Rodger  M. 
Walsh,  Leo  M. 
Walsh.  Thomas  M. 
Watson,  Francis  L. 
Watson,  Roland  B. 
Watson,  Thomas  V. 
Weldon,  Thomas  S. 
Williams,  John  A. 


Abrams,  Thos.  E. 
Aman,  Raymond  J. 
Arsenau,  Stanislaus 
Barry,  James  E.,  Jr. 
Barry,  Richard 
Bretz,  Jno.  P. 
Bergin,  Dennis  J. 
Burg,  Edward  C. 
Burgener,  Chas. 
Busch,  Henry  E. 
Buzan,  Thos.  E. 
Cahill,  James  F. 
Campion,  Michael 
Cantwell,  Wm.  T. 
Clancy,  Jno. 
Collins,  Jos.  E. 
Condon,  Edw.  T. 
Condon,  F.  H. 
Connolly,  Louis  E. 
Connor,  Arthur  E. 
Costello,  M.  P. 
Crinigan,  Jno.  F. 
Daily,  Wm.  L. 
Delaney,  James  P. 
Delaney,  Leo 
Delaney,  Thos.  J. 
Delaney,  Wm. 
Dills,  Raymond  J. 
Dolson,  S.  J. 
Doran,  Jos.  P. 
Dorgan,  Chas.  E. 
Dowling,  John 
Downing  Jos.  R. 
Downing,  Louis 
Downing,  W.  P. 
Doyle,  Robert  J. 
Drake,  Wm.  E. 
Ducey,  E.  P. 
Dunn,  Homer  J. 
Dunn,  Raymond 
Ehrhardt,  Edward 
England,  D.  T. 
Ernst,  Vincent  R. 
Fahay,  Wm.  M. 


577     DECATUR,  Decatur 

Falk,  Harry  A. 
Finn,  Jno.  D. 
Flynn,  Wm. 
Foley,  Harold  F. 
Foran,  W.  A. 
Glancy,  Thos. 
Graham,  John  D. 
Hagen,  Chas.  L. 
Haffey,  Robert  J. 
Haffner,  Carl  F. 
Hayes,  Edward  A. 
Hayes,  Dr.  Jno.  M. 
Hays,  Arnold 
Heger,  Clarence  M. 
Heiner,  Lawrence  J. 
Hendricks,  Edw.  P. 
Heynen,  Lawrence  J. 
Hogan,  Arthur 
Hogan,  Walter  E. 
Houran,  Donald  J. 
Houran,  Virgil  E. 
Howley,  Jno.  M. 
Hunt,  Lisle 
Hunt,  Luke  N. 
Hutcheson,  Roy  Wm. 
Houran,  C.  F. 
Johnson,  Jos.  R. 
Kekeisen,  Carl  F. 
Kilkeary,  Edward  F. 
Laux,  Carl 
Leonard,  Edw. 
Lof  tus,  Ernest  J. 
Malloy,  F.  P. 
Madigan,  Daniel 
Malloy,  Walter 
McEvoy,  Robert  L. 
Mesker,  Louis  J. 
Meyers,  Frederick  A. 
Miller,  Paul  A. 
Mooney,  B.  L. 
Mooney,  Jas.  F. 
Moore,  Jas.  C. 
Moore,  John  M. 


Moriarity,  Jas.  E. 
Moriarity,  Jno.  T. 
Muleady,  F.  P. 
Muleady,  James 
Murray,  Jas. 
Myer,  Prank  C,  Jr. 
Naughton,  Thos. 
Noonan,  Wm.  J. 
O'Heran,  Jno.  M. 
O'Heran,  Harry 
Pembroke,  Jno.  E. 
Powers,  Maurice  P. 
Pryczynski,  Jno.  L. 
Reedy,  Daniel  L. 
Robb,  Jervil  J. 
Rork,  Prank  A. 
Ruehle,  E.  C. 
Russel,  Chas.  R. 
Ryan,  J.  A. 
Ryan,  Walter  B. 
Scherer,  Louis  E. 
Scherer,  Raymond  C. 
Scott,  D.  L. 
Scott,  L.  B. 
Shafer,  A.  N. 
Shea,  Edward 
Sheehan,  Emmett  Leo 
Smith,  John  T. 
Smith,  Willis  P. 
Stengel,  Leo 
Stengel,  Raymond 
Swisher,  Emmett  J. 
Swisher,  Joseph 
Tauber,  Wm.  E. 
Taylor,  James  R. 
Trierweiler,  Alfred  C. 
Vollmer,  John  J. 
Walmsley,  Carl 
Walmsley,  Harry  W. 
Walser,  Bernard  A. 
WemhofC ,  Merrill  F. 
Wolfe,  Matt.  E. 
Zellar,  George  A. 


Adolf  s,  William  P. 
Amen,  Donald  P. 
Amburn,  Thos.  H. 
Anderson,  Geo.  M. 
Anerino,  Frank 
Badamo,  Anthony 
Barry,  T.  P. 


583    QUINCY,  Quincy 

Berter,  Carl  B. 
Boll,  Henry,  Jr. 
Booke,  Henry 
Bringaze,  Walter 
Brink,  Eugene 
Budke,  Frederick  H. 
Carroll,  Hugh 


Cunnana,  Geo. 
Daniels,  Patrick  J. 
Dillon,  Victor  A. 
Drier,  Herbert 
Duan,  John  J. 
Dunker,  Leonard 
Durham,  B.  O. 


598         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Ehrhart,  Theodore 
Ehrhart,  Herbert 
Elzi,  Alois  H. 
Folz,  L.  A. 
Freiburg,  Otto 
Freiburg,  Max  E. 
Gehring  Ralph 
Hamilton,  Roy  P. 
Heckenkamp,  Geo. 
Heinze,  Frank  L. 
Heinze,  Herbert  O. 
Hoye,  Emmett  L. 
Huck,  Oscar  P. 
Kelly,  John  F. 
Klein,  Paul 
Klene,  Rudolph 
Koch,  Dr.  John  A. 
KoUmeyer,  Carl 
Kroeger,  Geo.  L. 
Kroner,  August  F. 
Kroner,  Albert  F. 
Kurz,  L.  Herbert 
Langen,  S.  C. 


Lawler,  Frank 
Linneman,  Otto  C 
Malley,  Charles  F. 
Mast,  August  J. 
McCoy,  Paul  C. 
McGartland,  Ira 
Meis,  Edgar 
Menke,  Carl  W. 
Metzger,  Walter  A. 
Middendorf,  Roger 
Middendorf ,  Leo  H. 
Moller,  C.  H. 
Morris,  Evan  F. 
Mushold,  Andrew  J. 
O'Brien,  Patrick  H. 
O'Brien,  Daniel 
O'Farrell,  Harris 
Otten,  John  L. 
Keed,  Robert  C. 
Reinhart,  Albert 
Reinhart,  Walter 
Roberts,  Chas.  E. 
Rummenie,  Carl  A. 


Rupp,  Albert 
Ryan,  Chas. 
Schaepers,  James 
Schlangen,  Joseph 
Schutte,  Lawrence  G. 
Sibbing,  Arthur 
Smith,  Thomas  E. 
Soebbing,  John  R. 

Sohm,  Geo.  J. 
Spettnagel,  Carl 
Stegemen,  Albert  J. 
Stroot,  Alphonse 
Sullivan,  Thomas  F. 

Tushans,   Norbert 
VanSteel,  Virgil  V. 
Weisehorn,  Paul 
Wenising,  William 
Wilds,  Charles  E. 
Wilson,  William  F. 
Wilson,  E.  James 
Winter,  George  J. 
Wiskirchen,  R.  W. 


592     EAST  ST.  LOUIS,  East  St.  Louis 


Ahearn,  Maurice  B. 
Ahearn,  M.  T. 
Altragge,  Grover  J. 
Becherer,  Arthur  J. 
Beykirch,  A.  B. 
Beykirch,  Jos. 
Bishop,  E.  G. 
Boyne,  Dr.  W.  W. 
Brennan,  Michael  E. 
Brennan,  R.  J. 
Burke,  Alfred  J. 
Butler,  M.  J. 
Carroll,  Dr.  P.  J. 
Casey,  D.  F. 
Cay,  Walter  L. 
Coonan, John  Paul 
Coonan,  Thos.  F. 
Costello,  John  J. 
Costello,  Em.  C. 
Cullen,  J.  C. 
CuUen,  James  C. 
Cullen,  Jos.  M. 
Davis,  O. 
Dawling,  M.  E.  A. 
Dichhaus,  A.  J. 
Dittemmier,  Wm.  J. 
Donahue,  Jas.  J. 
Dowling,  L.  M. 
Ellis,  Edward  F. 
Edinger,  Fred  W. 
Fallon,  Wm. 
Fay,  Edward  F. 
Fay,  Leo  J. 
Flanagan,  Peter  M. 
Plannery,  "Vincent  H. 
Fitzpatrick,  J.  P. 
Fitzgerald,  M.  T. 
Fitzpatrick,  J.  F. 


E'lood,  Harry 
Frlnn,  R.  L. 
Gallen,  Wm.  M. 
Geppert,  J. 
Griffin,  Richard 
Hallihan,  W.  A. 
Halpin,  C.  C. 
Hamberg,  Harry  J. 
Hanlihan,  John  F. 
Harris,  Chas.  E. 
Hayes,  Daniel  W. 
Hayes,  E.  C. 
Hodder,  R.  C. 
Hogan,  Dr.  J.  M. 
Holten,  Chas.  P. 
Holten,  Jos.  J. 
Hopkins,  Clyde  F. 
Houlihan,  Martin 
Hubbard,  Thos.  M. 
Huette,  Robert  B. 
Kane,  Kevin  J. 
Kearns,  H.  W. 
Keefe,  Robert 
Keeley,  J.  J. 
Kerins,  James  J. 
Kinney,  J.  J. 
Klinger,  Otto  A. 
Krebs,  "Thos.  E. 
Labbe,  Alfred  T. 
Leonard,  Geo.  R. 
Lewis,  J.  J. 
McGlynn,  Jos.  B. 
Madigan,  C.  V. 
Madraw,  Perry  F. 
McHale.  E.  R. 
McHale,  James  A. 
McMahon,  Jos.  R. 
Menges,  Eugene 


Murphy,  Gorman  J. 
Murphy,  John  T. 
Murphy,  Thos.  W. 
Nebel,  Geo.  J. 
Nuetzel,  P.  Arlington 
O'Day,  Edw. 
O'Leary,  Jos.  A. 
O'Leary,  Robert  E. 
O'Neill,  P.  A. 
O'Neill,  T.  P. 
Page,  Wm. 
Payeur,  Walter  S. 
Poettgen,  Jos.  T. 
Prosser,  Dr.  T.  J. 
Quick,  Jos.  L. 
Quick,  Paul  W. 
Quirk,  John  T. 
Ries,  Carl  H. 
Ronan,  James  K. 
Ryan,  Dr.  L.  A. 
Smith,  Geo.  S. 
Stack,  Edw.  T. 
Stack,  John  J. 
Stack,  Wm.  T. 
Stemmley,  Louis 
Sullivan,  Geo.  J. 
Sullivan,  John  A. 
Sullivan,  W.  J. 
Thomas,  H.  A. 
Toussaint,  Frank  A. 
Tray,  Jos.  A. 
Turner,  Jos.  E. 
Uhlschmidt,  M. 
Vien,  H.  Grady 
Wall,  W.  D. 
Walsh,  Edw.  R. 
Wekemsn,  Dr.  C.  W 


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599 


Allen,  Charles  J. 
Allen,  Vincent  H. 
^\mrein,  George  P. 
Battz,  William 
Baezek,  Frank  H. 
Ballweber,  Charles  F. 
Bamberger,  Joseph  C. 
Bamberger,  James  E. 
Banker,  F.  J. 
Barbeauld,  Frank  M. 
Barlow,  George  A. 
Barlow,  James  J. 
Barlow,  John  J. 
Barlow,  Simon  J. 
Barlow,  Thomas  A. 
Barnes,  John  J. 
Barrett,  Thomas  J. 
Bettasso,  Frank  F. 
Birmingham,  Wm.  T. 
Bishoff,  J.  E. 
Bogan,  William  M. 
Boiling,  Martin  J. 
Bourke,  James  J. 
Boyle,  Edward  H. 
Brady,  Edward  M. 
Brady, Joseph  V. 
Brannick,  Michael 
Brennan,  Herbert  F. 
Brennan,  James  R. 
Brewer,  Jesse  J. 
Bretz,  Harold  E. 
Brogan,  James  F. 
Brophy,  Philip  H. 
Buckberg,  William  W. 
Buckley,  James  J. 
Buennagel,  Carl  J. 
Bugler,  Dennis  C. 
Burcher,  Daniel  W. 
Burchett,  Robert  R. 
Burke,  Edmund  J. 
Burke,  Edward  F. 
Burke,  Michael  J. 
Burke,  Thomas  J. 
Burkhart,  W^illiam 
Burns,  A.  I. 
Burns,  Edward  J. 
Burns,  Edward  W. 
Burns,  H.  S. 
Byrne,  Robert  J. 
Byrnes,  John  H. 
Byrnes,  Arthur  R. 
Byrnes,  W.  M.  K. 
Cahill,  Edw.  J.,  Jr. 
Callaghan,  Paul  J. 
Callaghan,  T.  A. 
Callaghan,  Wm.  J. 
Cambell,  John  A. 
Canty,  Arthur  E. 
Carey,  William  P. 
Carlin,  Phil.  J. 
Carnes,  Lester  H. 
Carroll,  Joseph  J. 
Carroll,  William  J. 
Garten,  Reynolds  F. 
Carullo,  R.  B. 
Casey,  James  J. 
Casey,  James  P. 


632     CALUMET,  Chicago 

Casey,  Michael  L. 
Casey,  William  P. 
Charboneau,  Eugene 
Choutka,  James  J. 
Clancy,  James  A. 
Clancy,  Joseph  L. 
Clark,  Edward 
Clark,  John  J.  C. 
Cleary,  William  J. 
Clough,  Ralph  E. 
Colgan,  Daniel  J. 
Colligan,  Thomas  M. 
Conley,  Philip  J. 
Connelly,  James  J. 
Connors,  James  W. 
Conwell,  Lindus  W. 
Cooney,  Vincent  P. 
Corcoran,  John  P. 
Corcoran,  John  W. 
Cossar,  George  R. 
Costello,  Raymond  H. 
Cotter,  Charles  A. 
Coughlin,  George  E. 
Coughlin,  Thomas  J. 
Coughlin,  Wm.  J. 
Courkan,  Thomas  J. 
Courtney,  John  M. 
Crowley,  Martin  J. 
Crowell,  Raymond  T. 
Crowell,  Thomas  R. 
Crowely,  Charles  D. 
Ciowley,  John  C. 
Cuchna,  Fred  C. 
Cuculich,  Matthew  W. 
Cullen,  Harry  E. 
Cullerton,  Francis  J. 
Curren,  Charles  W. 
Curren,  Wm.  M.  J. 
Curtis,  James  T. 
Daly,  Charles  A. 
Daly,  John  J. 
Daly,  Martin  J. 
Daly,  Thomas  D. 
Danaher,  Thomas  E. 
Davis,  Christopher  J. 
Deany,  Herbert  J. 
De  Celles,  Joseph  H. 
Delaney,  John 
Delberto,  Joseph  A. 
De  Lude,  Joseph  A. 
De  Marais,  Fiank  J. 
De  Merse,  John  P. 
De  Sloover,  Herman 
Dignan,  Patrick 
Dineen,  James  J. 
Dineen,  P.  J. 
Dinn,  Thomas  J. 
Dodd,  Brendon  J. 
Dodd,  Patrick  J. 
Dolan,  William  S. 
Doorley,  Charles  M. 
Doorley,  James  A. 
Donohue,  L.  J. 
Donohue,  Daniel  J. 
Donovan,  J.  .J. 
Donovan,  Michael 
Doran,  Hugh  F. 


Dow  ling,  S.  A. 
Doyle,  John 
Doyle,  Michael  J. 
Doyle,  Thomas 
Doyle,  Thomas  F. 
Drummond,  Michael  F. 
Duffy,  Charles  W. 
Duffy,  Frank  M. 
Duffy,  Walter  E. 
Dugan,  James  J. 
Dunckel,  William  G. 
Dwyer,  Earl  B. 
Dwyer,  Leslie 
Earl,  David  C. 
Erwin,  Richard  B. 
Egan,  John  F. 
Ellemont,  Thomas  W. 
Elword,  LeRoy  F. 
English,  George  R. 
Ennis,  Thomas  F. 
Erdman,  William  E.  A. 
Ernst,  Edward  H. 
Erwin,  Edward  C. 
Erwin,  Richard  B. 
Erwin,  William  A. 
Etzkorn,  John  E. 
P'arrelly,  Joseph  L. 
Finley,  Orville 
Finn,  Michael  J. 
Fitzgerald,  William  J. 
Fitzgibbons,  Frank  J. 
Fitzgibbons,  Gerald  A. 
Fitzgibbons,  Maurice 
Fitzmaurice,  John  A. 
Flaherty,  James  J. 
Flannagan,  Michael  J. 
Flannery,  John  J. 
Flannery,  Patrick 
Flynn,  Daniei 
Foley,  Michael  T. 
Ford,  Leo  J. 
Frazier,  Claud  T. 
Galvin,   Paul  B. 
Ganley,  Patrick 
Garvey,  Gerald  J. 
Gaynor,  William  T. 
Geary,  E.  J. 
Gerrity,  James  F. 
Gillespie,  Myron  F. 
Gilroy,  John  F. 
Glynn,  Martin  J. 
Goldrick,  John 
Gomes,  Earl  S. 
Grannon,  Clarence  E. 
Grant.  Richard  J. 
Grant,  Thomas  P. 
Grennan,  Fred  J. 
Guerin,  John  J. 
Haas,  Martin  J. 
Halm,  James  A. 
Hallard,  William  M. 
Hand,  John  P. 
Handley,  Thomas 
Hanzik,  Joseph  F. 
Hanley,  J.  P. 
Hanley,  Paul  E. 
Hanrahan,  Joseph  W. 


600 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Hanrahan,  R.  J. 
Han  ton,  John  P. 
Harley,  Michael  J. 
Harmon,  William  B. 
Hartnett,  BenJ.  A. 
Hassett,  Thomas  J. 
Haugh,  Cornelius  F. 
Hayes,  James  L. 
Healy,  Earl  B. 
Hector,  Sylvester  T. 
Heffernan,  William  E. 
Helbing,  Harry  W.  L. 
Hellison,  James  J. 


Hunt,  Arnold  S. 
Hurley,  Michael  J. 
Hurley,  Roy 
Hynes,  Francis  M. 
Ingram,  John  L. 
Inlow,  Herman  T. 
Isle,  George  H. 
Issac,  William  R. 
Ives,  Joseph  F. 
James,  Charles  A. 
Johnson,  Vincent  T. 
Jones,  John  A. 
Jones,  William 


Koplow,  Fred  W. 
Kossack,  Stanley  J 
Lamb,  Joseph 
Lambert,  H.  C. 
LaScheiva,  John 
Lahey,  Charles  A. 
Landvogt,  P.  J. 
Lauer,  Robert  J. 
Laughlin,  Daniel  J. 
Lavin,  Joseph  P. 
Lavin,  Patrick  J. 
Leahy,  Matthew  A. 
Lee,  Harold 


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Hendricks,  Charles  E. 
Hennelly,  Thomas  D. 
Hennessey,  George  B. 
Hennessey,  James  J. 
Henning,  Leo  A. 
Hermann,  William  W. 
Hett,  John 
Hewson,  Joseph  E. 
Hickey,  James  A. 
Higgins,  Lawrence  A. 
Hill,  Frank,  Jr. 
Hoffman,  R.  C. 
Hogan,  John 
Hogland,  John  A. 
Holleran,  Charles  P. 
Hollowed,  James  A. 
Hoy,  Frank  H. 


Joyce,  Edward  J. 
Joyce,  Thomas  A. 
Keane,  Frank  P. 
Keegan,  Arthur  E. 
Keegan,  Thomas  J. 
Kelleher,  F.  B. 
Kelley,  John  J. 
Kelley,  Michael  A. 
Kelly,  B.  J. 
Kelly,  Thomas  F. 
Kennedy,  Joseph 
Kennedy,  Michael  P. 
Kimbell,  Arthur  W. 
Kirby,  James  J. 
Kirk,  Arthur  M. 
Kirk,  George  A. 
Kirk,  James  P. 


Lee,  Howard  J. 
Lee,  John  F. 
Leinehan,  Richard  W. 
Lickenbaugh,  Geo.  A. 
Lindley,  Stuart  S. 
Little,  Emmet 
Little,  James 
Long,  Michael  L. 
Lowery,  Thomas  M. 
Lull,  John  M. 
Lyons,  John  J. 
Lynch,  James  J. 
Lynch,  Owen 
Lynch,  P.  J. 
Lynch,  Thomas  J. 
Lyons,  Lawrence  J. 
Mahoney,  Archlbold 


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601 


Mahoney,  John  J. 
Mahoney,  John  J. 
Mahoney,  Valerian  C. 
Maloney,  F.  W. 
Malooly,  James  A. 
Manning,  Michael 
Maroney,  James  M. 
Maroney,  John  J. 
Maroney,  Thomas  J. 
Mattingley.  H.  B. 
Mausen,  Henry 
Maxwell,  Albert  H. 
Meehan,  William  C. 
Mellon,  Charles  E. 
Meredith,  John 
Mertes,  Joseph  P. 
Miller,  Anthony  R. 
Miller,  Rudolph 
Miscoll,  John 
Miskell,  George  C. 
Moher,  William  D. 
Morin,  Earl  H. 
Morrisey,  Edward  P. 
Morrisey,  John  P. 
Morrissey,  James  J. 
Morrissey,  Mark  M. 
Mosher,  Harry 
Mulkeen,  John 
Mullaney,  Anthony  J. 
Mullaney,  John  J. 
MuUins,  George  C. 
Murphy,  George  J. 
Murphy,  John  K. 
Murphy,  Matthew  D. 
Murphy,  Michael  P. 
Murphy,  W.  E. 
McCarthy,  John  J. 
McCauley,  Edward  J. 
McCollum,  Robert  J. 
McCoullough,  Harry  E 
McCoullough,  John  C. 
McCoullough,  L.  A. 
McCoullough,  Wm.  E. 
McCoy,  Charles  F. 
McCudden,  Edward  F. 
McDavid,  William 
McDowell,  John  J. 
McDermott,  William  J. 
McDonough,  Barnard  J. 
McDonough,  John  E. 
McDonough,  Frank 
McDonnell,  Edward  F. 
McFarland,  Patrick 
McGee,  John  A. 
McGlave,  Bernard 
McGoldrick,  Charles 
McGonigal,  Frank  J. 
McGrath,  Robert  E. 
McGrath,  Florence  J. 
McGuinness,  Bern'rd  P. 
McGuire,  Edward  M. 
McHough,  Patrick  J. 
Mclnerney,  George  F. 
Mclnerny,  Charles  D. 
Mclnerny,  Thomas  D. 
McKee,  Thomas  J. 
McKenna,  John  C. 
McKeon,  James  J. 
McMahon.  Patrick  J. 


McManas,  Thomas  J. 
McMeel,  Bern'd  F. 
McNaliy,   Edward 
McNally,  Thomas  G. 
McNamara,  Robert  E. 
McNamara,  Thomas  J. 
McNulty,  Cletus  J. 
McNulty,  John  O. 
McShane,  Edwin  J. 
McSweeney,  William 
Nastari,  August 
Nichols,  John  G. 
Nolan,  Sylvester  J. 
Noonan,  Francis  T. 
Noonan,  Thomas  Leo. 
Norton,  Charles  A. 
Novakowski,  Kazimer 
Nyren,  Chester  E. 
O'Brien,  Austin  J. 
O'Brien,  Frank  A. 
O'Brien,  James  F. 
O'Brien,   W.   L...   Jr. 
O'Brien,  Wm.  P. 
O'Bryan,  R.  F. 
O'Callahan,  John 
O'Connor,  Charles  B. 
O'Connell,  Daniel 
O'Connell,  Edmond  B. 
O'Connell,  Joseph  E. 
O'Connor,  Gerald 
O'Connor,  John  J. 
O'Connell,  Marshel  W. 
O'Connell,  John  J. 
O'Connell,  John  T. 
O'Connell,  J.  William 
O'Connell,  Simon  C. 
O'Connor,  T.  E. 
O'Donnell,  Thomas 
O'Hagen,  E.  J. 
O'Hagen.  James  P. 
O'Hara,  John 
O'Hare,  John 
O'Keefe,  Leslie  J. 
O'Leary,  Timothy 
O'Malley,  Edward  A. 
O'Malley,  John  J. 
O'Malley,  Michael  F. 
O'Malley,  Walter  J. 
O'Malley,  William 
O'Neil,  Edward  S. 
O'Neil,  Thomas 
Ording,  Edward  J. 
Oroflno,  Louis 
O'Shea,  Lawrence  P. 
O'Shaughnesey,  Jas.  J. 
Owens,  Frank  A. 
Owens,  John  H. 
Pajkowski,  Frank  T. 
Paprzycki,  Joseph 
Parent,  Eugene  J. 
Paulding,  Beryhold  M. 
Payne,  John  H. 
Penn,  Andrew  J. 
Peoples,  John  D. 
Perdisatt,  Edward 
Perry,  T.  N. 
Petry,  Frank  L. 
Petrie,  J.  A. 
Pfundstine,  Stephen 


Phillips,  Patrick  J. 
Pilot,  John  J.,  Jr. 
Plant,  William  J. 
Powers,  Matthew  M. 
Prendergast,  Richard 
Purcell,  James  R. 
Quinn,  Andrew 
Quinn,  Daniel  J. 
Quinn,  Frank 
Quinn,  James  A. 
Quinn,  Walter  T. 
Quinn,  William  E. 
Ready,  Charles  H. 
Regan,  John  T. 
Regan,  William  F. 
Reidy,  Arthur  W. 
Reilly,  Michael  J. 
Rice,  Michael  J. 
Rimmele,  Edmond  H. 
Rimmele,  William  E. 
Ritter,  William  J. 
Rogers,  Edward  J. 
Ross,  George  O. 
Roth,  Eugene  J. 
Rowan,  Harold  J. 
Rowan,  John  J. 
Rudolph,  Joseph 
Ryan,  Richard  J. 
Rylands,  James  A. 
Sanford,  Maurice  E. 
Schaeffer,  J.  Edwin 
Schick,  Harry  G. 
Schick,  Phillip 
Schied,  Frank  C. 
Schultz,  Herman  J. 
Semrau,  Sigmund  F. 
Shaughennsy,  Edw  J. 
Shea.  Thomas  F. 
Sheehan,  William  J. 
Sherlock,  Charles  W. 
Shine,  Joseph  B. 
Shirley,  James  E. 
Sloey,  E.  J. 
Smith,  Charles  P.  S. 
Smith,  Emmet  B. 
Smith,  Leo  J. 
Smith,  Maurice  T. 
Stanton,  Joseph  E.  M. 
St.  Clair,  Robert 
Stewart,  George  E. 
Stokes,  Mark  D. 
Styler,  John  G. 
Sullivan,  Robert  E. 
Supple,  Leo. 
Talbot.  N.  J. 
Talbot,  Jerome  P. 
Tatzrelter,  Joseph 
Thomatz,  Frank  M. 
Thomatz,  John  T. 
Tiernan,  John  C. 
Timmons,  Walter 
Trant,  Richard  M. 
Travers,  Thomas  A. 
Urban,  Charles  H. 
Varley,  John  L. 
Victory,  John  M. 
Vigllett),  Louis 
Vilchuck,  John 
Waldron,  H.  J. 


602 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Walsh,   David 
Walsh,  Prank  J. 
Walsh,  John  C. 
Walsh,  John  F. 
Walsh,  Sinon  J. 
Walsh,  Thomas  J. 
Walsh,  Thomas  J. 
Walters,  Charles 
Ward,  Timothy  J. 


Warren,  Grant 
Watson,  John  R. 
Weber,  Edward  F. 
Whalen,  John  A. 
Whalen,  John  H. 
Whalen,  Maurice  E. 
Whitechurch,  W.  J. 
Wieland,  John  E. 


Wolff,  Thomas  F. 
Woolley,  Michael  J. 
Wren,  Thomas 
Wiot.  Richard  A. 
Zarnecke,  Stanley 
Zeiser,  Edward  J. 
Zimmer,  Edward  J. 
Zimmer,  J.  R. 


634     STARVED  ROCK,  Ottawa 


Ainsley,  C.  W. 
Armstrong,  Samuel  J. 
Aussem,  Albert  J. 
Aussem,  Arthur  D. 
Baldwin,  Frank  J. 
Baldwin,  Jas.  P. 
Baldwin,  John  E. 
Barrett,  Edw.  J. 
Boyle,  Dan. 
Boyle,  F.  A. 
Boyle.  Harry  J. 
Boyle,  Jas.  A. 
Boyle,  Peter  F. 
Brunnick,  Thos.  S. 
Butler,  Cletus  N. 
Butler,  Wm.  J. 
Cassidy,  John  E. 
Conway,  Harry  J. 
Corcoran,  John  F. 
Cordan,  Edw.  P. 
Costello,  Theo.  E. 
Crowley,  Ernest  E. 
DeBolt,  Edw.  M. 
Dondanville,  Lawrence 
Dunn,  Edw.  J. 
Dunn,  Jas.  Jos. 
Dwyer.  Redmond  J. 
Dwyer,  Wm.  J. 
Farrell,  John  J. 
Feehan,  John  W. 
Fitzmaurice,  Patrick 
Fox,  Francis  F. 


Fuller,  John  J. 
Gahan,  Cornelius 
Gerding,  Arthur  D. 
Gerding,  Fred  W. 
Haley,  Daniel  E. 
Hart,  Wm. 
Heiser,  Fred 
Helffrich,  Aug.  J. 
Helffrich,  Geo.  R. 
Hundley,  Ira 
Jugenitz,  Geo. 
Kelly,  Emmett  J. 
Kelly,  Jas.  Dennis 
Kelly,  Edw.  J. 
Kelly,  Harry  F. 
Kelley,  Jos.  A. 
Kelly,  Michael 
Kuhn,  Walter  J. 
Leamy,  Thos.  B. 
Leix,  D.  J. 
Lowe,  John  B. 
Madigan,  Timothy  F. 
Maierhofer,  Ray 
Marco,  Edw. 
McBlroy,  J.  W. 
McGinnis,  John  S. 
McGrath,  Frank  W. 
McNamara,  Frank  J. 
McNamara,  Thos.  J. 
Meyers,  Giles  F. 
Midnight,  Carl  M. 
Mooney,  Jos.  B. 


Moran,  Emmet  J. 
Murphy,  Wm. 
Murry,  John  J.  Jr. 
Nertley,  Kenneth 
O'Connell,  Jeffery 
O'Connell,  T.  J. 
O'Connors,  Barth'mew 
O'Connors,  Jas.  P. 
O'Meara,  Jas. 
Phelan,  Thos.  J. 
Riordon,  Daniel 
Ryan,  Edw.  T. 
Sanders,  Geo.  R. 
Santucci,  Mike 
Scannell,  John  M. 
Scherer,  Fred  Jr. 
Schiffgens,  Jos.  M. 
Schwarzbach,  Gust.  E. 
Sexton,  Bryan  J. 
Smart,  Edw.  J. 
Sprague,  F.  M. 
Sprague,  Wm.  F. 
Sullivan,  E.  F. 
Sullivan,  Walter  J. 
Thumm,  John 
Vignochi,  Ettore 
White,  Edwin  T. 
White,  Matthew  E. 
Wolf,  Elmer  D. 
Whyte,  Jas.  Jos. 


Anderson,  George 
Berg,  Louis  J. 
Braesch,  George 
Brady,  L.  J. 
Buckley,  L. 
Boyle,  Jno.  J. 
Bresnahan,  P. 
Brown,  Thos.  A. 
Brown,  M. 
Chalifoux,  W. 
Cannon,  Jos.  A. 
Carroll,  Walter  P. 
Chouinard,  F.  G. 
Collins,  n.  E. 
Condon,  Thos. 
Cronin,  P.  J. 
Crowley,  M.  M. 
Cullen,  Thos. 
Collins,  W.  J. 
Cunningham,  Thos. 


650     DAMEN,  Chicago 

Coady,  P. 
DeLong,  Thos.  J. 
Doherty,  Jno. 
Duffy,  Owen  P. 
Duffy,  S.  B. 
Dwyer,  Harry 
Dwyer,  R.  J. 
Egan,  Wm.  M. 
Ehlen,  M. 

Flannigan,  Thos.  J. 
Flannigan,  Thos.  W. 
Gallagher,  John  H. 
Geraghty,  M.  J.  G. 
Goldrick,  Wm.  S. 
Gorman,  W.  J. 
Hamilton 
Hannugan,  Jos.  M. 
Hannon,  Jos.  J. 
Hardyman,  E.  L. 
Hardyman,  Jos. 


Hardyman,  Jno. 
Harrington,  E.  W. 
Hennessy,  Ed. 
Henahan,  M.  L. 
Higgins,  Frank 
Hussey,  B.  J. 
Kane,  James 
Kearins,  M.  J. 
Lappert,  F.  J. 
Lanth,  Jos.  N. 
Logan,  R.  G 
Maher,  Thos.  J. 
Marsolais,  Ed.  L. 
Mooney,  Jos.  A. 
Mooney,  Thos.  J. 
Morrison,  Jos.  M. 
Mullen.  P.  J. 
McFadden,  M.  M. 
McDonald,  W.  J. 
McHugh,  Jno, 


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603 


McElligott,  Thos.  M. 
McEnery,  Eugene 
McEvoy,  F.  E. 
McEvoy,  Pat 
McGeever,  S.  M. 
IVlcGorey,  J.  J. 
McGlinchy,  John 
McLaughlin,  Luke 
O'Brien,  Ray 
O'Connell,  A.  E. 
O'Connell,  James 
O'Grady,  P. 
O'Neill,  James 
O'Neill,  John 
O'Shea,  Prank 


O'Heron.  E.  T. 
Pitkin,  J. 
Prindiville,  F.  G. 
Prince,  H. 
Quinn,  A.  J. 
Ryan,  J.  P. 
Reidy,  H.  P. 
Reidy,  William 
Riordan,  James 
Rogan,  J.  E. 
Schumers,  C.  P. 
Shay,  H.  J. 
Shay,  Wm.  A. 
Stapleton,  E.  J. 
Stapleton,  Thos.  J. 


Stetcher,  F.  J. 
Stream,  J.  F. 
Sullivan,  D.  A. 
Sullivan,  F.  C. 
Sullivan,  J.  C. 
Smith,  E.  P.  J. 
Smith,  Thos. 
Sweeney,  Edw. 
Tierney,  T.  I. 
Turner,  E.  V. 
Trucco,  John 
Uhler,  F.  A. 
Walker,  H.  H. 
Wilson,  L.  T. 
Wroblewski,  F.  J. 


American    Barracks    Near 
Vladivostok,  Siberia. 


German   Prisoners   Turned   Over   to 
Americans   at   Vladivostok. 


Balles,  Frank  C. 
Burns,  Robert  J. 
Bastian,  Leo  J. 
Bauch,  Clement  F. 
Bear,  Edward  J. 
Brown,  George  A. 
Burns,  John  J. 
Crosson,  John  C. 
Carey,  Geo.  T. 
Cooney,  Francis  J. 
Cox,  George  T. 
Flberle,  Theo.  A. 
Finn,  Wm.  J. 
Grant,  John  J.,  M.D. 
Grant,  Arthur  A. 
Grace,  Earl 


653     FREEPORT,  Freeport 

Hogan,  James  B. 
Hailen,  C.  J. 
Joyce,  John 
Joyce,  Thomas 
Kleckner,  Hugh  C. 
Lamm,  Elmer  J. 
Lamm,  George  E. 
Lane,  Hugh  T. 
Lichtenberger,  H  A. 
Lonergan,  George  H. 
Lordan,  Harry  L. 
Love,  Francis  W. 
Luceke,  Robert  G. 
Michel,  Albert  J. 
Monahan,  John  A. 
O'Connor,  James  F. 


Osborne,  W.  J. 
Owen,  Donald  E. 
Parker,  Donald  B. 
Raders,  Clement  L. 
Ratz,  Matthew  A. 
Saur,  Edwin 
Scheldt,  Harry  G. 
Shook,  Edmund  F. 
Shook,  George  W. 
Smith,  John  J. 
Snyder,  Clarence  J. 
Stack,  Robert  M. 
Stevens,  W.  R. 
Thro,  Glennan 
Wheeler,  Dee  G. 


Beckman,  Carl  J. 
Bowen,  Fred 
Brown,  Forest 
Casson,  Thos.  F. 
Christie,  Earl 
Cosgrove,  Chas.  W. 
Costello,  James  F. 
DilloD,  Wilford  J. 


654    ELGIN,  Elgin 

Dugas,  Joyce 
Duppler,  Edwin  L. 
DuMont.  Jos.  F. 
Dunne,  Frank  E. 
Ferron.  Eugene  P. 
Fiske,  Edward  W. 
Fiske,  Daniel  J. 
Foley,  Bernard  K. 


Higgins,  Raymond 
Hines,  Raphael 
Hoelscher,  Edw.  M. 
Hoban,  Thos. 
Howell,  Jas.  A.  S. 
Hulburt.  Donald  A. 
Jones,  Wm. 
Kelley,  Earl  J. 


604 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Kelley,  Elmer  C. 
Kelley,  Ivan  J. 
Kemler,  Robert 
Kemler,  Wm.  P. 
Kirkpatrick,  Geo.  M. 
Klebes,  Arthur  W. 
Liemieaux,  Phillip 
Mann,  Leo  P. 
McArdle,  Harry 
McCarty,  Frank 
McCarthy,  John  V. 
McEnerney,  Jas. 
McOsker,  Edw.  J. 
Meenaugh,  Edward  A. 


Mullen,  Henry 
Mumme,  Wm.  J. 
Norton,  Eugene 
O'Conner,  Thornton 
O'Leary,  Wm. 
O'Neil,  Wm. 
O'Rourke,  Frank 
Osborne,  Harry  J. 
Parker,  Arthur 
Peabody,  John 
Perce,  Wm.  E. 
Pond,  Clifford 
Rogers,  John  J. 


Rogers,  Thos.  B. 
Ryan,  Jeremiah 
Ryan,  Wm.  B. 
Schlager,  Paul  E. 
Scott,  Walter  A. 
Sensor,  Edw. 
Smith,  Raymond 
Sullivan,  Albert 
Walker,  John  L. 
Walsh,  Edwin  A. 
Wellnitz,  Jos. 
Westerman,  Arthur 
Westerman,  Frank  J. 


658     ALLOUEZ,  Rock  Island 


Archer,  Walter 
Auld,  Grover 
Auld,Herbert 
Barnett,  Ray 
Bartley,  J.  J. 
Beecher,  Wm.  M. 
Billesbach,  Jos. 
Boyd,  Dan  J. 
Burgart,  Dan  J. 
Burton,  Edward 
Bleuer,  Arthur 
Burton,  Ray 
Bredar,  Jos.  L. 
Brennan,  D.  K. 
Brennan,  F.  V. 
Brennan,  R.  J. 
Brennan,  T.  A. 
Brough,  W.  S. 
Brown,  E.  D. 
Campana,  George 
Cavanaugh,  E.  K. 
Corken,  Dan. 
Dietz,  Leo. 
DeMuynck,  A.  E. 
Donovan,  Con. 
Dower,  W.  M. 
Enright,  Con. 
Flaherty,  Jos. 
Frisch,  Peter 
Gannon,  Leo 
Garlock,  Geo. 
Geiger,  Frank 
Goepel,  Ray 
Gredar,  B.  L. 
Haberlau,  W.  E. 


Heideman,  Francis 
Heideman,  William 
Higgins,  H.  C. 
Hippler,  Claude 
Holtzer,  Albert 
Huber,  J.  L. 
Hughes,  James 
Hulsbrink,  Arthur 
Kail,  J.  Raymond 
Kale,  Peter 
Kale,  William  R. 
Kelleher,  T.  L. 
Klise,  Chas. 
Klugger,  F.  L. 
Lachner,  Dr.  B.  J. 
Lanaghan,  Emmet 
Lanaghan,  William 
Larkin,  Willard 
Lerch,  Ed. 
Leins,  K.  E. 
Lyons,  John 

V Mansfield,  Jay 
Maroney,  J.  3.\^ 
Marriott,  C.  J.  ^^ 
Martin,  Ralph 
Meehan,  Ed. 
Mielke,  F.  W. 
Miller,  Roy  A.     , 
Molinelli,  Jasper 
Murphy,  Jos. 
Murrin,  Russell 
McCorgary,  D.  P. 
McBniry,  J. 
McEniry,  William 
McGinnis,  Chas.  H. 


POi 

(/feo 


McGinnis,  J.  F. 
Mclntyre,  L.  W. 
McLeod,  William  D. 
Negro,  A.  G. 
Newberry,  George  M. 
O'Brien,  Niel 
O'Brien,  W.  S. 
O'Connor,  Jerome  O. 
O'Hare,  Russell 
Posateri,  Jos. 
idy,  Ben' 
oach,  Ben 
Roche,  John 
Rosenfleld,  C.  C. 
Russell,  M.  J. 
Russell,  P.  J. 
Sage,  Hollister 
Savadge,  Louis 
Sexton,  P.  N. 
Schaatz,  Harry 
Schaab,  Jr.,  Jos. 
Shaffer,  Harry 
Sheehan,  J.  Leo. 
Smith,  J.  S. 
Smith,  William  A. 
Stapleton,  Dan  H. 
Sterbinsky,  W.  K. 
Ware,  C.  F. 
Ware,  William 
Welch,  Ralph 
Wheelan,  C.  W. 
Zwicker,  C.  J. 
Zwicker,  C.  T. 


Baujan,  G.  O. 
Baujan,  H.  C. 
Baujan,  F.  W. 
Blackburn,  Will 


661     BEARDSTOWN,  Beardstown 


O'Neal,  J.  T. 
Grammon,  A.  F. 
O'Donnell,  Harry  E. 
Market,  Anton  Frank 


Brown,  Walter  W. 
Ring,  Albert  B. 
Doyle,  Frank 


Barry,  Edward  P. 
Brown,  Sherman  J. 
Conlon,  Thomas  F. 
Conlon,  William  J. 


662    STERLING,  Sterling 

Costello,  Patrick 
Courtney,  John  J. 
Carney,  James  J. 
Dieterle,  Anson 


Duffle,  John  J.,  Jr. 
Duffle,  Frank  J. 
Eberhardt,  LeRoy  J. 
Enright,  Frank  J. 


WAR^THE  ROLL  OF  HONOR 


605 


Fitzgerald,  Gregory  P. 
Pehrenbacher,  Jos.  H. 
Fehrenbacher,  John  L. 
Flock,  Leo  G. 
Gebhardt,  Nathan 
Graff,  John  J. 
Gronis,  Paul 
Heigel,  Frank 
Henry,  Leo  J. 
Heckman,  Vincent 
Kannally,  Vincent  E. 
Ivannally,  Leo  L. 


Killen,  James  E. 
Kilday,  Herbert  J. 
Lesher,  Grover 
Mee,  S.  T. 

McCormick,  Joseph  P. 
McCormick,  Peter  J. 
McCue,  James  J. 
McBride,  Ellsworth  L. 
O'Connell,  Edward 
O'Hare,  Peter  J. 
Pittman,  Jas.  W. 
Real,  John  J. 


Real,  Harry  N. 
Rourke,  Frank  J. 
Sullivan,  Gerald  L. 
Sechler,  Edwin  C. 
Tehan,  Francis 
Tyne,  Frank  J. 
V^an  De  Mark,  Arthur  J. 
Weber,  Henry  J. 
Williams,  Eugene  C. 
Wahl,  Leo  J. 
Wahl.  Fred  W. 
Wilkinson,  John  G. 


663     CARLINVILLE,  Carlinville 


Ackerman,  William 
Bart,  Fred 

Bloomfield,  Charles  B. 
Bloomfield,  James  R. 
Bloomfield,  Thomas  M. 
Boente,  Hugo 
Caveny,  Malcom  P. 
Caveny,  Lawrence  S. 
Cruise,  Michael  L. 
Duggan,  Charles 
Duggan,  Edward 
Dunn,  John 


Dunsworth,  James  P. 
Formea,  Joseph 
Geers,  George  F. 
Godar,  Andrew 
Howie,  James 
Kaufman,  John  E. 
Madden,  James 
Madden,  John 
March,  Joseph  B. 
Meyers,  Fred 
Murphy,  Herbert 
Pranger,  Peter  J. 


Redington,  William 
Robinson,  James  L. 
Ryan,  Richard 
Ryan,  Thomas 
Schoettler,  John 
Seyf rit,  Edward 
Seyf  rit,  Frank 
Snerringer,  Sylvester 
Stewart,  George 
Vaughn,  Andrew  J. 
Westmeier,  Dr.  G.  W. 
Zipprick,  Frank 


665     EFFINGHAM,  Effingham 


Adams,  Leo 
Adams,  Louis 
Althoff,  Bernard  C. 
Bauers,  Frank 
Bauers,  Geo.  H. 
Bechler,  Jos. 
Began,  Jos.  M. 
Began,  Louis  E. 
Bergfeld,  John  H. 
Bergfeld,  Vincent 
Berning,  Herman 
Bunnekemper,  Frank 
Cafferty,  Eugene 
Carey,  Donald  J. 
Casselman,  Clarence 
Casselman,  John  H. 
Deach,  Leon 
Dial,  Leo  M. 
Dirks,  Joseph 
Eckjans,  Joseph  H. 
Engbring,  G.  H. 
Ewers,  Frank  F. 
Feldhake,  Frank 
Feldhake,  Fred  B. 
Feldhake,  Leo  J. 
Feldhake.  Paul 
Flach,  Arthur 


Gebben,  Henry 
Gruel,  Alfred 
Gruel,  C.  P. 
Hoedebecke,  B.  A. 
Hoffman,  Edward 
Hoffman,  Theo.  G. 
Imming,  Leo  G. 
Kahts,  Louis 
Keane,  Jos.  T. 
Kemme,  Aloys 
Renter,  Jos. 
Renter,  Wm. 
Restendorf ,  Aloys  H. 
Roebble,  Stephen 
Rroes,  John  B. 
Kuntz,  Jos.  F. 
Ludwig,  Edward 
Ijudwig,  John  H. 
Merz,  Henry 
McCoy,  Wm.  B. 
McDevitt,  Thos.  A. 
Miller,  Louis 
Mussman,  Harry  C. 
Myers,  Jos.  C. 
Myers,  Wm.  F. 
Osthoff,  A.  A. 
Poepplemeyer,  Ed  N. 


Poepplemeyer,  Fred 
Prummer,  Edward 
Roedell,  August 
Roedell,  Jos.  A. 
Roedell,  Louis  R. 
Roetker,  Henry  W. 
Schleper,  Frank 
Schoenhoff,  Jos. 
Schmerman,  Anton 
Sharp,  Jos.  S. 
Stockman,  Clarence  C. 
Thies,  Edw. 
Thoele,  Chas.  H. 
Thoele,  John  J. 
Thoele,  Louis  H. 
IJnderriner,  Alfred 
Underriner,  Edwin 
Underriner,  Wm.  P. 
Walhermfechtel,  H. 
Wiedeman,  Albert 
Wiedeman,  Clem  J. 
Wiedeman,  John  C. 
Wiedeman,  Leo  W. 
Wooley,  Alfonso 
Willenburg.Lawrence 
Zerrusen,  Fred 
Zacha,  Chas.  M. 


682     PIERRE  GIBAULT,  Macomb 


Abrams,  Chas. 
Arnold,  Ernest 
Arnold,  Herman 
Braun,  George 
Burke,  Joe 
Crawford,  Erhman 


Crawford,  Louis 
Dawson,  Lewen 
Doran,  Dan 
Roch,  George 
McCouet,  Frank 
McKenna.  Peter 


Murphy,  Louis 
Itoark,  Louis 
Sharman,  Oliver 
Tiernan,  C.  J. 
Tiernan,  H.  P. 
Woerley,  Martin 


606         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Arnould,  Ray- 
Barry,  Edwin 
Barry,  Wm.  J.,  Jr. 
Blackburn,  Harry 
Blackburn,  M.  D. 
Curran,  Frank 
Curran,  Hugh 
Curran,  J.  R. 
Dixon,  Sherwood 
Duffy,  Hugh 
Enichen,  Fred 
Fielding,  J.  C. 
Finlan,  Raymond 
Fitzsimmons,  Frank 
Fitzsimmons,  Royal  J. 
Gorham,  Frank  J. 


690    DIXON,  Dixon 

Harkins,  James 
Harrington,  F.  L. 
Haynes,  Francis 
Hogan,  Harry 
Jeaujuenot,  Elmer 
Judd,  Martin 
Kennedy,  Wm.  P. 
Lof  tus,  Wm. 
Long,  Richard 
Lynch,  Richard 
Mahan,  John 
Mahan,  Jos. 
Mahan,  Wm. 
McCoy,  Frank  J. 
McCoy,  Lawrence 
Mclntyre,  Daniel 


Mclntyre,  Harold 
Mclntyre,  J.  J. 
Murphy,  Henry  J. 
O'Malley,  Andrew 
O'Malley,  Urban 
Penrose,  Wm.  L. 
Phalen,  Peter 
Reilly,  Philip 
Reilly,  Richard 
Reilly,  Wm.  E. 
Root,  Edwin  J. 
Root,  Wm. 
Vaile,  James 
Villiger,  Jos. 
Young-,  Wm. 


Company  B,  Zl^t   Regiment  in  Action  at  Vladivostok,   Siberia. 


Beggin,  Thos.  E. 
Berlage,  Leo  A. 
Bonnet,  Bernard 
Budden,  John 
Cleary,  Jas.  H. 
Corcoran,  Walter 
Coveny,  Edmund  J. 
Creighton,  Geo.  P. 
Downs,  Michael  H. 
Eberhardt,  Bernard 
Eberhardt,  Philip 
Fickbohn,  Harman  F. 
Genz,  Ado.  A. 
Goodwin,  Owen 
Hahn,  Anton  H. 
Harle,  Herman 


696    GALENA,  Galena 

Hayes,  Leo  P. 
Heid.  Frank 
Jacobson,  Carl  A. 
Korts,  LeRoy  B. 
Levens,  Leo  C. 
Meade,  Harry  E. 
McCarthy,  F.  D. 
McGrail,  Leo 
McGraw,  Edw. 
Miller,  Geo.  A. 
Nolan,  Jas.  A. 
Ortscheid,  Francis  J. 
Ortscheid,  Jas.  P. 
Rojeman,  Julius  H. 
Rouse,  Clare  F. 
Schnerre,  Otto 


Schneider,  Jos.  A. 
Schoenhoff,  Bern. 
Schoenhoff ,  Theo.  H. 
Smith,  Gervase 
Smith,  Orrin 
Snyder,  Ralph  J. 
Strohmeyer,  H.  L. 
Sullivan,  J.  V. 
Talbert,  Frank  T. 
Talbert,  Wm.  R. 
Tobin,  David  B. 
Tyler,  Irwin  F. 
Weinen,  Elmer 
White,  A.  T. 
White,  W.  C. 


WAR^THE  ROLL  OF  HONOR 


607 


699     LITCHFIELD,  Litchfield 


Ackerman,  Chas.  A. 
Aschbacher,  John 
Bartman,  Wm.  C. 
Bierman,  Prank  X. 
Burns,  Daniel 
Carroll,  Edw.  J, 
Carroll,  Geo.  A. 
Driscoll,  John  M. 
Driscoll,  James 
Cooling',  Clarence  P. 
Fedor,  John  J. 
Felchner,  Edw.  A. 


Felchner,  William 
Fischer,  Chris  C. 
Flynn,  Geo.  W. 
Ganey,  Hugh  R. 
Hagerty,  Frank 
Hogan,  John  E. 
Heise,  Charles  J. 
Heise,  Leo 
Hilger,  Edw.  B. 
Hughes,  Hugh  J. 
Koval,  Stephen 
Klotz,  Fred 


Kubayko,  Andrew 
Lang,  Chas.  J. 
Leitschuh,  Edward 
Leitschuh,  Otto 
Macreiewski,  Dan  V. 
O'Brien,  Wm.  L. 
Orso,  Anthony 
Reilly,  J.  Frank 
Schaefer,  Edgar  E. 
Schwab,  Joseph  J. 
Spinner,  Joseph 
Tomsco,  Joseph  M. 


Bell,  Everett  C. 
Blount,  James  L. 
Buckley,  H.  D. 
Burns,  Leonard  S. 
Casey,  F.  L. 
Cassidy,  Francis 
Clarke,  Ben  F. 
Crossen,  Clifford 
Crossen,  John  R. 
Dowdal,  Jos.  J. 
Feldhans,  Geo. 
Flatley,  Dr.  T.  J. 
Flemming,  P.  J. 
Hamm,  Louis 
Harper,  R.  M. 
Hartzell,  Clark  M. 


716     LEO,  Moline 

Hearn,  F.  J. 
Holmes,  W.  C. 
Kautz,  Leo  C. 
Kautz,  Norris 
Keefe,  Jas. 
Keefe,  Paul 
Kidney,  Dan 
King,  Francis  C. 
Krone,  Ben  J. 
McCasson,  Henry  F. 
McClellan,  Ellerd 
McMahon,  Paul 
Monaghan,  Rev.  D.  F. 
Nesser,  John 
O'Conner,  Rev.  L.  M. 
Phelps,  O.  B. 


Philips,  Frank 
Real,  D.  B. 
Ripperger,  C.  M. 
Ryan,  Edw.  J. 
Schneider,  Anthony 
Schneider,  John  A. 
Scholtes,  Fred  W. 
Sill,  H.  J. 
Sullivan,  John  F. 
Vander  Beke,  Geo.  E. 
Verbeckomes,  Fred  A. 
Von  Wonterghem,  C. 
Von  Wonterghem,  C. 
Willinging,  E.  W. 


Barr,  Peter  Philip 
Balers,   Walter  J. 
Beaton,  James  L. 
Beaton,  Leonard 
Bollinger,   Wm.  N. 
Brennan,  John  J. 
Burke,  Thos.  E. 
Bresnahan,  John 
Criswell,  Lester 
Coffey,  Albert 
Cozzoni,  ijore 
Dayton,  Ed 
Diedrick,  Wm. 
Donavan,  Leo 
Donlin,  Michael 
Donnelly,  Paul 
Doyle,  Walter  E. 
Duffy,  Lawrence  A. 
Dunleavy,  Walter  E. 
Fagan,  N.  C. 
Farley,  Thos. 
Finnan,  Francis 
Fitzgerald,  John  L. 


717     DE  KALB,  De  Kalb 

Flood,  Martin 
Frizol,  Robt. 
Gable,  Otto 
Glass,  Arthur  J. 
Hart,  Charles 
Hart,  Edwin 
Hart,  John  C. 
Hickey,  Francis 
Hogan,  Wm. 
Hopkins,  Henry  T. 
Hopkins,  John  P. 
Jesperson,  Emil 
Jordan,  Leonard 
Kane,  Dr.  John  R. 
Kennedy,  Raymond  R. 
Maher,   Arthur  J. 
McNamara,  John  T. 
Michaels,   Paul 
Minnegan,  Ross 
McMenamin,   John   E. 
Minneham,  John  P. 
Murray,  Geo.  P. 
Murray,  John  L. 


Norton,  Robert  Wm. 
O'Brien,  Martin 
O'Brien,  Paul  T. 
O'Brien,  Lt.  Walter 
O'Connell,  Francis  M 
O'Connor,  Diser  C. 
Owens,  Wm.  H. 
Pauls,  John 
Quinne,  Clarence  B. 
Riley,  Wm.  H. 
Rogers,  Chas. 
Ryan,  Eugene 
Sanders,  Wm. 
Shafer,  Floyd 
Shames,  Anton 
Slicer,  Albert 
Shoo,  Albert 
Strobel,   Wm. 
Tinley,  John 
Twombly,  John 
Welter,  Louis 
Wildey,  Russel  N. 


730     CHATSWORTH,  Chatsworth 


Aaron,  Ray 
Benway,  Wm. 
Bergan,  Jerome  J. 
Bouhl,  Edw.  F. 


Bouhl,  John  J. 
Boma,  Julius 
Brady,  John  J. 
Carlson,  Herman  L. 


Cooney,  Earl  T. 
Devylin,  Francis  J. 
Donovan,  Harold  P. 
Donovan,  Jas.  P. 


608 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Dougan,  Francis  W. 
Endres,  Jos.  J. 
Freehill,  Cletus  P. 
Freehill,  Harold 
Freehill,  Peter  LeRoy 
Ford,  Dr.  Jas.  W. 
Gensheimer,  Clement 
Gleason,  Dennis  J. 
Haberkorn,  Adolph 
Herr,  Jesse  J. 
Herr,  Stephen  H. 
Kane,  Clarence  J. 


Kelly,  John  P. 
Kelly,  Jos.  M. 
Kerrins,  Wm.  P. 
Kuerrner,  Martin  D. 
Kurtenbach,  Jas.  B. 
Matt,  Jos.  A. 
Mauritzen,  Jas.  A. 
McNamara,  John  L. 
McGinn,  Wm.  J. 
Meister,  Dr.  Earl  E. 
Molloy,  Thos.  W. 


Oliver,  Jas.  F. 
Robinson,  Geo.  V. 
Russell,  John  P. 
Ryan,  Jas.  L. 
Schumaker,  Frank  J. 
Storr,  August 
Strannigan,  J.  Earl 
Walters,  Anthony 
Weber,  Geo. 
Welch,  David 
Weller,  Alotzius 


731     WAUKEGAN,  Waukegan 


Barry,  Donald 
Beckman,  Chas. 
Bidinger,  Edwin 
Birney,  David  J. 
Brolly,  John 
Burke,  James 
Bushaw,  Wm.  H. 
Callahan,  John 
Conole,  Henry 
Cooley,  Geo. 
Dady,  Robert 
Daluga,  Leo 
Deady,  Jas.  H. 
Dean,  Jas.  H. 
Dietmeyer,  Fred 
Dietmeyer,  Geo. 
Dilger,  Nicholas 
Dircks,  Rudolph  H. 
Doll,  Albert  W. 
Donaher,  Sarsfleld 
Doney,  Raymond  D. 
Drummond,  Chas. 
Durkin,  Edward 
Durkin,  Geo.  L. 
Durst,  Edward 
Durst,  Harold 
Fenton,  Daniel 
Fitzgerald,  Wm. 
Foley,  Dr.  J.  C. 
P'ox,  LeRoy 
Fraher,  Patrick 
Gallagher,  Albert 
Ginnlin,  Austin 
Gillan,  Louis 
Goldschmidt,  John 
Gust,  Michael 
Handlik,  Frank  A. 
Hanley,  Jos.  P. 
Hayden,  Thos. 
Heath,  Edward 
Hefferman,  Wm.  J. 
Henkle,  Henry 


Hennessey,  Jas.  L. 
Hessling,  Anthony 
Hinkle,  Henry 
HofE ,  Fred 
Houpt,  Richard 
Hughes,  Casimir 
Ignatz,  Frank 
Jantzen,  Jos. 
Jedrich,  Jos. 
Kehoe,  Jos. 
Kehoe,  Moses 
Keller,  Chester 
Keller,  John 
Kelly,  Hugh 
Kelly,  John 
Kelly.  Raymond 
Kenna,  Clarence 
Kennedy,  John 
Kent,  Thos. 
Klawetter,  Andrew 
Koldeschmidt,  Nich. 
Kram,  John  O. 
Kurtz,  Robert 
Lange,  Chas. 
Latz,  Leonard 
Lovergne,  E.  L. 
Lucken,  Edwin  J. 
Malloy,  John 
Merchant,  Thos. 
Merriman,  Harry 
McAulifEe,  Frank 
McCann.  Thos. 
McGinnis,  Wm. 
McGueniss,  Wm. 
McMahon,  Frank 
McShane,  Edward 
McShane,  Walter 
Meehan,  Martin  G. 
Miller,  Edward 
Mitchell,  Fred 
Mohrman,  Cyril 
Moran,  Geo. 


Moore,  Marshall 
Mulhall,  Jas.  E. 
Murphy,  Patrick 
Nolan,  Arnold 
O'Brien,  Jas.  A. 
O'Brien,  Jos. 
O'Connor,  John  L. 
O'Neil,  Jos. 
Paulson,  Raymond 
Pilon,  Eugene 
Raiden,  Earl 
Reilly,  Raymond 
Schott,  Eugene 
Schroeder,  Daniel  L. 
Schumacher,  David 
Serro,  Carl 
Sharp,  John 
Shea,  Harold 
Shea,  Leo 
Smith,  Leo 
Smith,  Walter 
Spiregil.  Lawrence 
Sullivan,  Chas. 
Sullivan,  Jos. 
Sweeney,  Jos. 
Thoman,  David 
Thorp,  Raymond 
Tiernan,  Geo. 
Tiernan,  Robert 
Tidy,  John 
Touchette,  Geo. 
Toulouse,  Wilfred 
Tuel,  Wm. 
Wagner,  Irving 
Wallin,  Frank 
Waldron,  Patrick 
Walker,  Chas. 
Warth,  Wm. 
Weis,  Alexander 
Welch,  LeRoy 
Wilhelm,  Edward 
Wogt,  Edwin 


734     SANTA   MARIA,  Kewanee 


Allard,  John 
Annesley,  L. 
Bailey,  Herbert 
Blachinsky,  Richard 
Barnes,  Bernard 
Bourne,  F.  H. 
Barry,  J.  J. 
Brady,  J.  T. 


Brady,  E.  F. 
Brandt,  Leo 
Carroll,  W.  E. 
Cavanaugh,  B.  M. 
Christian,  Clarence 
Coggins,  Richard 
Coggins.  Herbert 
Colby,  John 


Cromien,  George 
DePauw,  Charles 
Dwyer,  L.  H. 
Elliott,  James 
Elliott,  James 
Engle,  Edward 
Finnegan,  L. 
Fischer,  Dr.  H.  L. 


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609 


Gilshenen,  L.  J. 
Girvin,  Thos. 
Graham,  David 
Graham,  E.  J. 
Gulshen,  Bert 
Hagerty,  Clement 
Haley,  R.  T. 
Harney.  Charles 
Hanson,  B.  F. 
Hewitt,  Dr.  J.  M. 


Hirner,  A.  J. 
Horton,  C.  B. 
Junis,  C.  G. 
Junis,  John 
Krumtinger,  Frank 
McAuliffie,  A.  M. 
McGinn,  J. 
McGuire,  Roy 
McGuire,  Steve 


Murphy,  John 
O'Brien,  Leo 
O'Grady,  J.  J. 
Quinn,  Charles 
Real,  Mike 
Toomey,  F.  W. 
Tremondt,  Frank 
VerBeck,  Frank 
Welsh,  R.  J. 


Cannon,  Neil 
Curran,  George 
Downs,  Ray 
Dwan,  Harry 
Dwyer,  Joseph  P. 
Hallott,  John 
Harlow,  Albert 


735     BELVIDERE,  Belvidere 


Harlow,  Robert 
Kehoe,  Chas. 
Kennedy,  William 
Masterson,  Walter 
Meehan,  William  J. 
Neal,  William 


Poulton,  Jesse 
Poulton,  Warren 
Soost,  Carl 
Thomas,  James 
White  Emmett 
White,  Leo 


Artlip,  Edward  F. 
Allen,  Harley 
Barry,  Edward  R. 
Beringer,  P.  M. 
Corcoran,  John  B. 
Coughlin,  Paul  J. 
Crimmins,  Robt.  E. 
Coleman,  John 
Condon,  John 
Davis,  D.  W. 
Dickes,  Leo  J. 
Draudt,  Edward 
Duffy,  Harry 
Downs,  Albert  T. 
Esser,  Jos.  J. 
Ksser,  Wm.  G. 
Enbody,  Maurice 
Elrick,  Albert 
Plynn,  Earl  J. 
Flynn,  Wm.  J. 
Flannigan,  Chas.  J. 
Grass,  Chas. 


736    AURORA,  Aurora 

Gatley,  John 
Gatley,  Wm.  L. 
Heintz,  Arthur 
Hollon,  Roy  C. 
Howard,  Ray 
Hillman,  J.  E. 
Hannon,  Francis  E. 
Hoffman,  C.  M. 
Hickey,  Robert 
Hermes,  Nic.  M. 
Jones,  John 
Kaiser,  Wm.  J. 
Kleinfeldt,  C.  H. 
Keeley,  Geo. 
Kettenhofen,  Fred  S. 
Kleinfeldt,  John  F. 
Keeley,  Harry 
Kartheiser,  Frank  L. 
Leon,  Nicholas  J. 
Lahr,  M.  J. 
Lies,  William  J 
McCarthy,  John 


McDonald,  Donald  E. 
Milke,  John  J. 
Murphy,  Harry 
Murrin,  Ed 
Miller,  H.  H. 
Nickson,  A.  R. 
O'Conner,  Chas.  A. 
O'Grady,  Maurice 
O'Niell,  Roy 
Ploger,  Ralph 
Purcell,  Ed.  J. 
Purcell,  T.  F. 
Pregel,  Joe,  Jr. 
Propernick,  A.  A. 
Ruddy,  Walter  J. 
Riley,  C.  L. 
Reising,  Harry  A. 
Sherman,  A.  E. 
Sullivan,  Tom 
Wieler,  Michael 
Wiltgen,  Jos.  J. 
Wilson,  S.  F. 


Brannigan,  Wm.  T. 
Brannigan,  Frank  W. 
Clark,  Wm.  E. 
Callahan,  Lyman  P. 
Fannelli,  Ralph  J. 


740    KEENAN,  Amboy 

Kelleher,  Jos.  J. 
Kelleher,  Edw.  T. 
Lavelle,  Thos.  J. 
Lupton,  Jos.  M. 
McGowan,  John  M. 


Oester,  A.  J. 
Sendgreth,  Michael   H. 
Sendgrith,  Anton  P. 
Vassen,  Frank  J. 


745     ST.  VIATEUR'S,  Kankakee 


Ader,  Frank  C. 
Beland,  Louis 
Benoit,  I.  H. 
Benoit,  Wilfred  A. 
Bergin,  Rev.  W.  J. 
Berns,  L.  W. 
Bernier,  Ed 
Brosseau,  Hubert 
Bukowski,  Geo.  B. 


Bukowski,  Martin  A. 
Burch,  Geo.  A. 
Burns,  James  T. 
Cannon,  Dr.  W.  P. 
Caron,  Victor  E. 
Chamberlain,  Leo 
Cloonen,  James 
Cloonen,  Edw.  E. 
Cnudde,  Henry  A. 


Croissant,  Emile  J. 
Crapo,  Frank  J. 
Corbett,  James  C. 
Courville,  Lionel 
Demack,  Geo.  E.,  Jr. 
Dermody,  Frank  E. 
Dillon,  R.  L. 
Dionne,  F.  E. 
Dougherty,  James 


610         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Dummer,  Carl 
Duval,  Geo.  O. 
Dwyer,  James  L. 
Flageole,  Arthur 
Fortier,  Edmund  J. 
Fortier,  Adolph  L. 
Fritz,  Arthur  J. 
Fruin,  T.  F. 
Gereau,  Lawrence  S. 
Golowski,  Frank  L. 
Gorman,  Edward  A. 
Goudreau,  Arthur 
Gousset,    Wm. 
Gravelle,  Wm.  A. 
Gregor,  John,  Jr. 
Grey,  Bernard  J. 
Hardebeck,  Lawrence 
Helms,  John  H. 
Hewes,  Rudolph 
Hodapp,  L.  W. 
Hodapp,  A.  J. 
Hubert,  Geo.  J. 
Hughes,  Frank 
Kalchinsky,  Frank 
Kale,  Morris  J. 
Kelly,  James  F. 
Kerger,  Desire 
Knecht,  Julius 
Knittle,  Joseph 
Kobler,  J.  Raymond 
Kruse,  Bernard  J. 
LaFond,  Leo 
Lambert,  Albert  J. 
Lamotte,  Arleigh  L. 
Langan,  James  F. 
Langan,  James  T. 


Lanoue,  Emory  F. 
Lanoue,  Leonard 
Lanoue,  Rene  B. 
Lanoue,  Oscar 
Larrigan,  James  J. 
LaSage,  Aaron  D. 
Lavoie,  Edward 
LeBeau,  Arthur  A. 
LeBeau,  Jos.  L. 
LeCour,  Paul  L. 
Legris,  Max 
Lemenager,  John,  Jr. 
Libert,  Rev.  L.  G. 
Lockwood,  Earl 
Lynch,  D.  J. 
Marcotte,  Thomas 
Marcotte,  Harvey 

Martin,  Elmer 

Martin,  D.  C. 

McCoy,  John  A. 

McGarry,  Frank 

McGinnis,  Wm.  Lester 

McKay,  Wm.  F. 

McGuire,  Rev.  J.  W.  R. 

Nourie,  Walter  J. 

O'Connor,  Clarence  F. 

Oderwald,  John  J. 

O'Donnell,  Martin  L. 

Opeka,  Francis  M. 

Patnaude,  Arthur 

Peterson,  Henry  E. 

Phillips,  John 

Poskin,  Homer  A. 

Pratt,  Dr.  E.  C. 

Ravens,  Geo. 

Reilly,  IBernard  J. 


Renter,  Philip 
Richert,  L.  J. 
Richert,  Jos. 
Richert,  Walter  J. 
Rivard,  Jos.  A. 
Roche,  Wm.  J. 
Rohr,  Fred 
Roth,  Dr.  J.  H. 
Ruel,  Henry  F. 
Savoie,  James  P. 
Schneider,  Ray  L. 
Siggins,  John  J. 
Smith,  Hilare  J. 
Speicher,  Clarence 
Strutzel,  Henry  M. 
Sullivan,  Dr.  F.  J. 
Sullivan, Timothy 
Suprenant,  Wm.  J. 
Sweet,  Philip 
Tebo,  Wilfred 
Tetreault,  Albert 
Towner,  Herbert  A. 
Towner,  A.  J. 
Walsh,  Edward  J. 
Walsh,  Ralph 
Walsh,  Charles 
Wallace,  Henry  L. 
Wambier,  John 
White,  U.  D. 
Wilhelmi,  J.  A. 
Wynne,  Conrad 
Yonke,  Paul 
Zimmer,  A.  J. 
Zimmer,  G.  A. 
Zwisler,  Dr.  J.  A. 


Barry,  Edward  J. 
Barton,  Walter  P. 
Bolger,  Thomas  J. 
Boyle,  Austin  J. 
Boyle,  Malcolm 
Brundage,  Howard  A. 
Cagney,  Thomas  J. 
Cahill,  Charles  J. 
Callan,  John  M. 
Cleary,  William  F. 
Cleenan,  Bernard  V. 
Conley,  William  A. 
Crowley,  William  J. 
Coakley,  Jeremiah  J. 
Collins,  Wm.  D. 
Corboy,  Harold  F. 
Condon,  Edw.  F.,  Jr. 
Cummings,  John  J. 
Davy,  James  E. 
Downey,  Leo  J. 
Dunn,  Thomas  E. 
Dunn,  William  H. 
Dunne,  Wm.  F. 
Diamond,  Albert  A. 
])urkin,  John  W. 
Duve,  William  J. 
Early,  Eugene  J. 
Early,  Joseph  C. 
Eden,  Walter  J. 
Feldman,  John  W. 


749    FEEHAN,  Chicago 

Pinnegan,  Raymond  J. 
Fitzgibbon,  R.  J. 
Foley,  Philip  J.,  Jr. 
Ford.  Charles  W. 
Foley,  James  W. 
Gannon,  John  C. 
Garner,  Bernard 
Geraghty,  Patrick 
Guinea,  Daniel  P.,  Jr. 
Hanrahan,  Patrick  J. 
Hanrahan,  Wm.  J. 
Hartnett,  Daniel  J. 
Hede,  Edward 
Hallis,  Joseph  A. 
Hoy,  Thomas  A. 
Howard,  William  A. 
Hanley,  Leo 
Kelliher,  John  J. 
Kelly,  Thomas  F. 
Kordick,  Matthew 
Kennedy,  Irving  A. 
Lamb,  Richard  A. 
Lane,  Walter  T. 
Larkin,  William  R. 
Larkin,  Joseph  P. 
Lawler,  Joseph  A. 
Lynch,  John  F. 
Lynch,  William 
Murray,  John  J. 
Madigan,  Joseph  J. 


Maheu,  Octave 
Markham,  Harry  T. 
Marks,  Henry  F.,  Jr. 
Marks,  Albert 
Meagher,  Thos.  F.,  Jr. 
Morahan,  Charles  J. 
Morrissey,  J.  Emmett 
Munch,  George  L. 
Murphy,  Joseph  A. 
McCarthy,  Clement  I. 
McCarthy,  William  J. 
McNeil,  Elmer 
McNeill,  Daniel  F. 
McCrory,  Philip  J. 
McManus,  Joseph  J. 
McNichol,  Francis  E. 
Nolan,  George 
Nolan,  John  V. 
Noonan,  Thomas 
Riley,  John  F. 
Ryan,  James  E. 
Stinson,  P.  B. 
Stukel,  Jos.  J.,  Jr. 
Schoemer,  Walter 
Tamberine,  Anthony 
Toomey,  Thomas  A. 
Tuohy,  Raymond 
Walsh,  Leonard  A. 
Watson,  James  A. 
Wunder,  Rev.  George 


WAR^THE  ROLL  OF  HONOR 


611 


754    DANVILLE,  Danville 


Agan,  John  P. 
Barton,  Francis 
Bott,  Frank  F. 
Castles,  Edward 
Condon,  J.  J. 
Conlin,  Hugh  W. 
Conron,  Raymond 
Cox,  Dan 
Daley,  Tom  J. 
Day,  Wm.  D. 
Detour,  R.  J. 
Dowling,  Eldon 
Dyer,  Edward 
Dyer,  Harry 
Flattery,  Joseph 
Flattery,  Wm. 
Fitzgerald,  Geo. 


Giretz,  Wm. 
Hahne,  Hazlet 
Hart,  Robert 
Hien,  John 
Higglns,  Joseph 
Huff,  Fred  A. 
Kiernan,  Raymond 
King,  Raymond 
Kramer,  Wm. 
Lawrence,  Robert 
LlewUyn,  Cecil 
Marken,  Ed.  F. 
McCusker,  Leo 
McGee,  Leo 
McGuire,  Thomas 
Mularky,  C.  J. 
Morrissey,  Wm. 


Nardine,  Alfred  F. 
O'Connell,  J.  D. 
Rademacher,  W.  E. 
St.  Pierre,  Alfred 
Sansburg,  Wm. 
Schario.  Leo 
Schroeder,  Arnold 
Senger,  Frank  B. 
Senger,  Herbert 
Smith,  Jno. 
Supple,  John 
Uhlien,  Joseph 
Uhlin,  Herman 
Walsh,  Rev.  F.  Jerome 
Walsh,  Richard 
Wiemer,  M.  J.  G. 
Wirner,  Carl 


Company  B,  31st  Regiment,  in  Action  at  Vladivostok,  Siberia. 


761     CHARLES  CARROLL  OF  CARROLLTON,  Chicago 


Adams,  Raymond  E. 
Ahern,  James  M. 
Allen.  Richard  M. 
Ashley,  John  C. 
Adams,  Thos.  R. 
Boyle,  Hugh  E. 
Brady,  Harry  P. 
Burke,  Capt.  Edmund 
Burns,  Charles  P. 
Buckley,  Michael  J. 
Bowler,  Frank 
Brennan,  Matthew  T. 


Browne,  Capt.  J.  G. 
Byrne,  Gene  J. 
Byrne,  Raymond  J. 
Berry,  George  P. 
Bailey,  Robert  J. 
Carrigan,  Capt.  J.  F. 
Cloghessy,  Lawrence 
Connelly.  Marshall  E. 
Corcoran,  James  F. 
Culhane,  Francis 
Casey,  Thos.  E. 
Canty,  Newman  A. 


Carroll,  John  A. 
Cloghessy,  Walter 
Conahan,  Archie  F. 
Crilly,  William  T. 
Clark,  Bryan  H. 
Cook,  J.  L. 
Carbon,  Rocco  J. 
Cremin,  Wm.  H.  C. 
Canty,  Lieut.  Thos.  A. 
Daley,  Daniel 
Didier,  Joseph 
Dooley,  Lieut.  H.  J. 


612 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Day,  John  J. 
Dillon,  Thos.  A. 
Daley,  John  J. 
Drennan,  John  J. 
Durkin,  Alex  J. 
Dwyer,  Corp.  R.  W. 
Daley,  J.  P. 
Deady,  Thomas 
Donohue,  Ralph 
Dooley,  John  Jos. 
Doherty,  Daniel  J. 
Dwyer,  John  J. 
D'Antermont,  Richard 
Dusek,  Benedict  F. 
Ellsworth,  Harold  J. 
Unright.  Thos.  J. 
Emerson,  George  W. 
Ewald,  William  J. 
Finnin,  John  F. 
Franklin,  J.  E. 
Farley,  Edward  R. 
Finley,  Daniel 
Farrell,  Harold  W. 
Fahey,  William 
Flanagan,  Edward  J. 
Ford,  John  W.,  Jr. 
Fitzpatrick,  Thos. 
Gibbons,  Frank  E. 
Gorman,  Richard  M. 
Good,  James  J. 
Guilfoyle.  John  P. 
Gleason,  Frank  D. 
Hanrahan,  Michael  J. 
Heslin,  Charles  A. 
Higgins,  Edward  M. 
Hughes,  Edward  J. 
Hughes,  James  F. 
Hadley,  James 
Halloran,  John  J. 
Hanlon,  John 
Hubbell,  Edward  N. 
Hart,  John  J. 


Harnett,  L.  C,  Jr. 
Harmon,  Jas.  W. 
Kettles.  Lt.  Arthur  W. 
Kiedrowski,  Francis  F. 
Kluber,  Ensign  G.  G. 
Kolb,  Leo  A. 
Kennedy,  Edward  F. 
Kehoe,  R.  E. 
Kelly,  John  M. 
Kearney,  John  A. 
Lavery,  Charles  H. 
Lee,  John  J. 
Lee,  Thomas  R. 
Lee,  William  F. 
Leppak,  Philip  S. 
Lynch,  Patrick  C. 
Mader,  Frank  W. 
Mangan,  Corp.  D.  B. 
Mangan.  William 
Murray,  Sergt.  John  L. 
Moreau,  Jos.  T. 
Murphy,  Charles  J. 
Murphy,  John  W. 
Moore,  Corp.  J.  C. 
Moore,  Clarence  J. 
Martin,  Michael  P. 
Martin,  Philip  J. 
McGee,  Corp.  Leonard 
McElroy,  Philip 
McLennan,  James  F. 
McHugh,  Corp.  J.  P. 
McNamarra,  Lt.  J.  F. 
McCarthy,  Lt.  D.  J. 
McCarthy,  Frank  J. 
McCarthy,  Thos.  B. 
McDonough,  Jos.  A. 
McGrath,  William 
McNichols,  James  W. 
McGah,  Wm.  J. 
McGrane,  Leo  F. 
McLaughlin,  Peter  A. 


McDonough,  R.  J. 
McKee,  James  L. 
Naylor,  Frank  L. 
O'Connell,  Corp.  E.  P. 
O'Donnell,  James 
O'Meara,  Lieut.  J.  J. 
O'Hara,  A.  V. 
O'Lealy,  Bryan  J. 
Patnoe,  Royal  A. 
Prendergast,  Jas.  P. 
Pittman,  Gustave  I. 
Plachetka,  Jos.  M. 
Powers,  Frank  J. 
Pushoe,  L.  E. 
Patterson,  Earl  E. 
Queenan,  Thos.  J. 
Rategan,  Sergt.  J.  L. 
PvUhnke,  Leslie  C. 
Regan,  Thomas  J. 
Reynoldson,  Wm.  J. 
Ryan,  Corp.  Wm.  A. 
Rauth,  Arthur  L. 
Reynoldson,  Robt.  L. 
Roglin,  Chas.  W. 
Roth,  Ruppert  M. 
Sheridan,  Ensign  Jas. 
Sloan,  Sergt.  F.  A. 
Sullivan,  N.  C. 
Sherlock,  Matthew  J. 
Sullivan,  James  I. 
Sullivan,  John  L. 
Sullivan,  Eugene  T. 
Troy,  Thos.  W. 
Threadgold,  Thos.  C. 
\  ail,  Lawrence  E. 
Walsh,  Edward  J. 
Walsh,  Edmund  J. 
Walsh,  Wm.  M. 
Wheeler,  Thos.  A. 
Williams,  Leo  N. 
Wilmot,  Thomas  P. 


773     FORT  DEARBORN,  Chicago 


Ahern,  Rev.  John  J. 
Ahern,  J. 
Almasi,  Frank  G. 
Batke,  Jos. 
Blackwell,  Wm. 
Bohan,  Stanley 
Boebel,  Peter 
Bonfield,  Geo. 
Brady,  Edwin 
Burke,  Michael  J. 
Burke,  Rev.  Thos.  J. 
Campion,  Jas. 
Carroll,  Harry 
Coakley,  Jerry 
Coens,  Thos. 
Cooney,  Wm.  E. 
Day,  Thos.  A. 
Dempsey,  Mortimer 
Denny,  Chas.  M. 
Donohue,  Timothy 
Dore,  Edw.  J. 
Dore,  Lawrence  J. 
Finnegan,  Edw. 


Fogarty,  Timothy 
Foley,  Michael 
Gallagher,  Wm.  J. 
Gaul,  Jos. 
Gleason,  Martin  J. 
Gorman,  E.  M. 
Gorman,  J.  E. 
Grannon,  J.  J. 
Guilfoyle,  Henry 
Hanrahan,  Daniel 
Hartigan,  Jas. 
Hartigan,  M.  D. 
Hartigan,  Wm.  M. 
Hartman,  Ernest  A. 
Healy,  John 
Herbert,  Geo. 
Hickey,  Edw.  A. 
Kahl,  Nicholas 
Keegan,  Thos. 
Kellarp,  John 
Kelly,  Michael  J. 
Kennedy,  Jos.  L. 
Kirby,  J. 


Kloud,  Edw.  F. 
Koller,  Chas.  H. 
Krysinski,  Frank 
Lauer,  Wm. 
Lefebar,  T.  J. 
Leifer,  Gerald 
Lindstrom,  Chas.  E. 
Lynch,  Thos. 
Lynch,  John 
Mahoney,  Daniel  M. 
Malone,  John  J. 
Markey,  Emmet 
Marten,  Chas.  M. 
Mayer,  Chas.  W. 
McAllister,  Cormac 
McCarthy,  John  J. 
McCormick,  John  J. 
McCormick,  Ray 
McCormick,  Wm. 
McDonough,  M.  J. 
McDonald,  James 
McElligott,  Marten 
McGuire,  Thos. 


WAI^-THE  ROLL  OF  HONOR 


613 


Mclnerney,  Pat.  H. 
McMahon,  Frank  A. 
McMahon,  Raymond 
McMahon,  Frank  J. 
McNamara,  Dr.  Wm. 
Meehan,  Wm.  E. 
Moore,  Sylvester  J. 
Morgan,  Geo. 
Murray,  J.  W. 
Neylon,  Martin  F. 
O'Connell,  Michael 
O'Connell.  Thos.  J. 
O'Donnell,  Edw.  J. 
O'Hara,  Thos.  O. 


O'Malley,  Jas.  A. 
O'Neill,  Jos.  R. 
Peyton,  E.  J. 
Pickart,  Arthur  J. 
Pinger,  John  P. 
Pinger,  Jos.  M. 
Reithmeyer,  John  P. 
Renehan,  Geo. 
Riley,  I. 
Rosner,  Wm. 
Schmittschmitt,  W.  J. 
Scully,  G.  R. 
Sheehan,  Michael  A. 
Sheehy,  M.  J. 


Sieben,  Edw. 
Sink,  Jos.  B. 
Steilen,  Geo.  A. 
Stoeller,  Wm. 
Vaughn,  Frank 
Wachter,  Francis  J. 
Wachter,  Herbert  J. 
Wall,  John  J. 
Walsh,  Peter 
Wilhelm,  Anton  S. 
Williams,  John 
Williams,  Raymond  .' 
Winters,  Edw. 


776    WOODSTOCK,  Woodstock 


Allen,  R.  C. 
Allen,  Wm.  Lee 
Bennett,  Jas.  R. 
Bernero,  John  X. 
P.olger,  Clarence 
Brahy,  Harry 
Clark,  LeRoy  J. 
Comiskey,  Jay 
Conway,  P.  Edwin 
Conway,  W.  F. 
Corr,  O.  H. 
Corr,  R.  H. 

Cunningham,  Philip  J. 
Donnelly,  Wm.  O. 
Donovan,  R.  D. 
Dittman,  Albert  S. 
Dittman,  Carl  J. 
Feffer,  Irenus 


Felix,  Chas.  J. 
Gharrity,  Jas.  P. 
Goodrow,  Frank  J. 
Green,  Chas.  E. 
Green,  Vincent  J. 
Hayes,  Francis  H. 
Horan,  Thos. 
Horick,  Edward  J. 
Howard,  Clarence  M. 
Hurley,  Dennis  N. 
Hurley,  John  C. 
Jennings.  Chas.  A. 
Long,  John  J. 
Maas,  Thos.  J. 
McGee,  E.  R. 
Murley,  Raymond 
Nealin,  Daniel  E. 


Nolan,  P.  Henry 
Pannucci,  David 
Riley,  Emmett 
Riley,  Lawrence  L. 
Riley,  Raymond 
Riley,  Wm. 
Ryan,  Emmett  T. 
Schmitt,  Henry 
Sheehy,  F.  M. 
Stafford,  John  M. 
Stupfel,  Ralph 
Sullivan,  Adelbert  L. 
Sullivan,  Geo.  E. 
Sullivan,  John  J. 
Ueber,  Harold  B. 
Zoia,  Chas.  D. 
Wienke,  R.  N. 


790     STREATOR,  Streator 


Ambro,  Frank 
Balke,  Jos. 
Barnhard,  Herman 
Baron,  Frank  A. 
Barry,  John  J. 
Blasco,  Adam 
Breen,  Thos.  J. 
Broderick,  M.  J. 
Buckley,  Jeremiah 
Carroll,  Patrick  E. 
Cahill,  Lester  W. 
Cox,  C.  Vincent 
Cox,  John  R. 
Condon,  Lee  D. 
Coyle,  Edward  T. 
Donohue,  John 
Durham,  Francis  H. 
Farmer,  Elvea 
Farrell,  Jas. 
Filipski,  Wm.  F. 
Flanagan,  John  J. 
Fogarty,  Edward  M. 
Gerardo,  Wm.  J. 
Gingher,  Wm.  J. 
Gordon,  Clarence  M. 
Grennan, John  L. 
Grennan,  Jos.  B. 
Grogan,  James 
Hartney.  John  F. 


Heine,  Jos.  H. 
Jennett,  Edward  J. 
Jennett,  Raymond  J. 
Keating,  Edw.  B. 
Keef rey,  Edw.  M. 
Keef  rey,  Jos.  J. 
Kelly,  Albert  S. 
Keenan,  James  R. 
Koontz,  John  C. 
Langan,  Philip 
Linskey,  Emmett  J. 
Lorenzoni,  Edw.  J. 
Lotcher,  Frederick  A. 
Lotcher,  Jos. 
Lyons,  Emmett  T. 
Lyons,  Wm. 
Mahon,  Harry  F. 
Mahon,  Ralph  E. 
Marsenko,  John 
Maskel,  Edmund  J. 
McGarry,  Clarence 
McGarry,  Patrick  E. 
McMahon,  John  E. 
Neiggeman,  Henry  J. 
O'Beirne,  John  P. 
O'Dea,  Chas. 
O'Dea,  Thos. 
Pellino,  Stephen  M. 
Prendergast,  Thos.  E. 


Prendergast,  Thos.  J. 
Purcell,  Edward  F. 
Purcell,  Lawrence  .-i. 
Quinn,  Jos.  D. 
Quinn,  Thos.  P. 
Ritter,  Jos.  J. 
Roberts,  Jos.  T. 
Ryan,  Fred  F. 
Ryan,  Robert  V. 
Ryan,  Wm.  F. 
Santry,  Frederick  J. 
Sequim,  A.  C. 
Scheldt,  Bernard  N. 
Schmitz,  Hubert 
Scullans,  Frank 
Shedlock,  John  A. 
Sullivan,  Daniel  T. 
Teval,  Samuel  P. 
Trainor,  Arthur  R. 
Trainor,  Earl  J. 
Yanshik,  John 
Walsh,  James  W. 
Webster,  Frank  A. 
Whalen,  Vincent 
Wolfe,  Arthur  C. 
Woll,  Carl 
Woll.  Geo. 
Willey,  Leo  D. 


614 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Bandy,  Prank  W. 
Bernardi,  Belinda 
Brotherton,  V.  E. 
Bubel,  George 
Burkart,  William 
Cahill,  James  D. 
Cahill,  Thomas,  Jr. 
Cannon,  W.  P. 
Carney,  Harold 
Carney,  Roy 
Cawley,  Thomas 
Cawley,  William  E. 
Chrabot,  L.  S. 
Clarke,  Edward 
Conley,  Frank 
Collue,  Thomas 
Confrey,  E.  C. 
Conf  rey,  James  B. 
Confrey,  Wm. 
Confrey,  Robert 
Conway,  Edward  A. 
Conway,  Philip 
Creed,  Howard 
Creed,  J.  P. 
Cyrys,  John  A. 
Donovan,  James 
Dooley,  Eugene 
Dooley,  Joseph 
Doyle,  James  P. 
Doyle,  Martin 
Dunn,  John  J. 
Duffy,  Harold  P. 
Duras,  John 
Elena,  L.  L.,  Jr. 


792     CALVERT,  La  Salle 

Pahey,  Edmund 
Falletti,  William  L. 
Filas,  Anthony 
Pilas,  S.  K. 
Finkler,  A. 
Pitzgerald,  M.  H. 
Planagan,  James  R. 
Foley,  Edward 
Gannon,  Thomas 
Gerhards,  John 
Hardy,  Prank 
Hardy,  Walter 
Haremski,  William 
Hand,  Prank 
Hayden,  Leonard 
Healy,  James  J. 
Hoar,  John  J. 
Hoerner,  George  W. 
Hohoman,  Joseph 
Haley,  Joseph  G. 
Jagodzinski,  Frank 
Keegan,  R.  H. 
Kemper,  Arthur  J. 
Kings,  Francis  J. 
Kings,  James  J. 
Kelly,  John  J. 
Kreis,  Edward  B. 
Last,  Mathias  A. 
Lavanway,  Joseph 
Lynch,  Joseph 
McDermott,  J.  V. 
Mainus,  Joseph 
Malloy,  Prank  P. 
Martin,  William 


Murray,  Prank  H. 
Morawitz,  Edward  J. 
Myler,  John  W. 
Novak,  J.  P. 
O'Brien,  Thomas 
O'Shea,  Thomas 
Ream,  L.  A. 
Ream,  "Vincent 
Reich,  Theodore  P. 
Roach,  J. 
Rossik,  Otto 
Salmon,  Roger 
Smith,  O.  M. 
Schlosser,  Joseph 
Shields,  Edward 
Shields,  James 
Shields,  Thomas 
Shields,  William 
Sheppard,  George 
Solon, Joseph  A. 
Stachowiak,  Ignatius 
Sullivan,  F. 
Synnoyy,  William 
Welter,  Robert 
Weber,  J.  J. 
Wisniewski,  M.  J. 
Wagner,  William 
Welch,  James 
Wagner,  Edward  M. 
Walsh,  J.  J. 
Witucka,  Joseph 
Yopp,  Prank 
Zwick,  Anthony 


Addison,  Thos.  E. 
Ahern,  Henry  L. 
Angsman,  Elmer 
Aubrey,  L.  C. 
Baker,  Ray  J. 
Baldwin,  M.  T. 
Barrett,  W. 
Barsley,  Wm.  P. 
Beall,  Earl  J. 
Benson,  A.  J. 
Benson,  M.  P. 
Blake,  Jos.  H. 
Blake,  Dr.  R.  G. 
Blake,  W.  J. 
Blanchard,  T. 
Bourke,  Thos. 
Bowes,  Jas.  D. 
Boyle,  W.  P. 
Breen,  J.  T. 
Brennan,  R.  J. 
Bugler,  John  C. 
Bugler,  R.  E. 
Burke,  L.  A. 
Burns,  E.  J. 
Burns,  J.  L. 
Burns,  J.  J. 
Butler,  A.  J. 
Byrne,  Jos.  L. 
Byrne,  W.  M. 


805     LEO,  XIII,  Chicago 

Carberry,  Dr.  P. 
Carr,  F.  J. 
Carr,  Thos.  A. 
Carmody,  J.  H. 
Carroll,  Wm.  A. 
Casey,  Maurice 
Casselton,  Thos.  E. 
Cherry,  M.  J. 
Clements,  L.  J. 
Cole,  C.  J. 
Connelly.  T. 
Coogan,  D.  P. 
Colfer,  T.  R. 
Collins,  Jas.  P. 
Collins,  M.  J. 
Conlan,  C.  M. 
Conners,  J.  J. 
Cooper,  T. 
Conroy,  Thos.  A. 
Costello,  G.  P. 
Coulihan,  E. 
Coughlin,  J.  B. 
Coughlin,  J.  H. 
Coughlin,  John 
Coughlin,  Wm. 
Cronin,  Bart  L. 
Crott,  I.  P. 
Crowe,  T.  J. 
Crowley,  J.  F- 


Cummings,  W.  J. 
Curley,  T.  J. 
Curry,  Andrew 
Curtin,  Bert 
Cussen,  J.  E. 
Day,  Ray  J. 
Deery,  J. 
Devine,  W.  M. 
Doherty,  J.  E. 
Donohue,  D.  E. 
Donohue,  T.  P. 
Dorgan,  T.  J. 
Dougherty,  J. 
Doyle,  H.  J. 
Doyle,  M.  J. 
Drake,  Roy  L. 
Driscoll,  W.  L. 
Duffy,  A.  P. 
Duffy,  A.  P. 
Duffy,  W.  J. 
Dunne,  N.  P. 
Dunne,  Peter 
Durkin,  M.  J. 
Durkin,  T.  A. 
Eckhart,  L.  U. 
Eddy,  Leo  Chas. 
Egan,  Phil. 
Englehart,  F. 
Evans,  J.  h. 


WAI^-THE  ROLL  OF  HONOR 


615 


Enzler,  L.  J. 
Farney,  Leo  D. 
Fennell,  John  J. 
Finn,  Thos.  P. 
Fitzgerald,  Wm. 
Flanigan,  C.  L. 
Flanagan,  J.  P. 
Flannery,  Harry 
Fluck,  C.  J. 
Foley,  James 
Fotre,  W. 
Fraher,  T.  J. 
Frawley,  L. 


Grimes,  E.  J. 
Gurren,  J.  F. 
Hanrahan,  J.  W. 
Haugh,  T.  P. 
Hayes,  Cornelius 
Hayes,  J.  P. 
Hayes,  M.  D. 
Healy,  John  J. 
Healy,  J.  P. 
Heeman,  F.  L. 
Hennessy,  W.  A. 
Henry,  R.  J. 
Hickey,  Leo  W. 


Kelly,  T.  F. 
Kennedy,  Jas.  M. 
Kenny,  D. 
Kenny,  John  P. 
Kilty,  P.  J. 
Kinney,  B. 
Kircher,  J.  A. 
Knight.  W.  J. 
Koeppe,  C.  J. 
Lang,  Chas. 
Lavague,  G.  E. 
Lavelle,  J.  V. 
Leiser,  W.  J. 


Romagne,  Scene  of  Much  Fighting  in  which  Illinois  Knights  Participated. 
Location    of  U.    S.    Military   Cemetery. 


Gabler,  Joe 
Ganey,  Dennis  P. 
Gange,  W.  H. 
Gaudson,  E.  L. 
Geary,  D.  J. 
Gleason,  J.  P. 
Gleason,  Jas.  J. 
Gleason,  P. 
Gleason,  T.  L. 
Golden,  R.  J. 
Goodyear,  P.  F. 
Grady,  P.  M. 
Grady,  Wm.  J. 
Green,  Norman 
Green,  Porter 
GrifRn,  Jas.  J. 
Griffin,  Jos. 


Hicks,  W.  H. 
Hill,  W.  D. 
Hogan,  Leo 
Hogan,  T.  P. 
Hoise,  Albert  D. 
Hughes,  J.  B. 
Huckes,  J.  R. 
Huckes,  L.  J. 
Jacobs,  J.  A. 
Jaumann,  Anthony 
Jeffers.  P.  J. 
Judge,  John  F. 
Joy,  Thos. 
Karleskind,  M.  J. 
Kearney,  L.  J. 
Keenan,  Ed.  L. 
Kello,  Harry  V. 


Lucas,  John 
Lynch,  T.  F. 
Lynch,  Wm. 
Mackie,  E.  J. 
Madden,  W.  P. 
Madigan,  W.  F. 
Maloney,  T.  P. 
Mallon,  J.  J. 
Manning,  Ed. 
Marshall,  A.  B. 
Martin,  John  J. 
McBride,  P.  F. 
McCann,  T.  A. 
McCarthy,  Jas. 
McCarthy,  C.  W. 
McCrave,  Geo. 
McCormlck,  L. 


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618         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Thirty-first  Regiment  U.  S.  A.  Marching-  into  Vladivostok,  Siberia. 


Leahey,  Frank  T. 
Leahey,  Jos.  J. 
Lockman,  Leo  T. 
Lockhart,  Leo  J. 
Lonergan, W.  F. 
Lukeman,  Elmer  J. 
Mackey,  John  F. 
Mandeville,  John  E. 
Mandeville,  John  S. 
Mandeville,  Thos.  S. 
McGrath.  Thos.  L. 
McGinnis,  Edward  J. 
McGinnis,  P.  J. 
Merin,  James  H. 
Minch,  Frank  M. 
Mollenbrock,  Albert 
Morken,  Walter  L. 


Newell,  James  E. 
Newell,  Ralph  A. 
Norris,  Dr.  F.  A. 
O'Brien,  John  F. 
Pasqualone,  Michele 
Phalen,  August 
Purcell,  Francis  J. 
Ring-,  James  T. 
Robinson,  Francis  P. 
Robinson,  Geo.  W. 
Robinson,  Thos.  T. 
Rook,  Wm.  C. 
Ross.  Wm. 
Ryan,  Chas.  M. 
Ryan,  Leo  R. 
Schefercort,  Wm.  J. 
Sehy,  Jos.  P. 


Sehy,  Leo  T. 
Shields,  John  F. 
Sheehan,  Jos. 
Sloan,  Francis  T. 
Sloan,  Jas.  E. 
Sloan,  John 
Sullivan,  Jeremiah  J. 
Tarswell,  Jesse  C. 
VDgel,  Jos.  E. 
Votsmeyer,  Chas.  J. 
Walsh,  J.  C. 
W^alsh,  Maurice  F. 
Walsh,  Thos.  J. 
Wheeling,  Ernest 
Wolfe,  Earl  E. 
Woulfe,  Harold  J. 


WAR^THE  ROLL  OF  HONOR 


619 


887     FATHER  O'CONNOR,    formerly    IRVING    PARK,    Chicago 


Beaudreau,  L.  J. 
Benjamin,  Albert  A. 
Berger,  Chas.  J. 
Bradley,   Charles  F. 
Brennan,  Edward  J. 
Brown,  Thos.  F. 
Butler,  Cornelius  M. 
Butt,  Francis  J. 
Clancy,  Thomas  A. 
Corole,  John 
Coulter,  Frank  A. 
Coyle,  John  J. 
Coyne,  William  Joseph 
Czosek,  Peter  P. 
Dempsey,  Thomas  H. 
Derenzowski,  Albert 
Dineen,   Timothy 
Dingles,   Lewis 
Dombrowski,   Edw.   T. 
Donovan,  Thomas 
Doolin,  J.  L. 
Dugan,  John  M. 
Durkin,  James  F. 
Erne,  Allen  J. 
Falkenberg,  Chas.  V. 
Ficht,   John  A. 
Fitzgibbon,  Stephen 
Foley,  John  F. 
Frey,   Edward  D. 
Gannon,  Patrick 
Geraty,  Thomas  F. 
Gibbert,  John  J..  Jr. 
Glueckert,  Joseph  B. 
Gniot,  Frank  J. 


Goulet,  Lynn  J. 
Goulet,  Lawrence  E. 
Heath,  Andrew  J. 
Hechinger,  Michael  V. 
Helm,  Henry  G. 
Helm,  George  A. 
Helm,   Joseph  A. 
Janowiak,  Stephen  G. 
Jennings,   Philip  B. 
Kaminski,  Harry  J. 
Kaspar,   C.  A. 
Kennelly,  James  J. 
Keshen,   S.  A. 
Klinek,  Frank  M.,  Jr. 
Kremer,  Joseph  F. 
Kuhn,  N.  J. 
Kurtz,  Walter  B. 
La  Berge,  W.  C. 
Lambeau,  Louis  G. 
LaPointe,   Alderic  C. 
Leach,    Frank   E. 
LeClair,  Edwin  J.,  Jr. 
Leresche,  Clive  E. 
Lockwood,  Robert  E. 
Loftus,  Francis  J. 
Maeder,  Anthony  J. 
Mackenzie,  Chas.  K. 
Mangan,  James  E. 
Manning,    Clement  L. 
Manning,  Edgar  F. 
McCabe,  George  John 
McCall,   James  E. 
McCall,  E.   C. 
McGee,  L.   C. 


McManmon,  John  J. 
Moore,  Percy  James 
Murphy,  George  T. 
Neubauer,  Anthony  C. 
Newett,    Tlios.   G. 
O'Connor,   Michael  A. 
Overhage,  Wm.  A. 
Patke,  William 
Poden,  Guido 
Prendergast.  Richard  J 
Quinn,  Francis  H. 
Reilly,  W.  H. 
Reynolds,  Edw.  J. 
Roach,  James  E. 
Roche,  Daniel 
Sebastian,  Carl  Wm. 
Schlicht,  Benjamin  J. 
Schmidt,   Joseph  A. 
Shea,   James  J. 
Steffen,  John  M. 
Stryzinski,  Joseph  W. 
Sweeney,  A.  J. 
Tenczar,  Francis  J. 
Tenczar,  Michael  S. 
Thom,  John  J. 
Trayling,  Francis  J. 
Wakefield.  Willard  C. 
Waters,  James  E. 
Waters,  Thos.  A. 
Willard,  C.   J. 
Wojcek,  Joseph  J. 
Wojciechowski,    John 
Zuranski,  John 
Zurich,    Jacob   L. 


890    PATRICK  FEEHAN,  Fulton 


Bly,  Frank 
Bly,  James 
Considine,  Wm.   J. 
Consldine,  Robt.  P. 


Coyle,  Harry  E. 
Cuddy,  Geo. 
Field,  W.  H,  Jr. 
Kenny,  W.  D. 


Kuster,  Geo. 
Leahy,  Wm. 
Plunkett,  Oliver 
Smith,  John  E. 


891     TWIN  CITY  COUNCIL,  Champaign 


Albinger,  August  F. 
Brannigan,  John 
Callahan,  Wm.  J. 
Clifford,  W.  E.  C. 
Cler,  F.  J. 
Cochrane,  J.  J. 
Clennon,  Lawrence 
Conway,  Paul 
Coady,  Joseph  C. 
Casserly,  Jos.  B. 
Cavanaugh,  Maurice 
Cabalek,  W.  J. 
Cochrane,  Wm. 
Doyie,  Wm.  J. 
Doyle,  John  F. 
Deany,  A.  F. 
Fogarty,  Jos.  P. 
Fitzgerald,  T.  F. 
Fiedler,  A.  A. 
Fiedler,  J.  H. 
Graham,  Hugh  D. 


Gordon,  Nicholas 
Gorman,  F.  W. 
Graham,  Thos.  C. 
Graham,  Arthur 
Gallivan,  L.  H. 
Gordon,  Bernard  A. 
Hagan,  Thos. 
Hughes,  Lawrence 
Hayes,  W.  B. 
Hartman,  Jos.  W. 
Hughes,  Jos.  R. 
Hartman,  A.  S. 
Harrington,  B.  W. 
Hagan,  E.  J. 
Hartman,  Killian 
Hagan,  Bernard 
Irle,  Francis  C. 
Jackson,  Thos. 
Julian,  Maurice 
Jacobs,  P.  W. 
Kennedy,  J.  P. 


Kennedy,  J.  W. 
Kelley,  S.  J. 
Klingelhoffer,  Leo 
Layden,  T.  E. 
Laurence,  Walter 
Leonard,  John  F. 
Lynch,  Bernard  Thos. 
Lyons,  Flurance 
Lacey,  J.  J. 
Morrissey,  Edward 
Murray,  Chas.  A. 
Murray,  S.  E. 
Mullins,  Edward  R. 
Miller,  Dr.  L.  C. 
Murray,  Thos.  E. 
Mullins,  James  R. 
Marmion,  Mark  E. 
Mattingly,  Leo 
Marquardt,  J.  Walter 
Manley,  J.  C. 
Martin,  E.  G 


620 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


McGrath,  Thos.  J. 
McDonough,  Thos.  F. 
McGraw,  T.  F. 
McKeon,  Joseph  N. 
McCabe,  John  F. 
McCabe,  Patrick  Leo 
McCabe,  T.  Spencer 
O'Brien,  R.  J. 
O'Brien,  Phillip 
McGrath,  Patriclt 


O'Beirne,  Raymond 
O'Byrne,  Thos.  P. 
Pfeffer,  Edward 
Price,  B.  R. 
Purtell,  Wm. 
Quinlan,  Martin 
Ryan,  Jos.  F. 
Russel,  Jolin  F. 
Sullivan,  T.  C. 
Sulivan,  W.  J. 


Steffen,  Geo.  P. 
Smith,  H.  B. 
Smith,  Alvin  G. 
Straub,  E.  J. 
Sheehan,  W.  T.,  Jr. 
Turnbull,  Robert  R. 
Wilhelm,  Nicholas 
Wagner,  W.  A. 
Whittaker,  C.  A. 


A.    E.    F.    Boys    on    the   Argonne.      Taken   Just   After    the    Armistice    by 
Secretary  D.  A.  Henneberry,  Joliet. 


914     LOYOLA— HYDE  PARK  COUNCIL,  Chicago 


Ayres,  H.  I. 
Arndt,    Geo.    H. 
Arndt,     Thos.    C. 
Bluett,  Grover,  W. 
Boyle,  Rev.  C.  C. 
Brennan,  Frank  B. 
Broderick,  James  J. 
Buckle,  Harry  V. 
Burns,  Gilbert  P. 
Burke,   Thos.  J. 
Butler,  Edward  J. 
Caldwell,  Dr.  C.  P. 
Carey,  John  F. 
Cavanaugh,  John  L. 
Collins,    T.    J. 
Collins,  John  J. 
Cramsie,    A.   J. 
Clark,  James  T. 
Clark,  Joseph  M. 
Conway,    "Wm.    J. 
Cusic,  James  E. 
Doherty,   Albert  J. 
Devine,   John   K. 
Davidson,   Cuddie  E. 
Doherty,  Arthur  J. 
Donohue,  James  J. 
Donovan,  Rev.  C.  F. 
English,  John  J. 
EUis,  John  D. 
Early,  John  J. 
Edgeworth,  Earl  T. 
Fairfax,  Frank  L. 
Fitzgerald,  John  D. 


Falnagan,  John  J. 
Foley,  Emmett  J. 
Foley,   John  P. 
Frawley,  Rev.  L. 
Girard,  Rev.  A.  L. 
Hayes,  John  W. 
Heffernan,  William  C. 
Halaburt,  Thos.  L. 
Hannon,  David  E. 
Hogan,   Anthony   P. 
Hogan,  John  B. 
Hogan,  Mathew 
Jacobs,  Geo.  W. 
Johnston,  James  P. 
Kelly,  Edward  I. 
Kevlin,   John   F. 
Koll,  John  A. 
Kane,   Kieran  L. 
Landry,  Edgar  A. 
Lynch,  Fred  S. 
Lynch,  Chas.  E. 
Leitner,  Geo.  L. 
Lally,  Malach  D. 
Long,  Philip  J. 
Magrini,  Henry 
Marino,  Robert  L. 
Miller,  H.  B. 
Murphy,  T.  A. 
Meyer,  n.  F. 
Mines,  James  A. 
McDermott,  Francis  O. 
McGuire.  John  F. 


Meehan,  Thos.   F. 
McAndrews,  Joseph  J. 
McMahon,  Henry  H. 
McGinnis,  Clyde  A. 
McGrath,  Vincent  T. 
Mclnerney,  John  J. 
McCarte,   Allan  B. 
Murphy,  William  J. 
Murphy,  David  D. 
Nessinger,  Frank  A. 
Nicholson,   Fred  J. 
Naughton,  P.  J. 
O'Brien,    Daniel  J. 
O'Brien,  Mathew  J. 
O'Brien,  Thomas  J. 
O'Brien,  William  P. 
O'Reilly,  James 
Phillips,  Wallace 
Powers,  W.  L. 
Prindiville,  L.  C. 
Quinnan,   D.  J. 
Rooney,  Lawrence  T. 
Ritacco,  Samuel 
Reynolds,  Patrick  J. 
Shea,  Gordon  P. 
Stanley,  Chas.  J. 
Shannon,  Rev.  T.  V. 
Sweeney,  Edward  C. 
Sullivan,  Andrew  J. 
Sullivan,  Philip  L. 
Tyrrell,  James  A. 
Wild,  James  P. 


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621 


895     ODELL,  Odell 


Ahrens,  Jos. 
Bellott,  Jos.  J. 
Campbell,  Geo. 
Carney,  Earl 
Carney,  Emmet 
Clancy,  Chas. 
Darg-an,  Clarence  M. 
Drinin,  Michael 
Finefleld,  John 
Flood,  Thos. 


Foley,  Thos.  P. 
Gassensmltt,  Clarence 
Gassensmitt,  Harold 
Gassensmltt,  John  M. 
Kelley,  James  L. 
Kelley,  Jos.  L>. 
Kripple,  F.  W. 
Lannon,  P.  H. 
Lyon,  Bernard  M. 
McGrath,  John 


Miller,  Robert  J. 
Ralph,  Frank 
Ralph,  Leo 
Redmond,  Jos. 
Ready,  Lawrence 
Stabler,  Edw.  N. 
Watson,  Luke  J. 
Wolf,  Alvin 
Wolf,  Leo  M. 
Wood,  Leo  A. 


896     PANA,  Pana 


Bailey,  Clarence 
Beyers,  Henry  C. 
Brady,  James 
Brady,  Terrence 
Byers,  Bernard 
Comerford,  Augustln 
Condon,  Leo  J. 
Cyeng'ros,  John  J. 
Endris,  Paul  A. 
Einig-,  Geo.  W. 
Flesch,  Leonard 
Flesch,  Chas. 
Fox,  Rev.  P.  J. 


Franscavitch,  Albert 
Goodall,F.  C. 
Gossman,  A.  W. 
Gossman,  Paul  C. 
Haltshaus,  Henry 
Havrllka,  John  F. 
Hoen,  Walter 
Klein,  Jos.  M. 
Kuntz,  Jos. 
McCarthy,  Glenn 
McCarthy,  Richard 
Michaels,  Chas.  B. 
Mickenbier,  Jos.  L. 


Mickenbier,  Leo  F. 
Murphy,  James 
Murphy,  John 
Oiler,  Claude  L. 
Phillips,  John 
Sheehan,  Geo.  A. 
Sheehan,  Hugh 
Stalets,  Adam 
Staniswisky,  E. 
Stocker,  Lawrence  f » 
Tenbusch.Wm.  F. 
Ullrick,  Chas.  J. 
Wilson,  Myron  J. 


915     IMMACULATE  CONCEPTION,  Ohio 


Kean,  Francis 
Murtaugh,  Leo 


Scully,  John  J. 


Sheehan,  John 


922     OUILMETTE  COUNCIL,  Wilmette 


Barnard,  Geo.  F. 
Bauer,  John  A. 
Biederer,  Nicholas  A. 
Bleser,  John  J. 
Braun,  Arthur  J. 
Praun,  Peter  J.         / 
'Conley,  Dr.  B.  N.l/ 
Corrigan,  John 
Engels,  Jos.  J. 
Golbach,  P.  J. 
Golbach,  John 
Goodwin,  John  F. 
Hassenauer,  A.  A. 
Hassenauer,  C.  J. 
Heinzen,  Jos.  H. 


Hillinger,  W.  A. 
Hillinger,  Phillip  L. 
Huerter,  John  J. 
Ketchum,  Raymond 
Ketter,  John  F. 
Ketter,  John 
Kulten.  Frank  P. 
Leis,  Clarence 
Leis,  Harry 
May,  Jos.  J. 
McCanney,  Emmet 
Miller,  Henry  J. 
Napier,  Wm.  C. 
Napier,  E.  P. 


O'Connell,  H.  L. 
Rudd,  Robt.  J. 
Runtz,  Jos.  J. 
Schildgen,  F.  B. 
Schildgen,  L.  J. 
Schildgen,  Jos,  J. 
Schmitz,  Peter 
Schmidt,  Jos.  D. 
Schneider,  Jos. 
Schopen,  F.  J. 
Schroeder.  Jos.  J. 
Schwall,  N.  A. 
Smith,  Bernard  .f 
Steffens,  J.  P. 


Armstrong.  A.  T. 
Becker,  J.  F. 
Brady,  T.  V. 
Breen,  R.  F. 


950     COLUMBUS,  Chicago 

Butler,  Michael 

Christoi)h,  E.  E. 
Christoph,  F.  W. 
Christoph,  J.  R. 


Christoph,  W.  H. 
Collins,  S.  M. 
Coffey.  J.  F. 
Coles,  L.  A. 


622 


KNIGHTS  OF  COIjUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Crane,  W.  H.,  Jr. 
Czackorowsky,  R.  L. 
Duffy. 

Durkin,  P.  J. 
Falvey,  H.  J. 
Farrell,  M. 
Fergus,  Edw. 
Fleming,  John  J. 
Fortman,  N. 
Fortman,  Phil 
Fox,  Edw.  D. 
Gallagher,  A.  J. 
Gast,  E.  C. 
Gillespie,  P. 
Hanlon,    G.    A. 
Hayden,  D.  B. 
Hefferman,  D.  J. 
Hogan,  J.  T. 
Horan,  Stephen 
Howell,  C.  G. 
Huber,  F.  E. 
Jones,  A.  V. 
Kamesch,  Phil 


Kelly,  M.  J. 
Kernan,  J.  F.,  Jr. 
Koelle,  J.  H. 
Kunce,  F.  E. 
Klein.  "W.  R. 
Lahey,  W.  S. 
Lawler,  L.  A. 
Loeffler,  Chas.  A. 
Loftus,  J.  A. 
Losch,  H.  C. 
Losch,  W.  S. 
Lynn,  L. 
Lyons,  W.  J. 
Mackey,  W.  J. 
Martin,  F.  J. 
May,  W.  F.,  Jr. 
McDonald,  Jas. 
McCartney,  G.  T. 
McDonnell,  T.  J. 
McPherson,  Chas. 
Neidhart,  B.  A. 
Moran,  W.  J. 
McGowan,  D.  E. 


O'Byrne,  T.  A. 
O'Donnell,  C.  F. 
O'Neill,  P. 
O'Shea,  Geo.  T. 
Phillip,  Geo. 
Reck,  W.  J. 
Rocca,  E.  F. 
Rend,  J.  F. 
Rend,  A.  J.,  Jr. 
Riley,  V.  J. 
Ryan,  A.  J. 
Sausser,  P. 
Schummer,  W.  M. 
Slattery,  W.  L. 
Smith,  P.  J.,  Jr. 
Staerk,  P.  H. 
Stelle,  R.  D. 
Strass,  M.  M. 
Sweeney,  H.  F. 
Thinnes,  J.  M. 
Trausch,  J.  H. 
White,  A.  J. 
Wilkins,  P.  J. 


967     GENERAL  JAMES  SHIELDS,  Chicago 


Boivin,  G.  A. 
Branch,  A.  J. 
Burke,  Jos. 
Clancy,  Dr.  E,  G. 
Clancy,  L.  D. 
Charpentier,  J.  E. 
Connell,  H.  W. 
Cooney,  Ben 
Courtney,  E.  C. 
Curran,  L.  A. 
Doherty,  J.  F. 
Donovan,  F.  M. 
Flynn,  Anth. 


Gallagher,  T.  A. 
Healy,  Jas.  J. 
Hecklinger,  Chas. 
Jaworski,  E.  W. 
Jones,  R.  M. 
Kellar,  J.  P. 
Kelleher,  Dr.  J.  L. 
Kelly,  J.  P. 
Loftus,  A.  — . 
Meegan,  M.  P. 
McGowan,  D.  A. 
Morris,  G.  J. 
Murray,  Patrick 


Nevin,  M.  M. 
Nolan,  J.  J. 
O'Brien,  Rev.  J.  E. 
Purcell,  O.  J. 
Quill,  J.  A. 
Reese,  C.  H. 
Rooney,  D.  J. 
Scanlon,  Chas. 
Scanlon,  John 
Scanlon,  W.  A. 
Sheehan,  E.  A. 
Sinnot,  M.  L. 
Thomas,  J.  F. 


980     LARABIDA,  Chicago 


Ahearn,  William  J. 
Artman,  "William  J. 
Barry,  Thomas  J. 
Blaise,  Homer 
Brennan.  J.  J. 
Brown,  Daniel  P. 
Brown,  John  H. 
Collins,  J.  V. 
Curley,  E.  J. 
Curley,  Peter  J. 
Cusack,  John  J. 
Cushing,  Edmund  A. 
Dilger.  Noble  J. 
Doolady,  Geo.  J. 
Diougherty,  Dennis  J. 
Durkin,  John  R. 
Fasan,  Irvin 
Featherstone,  Thos.  J. 
Fitzgerald, Daniel  H. 
Fitzgerald,  Frank  H. 
Flavin,  Garrett  M. 
Hagerty,  George  D. 
Hamrock,  Michael  T. 
Hannafin,  Thos.  F. 


Healey,  Frank  J. 
Harrington,  Jas.  B. 
Hennessy,  David  C. 
Hoyt,  Harold 
Julien,  Norman  L. 
Johnson,  John  T. 
Kane,  James  W. 
Kane,  Alfred  P. 
Langan,  Robert  J. 
Larkin,  Thomas  A. 
Lee,  Patrick  J. 
Loftus,  William  J. 
Mahoney,  William  M. 
Malone,  Edward  P. 
Matthews,  Harry  A. 
Moore,  T.  G. 
Mulcahey,  James  E. 
Mulcahey,  J.  J. 
Mulroney,  Raymond 
Murphy,  Emmett  J. 
Murphy,  Lewis  V. 
McCann,  Frank  J. 
McDonald,  S.  E. 
McGeeney,  John  J. 


McKeough,  Thos.  A. 
McKeown,  Eugene 
Norton,  Daniel  T. 
O'Connor,  Jos.  P. 
O'Connor,  William  J. 
O'Leary,  John  J. 
Perry,  Joseph  A. 
Powers,  Mortimer  M. 
Powers,  Bernard  E. 
Prendergast,  John  P. 
Quinn,  Daniel  D. 
Quinn,  James  E. 
Rauen,  Geo. 
Reilly,  J.  A. 
Reilly,  Thos.  F. 
Reynolds,  J.  K. 
Ronan,  Thomas  F. 
Rooney,  Edmund  J. 
Scannell,  Chas.  E. 
Schofield,  Raymond  J. 
Sullivan,  John  J. 
Tierney,  Frank  J. 
Wehle,  Sebastian  G. 
Wittman,  George  L. 


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623 


988     MURPHYSBORO,  Murphysboro 


Bollheimer,  A.  C. 
Borgsmiller,  Jos. 
Brush,  John  F. 
Byer,  Thos.  J. 
Daniel,  Ben  A. 
Dell'Era,  Joseph 
Evans,  Dr.  W.  H. 
Pay,  Hugh 
Fults,  Chas.  M. 
Hufnagel,  Anthony 
Keyenberg,  Jos. 
Keyenberg,  Henry 


Klawer,  John 
Kupferer,  Chas.  F. 
Marten,  Albert  E. 
Martell,  Edmond 
Martell,  Chas.  J. 
McDiermon,  John  T. 
Milani,  John 
Paul,  Nicholas  P. 
Piosik,  Aug. 
Probst,  A.  J. 
Probst,  LeRoy 
Reichert,  Wm. 


Roberts,  Arthur 
Rodden,  John 
Seifert,  Rev.  Chas.  A. 
Sell,  Geo.  H. 
Smith,  Edwin  H. 
Vastine,  M.  W. 
Wagner,  Jos.  H. 
Weiler,  W.  E. 
Welsh,  Leonard 
Wolff,  W.  M. 
Zink,  Louis  L.,  Jr. 


997     CHICAGO  HEIGHTS,  Chicago  Heights 


Beaudion,  Peter 
Birgel,  Frank 
Cassidy,  Francis 
Comerford,  Jas.  F. 
Cull,  Edgar  J. 
Cull,  Louis  W. 
Dolan,  Robert 
Dwyer,  Jos.  P. 
Eber,  J.  H. 
Flaiz,  Geo.  M. 
Fuchs,  Henry  A. 
Graham,  Silus 
Green,  Chas.  J. 
Girard,  Robert  C. 
Guensche,  Wm.  J. 
Harnett,  David  F. 
Harnett,  Jas.  P. 
Hesseldenz,  Albert  J. 
Howard,  Raymond  J. 
Janser,  Geo.  G. 


Johnson,  Elmer 
Jordan,  Harry  J. 
Kilcullen,  Chas. 
Kennedy,  Wm. 
Kirgis,  Dr.  Edw.  G. 
Kloyczek,  Anthony  J. 
Kovach,  Frank 
Lux,  Eugene  M. 
Lux,  Gerhardt  A. 
Marthaler,  Anthony 
Mayer,  Dr.  E.  V. 
Mayer,  Walter  M. 
Mclnrue,  J.  Irving 
Murnane,  Jas.  P. 
Miller,  Frank 
Minicus,  Walter  M. 
Murane,  Daniel  F. 
Mulhollan,  Frank 
Murphy,  Chas. 
Murphy,  John  R.,  Jr. 


Pendergast,  Jas.  H. 
Ranee,  H.  B. 
Rivard,  Roy 
Rush,  Fred 
Schulze,  Raymond  A. 
Seme,  John 
Seme,  Jos. 
Senesac,  Adelor 
Shetzle,  Fred 
Sisk,  Jas.  D. 
Smith,  Clifford  C. 
Spitzenberger,  Leo 
Steevens,  Chas. 
Terre,  Jos.  P. 
Von  Bruenschenhin,  J. 
Wiedm.an,  Anthony 
Wilchinsky,  Wm.  J. 
Wilger,  Fred 
Whelan,  Justin  D. 
York,  Jos. 


1005    HUGHES,  Chicago 


Aniol,  Charles  W. 
Augustin,  Edward  J. 
Babka,  Louis 
Baker,  Frank  J. 
Bakule,  John  F. 
Bares,  Frank  J. 
Barta,  Joseph  A. 
Bennett,  Frank  D. 
Bielas,  Kazimon  T. 
Biggy,  Frank  L. 
Bily,  John  A.,  Jr. 
Bizek,  Albert  John 
Blaha,  Edw.  J. 
Blaha,  Emil  J. 
Blitsch,  Irvin  H. 
Borkovec,  Jerry  A. 
Braheney,  Peter  J. 
Bray,  Gerald  A. 
Brejcha,  Charles  A. 
Brejcha,  Mathias  A. 
Breslin,  Lawrence 
Bruen,  Charles  J. 
Buess,  George  F. 


Burda,  Edward  J. 
Burns,  Clyde  J. 
Buszkiewicz,  S.  J. 
Butler,  Frank  A. 
Buzek,  Frank  J. 
Caba,  Jerry  F. 
Carlin,  Frank  J. 
Carlin,  Stewart  L. 
Carroll,  George  W. 
Cerbin,  John 
Cerbin,  Stanley  F. 
Chalupsky,  Joseph  J. 
Cisky,  Frank  I. 
Clancy,  Andrew  B. 
Cleary,  Raymond  T. 
Coleman,  John  W. 
Collins,  Warren  E. 
Conlon,  Anthony 
Corry,  Frank  H. 
Coughlin,  Patrick  J. 
Cox,  James  A. 
Crawford,  Patrick 
Crosby,  Nicholas 


Crosby,  William  J. 
Cuber,  James 
Cummins,  Francis  L. 
Cwik,  Frank  H. 
Czajka,  Frank  H. 
Czerwinski,  Victor  J. 
Delaney,  William  J. 
Dennehy,  Patrick 
Dister,  Joseph  E. 
Doster,  Harry  V. 
Doyle,  Laurence  Wm. 
Driess,  Harmon  O. 
Drury,  Charles  A. 
Dumas,  Raoul 
Dusek,  Rudolph  J. 
Dusek,  Victor  A. 
Dwyer,  Frank 
Egan,  Edward 
Egan,  Thos.  J. 
Franklin,  John  J. 
Gallagher,  Bernard 
Gallagher,  John 
Gallagher,  Michael  J. 


624         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Gallagher,  Patrick  J. 
Gallagher,  Thomas  J. 
Gast,  A.  H. 
Giles,  J.  H. 
Grant,  John  Jos. 
Hajicek,  Frank  G. 
Hall,  Alfred  M. 
Hall,  George  S. 
Hall,  Stanley  G. 
Halle,  Edward  J. 
Hanket,  Albert  P. 
Harper,  Edward  J. 
Healy,  Jeremiah  J. 


Kale,  Paul  A. 
Karlicek,  Anton 
Kavanaugh,  Michael 
Keaty,  Michael  F. 
Kearin,  Joseph 
Kearin,  Martin  J. 
Kelly,  Harry  P. 
Kelly,  John  W. 
Kelly,  Melville  R. 
Kelly,  Peter  M. 
Kelly,  Richard 
Kenealy,  William  J. 
Kennedy, John  P. 


McCartliy,  Eugene  A. 
McCarthy,  James  J. 
McCarthy,  N.  S. 
McCormick,  Thos.  J. 
McEssey,  John  H. 
McGovern,  F.  J. 
McGrath,  Thos.  F. 
McKay,  James 
McNichols,  John  P. 
Mahoney,  Jeremiah  O. 
Mahoney,  Michael  O. 
Makowski,  Leo  A. 
Malinski,  Stanley  L. 


Bodies  of  American  Soldiers  Killed   in  Siberia,  in  Caskets  Prepared  for 
Shipment  to  America.    Photographed  by 


Hennessey, Dr.  R.  A. 
Higgins,  Theodore 
Hirschman,  Albert  A. 
Hloucal,  Arthur  F. 
Hoberg,  Ralph  J. 
Holec,  Anton  F. 
Hosna,  William  J. 
Houda,  B.  M. 
Houda,  James  C. 
Hubert  Merten  W. 
Janda,  Charles  J. 
Jasinskl,  Theodore  J. 
Jedlicka,  Jas.  J.,  Jr. 
Jedlicka,  Joseph  F. 
Jelinek,  Thomas 
Jenicek,  Frank  L. 
Jiracek.  Frank  M. 
Jirak,  Frank  J. 
Johnson,  Raymond  J. 
Kaczinski,  Walter 


Kennedy,  Patrick  J. 
Kilbride,  Thos.  G. 
Knitter,  Henry  L. 
Knitter,  Paul  A. 
Kochka,  Norbert  F. 
Komann,  Frank  R. 
Kovarik,  Frank  J. 
Krajic,  George  J. 
Kraman,  Frank  M. 
Kramer,  Irving  F. 
Krippner,  Thomas 
Kucera,  Joseph  F. 
Kupka,  James 
Leahy,  Robert  J. 
Le  Beau,  Clarence  A. 
Lessard,  George  J. 
Lidinskl,  John,  Jr. 
Liska,  John  P. 
Lortle,  William  A. 
McCaffrey,  Patrick 


Malone,  James  P. 
Malone,  M.  Leo 
Martinek,  Alois  J. 
Masek,  Geo.  F. 
Mattone,  Charles  R. 
Means,  Stanley  J. 
Miller,  George  T. 
Milota,  John  P. 
Minnett,  Robert  J. 
Mooney,  Thos.  H. 
Moore,  Harold  F. 
Morrash,  Fred 
Morrison,  Martin  A. 
Mulvihill,  Ed.  J. 
Murphy,  Chas.  T. 
Murphy,  Frank  A. 
Neuzil,  Francis  J. 
Neuzil,  E.  S. 
Nolan,  John  J.,  Sr. 
Nolan,  John  J.,  Jr. 


WAE^THE  ROLL  OF  HONOR 


625 


Norton,  Wm.  C. 
Novak,  Frank  G. 
Nugent,  Dr.  Arthur  C. 
Ouper,  Jerry  F. 
Ouper,  Otto  J. 
Padden,  Roger  H. 
Panek,  James  J. 
Payne,  Alexander  A. 
Pekar,  Frank  N. 
Pelnar,  Otto  J. 
Pender,  William 
Peysen,  Nicholas  J. 
Plambeck,  Walter  M. 
Posedel,  James  F. 
Quillman,  John  T. 
Quinlan,  Robert  P. 
Quinn,  William 
Reidy,  William  F. 
Reuland,  Alois  P. 
Rezab,  Joseph 
Rezba,  William  J. 
Riordan,  James 
Rohlfing,  Albert  H. 
Rose,  William  B. 
Russell,  David 
Ruzicka,  James  F. 


Ryan,  George  A. 
Ryan,  James  P. 
Ryan,  Raymond  P. 
Ryan,  Walter  J. 
Rycroft,  John  R. 
Saul,  James  J. 
Schultz,  Joseph 
Schultz,  Stanley  L. 
Shanahan,  Roger 
Shannon,  John  A. 
Sharkey,  Frank  J. 
Sharkey,  Wm.  M. 
Sirovatka,  Geo.  J. 
Sladek,  John  .1. 
Slama,  James  J. 
Smith,  Daniel  J. 
Solger,  Edward  N. 
Solger,  Otto  C. 
Soukup,  James  E. 
Stary,  George  A. 
Steffens,  Lincoln  J. 
Stratton,  Donald  F. 
Strnad,  George  C. 
Strnad,  Joseph 
Strnad,  Joseph  J. 
Suarez,  Frederick  V. 


Sujak,  Kazmer  A. 
Sullivan,  John  J. 
Svec,  Frank  J. 
Swierkowski,  John 
Tracy,  James  F. 
Tefo,  Arthur  J. 
Teply,  Frank  J. 
Thornton,  Geo.  F. 
Trudel,  Edward  J. 
Turek,  A.  J. 
Vavrik,  Anton  J. 
Vondriska,  Frank,  Jr. 
Vondriska,  William 
Votava,  Joseph 
Vyhnanek,  Frank  J. 
Walker,  Ralph  F. 
Walsh,  David  G. 
Walsh,  Dr.  Jas.  J. 
Walsh,  John  F. 
Walsh,  John  J. 
Walsh,  Thos.  G. 
Walsh,  Martin 
Wangler,  Stephen  P. 
Williams,  Frank  E. 
Wosta,  Joseph  F. 


985     MINONK,     Minonk 


Barclay,  C.  E. 
Barclay,  T.  F. 
Cleary,  Boniface 
Cleary,  M.  J.,  Jr. 
Colravy,  Bert 
Costello,  L.  V. 


Fitzgerald,  Chas. 
Gibbons,  Isidore 
Gregg,  C.  E. 
Hayes,  Francis 
Halfmann,  Geo.  A. 
Kennell,  Robert 


Kerrigan,  John 
McPherson,  Chas. 
Quinn,  Thos.  A. 
Tully,  Ralph  C. 
Werckman,  John 


1009     RAVENSWOOD,  Chicago 


Ackerman,  A.  W. 
Allen,  Vincent  H. 
Each,  Gilbert  W. 
Bendeum,  Wm.  H. 
Bialk,  Geo.  H. 
Blesius,  M.  O.,  Jr. 
Blesius,  M.  P.  J. 
Blindauer,  Adam  P. 
Blindauer,  John  M. 
Branch,  Geo.  E. 
Brenner,  F.  M. 
Broderick,  F.  J. 
Campbell,  Rev.  J.  P. 
Clark,  W.  J. 
Coleman,  Edward  H. 
Coolsen,  Raymond  J. 
Corcoran,  Peter 
Cullen,  H.  J. 
Cunningham^  Elmer  J. 
Cunningham,  Jos.  P. 
Cunningham,  T.  B. 
polan,  Dr.  E.  J. 


Fee,  James 
Fitzgerald,  W.  F. 
Fox,  David  J. 
Gallery,  Robert  E. 
Grady,  Jos.  P. 
Griffin,  John  M. 
Groenwald,  Florian 
Hackett,  John  W. 
Hathaway,  H.  J. 
Hayes,  Thos.  V. 
Heath,  L.  G. 
Heavey,  Thos.  J. 
Heidkamp,  E.  M. 
Heil,  Earl  J. 
Hellgeth,  John  H. 
Kane,  Wm.  T. 
Kalvelage,  Geo.  J. 
Ivartheiser,  W.  H. 
Keating,  Henry  M. 
Kenney,  Richard  E. 
Kerwin,  John  M. 
Kiefer,  John  M. 


King,  John  M. 
King,  James  J. 
King,  Arthur  L. 
Kirchen,  Theo.  L. 
Kuehles,  Vincent  J. 
Kuhlman,  F.  H.,  Jr. 
Labich,  H.  R.,  Jr. 
Leider,  E.  H. 
Liebl,  Henry  C. 
Lowe,  Anthony  J. 
Lusk,  Dr.  Frank  B. 
Lyons,  James  M. 
Mast,  Wm.  E. 
Massion,  Edw.  J. 
McCaughey,  H.  J. 
McDonald,  H.  R. 
McGrath,  Thos.  J. 
McNamee,  Chas.  J. 
Norton,  Thos.  M. 
Pastrick,  Anthony 
Pontius,  T.  G. 
Reilly,  Chas.  H. 


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Schweisthal,  John 
Seifert.  H.  J. 
Seifert,  T.  H. 
Shelley,  Clement  H. 


Smith,  B.  W. 
Teppe,  Frank 
Welchorod,  Rudolph 


Whalen,  Lewis  R. 
White,  W.  F. 
Winter,  Leo  L. 


1023     CLINTON,  Clinton 


Fleming,  John  L. 
Gallegar,  Daniel 
Hamilton,  John 
Hamilton,  Thos. 
Hart,  Jos. 


Hart,  Emmett 
Hart,  Leo  T. 
Hart,  Paul  M. 
Jordan,  Carroll 
Lonergan,  E. 


Lynch,  Bernard 
Miller,  Jos. 
Smith,  Wm. 


1025     CENTRALIA,  Centralia 


Bauer,  L.  H. 
Black,  E.  J. 
Brady,  H.  J. 
Chuse,  Rev.  E.  M. 
Dieckman,  George 
Ducci,  James 


Hazelwood,  Neil 
Kirsel,  Dr.  J.  P. 
Lenzini,  J.  E. 
Lenzini,  Mells 
Meyer,  Oliver 
Morris,  P.  J. 


Taylor,  Harry 
Vogt,  Win 
Waggoner,  E.  J. 
Wehule,  Frank  J. 
Wehule,  Thos.  J. 
Yoos,  Geo.  B. 


1026     ASSUMPTION  COUNCIL,  Assumption 


Bantnei-,   Emmett 
Creamer,  John 
Connolly,    Daniel 
Cocagne,   Jos. 
Coughlan,   John  G. 
Debrun,  Thomas 
Debrun,   John 


Devlin,  Thos.  A. 
Donovan,  Aden 
Flaherty,  John 
Finnegan,  John 
Michael,  Aloysius 
Michael,  Robert 
McGrath,  Daniei 


Norris,  Wm. 
O'Brien,  James 
Rodier,  Edw.  J. 
Rodier,  Napolean 
Schoenborn,  Adam 
Smallwood,  Vincent  E 


1027     CAIRO,  Cairo 


Aoldfield,  Alf. 
Barry,  Lawrence  E. 
Barry,  David,  Jr. 
Beno,  Emil 
Boakenkamp,  Albert 
Bourgois.  Louis 
Brady,  W.  T. 
Bucher,  Eberhard  P. 
Bucher,  Jos.  C. 
Cahill,  Hugh 
Carlson,  Edwin  A. 
Clark,  Nicholas 
Cotter,  Edward  J. 
Cooke,  James  B. 
Cowell,  Elmer  G. 
Cowell,  Jas.  A. 
Crehan,  E.  H. 
Curran,  Charles  E. 
Curren,  Charles 
Darmody,  R.  E. 
Devlin,  Andy  J. 
Donovan,  Francis  Z. 
Dowd,  Peter  J.,  Sr. 
Driscoll,  M.  B. 
Driscoll,  T.  B. 


Driscoll,  John  J. 
Duquesnay,  Alan 
Egan,  Frank  T. 
Eswein,  A.  J. 
Elias,  Shakir  H. 
Fischer,  John  A. 
Fitzgerald,  Henry  M. 
Fitzgerald,  Philip  S. 
PMagler,  Edward  M. 
Gallagher,  James 
Gannon,  Thomas 
Gillespie,  W.  C. 
Gillespie,  D.  E. 
Green,  Harry  L. 
Greenwell,  Paul  R. 
Glynn,  J.  J. 
Hanna,  William  R. 
Hessian,  H.  V. 
Huhner,  Henry  W. 
James,  W.  L. 
Kain,  J.  M. 
Karcher,  Frank  A. 
Kuesner,  E.  F. 
Lee,  Albert  J. 
Lind,  Albert  B. 


Linehan,  John  J. 
Martin,  Harry  K. 
McKenzie,  Francis  R. 
McManus,  William  A. 
McFaggartt,  Thomas 
Magner,  Michael  A. 
Magee,  A.  S. 
Magee,  Paul 
Magee,  Walter 
Mattingly,  W.  B. 
Mattingly,  George 
Moore,  A.  S. 
Newton,  Joseph  E. 
Newton,  Paul 
O'Kane,  William  J. 
O'Laughlin,  John  J. 
O'Sullivan,  Joseph 
Patton,  John  J. 
Parks,  Thomas  J. 
Powell,  William  H. 
Powell,  Cyril  M. 
Read,  Francis  P. 
Ritchie,  Curtis  P. 
Ritchie,  Raymond 
Ryan,  William  B, 


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Ryan,  Walter  D. 
Schuler,  Ralph  R. 
Stout,  Edward  J. 
Stout,  Harry  M. 


Baechle,  Eugene  F. 
Breldenbach,  Al.  A. 
Becherer,  Paul  W. 
Courar,  John  W. 
Plach,  John 
Frees,  "Walter  W. 
Heiligenstein,  A.  E. 
Heiligenstein,  Edw. 
Heckenkamp,  E.  B. 
Hirsch,  Bernard  D. 
Huth,  John  C. 
Juen,  Edward  A. 
Juen, John  L. 
Klock,  Nicholas  E. 


Barry,  Wm. 
Easquel,  Thos.  E. 
Bensinger,  H.  "V. 
Birren,  Albert  E. 
Birren,  Edw.  G. 
Bowler,  John 
Broche,  A.  T. 
Broderlck,  F.  J. 
Campbell,  Bernard 
Carney,  Jas.  T. 
Casey,  Walter  M. 
Case,  Chas.  D. 
Chambers,  Thos. 
Conlin,  Edison  J. 
Corbett,  John  P. 
Craine,  John  B. 
Collins,  Dr.  J.  J. 
Connolly,  Wm.  E. 
Cummings,  N.  W. 
Cummings,  Vincent 
Cunningham,  W.  E. 
Diver,  Jas.  T. 
Dowling,  Wm.  R. 
Deegan,  Harry  F. 
Diver,  J.  Emmett 
Drinkwater.  F.  J. 
Dowling,  H.  J. 
Fleming,  Wm.  J. 
Fox,  Andrew  C. 
Frampton,  Edward 
Frampton,  Wm. 
Frazier,  Claude 
Garrity,  Michael 
Gallagher,  John  A. 
Gannon,  Thos.  M. 
Gannon,  Wm.  C. 
Gillespie,  B.  A. 
Gibbons,  R.  P. 


Antoine.  LeRoy 
Coleman.  Wm.  B. 
Feltes,  Jos.  P. 
Hayes,  Wm.  T. 


Shannahan,  Edwin  J. 
Scullin,  Charles 
Shaf  ter,  A.  J. 
Stout,  Albert  H. 


Thomas,  B.  J. 
Tolker,  H.  A. 
Weber,  Charles  L.  M. 
Westerman,  J.  S. 


1028     BELLEVILLE,  Belleville 


Klapp,  Emil  C. 
Kniepmann,  Theo.  J. 
Klingenhagen,  H.  J. 
Kohl,  Edward  A. 
Leingang,  Frank  J. 
Meyer,  Henry  W. 
Muren,  Aloys  F. 
Muren,  H.  L. 
Mueller,  Ferd.  E. 
Mueller,  Joseph  C. 
Pflugmacher,  Irwin  J. 
Pollock,  John  C. 
Rudolph,  Cyril  J. 


Rinck,  George  W. 
Reis,  Edwin  V. 
Rutter,  Bernard  J. 
Rutter,  Harry  N. 
Reime,  Adalbert  M. 
Schanherr,  Chris.  M. 
Schlosser,  Edwin  C. 
Spinnenweber,  C.  E. 
Voellinger,  John  M. 
Wuller,  Frank  C. 
Wenzel,  Herman  J. 
Wellinghoff,  F.  G. 
Wellinghoff ,  J.  H. 


1030     BROWNSON,  Chicago 


Heavey,  Wm.  J. 
ITenig,  Bernard 
Hennelly,  Chas. 
Hogan,  Thos.  W. 
Halligan,  Edward 
Ilaufstengel,  L.  A. 
Hawley,  Chas. 
Haynes,  Wm.  E. 
Kane,  Edw.  J. 
Kaufholdt,  L.  S. 
Kearins.  Francis 
Kearns,  James  N. 
Kearney,  Marshall  V. 
Kolkau,  Geo. 
Krier,  Valentine 
Kilroy,  Peter 
Joyce,  John  T. 
Kelly,  Patrick  J. 
Kiley,  Michael  W. 
King,  John  J. 
Kolkau,  Geo. 
Lawler,  F.  J. 
Malone,  Thos.  M. 
Mangan,  Jas.  E. 
Minogue,  Paul 
Mullin,  Edwin  F. 
McManemin,  John  F. 
McPhee,  Norman 
Mathis,  Chas.  E. 
McGowan,  Thos.  M. 
Michels,  Edward 
McNulty,  C.  J. 
Milbert,  Philip  S. 
Morris,  Harry  J. 
Millin,  Douglas  J. 
Mulchrone,  Anthony 
Murphy,  John  T. 
McAvoy,  Murray  F. 


McShane,  John  F. 
Nestor,  Owen  R. 
O'Brien,  John 
O'Donnell,  Michael 
O'Malley,  Owen 
O'Malley,  John  P. 
O'Connor,  B.  F. 
O'Connor,  Jas.  P. 
O'Hare,  John  C. 
O'Leary,  Chas.  R. 
O'Malley,  Edw.  F. 
O'Malley,  John 
Patock,  Aug.  L. 
Quinn,  Chas.  J. 
Quinlan.  John 
Rieger,  Dr.  K.  P. 
Itudd,  Harold  J. 
Sauter,  Jos.  F.  A. 
Schmugge,  Geo.  M. 
Schaack,  Jos.  J. 
Sehnem,  Wm.  Colon 
Shearin,  John  P. 
Sheridan,  Michael 
Schumacher,  H.  A. 
Spellman,  Michael 
Sughura,  Thos.  J. 
Snyder,  J.  M. 
Staszak,  John  J. 
Stoy,  Jos.  A. 
Tepe,  C.  P. 
Walsh,  Stephen 
White,  Leo  C. 
Waldron,  E.  J. 
Walschon,  Henry  P 
Walsh,  Frank  A. 
Walsh,  W.  F. 


1035     ROCHELLE,  Rochelle 


Kahler,  Howard  M. 
Kelley,  Frank 
Kerby,  Jas.  F. 
Leahy,  David  J. 


Maley.  Robert  C. 
Moore,  Geo.  D. 
Sherlock,  Walter 


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KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


1047     IMMACULATE  CONCEPTION,   Ivesdale 


Devine,  Erwin 
Keane,  Francis 


Scully,  John  J. 
Sheehan,  John  R. 


Undine,  Virgil 
Walter,  Louis 


1048    DANIEL  O'CONNELL,  Chicago 


Bailey,  John 
Becker,   W. 
Bonfig,  A. 
Gregg-,  J.  J. 
Cleary,  E.  C. 
Grotty,  George 
Cross,  J.  R. 
Crowe,  Thos.  E. 
Cullinan,  D.  P. 
Delacour,  Joseph 
Flynn,  James 
Flynn,  T.  A. 
Flynn,   T.   B. 
Flynn,  T.  W.,  Jr. 
Gallagher,  M. 


Gavin,  Ray 
Gibbons,  Austin 
Gibbons,  James 
Gillespie,  T.  J. 
Giomi,  A.  P. 
Gronnin,  A.  P. 
Haffey,  Frank 
Hayes,  Frank 
Hopkins,   J. 
Hopkins,  R.  C. 
Hyland,  W.  E. 
Kennedy,  J.   L. 
Mahoney,  J.  T. 
Maganot,  Joseph 


McCormick,    M. 
McNeff.  E.  B. 
Miller,  Chas. 
Nolan,  F.  J. 
O'Connor,  B. 
O'Connor,  Ted 
Quan,  M.  J. 
Quinn,  Hugh 
Reidy,  D. 
Rice,  M. 
Rocco,  Louis 
Spreitzer,    A.    A. 
Tobin,  F. 
Ward,  R.  E. 


1057     MATTOON,  Mattoon 


Beall,  John 
Berning,  H.  W. 
Bleakley,  B.  J. 
Branan,  D.  W. 
Brumleve,  A.  J. 
Brumleve,  Ferd. 
Brumleve,  Ralph 
Capen,  R.  A. 
Conlin,  John 
Conrad,  J.  W. 
Crimmons,  Prank 
Dunne,  Rev.  J.  J. 
Franklin,  G.  G. 
Gorman,  Tony 
Haley,  W.  F. 


Hess,  C.  J. 
Hoag,  F.  A. 
Jones,  J.  Q. 
Linck,  J.  A. 
Mattus,  Dudley 
Mellen,  Neal 
Moran,  L.  C. 
Mayer,  F.  G. 
Morris,  J.  A. 
Moran,   M.   C. 
McAndrew,  W. 
McCarthy.  Leo  L. 
Nolan.  J.  F. 
Ohm,  F. 
Oneil,  J.  H. 


Rourke,  R.  J. 
Raef,  C.  A. 
Rowe,  J.  L. 
Shea,  T.  H.,  Jr. 
Schmaelzle,  O.  I. 
Stevenson,   W.   L. 
Stephens,  W.  M. 
Thies,  E.  C. 
Tripp,  C.  W. 
Walsh,  W.  C. 
Welch,  F.  M. 
Welch,  H.  C. 
Welch,  R.  E. 
VoHmer,  R.  C. 


1063     DANIEL  DOWLING,  Chicago 


Ahern,  Cornelius  J. 
Ahern,  John  E. 
Baldinger,  Edward  C. 
Beam,  Harry  P. 
Beauchamp,  Wilfred 
Belcik,  Frank 
Bermele,  William  M. 
Bracken,  Dr.  Geo.  F. 
Brady,  William  A. 
Brennen,  John  F. 
Brennen,  Thomas  J. 
Brice,  William  T. 
Bronsky,  A.  J. 
Bruehl,  John 
Bruehl,  Wm.  G. 
Bruen, John 
Burger,  John  M. 
Burnes,  John  P. 
Bush,  Earl  F. 
Callahan,  Harry  J. 
Carson,  Walter  T. 
Carroll,  William  D. 
Carney,  Patrick  J. 


Carney,  Thomas  J. 
Carroll,  William  E. 
Casey,  T.  E. 
Cawley,  James  B. 
Cawley,  Frank  R. 
Chausse,  J.  S. 
Conway,  John  P. 
Cogger,  John  J. 
Connelly,  Matt. 
Connelly,  Raymond  F. 
Connery,  James  P. 
Cronin,  John  R. 
Cronin,  Timothy  E. 
Crimmins,  Timothy  J. 
Cullen,  Thomas  P. 
Curran,  John,  Jr. 
Cusack,  Joseph  M. 
Cummings,  John 
Cullen,  Frank 
Curran,  Morgan 
Dacey,  Henry  J. 
Daley,  John  J. 
Derdzinske,  John  J. 


Dillon,  Walter  J. 
Dillon,  Francis  E. 
Doherty,  John  M. 
Doherty,  Thomas  J. 
Doney,  James 
Donnelly,  William  F. 
Donavan,  Jerome  C. 
Doolan,  Joseph 
Dromey,  Emmett  J. 
Duggan,  Michael  P. 
Dunne,  Arthur  C. 
Dunne,  Clarence  F. 
DuPont,  Eugene 
Durand,  Harry  J. 
Earls,  Harry  J. 
Etten,  Nicholas  J. 
Farrell,  J.  P. 
Farilio,  Francis  P. 
Feehan,  Martin  J. 
Flanagan,  John  J. 
F'urlong,  William  E. 
Fortier,  Leon 
Flanagan,  Thos.  J. 


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629 


Flynn,  John  P. 
Frawley,  John  P. 
Gausselin,  Albert  H. 
Gallagher,  John  J. 
Gaul,  James  F. 
Gignac,  Alphonse  J. 
Gignac,  Victor 
Giblin,  Francis  A. 
Giblin,  John 
Gignac,  Uldric 
Gill,  Walter  B. 
Glass,  Christ 
Gleason,  Edward  F. 
Gleason,  John  J. 
Gleason,  Philip 
Golden,  Eugene 
Golden,  John  A. 
Gorman,  Gibson  E. 
Gorman,  William 
Gormley,  Leo  J. 
Gravel,  Raoul  L. 

Grogan,  Lyle  J. 

Harejsi,  Joseph  J. 

Hartnett,  John  F. 

Hartnett,  Michael  B. 

Harty,  Geo.  E. 

Harty,  William  N. 

Ilartigan,  William  J 

Hebel,  Joseph  J. 

Henderson,  Matt.  F. 

Henderson,  Fred.  J. 

Hoffman,  Nicholas  J. 

Hogan,  John  E. 

Hoh,  John  M. 

Honan,  John  F. 

Hughes,  John  V. 

Houlihan,  Dom.  D. 

Jordon,  John  F. 

Kane,  John  L. 

Kangley,  Rev.  J.  M. 

Kearney,  Patrick  J. 

Kearney,  Peter  J. 

Kehoe,  Joseph  M. 

Kelly,  Edward  J. 

Kelly,  Harry  S. 
Kelly,  Lawrence  J. 
Kelly,  William  J. 
Kidawa,  Benjamin  J. 
Kidawa,  P.  T. 
Kiley,  John  J. 
King,  Earl 
King,  Geo.  E. 
Konen,  William  M. 
Krug,  Gilbert  W. 
Labuda,  Leo  J. 
Landis,  William  F. 


Lane,  C.  O. 
Lane,  D.  F. 
Lane,  Frank  V. 
Larney,  Edwin  J. 
Leary,  Frank  E. 
Leschinski,  Jos.  B. 
Linder,  John  F. 
Mack,  Raymond  F. 
Madigan,  Howard  J. 
Maher,  James  J. 
Maloney,  Martin  M. 
Maloney,  Thomas  H. 
Marley,  James  J. 
Massoth,  Charles  G. 
Mau,  Fred 
Maynard,  Joseph  A. 
Meade,    John 
Millette,  Timothy 
Minahan,  C.  P. 
Minahan,  John  J. 
Moisan,  Charles  J. 
Moore,  Thomas  J. 
Moran,  Edward  V. 
Mortell,  Samuel  B. 
Mulcahy,  Michael  J. 
Mulholland,  Frank  A. 
Mulholland,  Joseph 
Mulrainey,  Patrick  J. 
Mungovan,  John  F. 
Murray,  William  J. 
McAvoy,  Clarence  D. 
McCahill,  Frank  W. 
Mcllvenny,  Albert  J. 
McCarthy,  Thomas 
McCormick,  John  J. 
McDonald,  Prank  T. 
McGrath,  Michael  P. 
Mclnerney,  Thos.  F. 
McJohn,  Francis  A. 
McKay,  John  F. 
McDonough,  Wm.  J. 
McKenna,  James 
McMahon,  Joseph  A. 
McMahon,  Leo  D. 
McNamara,  Frank 
Nagle,  Michael 
Nolan,  Charles  L. 
Novak, Joseph  J. 
Nulty,  Francis  J. 
O'Brien,  Gerald 
O'Connell,  Daniel  J. 
O'Keefe,  John  B. 
O'Keefe,  John  F. 
O'Leary,  Daniel  L. 
Oliver,  Stanley  J. 
O'Neil,  John  T. 


O'Neil,  M.  J. 
O'Regan,  Charles  D. 
O'Sullivan,  James  J. 
Payan,  Harry  J. 
Piper,  F.  L. 
Polarek,  Michael 
Popowich,  Michael  A. 
Pouliott,  Homer  J. 
Raymond,  William  J. 
Reddington.  John  L. 
Reynolds,  P.  J. 
Reynolds,  Patrick  J. 
Rooney,  Walter  A. 
Rudcki,  Joseph  V. 
Ryan,  Andrew  P. 
Ryan,  Thomas  A. 
Ryan,  Terrance  J. 
Sauve,  Edgar  J. 
Secor,  Orel  B. 
Schuster,  Charles  A. 
Schuster,  Ray.  F. 
Scheldt,  Edward  G. 
Scott,  William  E. 
Shanahan,  John 
Shanahan,  James  B. 
Shanahan,  Robert  E. 
Shanahan,  Thomas  A. 
Shannon,  James 
Shea,  Frank  J. 
Sheehan,  Thomas  F. 

Shea,  William  K. 

Shearin,  Vincent  D. 

Shields,  Bernard  J. 

Shine,  Joseph  J. 

Shevlin,  F.  J. 

Stokes,  Daniel  L. 

Sullivan,  Ira  B. 

Sutherland,  J.  J. 

Thomas,  Daniel 

Thornton,  John  P. 

Tormey,  Robert  J. 

Tuffy,  Michael  J. 

Tully,  John  M. 

Tuton,  Walter  D. 

Ulrich,  Leo  J. 

Victory,  Bernard  M. 

Wagner,  John  F. 

Walsh,  Michael 

Walsh,  Patrick 

Ward,  Eugene 

Ward,  William 

Weister,  Nicholas 

Weithers,  Thomas  J. 

White,  John  J. 

Williams,  Daniel  T. 

Yeuk,  L. 


Abernathy,  John  Roy 
Amidon,  Geo.  F. 
Arns,  Peter 
Arseneau,  A. 
Arseneau,  A.  J. 
Baron,  Del.  F. 
Berry,  Harry 
Boiler,  Frank 
Borre,  Oscar 


1077     NEWMAN,  Evanston 

Brew,  Thomas 
Bruder,  Frank 
Buck,  Walter 
Connor,  Thos.  A. 
Corcoran,  John 
Cunningham,  J.  J. 
Coursey,  Daniel 
Davis,  Wm.  E. 
Driscoll,  John  Leo 


Doyle,  Wm.  P. 
Engels,  Carl 
Finley,  Martin 
Fitzgerald,  Patrick 
F'ranklna,  Anthony 
Gallagher,  John  C. 
Gaudreau,  Edw. 
Gaughan,  Michael 
Gaynor,  Jas. 


630 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Gaynor,  Jos. 
Geimer,  Francis 
Geisecker,  Peter  J. 
Gross,  Aloysius  P. 
Gouchaour,  Roscoe 
Harrington,  Rev.  J.  M. 
Hartke,  Rev.  Leo  M. 
Hawzhurst,  Earl 
Hayes.  Daniel  J. 
Hayes,  John 
Hayden,  John 
Heanry,  Adrean 
Herms,  John  J. 
Horan,  Michael  T. 
Jaeger,  Henry  M. 
Jans,  Jos. 
Keegan,  John  R. 
Kelly,  Wm. 
Kinsella,  John 
Kircher,  Edw. 
Klauke,  Henry  J. 
Knowles,  Ernest 
Krejci,  Jacob 


Lange,  Walter 
Lamberty,  Mathew 
Lason,  Henry 
Liechner,  John 
Leider,  Wm. 
Lentil,  Vincent  J. 
Lennon,  Jas. 
Littel,  Jos. 
Mahoney,  Daniel 
McDonough,  Arthur 
McDonough,  Walter 
McEnery,  Jas. 
McGill,  Ernest  Chas. 
McKenna,  Hugh 
McKeon,  Rev.  Jas.  G. 
McLaren,  Glenn 
McNair,  Colin 
McTernan,  Meredith 
Mellody,  Jas.  P. 
Mellody,  Patrick  J. 
Mersch,  Mathias 
Mersch,  Nicholas  F. 
Meyer,  Leo 


Moran,  W.  J. 
Murphy,  John 
Murphy,  Thos. 
Murray,  John 
Niehoff,  Paul 
Nilles,  Francis  J. 
O'Brien,  Mauiice 
O'Dw^yer,  Dennis 
Oik,  Michael 
O'Loughlin,  Thos. 
Paradise,  Michael 
Pekin,  Richard 
Penny,  John  N. 
Phalen,  Robt.  W. 
Pollard,  Jas. 
Ratcliffe,  Geo. 
Reis,  Jos.  E. 
Rose,  Jos.  Leonard 
Shanesy,  Ralph 
Spearman,  E.  L. 
Sullivan,  Chas. 
Troy,  Thos.  B. 
^Vynn, John 


1089    THOMAS  AQUINAS,  Chicago 


Ash,  James 
Bates,  J.  W. 
Bay,  B.  P. 
Becker.  E.  N. 
Bergen,  L.  R. 
Bohac,  E.  J. 
Bowsers,  J.  B. 
Brazil,  W.  T. 
Brennan,  M.  J. 
Byrne,  W.  P. 
Benson,  E.  W. 
Carey,  Phil.  P. 
Carey,  Thos. 
Carroll,  J. 
Casey,  N.  J. 
Clancy,  M.  A. 
Clerkin,  P.  A. 
Collins,  J.  J. 
Collins,  J.  C. 
Carroll,  T.  J. 
Connelly,  J.  A. 
Conroy,  T.  P. 
Cook,  Bennett 
Costello,  B.  J. 
Daly,  W.  B. 
Danforth,  T.  F. 
Deady,  J. 
Doyle,  M.  J. 
Duffy,  F.  H. 
Dufficy,  W.  J. 
Dunne,  Peter 
Kgan,  J.  P. 
English,  J.  E. 
Fitzgerald,  J.  J. 
Falvey,  J.  F. 
Friel,  S.  J. 
Gallagher,  A.  J. 
Gallagher,  J.  P. 
Grace,  M.  A. 
Grace,  W.  J. 


Gambon,  J.  T. 
Hanlon,  J.  E. 
Hanlon,  J.  T. 
Hannigan,  T.  B. 
Harvey,  T.  J. 
Hazzard,  B.  G. 
Heaphy,  T.  P. 
Hickey,  W.  J. 
Hynes,  P.  J. 
Jeffers,  H.  B. 
Jeffers,  T.  W. 
Kane,  V.  T. 
Keegan,  N.  R. 
Keegan,  W.  L. 
Kennedy,  E.  M. 
Kerrigan,  J.  C. 
Killeen,  R.  E. 
Kilty,  J.  M. 
King,  Martin 
Kurtz,  G.  J. 
King,  W.  N. 
Lane,  W.  R. 
Larson,  N.  W. 
Luke,  A.  F. 
Lynch,  J.  J. 
May,  L.  I. 
Meegan,  J.  P. 
Milligan,  F.  A. 
Minehan,  J.  J. 
Murphy,  E.  A. 
Moore,  W.  J. 
Mugan,  C.  J. 
Mulroyan,  J. 
Murphy,  J.  B. 
McCarthy,  F.  C. 
McCarthy,  J.  A. 
McCarthy,  Dr.  T.  J. 
McDonald,  C.  P. 
McGinness,  J.  C. 


McCormick,  T.  P. 
McCormack,  W.  J. 
McGorrin,  S.  A. 
McCorry,  J.  E. 
McDonough,  J.  F. 
McGurk,  P.  J. 
McGrath,  M.  G. 
McGrath,  R.  E. 
Mclntyre,  J.  P. 
McKee,  J.  F. 
McSparren,  Dan. 
Noone,  Michael 
Noone,  Thos. 
O'Brien,  W.  J. 
O'Brien,  R.  J. 
O'Halloran,  J.  J. 
O'Malley,  O. 
O'Rourke,  J.  H. 
Parrington,  G.  J. 
Ploger,  F.  J. 
Quillinan,  E.  J. 
Quillinan,  M.  F. 
Reidy,  J.  J. 
Riordan,  Ed. 
Ruddy,  E.  L. 
Ryan,  J.  R. 
Ryan,  P.  J. 
Ryan,  R.  E. 
Sarsfleld,  J.  P. 
Sarsfleld,  J.  M. 
Scott,  M.  L. 
Sheehan,  M.  J. 
Sheehan,  P.  J. 
Van  Derwarn,  H.  G 
Walsh,  W.  C. 
Walsh,  E.  E. 
Whelan,  J.  J. 
Yore,  E.  J. 
Yore,  W.  M. 


WAR— THE  ROLL  OF  HONOR 


631 


1092     OREGON,  Oregon 
Stine,  John  L. 


1098     TRI-GITIES,  Granite  City 


Buchek,  Stephen 
Brennan,  Thos.  P. 
Brennan,  Wm.  J. 
Connole,  Leo  J. 
Eiler,  Andrew,  Jr. 
Fields,  A.  W. 
Fetters,  Chas.  J. 
Grayson,  Wm.  F. 
Hartmann,  Harry 


Kelehan,  Joseph  R. 
McCambridge,  Harry 
Oldham,  Edgar 
Phayer,  Clifford 
Phayer,  Chas.  J. 
Reidelberger,  Jos.  P. 
Rees,  Thos.  W. 
Robbers,  John  O. 
Shea,  Wm.  J. 


Schmitt,  Chas.  J. 
Schwemmer,  Leo  J. 
Sheridan,  Phil.  H. 
Strohaker,  David 
Thomure,  Francis  A. 
Van  Buskirk,  L.,  Jr. 
Vorwald,  Casper 
Von  Leer,  Hunter  J. 
Winklmeier,  John 


1118    COMMODORE  BARRY,  Chicago 


Adams,  Wm.  W. 
Albright,  Harry 
Ambrose,  Geo. 
Anderson,  Leo  M. 
Angarola,  Michael 
Armgardt,  Chas.  P. 
Bachand,  Maurice  L. 
Barrett,  Jas.  R. 
Barry,  Edward  F. 
Barry,  John  A. 
Baume,  J.  F. 
Bayer,  Jos. 
Benson,  Wm.  A. 
Bernero,  Dominic  C. 
Bost,  Willis  J. 
Black,  Randall  J. 
Bogan,  Jos.  H. 
Bolger,  Thos.  P. 
Bonner,  Edward  J. 
Bouley,  Jos.  T. 
Bowes,  Jos.  W. 
Boyle,  Matthew  J. 
Branks,  Paul  A. 
Brannigan,  John  H. 
Brennan,  Thos.  H. 
Brierty,  Jas. 
Brizzolara,  Ralph  D. 
Brosnan,  John  J. 
Brosnan,  Patrick  J. 
Brown,  Edmund  J. 
Brown,  John  J. 
Buckley,  Leo  J. 
Burke,  John  F. 
Burke,  John  P. 
Butler,  Robt.  V. 
Byrne,  Jas.  B. 
Cahill,  Leo  J. 
Campbell,  Geo.  W. 
Campion,  Clare 
Campion,  Paul  J. 
Campion,  Walter  J. 
Carey,  Jas.  F. 
Carmody,  Henry  F. 
Carpenter,  Arthur 
Carroll,  Jas.  J. 
Casey,  Jas.  W. 
Cashen,  Thos.  J. 
Cella,  Jos.  A. 
Chase,  John  F. 


Clark,  Edward  E. 
Cleary,  Wm.  F. 
Cody,  Edward  F. 
Cody,  Michael  W. 
Coffey,  Jas.  F. 
Collins,  Wm.  P. 
Comiskey,  John  J. 
Conboy,  Richard  E. 
Concannon,  Austin  T. 
Concannon,  Jas.  F. 
Conlon,  Thos. 
Connelly,  Edwin  J. 
Connelly,  Robt.  M. 
Connors,  Chas.  H. 
Considine,  Frank  J. 
Conway,  John  J. 
Cooney,  Frank  M. 
Corcoran,  John  J. 
Carrigan,  Wm.  F. 
Costello,  John  H. 
Coug'hlin,  Raymond  J. 
Coy,  Edward  S. 
Cribben,  Andrew  P. 
Cronin,  David  J. 
Cross,  Walter  E. 
Cunningham,  John  P. 
Cunningham,  Thos.  P. 
Czajkowski,  L.  S. 
Daley,  Walter  F. 
Daly,  John  C. 
Daly,  Jos.  M. 
Deja,  Edward  A. 
Delaney,  John  D. 
Delury,  Leo  E. 
Deno,  Frank  L. 
Dillon,  John  J. 
Divane,  John  J. 
Dokupil,  Wm.  J. 
Donahue,  Chas.  P. 
Donahue,  Terrence  C. 
Donahue,  Thos.  C. 
Donovan,  Leo  J. 
Doran,  John  J. 
Dowdall,  Peter 
Downey,  John  P. 
Drew,  Jas.  J. 
Duffy,  Jas.  J. 
Dugan,  John  A. 
Dollard,  Clarence  K. 


Dunne,  Edward  J. 
Durkin,  Raymond  J. 
Dwyer,  Edward  J. 
Dwyer,  Jos.  E. 
Dwyer,  Niles  M. 
Eckles,  Edward  L. 
Egan,  William  P. 
Ellis,  Frank  J. 
Ellis,  Geo.  H. 
Emery,  Herbert  B. 
Engelbert,  Matt.  A. 
Fallon,  Ruppert  S. 
Fallon,  Thos. 
Fanning,  Chas.  K. 
Farrell,  Patrick  J. 
Farrell,  Thos.  J. 
Fauls,  John  J. 
Fauls,  Thos.  B. 
Fearon,  Frank  .J. 
Deeley,  John  J. 
Fenlon,  Lawrence  J. 
Fink,  Edward  R. 
Finn,  Jas.  P. 
Finnegan,  John  J. 
Fisher,  Kirby  E. 
Fitzgerald,  Edw.  F. 
Fitzgerald,  Frank 
Fitzgerald,  John  E. 
Fitzpatrick,  John  J. 
Flahive,  Jos. 
Fleming,  J.  J. 
Foley,  Jas.  P. 
Foley,  Jas.  L. 
Foley,  Wm.  J. 
Forst,  W.  J. 
Forster,  Edward  J. 
Frawley,  Michael  J. 
Furlong,  Wm.  I'. 
Gallagher,  Daniel  J. 
Gambon,  Jas.  J. 
Ganey,  Harry  A. 
Garrity,  Wm.  M. 
Gavlgan,  Walter  J. 
Gay,  Walter  V. 
Gearin,  John  J. 
Ueimer,  Edward  L 
Gendron,  Chas. 
Gerlach,  Al.  J. 
Gersten,  Geo.  F. 


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KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


O'Shaughnessy,  A.  B. 
O'Toole,  Charles 
Parker,  Leo  A. 
Parro,  Ray 
Parro,  Vincent 
Philbin,  Martin 
Powers,  Jas.  J. 
Quinlan,  Walter  . 
Quinn,  James  M. 
Reilly,  Philip  P. 
Reilly,  Charles  T. 
Riley,  Walter  T. 


Riordan,  John  J. 
Riordan,  William  J. 
Rourke,  Walter  F. 
Rushlow,  Chester  D. 
Sand,  William  J. 
Scheldt,  A.  E. 
Smith,  Frank  J. 
Smith,  Walter  J. 
Snedeker,  Chas.  E. 
Stapleton,  Thos.  F. 
Starr,  Louis  J. 
Starr,  Ed.  M. 


Taylor,  James  T. 
Thulis,  Edward 
Vacca,  Carnie 
Wales,  Ambrose 
Warburton,  F.  W. 
Webb,  William  J. 
Whalen,  Edward  J. 
Whalen,  Patrick  J. 
White,  Joseph  R. 
White,  Rich  E. 
White,  Francis  L. 
Wright,  Frank  A. 


1143     EDWARDSVILLE,  Edwardsville 


Creane,  John  T    . 
Dooner,  T.  C. 
Fink,  Anthony 
Fink,  Dr.  LeRoy 
Flynn,  Jas.  E. 
Fagan,  Matthew 
Franek,  F.  J. 
Foehrkalb,  A.  J. 
Grebel,  K.  G. 
Grebel,  C.  G. 


Hotz,  B.  J. 
Hentz,  C.  J. 
Hentz,  J.  E. 
Hentz,  D.  D. 
Kesl,    Jos. 
Kurman,  B.  J. 
Levora,  L.  C. 
Lawson,  C.  A. 
liong,  Jos.  A. 
Nitsche,  Geo.  J. 


Rotter,  C.  J. 
Rotter,  E.  W. 
Schmidt,  Leo  J. 
Svoboda,  Alois 
Soehlke,  John  B. 
Stieren,  Oliver  B. 
Troeckler,  M.  C. 
Thares,  W.  A. 
Thares,  R.  J. 


1151     MORRISONVILLE,  Morrisonville 


Albright,  Walter 
Coady,  Patrick  F. 
Colbrook,  Wm.  P. 
Curtin,  Geo.  W. 
Doyle,  Robert 
Ganer,  John  V. 
Ganer,  Joseph  J. 
Ganer,  Otto  M. 


Goebel,  Leonard 
Graham,  Matthew 
Kinney,  Leo 
Langen,  Cletus 
Langen,  Wm.  L. 
May,  Daniel  H. 
McLean,  Owen  R. 
Munstermann,  A.  A. 


Nolan,  Frank  J. 
Norris,  John  W. 
Norris,  Thos. 
PritzlafC.  Chas.  P. 
Sheahan,  John  G. 
Shields,  Frank 


1152     ST.  ISIDORE'S,  Farmersville 


Barry,  Ralph 
Brown,  Wm.  R. 
Clarke,  Arthur  T. 
Commerf  ord,  L.  Leo 


Fitzgerald,  Jos. 
Gorman,  Martin  L. 
Jordan,  Jas.  A. 
McAmarmey,  M.  A. 


McLean,  Martin  F. 
Swagerman,  Richard 
Woods,  Roy 


1157     ST.  CYR  DAY,  Chicago 


Adams,  Patrick 
Ahern,  Michael  J. 
Anderson,  Earl  P. 
Balek,    John 
Barry,    Hugh 
Barry,    John 
Bartley,  Hugh  E. 
Birke,   James 
Birmingham,  John  D. 
Bogardu,   Raphael  C. 
Brennan,  Frank 
Brennock,  Raymond 
Broncato,  Anthony 
Buckley,  George  T. 
Burke,  Jos. 
Butler,  Edward  T. 
Byrnes,  Maurice  R. 
Callaghan,    Alexander 
Carroll,  James  A.  W. 
Carroll,  Raymond  J. 
Carton,  Richard  F. 
Clifford,    John   R. 
Clifford,   Patrick   J. 


Connolly,  Peter 
Cooney,  Wm.  A. 
Dickenson,    Raymond 
Divita,   Sam 
Donovan,  Rev.  F.  E. 
Downing,  Frank  J. 
English,  Harry 
Fitzgerald,   Harry 
Fleming,  Garrett 
Ford,  Daniel  P. 
Ford.  Peter  R. 
Gaynor,  Anthony  J. 
Gibbons,   Thos.  W. 
Golden,    Martin 
Hebner,    Edward 
Hough,   Jos.   M. 
Kane,    Robert   E. 
Kearns,  Frank  R. 
Keeley,  Patrick  J. 
Kennedy,   Bert  J. 
Kennedy,  Frank 
King,    Michael 
Krump,  Edw.  J. 


Kusick,  H.  B.,  Jr. 
Lee,  Thomas 
Locashio,  Thomas 
Madden,  Jos. 
Maher,  Thos.  L. 
Mairiello,  Joseph 
Martin,  John  F. 
McCarthy,  Thos.  J. 
McCourt,  Jas. 
McHugh,   Thos.   M. 
McNulty,    Chas.    A. 
McNulty,  Owen 
Michalek,  August 
Mossman,   Michael 
Nagle,   Dr.   Richard  A. 
Naimoli,    Louis 
Nash,   Martin 
Occhipinti,    Severio 
O'Dea,  Robert 
O.ster,    Peter 
Payne,  Geo.  M. 
Porcello,  Sam 
Quan,  David  P, 


WAR— THE  ROLL  OF  HONOR 


635 


Ryan,  Wm.  J. 
Salaj,   Joseph 
Shiffers,  Emil 


Schoenbauer,  Jos.  J. 
Szatowski,  Anthony 
Treanor,  Bernard 


Walsh,  David  J. 
Watheir,  Albert 
Wilkenson,  R.  P. 


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HON.   JOSEPH   P.    BUUKE, 

St.  Cyr  Day  Council,  Associate 
Justice  Municipal  Court  of  Chicago 
Lieut.  Burke  responded  to  the  call 
of  his  country  and  served  until 
regularly  discharged  after  the  close 
of  the  war.  He  was  elected  Judge 
soon   after 


EMMET  J.  McCarthy, 

Father  Perez  Council.  Entered  serv- 
ice July  6,  1917.  Aviation  Corps 
U.S.A.  (S.  S.  A.  S.  V.  S.)  Instructor 
in  Flying,  Kelly  Field,  Texas.  Over- 
seas July,  1918,  to  February,  1919. 
Second  lieutenant,  recommended 
for  first   lieutenant 


Arado,  A.  S. 
Atkinson,  W.  M. 
Cahlll,  Wm.  C. 
Coughlin,  Dr.  John  P. 
Butler,  Thos.  J. 
Daly,  Frank  A. 
Donoghue,  John  J. 
Dore,  Frank  D. 
DuBois,  C.  J. 
Eggerman,  A.  H. 
F'rey,  Walter  G. 
Griffin,  John  H. 
Groeninger,  E.  P. 
Groves,  Walter  B. 
Hill.  Henry  C. 
Hoban.  William 


1156     HENNEPIN,  Chicago 


Hosty,  James  P. 
Hughes,  Joseph  L. 
Keane,  C.  W. 
Kenealy,  John  J. 
Kirka,  William  T. 
Klink,  C.  E. 
Liston,  John  B. 
Lynch,  W.  F. 
McCabe,  Edward  J. 
McCune,  Howard  A. 
Maher,  Edward  B. 
Milan,  Thomas  J. 
Mooney,  P.  J. 
Murphy,  Philip  H. 
O'Shea,  William  A. 


Rains,  B.  K. 
Raymond,  Leo  F. 
Riley,  Edward  J. 
St.  Peter,  Edward 
Schwartz,  Charles  G. 
Scott,  Elmer  F. 
Shealy,  James  T. 
Sullivan,  William  B. 
Toomey,  John  T. 
Tuohy,  Robert  U. 
Uhlrich,  Emil  J. 
Walsh,  Michael  J. 
Warren,  Jerry  P. 
Warren,  John  M. 
Welser,  Geo.  J. 


636 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


1176    PEREZ  COUNCIL,  Lockport 


Adelman 
Bowlan,  Edw.  P. 
Bowlan,  Jos.  D. 
Bowlan,  Julian  M. 
Coyne,  Walter  E. 
Coyne,  Robert  J. 
Connor,  Matthew  A. 
Crabk,  James  M.,  Jr. 
Dougherty,  Jos.  B. 
Dailey,  Aloysius  P. 
Dunn,  Stephen  J. 
Donavan,  John  F. 


Eipers,  Paul  A. 
Flavin,  L.  S. 
Flavin,  Maurice  Thos. 
Hyland,  Joe  A. 
Hyland,  Thomas 
Mostyn,  John  P. 
Meurer,  Jos.  J. 
Mackin,  Reid 
Martin,  Wm.  C. 
Martin,  Michael  P. 
Murray,  Chas. 
Murray,  Basil 


Murray,  Bernard 
Munchalfen,  F.  Jos. 
O'Brien,  Andrew 
Rigoni,  James  P. 
Ryan,  Thos.  F. 
Reagan,  Bernard  W. 
Tondini,  Louis 
Timm,  Julius  E. 
Wallace,  Robert 
Ward,  Leo  Peter 
Ward,  William  J. 


1194     ARCHBISHOP  McHALE,  Chicago 


Abramg,  Wm. 
Bechtloff,  W.  P. 
Bent,  P.  J. 
Berry,  J.  P. 
Berry,  J.  J. 
Bertram,  J.  J. 
Birmingham,  J.  C. 
Blake,  J.  W. 
Blake,   R.   G. 
Bornhofen,  J.  J. 
Bourke,  E.  F. 
Brennan,  J.  J. 
Brew,  Geo.  J. 
Burke,  J.  H. 
Burns,  C.  T. 
Burns,  J.  J. 
Cadmen,  Chas. 
Campbell,  A.  B. 
Carney,   John 
Carroll,   E.   J. 
Casey,  F.  J. 
Casey,  J.  M. 
Cody,  C.  J. 
Cole,  W.  G. 
Connolly,  E.  S. 
Costello,  T.   C. 
Cotter.  J. 
Cronin,   Frank   B. 
Cronin,   J.    G. 
Coughlin,  P.  J. 
Cramsie,  Fred 
Dalton,   Geo.  W. 
Daly,  Clair 
Darcy,  J.  P. 
Deeley,  W.   F. 
Deeley,  S.  J. 
Devery,  J.  J. 
Devery,  W.   F. 
Donnellv,  A.   M. 
Duffy,    F.    H. 
Dunne,   T.   E. 
Duval,  J.  H. 
Dwyer,  C.  J. 
Dwyer,  J.   A. 
Engel,   J.   M. 
Engemann,    C.    A. 
Erhardt,  A.  J. 
Everling,  J.  F. 


Filler,   P. 
Fleming,   J.   J. 
Fleming,  J.  P. 
Gallagher,  J.  W. 
Gilbo,  J.   J. 
Goetz,  J.  B. 
Grace,  Jas. 
Hackett,  T.  J. 
Hahn,  F.  J. 
Hasler,  C.  E. 
Heaney,  W.  E. 
Henneberry,  P.  Y. 
Hogan,   E.  D. 
Holway,   M.   J. 
Huck,  C.  J. 
Hueber,    F.   A. 
Hughes,  P.  H. 
Hulton,   E. 
Hyatt,  J.  R. 
Jann,   H.   J. 
Jann,  Leo 
Joslyn,  W. 
Kearns,  N.  E. 
Kelly,  J.  H. 
Kelly,    T.    D. 
Kimmey,  J.  P. 
Klingelschmitt,    F. 
Koenig,  J.  J. 
Kreteck,  George  J. 
Larkin,  J.  J. 
Larkin,  T. 
Latchford,   J.    L. 
Latchford,  W.   M. 
Leo,    P.    M. 
Logsden,   J.   C. 
Lowery,    J.   M. 
Lowery,   J.    P. 
Maloney,  T. 
Mangan,  J.  J. 
Manning,  Geo.  L. 
Martin,   J.    J. 
Mason,   J.   P. 
Mays,  R.  C. 
McCarthy,   A.   F. 
McCarthy,  E. 
McCormick,    H. 
McGlinn,  T.  F. 
McGovern,  T.   J. 


McGrath,   E.   F. 
McHugh,  J.  D. 
McKnight,  J.  S. 
McNerney,   T.   J. 
Merrigan,   T.   F. 
Meyering,  W.  D. 
Morrison,  E.  R. 
Mulholland.  J.  A. 
Mulvehal,  P.  G. 
Normoyle,    T. 
O'Brien,   E.   P. 
O'Brien,   S.  W. 
O'Connell,  J.  P. 
O'Connell,  J.  J. 
O'Leary,  W.  F. 
O'Neill,  J.  J. 
O'Neill,  W.  A. 
Pauly,  J.  D. 
Peare,  T.  B. 
Picard,  A.  E. 
Picard.  V.  J. 
Pliska,  Jos. 
Prindeville,  A. 
Qualter,  W.  J. 
Quinlan,  D.  T. 
Quinn,  P.  B. 
Quirk,   J.  J. 
Reed,  J.  J. 
Riordan,  J.  W. 
Ryan,  J.  C. 
Sepple,   Dr.   E.   G. 
Shannon,  F.  J. 
Sheehan,  G.  D. 
Sims,  W.  J. 
St.  John,  L.  C. 
Stapleton,  T.  E. 
Stoekinger,   Dr.   J.   A. 
Streit,  F.  H. 
Streit,  J.  P. 
Synon,  F. 
Teehan,  H.  M. 
Thennisch,  J.  J. 
Tighe,    H. 
Waldron,  A.   J. 
Weist,  J.  W. 
Wilcox,  B.  A. 
Wilton,   W.   T. 


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1204     HARVARD,  Harvard 


Allen,  Lawrence  J. 
Brown,  Henry  B. 
Brown,  George  B. 
Collin,  Rupert  D. 
Conway,  James  W. 
Cooke,  Alvin  L. 
Coulon,  Cal.  C. 
Croten,  John  F. 
Galvin,  Raymond  M. 
Hayden,  Daniel  S. 


Howard,  Edward  A. 
Howard,  John  B. 
Howard,  P.  Henry 
Hurley,  Ira  W. 
Keenan,  Bdw.  H. 
McCabe,  Chas.  L. 
McCabe,  John  L. 
McCarthy,  J. 
Metzim,  W.  J. 


O'Brien,  Edw.  J. 
O'Leary.  John  J. 
Nolan,  Albert  J. 
Palmer,  Geo.  W. 
Peacock,  Lester 
Phalen,  Chas.  S. 
Sheahan,  Edw. 
Sheahan,  Leo  M. 
Sweeny,  Frank 


Allison,  Wm. 
Blackburn,  Thos. 
Burns,  Jas.  P. 
Buttell,  Edw.  J. 
Coogan,  Paul 
Coogan,   Thos. 
Coogan,  Wm. 
Cronin,  Edw.  F. 
Cronin,  Maurice 
Cronin,  Peter  T. 
Davis,  Clyde  J. 
Davis,  Robt.  L. 
Deane,  Jos. 
Doudle,  Geo. 
Fagan,  Thos.  J. 
Faul,  Hugo 
Faul,  Jos.  C. 


1250     LINCOLN,  Lincoln 

Foran,  Jos.  M. 
Gleason,  Jas.  E. 
Gleason,  Martin 
Goestenjors,  Steve 
Hickey,  John 
Holmes,  Walter 
McCann,  David 
Mayer,   Wm. 
Maloney,  John 
McCullough,  Thos. 
McNally,  Jas.  H. 
Mestinsek,  John 
Miller,  C.  J. 
Moran,  Aloysius 
Morrow,  Benj.  F. 
Morrow,  Jas. 
Moos,  Jos. 


Noonan,  Roger 
Ohmes,  Geo. 
Ohmes,  Louis 
Peifer,  John 
Peif er,  Wm. 
Ryan,  Jeremiah  L. 
Ryan,  Leo 
Ryan,  Thos.  E. 
Ryan,  Wm.  J. 
Savage,  John  L. 
Schahl,  Fred  G. 
Schmidt,  Jos. 
Schreiber,  Alfred 
Stengel,  Jos.  A. 
Stuckel,  Ralph 
Tabke,  Carl 
Werchey,  Geo. 


1262     SAN   SALVADOR,  Chicago 


Beemsterboer,  Nich. 
Beemsterboer,  Wm. 
Berchinski,  Jos. 
Bernier,  Harvey 
Bohr,  Nicholas 
Bolduc,  Romeo 
Boniface,  Leo 
Bradshaw,  Jos. 
Bradshaw,  R. 
Buchler,  Herman 
Burch,  Jas.  M. 
Busch,  John  H. 
Caraher,  L.  P. 
Carey,  Jas.  P. 
Casey,  M.  F. 
Cawley,  Majella  J. 
Clader,  Victor  A. 
Clark,  F.  L.  A. 
Cleary,  Edw.  B. 
Corkey,  R. 
Crouse,  A.  A. 
Crouse,  Thos.  F. 
Cullinan,  John 
Cummings 
Donovan,  Thos.  J. 
Farley,  Edw. 
Farley,  Francis  J. 
Farley,  Thoa  W. 
Feeney,  Thos. 


Fitzpatrick,  John  B. 
Fif  elski,  Frank  Ii. 
Galligan,  Jas. 
Galvin,  John  J. 
Gildea,  Edw.  V. 
Hammill,  Jas. 
Handley,  Edw. 
Hagedorn,  Jos.  W. 
Healy,  Dennis  J. 
Healy,  John  J. 
Hoban,  Thos.  G. 
Huntley,  Roy 
Kelly,  John  A. 
Kennedy,  R. 
Kilboy,  L. 
Kinsella,  Thos.  J. 
Kleuskins,  Wm.  P. 
Kunst,  John  J. 
Lerch,  Adolph 
Lerch,  Louis 
Long,  John  J. 
Malloy,  P.  D. 
Malunney,  Davis  J. 
Martin,  Jas.  B. 
Mathey,  A.  J. 
Mathews,  L.  T. 
McLaughlin,  F.  P. 
Metz,  Gerrit 
Melville,  Jas.,  Jr. 


Miller,  A.  J. 
Moran,  Geo. 
Mulcahey,  Leo  A. 
Munroe,  Wm. 
Niedzwiecki,  Leon  J 
O'Connor,  M.  T. 
O'Hara,  Bert 
O'Hara,  Jas.  R. 
O'Rourke,  Christ. 
Pennington,  W.  A. 
Radtke,  Edw. 
Rauguth,  Emil 
Redding,  John  J. 
Richmond,  Jas.  M. 
Ryan,  Jas.  E. 
Safaresek,  Jos. 
Schaff,  Chas. 
Sloan,  John  L. 
Smith,  Geo.  M. 
Spanier,  Jacob 
Spiek,  John  G. 
Stewart,  Edw.  F. 
Walsh,  Edw.  J. 
Waters.  C. 
Weber,  Louis 
WIrfs,  Jos.  H. 
Wirtz,  Edw. 
Yindrock,  Leo. 
Yindrock,  Wm.  A. 


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KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


1268    LAKE  FOREST,  Lake  Forest 


Baldwin,  John  S. 
Bradley,  Albert 
Burke,   William  H. 
Conway,    Vincent 
Copithorne,   William 
Fitzgerald,  Francis  J. 
Fitzgerald,   William  D. 
Harding,    William    H. 


Algers,  Arthur  A. 
Ausch,  Peter 
Bohan,  J.  C. 
Blondin,  Jos. 
Barry,  E.  J. 
Bartill,  Frank  P. 
Bartizal,  John  F. 
Barton,  John  A. 
Beal,  Harry  J. 
Bedard,  H.  J. 
Bradwell,  Jas.  J. 
Permingham,  R.  K. 
Bennett,  John  P. 
Bohan,  John  Chas. 
Boivin,  Geo.  A. 
Boland,  John  J. 
Borris,  Alexander 
Bowley,  Floyd  W. 
Beran,  Francis  J. 
Briski,  Geo. 
Brophy,  D.  J. 
Brown,  James 
Brown,  James  L. 
Brown,  Harold  Roy 
Buckley,  William 
Burke,  James 
Burns,  Emmett  L. 
Burns,  Herbert  H. 
Byrne,  Ignatius 
Callahan,  R.  G. 
Corbett,  T.  C. 
Chamberlaitt,  Wm. 
Coughlin,  Jos.  V. 
Casey,  John  A. 
Cahill,  Wm.  Patrick 
Campbell,  E.  J. 
Campbell,  Albert  L. 
Carberry,  John  J. 
Casserly,  Geo.  J. 
Cmunt,  Frank  James 
Coleman,  Patrick  F. 
Collins,  Patrick  J. 
Cieslik,  Anton  V. 
Cook,  F.  E. 
Conlan,  Patrick  B. 
Cosgrove,  Michael  J. 
Cosgrove,  Thos.  J. 
Cosgrove,  Martin 
Crowley,  Wm.  W. 
Cullen,  Jonathan  W. 
Cummins,  Chas.  D. 
Creedon,  Chas.  A. 
Curtin,  Michael 
Culleeney,  E.  A. 
Cummings,  Chas.  E. 
DeSalvio,  P.  A. 


Harrington,  Sherwood 
Kennedy,  Raymond  A. 
Keogh,  P.  J. 
Lynch,  Harry  J.  A. 
Nolan,    Edward   A. 
Rettig,  William  M. 
Rudolph,   Joseph 


Salisbury,  Arthur  J. 
Shiel,   Edward 
Skehens,  Charles  T. 
Skehens,    Richard    P. 
Taylor,  Joseph  R. 
Whalen,    Bernard 
Whalen,   John,   Jr. 


1278     FATHER  SETTERS,  Chicago 


Dooley,  E.  J. 
Doody,  C.  J. 
Dressel,  H.  J. 
Dwyer,  Wm.  N. 
Dalton,  Wm.  J. 
Daly,  Chas.  Jos. 
DiGangi,  Jos. 
DeRoy,  Wm.  J. 
Doherty,  Wm.  J. 
Donohue,  Jas.  D. 
Donahue,  O.  J. 
Doyle,  Edmund  W. 
Doyle,  Geo.  F. 
Drapolils,  A.  F. 
Drzewiecki,  Jos.  J. 
Dunn,  John  F. 
Durkin,  John 
Durkin,  Michael  J. 
Dwyer,  Walter  W. 
Egan,  F.  J. 
Egan,  Dennis  A. 
Egan,  Edward  S. 
Egan,  Jos.  A. 
Fenton,  F.  J. 
Finerty,  J.  F. 
Fraher,  J.  P. 
Fabijan,  Stephen  P. 
Farrell,  Patrick  J. 
Fay,  Thos.  F. 
Fenton,  John  R. 
Ferrier,  Eugene  S. 
Filip,  Edward 
Filip,  Jos.  J. 
Pinerty,  Michael  S. 
Fitzgerald,  John  J. 
Flavin,  James 
Fleming,  John  J. 
Foley,  Frank  J. 
Foley,  Thos.  A. 
Fuhri,  Chas.  H. 
Fundarek,  J.  G.,  Jr. 
Gallagher,  Thos.  L. 
Gannon,  Frank  E. 
Grodek,  Lucien  W. 
Gatz,  Paul  B. 
Glomb,  Conrad  B. 
Grady,  Edwin 
Graves,  Jos.  P. 
Greco,  Anthony  A. 
Goergen,  J. 
Gregosko,  John  C. 
Griffin,  Jeremiah  J. 
Gudgeon,  Frank  W. 
Gallagher,  Peter 
Gay,  Stanley  T. 
Harney,  G.  J. 


Haubner,  Jos.  W. 
Hannon,  Henry  G. 
Haman,  John  F. 
Hart,  Thos.  F. 
Hayden,  Wm.  J.,  Jr. 
Heins,  Geo.  A. 
Hevecan,  Martin 
Hickey,  David  R. 
Holden,  John  J. 
Holihan,  Thos.  E. 
Holland,  John  P. 
Howard,  Lawrence  J. 
Hrody,  Geo. 
Hrody,  Wm.  A. 
Hunter,  Daniel  Jos. 
Imberowicz,  S.  J. 
Judge,  Thos.  J. 
Kaminski,  S.  J. 
Keefe,  Arthur  W. 
Keefe,  Timothy 
King,  Edward  P. 
King,  Thos.  J. 
Kissane,  David  D. 
Kissane,  Maurice  J. 
Knotek,  Mathew  J. 
Kohout,  Jerome  F. 
Kosobud,  Frank  T. 
Kranz,  Frank  J. 
Kenaths,  R.  J. 
Krasa,  John  M. 
Kustusch,  John  A. 
Lane,  John  A. 
Lavin,  John  P. 
Lavin,  Thos.  A. 
Leahy,  David  P. 
Lillis,  Michael 
Lonegran,  Thos. 
Long,  Arthur  J. 
Luzincky,  Geo.  D. 
Lynch,  Wr4.  Michael 
Lyons,  James  P. 
Mangan,  Ed.  L. 
Manning,  Ray  M. 
Martin,  Bernard  H. 
Martin,  W.  J. 
Mathaus,  Geo.  J. 
Mason,  A.  G. 
Moore,  Wm.  J. 
Morgan,  E. 
Moore,  Thos.  C. 
Moore,  Wm.  J. 
Moreno,  Jos. 
■Mostowski,  Bolesaw 
Mrowinski,  Stanley  A 
Mulligan,  John  J. 
Murphy,  James  Jos. 


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639 


Murphy,  Michael 
Murphy,  Thos. 
Murray,  Clinton 
McAuliffe,  James  P. 
McCaffrey,  Chas.  J. 
McCarthy,  E.  J. 
McGann,  John  J. 
McGovern,  F.  J. 
McGuckin,  Hugh  D. 
McLean,  Wm.  P. 
McNichols,  Walter  A. 
McNichols,  Wm.  P. 
Mulhearn,  Jas.  J. 
Murphy,  Edw. 
Murphy,  Wm.  J. 
McCarthy,  Chas.  S. 
McTee,  Thos.  B. 
McWatters,  John,  Jr. 
Neal,  Frank  J. 
Nelligan,  Dennis  T. 
Nolan,  John 
Norton,  Thos.  W. 
NooTie,  R.  T. 
O'Connor,  Wm.  Jos. 
O'Donnell,  Edward  J. 
O'Donnell,  Patrick 
O'Donnell,  Simon 
O'Halloran,  Frank  C. 
O'HoUoran,  Michael  J. 
Olenicz,  Frank  J. 
O'Malley,  Jos.  B. 
O'Neill,  James   M. 
Pazda,  F.  P. 
Pecoraro,  Jos. 
Phillips,  Edward 


Pivtrowski,  John  S. 
Plamondon,  Geo.  O. 
Pound,  Ward  H. 
I'owers,  Michael  J. 
Price,  Ralph  A. 
Fryor,  Wm.  E. 
Petrucci,  D. 
Quinlisk,  Walter  E. 
Quirk,  Patrick  J. 
Radtke,  Philip 
Raymond,  Benj.  C. 
Radke,  Geo.  J. 
Rip,  E.  S. 
Ronan,  Jas. 
Roth,  M. 
Readey,  Jos.  H. 
Reid,  Jas.  D. 
Rock,  Frank  J. 
Rumley,  Eugene  A. 
Rusy,  O.  J. 
Ryan,  Daniel 
Rye,  Edward  S. 
Schaffrey,  I.  L. 
St.  James,  R.  T. 
St.  Pierre,  Alphonse 
Shea,  Glendon  J. 
Schaefer,  Anthony  P. 
Schimanek,  Vincent 
Schloegel,  Alfred  G. 
Schrankel,  Frank  H. 
Shorten,  Thos.  F. 
Sible,  Arthur  C. 
Sikora,  Anton  J. 
Sindelar,  Chas.  J. 
Sead,  Frank  J. 


Sladek,  Vitus  J. 
Smith,  Albert  T. 
Smith,  Raymond  J. 
Sollitt,  Jas.  C. 
Scanley,  Jas.  P. 
Strempbuski,  John  F. 
Sullivan,  Lawrence 
Sullivan,  Thos. 
Sweeney,  Frank  D. 
Szyperski,  Jos.  P. 
Tefd,  Walter  J. 
Thompson,  Michael  J. 
Thronton,  Frank  E. 
Tomsa,  August  J. 
Trecker,  John  G. 
Tucker,  Ralph  J. 
Taylor,  F.  J. 
Vidal,  H.  R. 
Vraney,  Frank  Elmer 
Vrtis,  Stanley 
Walsh,  John  A. 
Watters,  Laurence  M. 
Weidner,  Dr.  Hubert 
Weir,  Wm.  J. 
Wirth,  Jos.  V. 
Wischoffer,  Michael  T. 
Wogan,  J. 
Woods,  Jos.  B. 
Wright,  Chas.  W. 
\oreck,  Edw.  J. 
Zalud,  Jos.  F. 
Zamiara,  Marion  A. 
Zzvesky,  Wm.  S. 
Ziemba,  Jos. 


1279— AMERICUS,  Chicago 


Anderman,  Arthur 
Barsotti,  Alfred  J. 
Betz,  Jacob 
Birmingham,  Thos. 
Bishop,  Wm.  A. 
Bloom,  Gordon 
Bowen,  Fred  H. 
Brady,  Harry 
Breen,  Thomas 
Brouder,  Joseph 
Brunton,  George 
Burke,  Alex. 
Burke,  John  L. 
Butler,  John  E. 
Burns,  Thomas 
Calmeyn,  Chas. 
Cella,  George 
Christie,  George 
Cilella,  Frank 
Cody,  James 
Cody,  Kieran  J. 
Collins,  D.  D.  J. 
Conway,  Edwin 
Cornwall,  James 
Cornwall,  Harold 
Cornwall,  Bernard 
Cornwall,  Ray 
Cornwall,  John 
Coughlin,  Vincent 
Coyne,  George 
Crawford,  John 


Crean,  Roy  J. 
Cronin,  John  M. 
Crumbly,  P.  A.  J. 
Cullen,  Thomas  F. 
Culleeny,  Phillip  J. 
Cummings,  R.  J. 
Cunningham,  Joseph 
Cunningham,  John 
Darche,  Rev.  H.  A. 
Darcy,  Wm. 
De  Lave,  Edwin 
Delapey,  W.  J. 
Dernbach,  George 
De  St.Aubin,  Armand 
Doherty,  Philip  J. 
Donahue,  Thos.  S. 
Donahue,  Frank  J. 
Doody,  Wm. 
Dore,  Clarence 
Dunphy,  Ray  T. 
Durkin,  James  F. 
Dyer,  James  J. 
Fallon,  James  J. 
Farrell,  Frank 
Fitzgerald,  John 
Flavin,  John 
Fogarty,  F.  R. 
Fox,  Maurice  S. 
Fox,  Wm.  P. 
Gannory,  Wm.  F. 


Geary,  Joseph 
Giroux,  H.  L. 
Golden,  James 
Gorman,  James  J. 
Green,  J.  J. 
Grady,  Wm. 
Graney.  Pierce  J. 
Hartnett,  Wm.  P. 
Hassett,  James  P. 
Hanses,  Lester  J. 
Hannan,  J.  W. 
Hayden,  Wm.  W. 
Hacker,  Fred.  A. 
Hart,  Thos.  J. 
Haas,  Joseph  R. 
Hennessy,  John  J. 
Hickey,  Emmet 
Holden,  Theodore 
Horan,  Al.  J. 
Horan,  Patrick 
Houlihan,  Ignatius  F. 
Hewlett,  M.  J. 
Hoff,  Joseph 
Joyce,  John  L. 
Joyce,  Earl  J. 
Junkin,  J.  O'Neill 
Kearns,  Jerry  J. 
Keckeisen,  J.  A. 
Kennedy,  Chris. 
Keefe,  James 


640 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Kiley,  John 
Le  Bold,  Leo  E. 
Le  Clerc,  John 
Leddin,  Patrick 
Lemme,  Al. 
Lightbecker,  Ed. 
Luby,  John  J. 
Lyne,  Jerry 
Lyons,  Frank 
Martrianno,  B.  F. 
Malone,  Joseph 
Mahoney,  Ambrose  W. 
Mortimer,  James  E. 
Mortimer,  A.  J. 
Mower,  Francis  D. 
Mooney,  John 
Moran, 

Morgan,  Frank  J. 
Moore,  Earl  L. 
Murphy,  James  P. 
Murphy,  Walter  P. 
Murphy,  Wm.  J. 
McAdams,  M.  J. 
McBride,  Ed. 
McCabe,  George 
McCarthy,  Denis 
McCorry,  John 
McCourt,  Vincent  D. 
McDonald,  Walter 
McGlynn,  Ray 
McGlynn,  Henry 
McGowan,  Thomas 
McGrory,  W.  J. 
McGovern,  S.  Fred. 


McGovern,  Gregory 
McGinnity,  Peter 
McGrath,  James  H. 
McGrath,  Eugene 
McKay,  Robt. 
McLennon,  John  B. 
McMahon,  Walter 
McMahon,  Jas.  W. 
McMullen,  Lt.  Wm.  L. 
McNamara,  Lawrence 
McNamara,  Daniel 
Nagel,  Joseph 
Nee,  Patrick 
Nolan,  Patrick  H. 
Nolan,  Joseph  A. 
Nolan,  James  J. 
O'Connell,  Wm.  J. 
O'Donnell,  W.  D. 
O'Leary,  J.  J. 
O'Malley,  John  M. 
O'Rourke,  Francis  T. 
Powers,  Martin  J. 
Powers,  Harry  D. 
Porter,  Dr.  Wm.  A. 
Quigley,  Capt.  Wm.  J. 
Quinlan,  Philip  R. 
Quinn,  Harry  A. 
Raftery,  Francis  J. 
Reid,  Wm.  L. 
Rock,  Chas. 
Rooney,  Ed.  I. 
Rooney,  Eugene 
Rohman,  Ed.  P. 


Russell,  Earl 
Schneider,  Richard  O 
Schauer,  Paul  A. 
Sexton,  Wm. 
Shea,  Thomas  E. 
Sharkey,  Ed.  T. 
Shannon,  Pierce  L. 
Sheldon,  Francis  J. 
Smith,  George 
Smith,  James  H. 
Spaine,  Arthur 
Stuart,  Chas. 
Stretton,  Frank  P. 
Sullivan,  John  J. 
Sullivan,  Wm.  J. 
Swenie,  Marshal  D.  J. 
Tansey,  James  H. 
Terrell,  Thomas 
Thompson,  James  C. 
Tondreau,  Leo  J. 
Valleau,  Harry  O. 
Victor,  Benj.  J. 
Victor,  John  A. 
Walsh,  C.  E. 
Walsh,  Joseph  F. 
Walsh,  James  R. 
Walsh,  Wm.  J. 
Welch,  Wm.  H. 
Werner,  Arthur  N. 
Wiener,  Chas.  A. 
Young,  Harry  G. 
Ziska,  George 
Ziska,  Chas. 


1281     MT.  STERLING,  Mt.  Sterling 


Armstrong,  D.  Dwight 
Brady,  Francis  C. 
Cox,  Edward  B. 
Calvo,  Horace  L. 
Cronin,  J.  Everett 
Cronin,  Patrick  H. 
Elbus,  Fred 
Elbus,  George  J. 
Factor,  Fred.  G. 


Grether,  Albert  E. 
Gross,  Leonard  A. 
Geisler,  Clarence  S. 
Higgins,  Andrew 
Kunkel,  Charles  E. 
Koch,  Amiel  J. 
Lawier,  J.  Warren 
Langan,  Francis 
McNeff,  John 


Monckton,  Thomas 
Monckton,  Richard 
O'Brien,  John  J. 
Prillmayer,  Louis  D. 
Rodolph,  A.  J. 
Ritter,  Henry  D. 
Schoonhoven,  Allie 
Sullivan,  Francis 
Waters,  F.  Frank 


Christman,   J.  H.,   Jr. 
Farley,  P.  E. 
Fitzpatrick,  John  J. 
Hatting,  J.  J. 
Hodginon,   L. 
Judge,   Richard 


1282    DWIGHT,  Dwight 

Kiley,   Ij.   J. 
Lavelle,  Walter 
McCauley,  J.  J. 
McLaughlin,  J.  P. 
Sodini,  A. 
Steger,  C. 


Watson,  P. 
West,  L. 
West,   Wm.  P. 
West,  H.  J. 
Worby,  A. 
Zappa,   Stephen 


1288     McHENRY,  McHenry 


Adams,  Leo  A. 
Aicher,  Dr.  F.  J. 
Baur,  Bernard 
Bickler,  Wm.  R. 
Bolger,  Edw. 
Bolger,  John 
Bollinger,  Harry  A. 
Bonslett,  Edward 


Bonslett,  Francis 
Boyle,  Jas. 
Carroll,  Wm. 
Carey,  Gerald 
Conway,  Geo.  F. 
Conway,  Martin  E. 
Conway,  Walter  K. 
Doherty,  Jas.  E. 


Doherty,  Paul  J. 
Doherty,  Thos.  R. 
Elliott,  Edgar  J. 
Freund,  Fred  P. 
Freund,  Henry  M. 
Freund,  Nick  B. 
Froelich,  Dr.  A.  I. 
Frost,  Wm.  N. 


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641 


Harnady,  Wm. 
Heimer,  Edwin 
Justen,  Frank 
Kattrez,  Arthur 
Knox,  Edward  J. 
Knox,  Robert 
Kuntz,  Fred  G. 
May,  John  L. 
McCabe,  Edward 


McGee,  B.  R. 
Miller,  Nick 
Nye,  A.  E. 
O'Connor,  Wm.  J. 
Plialen,  Thos. 
Reiliansperger,  C.  J. 
Schaefer,  Henry  M. 
Schaefer,  Herman 


Scheid,  Mathias  W. 
Smith,  Art. 
Sternbery,  E.  L. 
Stilling,  Leo. 
Unti,  John 
Weber,  Henry  M. 
AVeber,  Martin  J. 
Whiting,  Earl 


GEORGE  J.  BREW, 
Archbishop  McHale  Council.  First 
Training  Camp,  Fort  Sheridan. 
Sent  to  train  with  R.  F.  C.  Cadet 
106 — 88th  Canadian  Training  Squad- 
ron, Ridley  Park,  Toronto,  Ontario. 
Taught  aerial  gunnery,  Kelly  Field. 
Texas.  To  France  with  Eddie 
Rickenbacker's  outfit.  Honorable 
mention   Rickenbacker's   book. 


EMMET  T.  ORMSBY, 
Father  Perez  Council.  Went  to 
France  with  the  Fifth  Marines, 
1917.  Pitched  championship  games 
for  Perez  Council.  Now  youngest 
umpire  on  American  League  Staff. 
Educated  Nativity  Parish  school 
and  DeLaSalle,  Daily  Communicant. 
Frequent   mention  in  press. 


Bechtlofft,  Peter,  Jr. 
Berra,  Geo.  C. 
Buerkle,  Frederick 
Catanzaro,  Theo. 
Cimossa,  Chas.  J. 


1298    DUQUOIN,  Duquoin 

Crukovich,  Mike 
Dale,  Walter  P. 
Devlin,  Martin 
Erhardt,  Jos. 
Horn,  Frank  J. 


Hughes,  Bernard 
Kathalynos,  Edw.  A. 
Korener,  Wm. 
Kosmatka,  Martin 
Lavin,  James 


642 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Lehmann,  Chas.  A. 
Manzo,  Jos. 
McGowan,  Chris. 
McLafferty,  P.  R. 
Miller,  Chas.  N. 


Miller,  Jos.  F. 
Ranson,  Thos. 
Rodden,  James 
Rosnowski,  Geo. 
Sanford,  Chas.  C. 


Schleper,  Anthony  H. 
Stein,  Leonard 
Thill,  Albert  P. 
Vettese,  Cosimo 


Birsa,  B.  J. 

Cashen,  John 
Gushing,  Leroy 
Dunn,  William  Paul 
Griffin,  Thomas 


1316     SENECA,  Seneca 

Heaton,  Jerome 
Killelea,   Clarence 
O'Brien,  William  J. 
O'Donnell,  John  S. 
Sheedy,    Edgar 


Sheedy,  Timothy 
Timmins,  James  V. 
Ullrich,    William 
Welsh,  Walter 


1334     WATERLOO,  Waterloo 


Bertran,  Peter  L. 
Brand,  Geo.  P. 
Eschenfelder,  E.  G. 
Eischenseer,  T.  W. 
Griffin,  Edwin 
Griffin,  Stephen  W. 
Jaeger,  Walter  P. 
Kerber,  Bernard 


Kipping,  Leo  J. 
Kleyer,  Otto 
Lang,  Fred  B. 
Meier,  John  J. 
Mentel,  Alvanus 
Noelke,  Henry  A. 
Pautler,  Stephen  J. 
Pautler,  Raymond  W. 


Schmidt,  Daniel  E. 
Scharfenberger,  Geo. 
Sendelbeck,  Leo 
Toenjes,  Geo. 
Vogt,  Augii.«t 
Wierschem,  Wni.  A. 
Ziebold,  Max 


1343     MT.  CARMEL,  Mt.  Carrael 


Aukenbrandt,  Dr.  A.  A. 
Belingman,  H. 
Burris,  C.  A. 
Clinse,  Rev.  Edw. 
Denman,  E.  L. 
Dunn,  C.  A. 
Dunn,  J.  P. 
Dunkel,  A.  J. 
Flanagan,  Edward 
Fromin,  H.  J. 


Gorman,  H.  C. 
Grimier,  E.  C. 
Haase,  Theodore 
Hanagan,  Lawrence 
Hanagan,  C.  A. 
Henning,  A. 
Hinkle,  F.  G. 
Hockeiger,  L.  M. 
Karibo,  E.  F. 
Keepes,  Leo 


Kolb,  Paul 
Lattner,  Wm. 
Mitchell,  J.  D. 
Stuerzenberger,  F. 
Tennis,  G.  A. 
Trapp,  Sylvester 
Walter,  Martin  E. 
Walter,  B.  J. 
Wolf,  Raymond 


Brassie,  Bernard 
Blank,  Sylvester 
Buerster,  Jos. 
Clark,  John  Jos. 
Dehlinger,  Leo 
Fehrenbacher,  P.  P. 
Guerrettaz,  Julius 


1352     OLNEY,  Olney 

Ginder,  Peter 
Gumble,  Adam 
Hudson,  Edw.  F. 
Hahn,  Oscar  W. 
Klingler,  Jos. 
Klingler,  Leo  L. 
Kocher,  Albert 


LaMotte,  Edmund 
Mehnaert,  Arthur 
McGann,  Geo.,  Jr. 
Schulte,  Frederick 
Wagner,  Alvin 
Wagner,  Herman 
Weber,  Thos. 


1366     BLUE  ISLAND.  Blue  Island 


Bentson,  William  E2. 
Bihr,  Joseph 
Bloom,  Henry  J. 
Bloom,  Frank  W. 
Bowman,  Milton 
Cain,  Joseph  P. 
Cain,  Leroy 
Condon,  LeRoy  J. 
Creighton,  Wm.  A. 
Dagenais,  L.  P. 
Dougherty,  C.  Fred. 
Earner,  George  B. 


Earner,  Mark  E. 
Fleming,  David 
Fleming,    James 
Frasor,  Harold  V. 
Gaboriault,  A.  L. 
Gaboriault,  Walter  J. 
Gordon, Joseph 
Heckler,  Howard 
Juby,  William 
LaMore,  Lester  H. 
Marchessault,  Walter 
McAley,  Harold  V. 


McCoy,  Patrick 
McDowell,  Walter  F. 
Poutry,  Olmond  L. 
Racine,  Gilbert 
Rack,  Henry  J. 
Schaeffer,  Harry 
Simkins,  Bernard  A. 
Simkins,  Theron  P. 
Stanley,  Chester 
Sullivan,  Ralph 
Sullivan,  Wm.  L. 


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643 


1369     NAPERVILLE,  Naperville 


App,  James  E. 
Bapst,  Edw.  C. 
Baumgartner,  Paul 
Boecker,  Theo.  E. 
Dickson,  Robt.  E. 
Dickson,  Roy  J. 
Drendel,  Julian  J. 
Drendel.  Leo  A. 
Drendel,  Paul  M. 
Engelschall,  A.  J. 
Farhner,  Jos. 
Feldott,  Albert  J. 
Friedrich,  Wm.  R. 
Gauger,  Arthur  C. 
Grendel,  Oscar  V. 
Hayes,  Roland  J. 
Hayes,  Sheldon 
Heim,  Leo  F. 


Hiltenbrand,  Arnold 
Hiltenbrand,  Aug.  J. 
Hiltenbrand,  Frank  L. 
Hiltenbrand,  Geo.  A. 
Hoffman,  Albert 
Jarvis,  Jos. 
Keller,  Roy  G. 
Kiesberg,  Alois  J. 
Knoch,  Frank  J. 
Koppa,  Winifred  G. 
Koppa,  Leo 
Kreger,  Geo.  P.  W. 
Lenert,  Nicholas 
Miller,  Bernard 
Miller,  Lawrence  J. 
Miller,  Theo.  J. 
Ottenpohl,  Elmer  J. 
Reidy,  Emmett  A. 


Reidy,  Martin 
Reidy,  Robert  M. 
Rudnick,  Bernard 
Schmidt,  Bernard  J. 
Schmidt,  Carl  A. 
Sheehan,  Jas.  H. 
sutler,  Frank 
Strauel,  Albert 
Strauel,  Edw.  L. 
Wehling,  Herbert 
Wehrli,  Jos.  F. 
Weigland,  Garold  W. 
Weigland,  Harold 
Weigland,  R.  J. 
Wiesbrook,  Erwin 
Yackley,  Reuben  H. 
Yetter,  Percy  M. 
Young,  John  W. 


Alberternst,  George 
Alberternst,  H.  B. 
Alberternst,  Wm. 
Becker,  Frank 
Becker,  Aug.  H. 
Beckmann,  A.  G. 
Beckmann,  Geo.  H. 
Bergmann,  Leo 
Boeckmann,  Jos. 
Boing,  Anton 
Bretz,  Anton  L. 
Bruemmer,  H.  A. 
Brueggemann,  J.  B. 
Coyle,  Anthony 
Detmer,  Joseph 
Dierkes,  William 
Eveld,  Herman  H. 
Fehlker,  Lambert 
Foppe,  Fred  C. 
Frohn,  Bernard 
Frohn,  Henry 
Fischer,  Charles 
Ganz,  Vernie 
Gebke,  Herman 
Gehrs,  Herman  J. 
Groene,  Alois 
Haag,  Edwin  R. 
Hahn,  Alois  Peter 
Hallermann,  E.  W. 
Hallermann,  W.  V. 
Harshberger,  F.  W. 
Heidemann,  T.  H. 
Hemann,  Leo 
Hilmes,  Edward 
Hilmes,  John  B. 
Hodapp,  Albert 
Hodapp,  Stephen 


1382    CARLYLE,  Carlyle 

Hollenkamp,  John  H. 
Holthaus,  George 
Holthaus,  Gustav 
Huels,  Paul 
Huelsmann,  Louis 
Hustedde,  Aug.  F. 
Isaak,  Henry  J.,  Jr. 
Junker,  Anthony  J. 
Kampwerth,  John  B. 
Koerkemeyer,  A. 
Koopmann,  Bernard 
Koopmann,  Herman 
Kniepmann,  H.  T. 
Kuper,  Bernard  C. 
Kunkel,  Alphonse 
Ki  ebs,  Henry  E. 
Krebs,  Henry  C.  L. 
Kreke,  Henry  C. 
Lager,  Leo 
Lampe,  Henry  A. 
Lampe,  Joseph  G. 
Liening,  Edward 
Linnemann,  John  H. 
Linnemann,  Jos.  B. 
Loebel,  Walter 
Loepker,  Bernard 
Leonard,  Bernard 
Luecke,  Andrew  H. 
Monken,  Edward 
Michels,  Alphonse  P. 
Mueller,  Bernard  J. 
Mueller,  Jos.  C. 
Middeke,  John  H. 
Niebur,  Henry 
Niemeyer,  Alois  A. 
Poehler,  Henry 
Pollmann,  Fred 


Robben,  John  G. 
Ragen,  Joseph 
Rausch,  John  E. 
Rohr,  Edward  P. 
Rohr,  John  F. 
Schaefer,  Louis  P. 
Schemel,  J.  W.,  Jr. 
Schiermann,  Fred. 
Schafly,    Hubert  J. 
Schoendienst,  H.  J., Jr. 
Schomaker,  Henry 
Schomaker,  Wm.  L. 
Schumacker,  Jos.  B. 
Schroeder,  Geo. 
Seifert,  Frank  A. 
Spaeth,  Emil  F. 
Spaeth,  Oscar  W. 
Spitz,  Edward 
Stokes,  Richard 
Strathmann,  Ben 
Strubhardt,  Nick  A. 
Suaholt,  Anton 
Taphorn,  Herman  H. 
Taphorn,  Theodore 
Timmermann,  H.  H.  A. 
Ussellmann,  Frank 
Weier,  William 
Wichmann,  Ben 
Wilke,  Stephen  E. 
Winkler,  George  C. 
Winkler,  Leo 
Winkler,  William  G. 
Winter,  Fred.  J. 
Wobbe,  B.  Henry 
Zieren,  George  C. 
Zieren,  William 


Ahlers,  Louis  R. 
Berls,  William 
Breske,  John  P. 
Briel,  Chas.  Ed. 


1419     ST.  AUGUSTINE,  Chicago 


Burg,  John  J. 
Burke,  Urich 
Ciesllk,  Wm.  F. 
Donahue,  Thos.  J. 


Drews,  Frank  A. 
Finnegan,  Wm.  F. 
Grady,  Alex  S. 
Grimm,  John  L. 


644 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Hansen,  Peter  A. 
Hazzard,  Chas.  W. 
Hecht,  Frank  J. 
Heisler,  Jos, 
Hermes,  Jos.  B. 
Huntcha,  Aug.  A. 
Jilek,  John  J. 
Krump,  John  M. 
Kurtz,  Albert  J. 


Machowiak,  John  A. 
Ossowski,  Bernard 
Ploger,  John  A. 
Poetzinger,  John 
Racky,  Chas.  A. 
Rusch,  Adalbert  A. 
Rusch,  John  S. 
Schaack,  Walter  J. 


Schmitz,  Math.  A. 
Schoppen,  Adolph 
Skwiercz,  Adam  V. 
Streycek,  Edw.  J. 
Thelen,  Peter  J. 
Thelen,  Michael  J. 
Thelen,  Christian  J. 
Werner,  Joseph  N. 


1434     GENERAL  SHERMAN,  Chicago 


Banderson,  Wm. 
Barry,  Gerald,  Jr. 
Bates,  M.  J. 
Beeson,  Harry  B. 
Berherd,  Arthur  B. 
Billings,  D.  E. 
Boette,  P.  F. 
Bortkavitch,  John 
Branch,  A.  B. 
Bush,  Jos.  Li. 
Butler,  Wm.  P. 
Byrne,  M.  A. 
Carr,  Henry 
Cogley,  Thos. 
Collins,  Henry  P. 
Conley,  John  F. 
Conrick,  Edw. 
Conrick,  Wm.  E. 
Conway,  Edw.  C. 
Conway,  Thos. 
Corrigan,  John  E. 
Cramer,  Wm. 
Cullen,  Wm. 
Dalton,  A.  L. 
Daly,  Dennis 
Davin,  R.  S. 
Ehrler,  Geo.  P. 
Ehrler,  Jos.  M. 


Ehrler,  P.  G. 
Bviston,  Jos. 
Farmer,  Thos.  B. 
Feirtag,  Bernard 
Fenlon,  P.  J. 
Fergus,  Walter 
Finley,  John 
Gaure,  Wm.  D. 
Geary,  Jos. 
Gibson,  Jos.  V. 
Goyke,  Victor  C. 
Griffin,  Stephen  L. 
Hamill,  Bernard 
Hanrahan,   John 
Heney,  Frank  J. 
Herx,  Fred.  C. 
Hornoff ,  A.  K. 
Jannick,  Wm. 
Kennedy,  Michael  A. 
Kraskiewicz,  B.  J. 
Lane,  Robert  J. 
Lanigan,  Leo 
Leonard,  John 
Lynch,  John  J. 
Mahon,  John 
Malloy,  John  C. 
Marron,  Theo. 
McGrath,  Jas. 


McCarthy,  Justin 
McCarthy,  Lawrence 
McCarthy,  Thos.  F. 
McFarland,  Jas. 
McGovern,  Patrick 
Murphy,  Frank 
Murry,  John  P. 
O'Connor,  John  W. 
O'Connor,  Jos.  M. 
O'Connor,  Wm.  C. 
O'Shea,  Francis 
Payton,  John  C. 
Reuse,  F.  D. 
Ropinske,  Frank 
Savage,  Ed.  V. 
Schneider,  S.  L. 
Schimmel,  A. 
Sennott,  Wm.,  Jr. 
Spikens,  Mark  G. 
Sullivan,  Chas.  E. 
Sweet,  James 
Toman,  Edward 
Toomey,  Daniel  B. 
Toomey,  Frank  T. 
Troy,  Dr.  E.  P. 
Tucker,  H.  J. 


1444     FATHER  PEREZ,  Chicago 


Ahem,  Jeremiah  M. 
Aires,  Earl  P. 
Ambrose,  J.  J. 
Ballbrenner,  Chas.  J. 
Barrett,  Edw.  J. 
Bastick,  Corn.  D. 
Bates,  Chas.  M. 
Baxter,  Chas.  T. 
Benson,  Edw.  T. 
Berry,  Geo. 
Bohrne,  Jno.  D. 
Bourke,  M.  T. 
Boozane,  Thos. 
Boyle,  Alph.  P. 
Bracken,  John  R. 
Briody,  Geo.  M. 
Brown,  J.  P. 
Buckley,  F.  G. 
Buckley,  Rich.  J. 
Burke,  John  J. 
Burke,  Jos.  J. 
Burns,  John  J. 
Burns,  T.  F. 


Brynes,  Edw.  D. 
Canavan,  Jos.  F. 
Carey,  E.  J. 
Carroll,  Jas.  E. 
Carron,  John  F. 
Casey,  Frank 
Casey,  Mich. 
Cassidy,  M.  F. 
Cawley,  Frank  R. 
Clancy,  Thos.  F. 
Cognac,  Chas.  T. 
Cognac,  Lawrence  E. 
Collins,  Jas.  J.,  Jr. 
Conron,  Em.  E. 
Corcoran,  J.  P. 
Conway,  C.  V. 
Craven,  Mich.  J. 
Crisman,  Jas.  H. 
Cunningham,  F.  E. 
Curtain,  C.  L. 
Dalton,  J.  P. 
DeBuck,  Harry  A. 
Dengler,  A.  J. 


Disteldorf,  John  P. 
Dixon,  Frank  P. 
Dixon,  Leo  M. 
Dorigan,  Chas.  C. 
Donegan,  Geo.  E. 
Donohue,  John  F. 
Donovan,  John  C. 
Dorner,  J.  L. 
Dorrer,  J.  M. 
Doyle,  Harry  M. 
Drury,  Jas.  W. 
Durkin,  Thos.  F. 
Eck,  Louis  J. 
Elwood,  Jos.  P. 
Elwood,  Thos.  F. 
Everett,  Lawr.  E. 
Everett,  Maur.  H. 
Feeley,  John  E. 
Fell,  P.  B. 
Flynn,  Thos.  P. 
Fortaw,  Otto 
Foley,  J.  B. 
Fox,  P.  J. 


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645 


Fox,  W.  P. 
I'oxgrover,  Chas. 
Gaffney,  P.  J. 
Gaffney,  John  A. 
Gallagher,  Edw. 
Galvin,  J.  V. 
Garland,  Robt.  J. 
Garry,  Jas.  B. 
Garvey,  J.  P. 
Gier,  Peter  W. 
Gilboy,  Thos.  J. 
Gillespie,  And.  B, 
Gilligan,  J.  P. 
Gilmartin,  R.  E. 
Glosler,  T.  C. 
Green,  Chris. 
Green,  John  J. 
Green,  Mich.  J. 
Grimm,  Louis  F. 
Gross,  Harry  P. 
Gillespie,  John  P. 
Goodwin,  E.  F. 
Grogan,  M.  B. 
Guthrie,  John  J. 
Hamper,  Chas.  F. 
Hamper,  Jos.  P. 
Hamper,  Wm.  J. 
Hanlon,  E.  J. 
Hanrahan,  Thos.  C. 
Harrington,  Jas.  B. 
Healy,  Jos.  R. 
Heider,  John  A. 
Heil,  Al. 
Heil,  Fred  J. 
Heinz,  Leonard  H. 
Hennessey,  Wm.  P. 
Hertzel,  John 
Hill,  Frank  T. 
Hosty,  Jos.  P. 
Hostler,  Geo.  W. 
Hough,  John 
Howe,  Bernard  J. 
Jenkinson,  E.  J. 
Jonker,  Peter 
Keating,  Edw.  M. 
Keating,  Louis  J. 
Kelliher,  E.  J. 
Kelly,  Dr.  John  E. 
Kelly,  John  F. 
Kelly,  Thos.  N. 
Kent,  Wm.  F. 
Kennedy,  J.  L. 
Kennedy,  Robert  R. 
King,  Mich.  K. 
Kilburg,  Math.  J. 
Kilgallon,  J.  J. 
Kingston,  E.  J. 
Kinsley,  Jos.  E. 
Koelkebeck,  Sam  A. 
Krischell,  Geo.  M. 
Krivicich,  Dominick 
Krueger,  Geo.  W. 
Lally,  F.  M. 
Larkin,  Geo.  F. 


Lawrence,  J.  P. 
Lavery,  W.  P. 
Lennon,  Jas.  P. 
Leonard,  J.  J. 
Lof  tus,  Wm.  J. 
Lyons,  Dr.  Paul  S. 
Mackie,  Edw.  G. 
Madden,  A.  J. 
Malewski,  Jos. 
Malone,  Francis  A. 
Manning,  Jos.  T. 
Mastersom,  Daniel  A. 
Masterson,  J.  J. 
McAllister,  H.  D. 
McAndrews,  W.  F. 
McCann,  J.  R. 
McCarthy,  Emmett  J. 
McCarthy,  F.  M. 
McClusky,  Earl 
McClusky,  Byron 
McCrave,  John  J. 
McDonald,  W.  J. 
McGarr,  Ray 
McGowan,  Geo.  W. 
McGowan.  John 
McGrath,  T.  J. 
Mclnerney,  Cornelius 
Mclnerney,  T.  J. 
McKeown,  P.  .1. 
McKittrick,  Thos.  B. 
McHale,  Mich. 
McLoughlin,  Jas.  J. 
McLoughlin,  Thos.  E. 
McNamara,  Patrick 
McNamara,  Wm. 
McNeill,  C.  R. 
Mea,  Wm.  J. 
Meyer,  Henry 
Mika,  Albert 
Milbert,  W.  J. 
Moynihan,  Allan  J. 
Monihan,  Arthur  L. 
Moran,  H.  B. 
Morley,  M.  J. 
Morrissey,  M.  J. 
Moylan,  M.  J. 
Mullen,  Arthur  A. 
Mullen,  Thos.  F. 
Murphy,  Arthur  J. 
Murphy,  J.  J. 
Murray,  Paul 
Nelligan.  J.  J. 
Newell,  Thos.  J. 
Nolan,  P.  H. 
Nyhan,  Jas.  E. 
Oakes,  Lester  W. 
Oehmen,  Peter  V. 
O'Brien,  Chas.  W. 
O'Brien,  John  J. 
O'Connell,  Daniel 
O'Connell,  Louis  P. 
O'Gara,  J.  L. 
O'Leary,  R.  J. 
O'Leary,  W.  A. 


O'Loughlin,  Francis 
O'Malley,  W.  J. 
Ormsby,  Emmett  T. 
O'Toole,  E.  C. 
Partland,  J.  M. 
Powers,  F.  J. 
Power,  J.  A. 
Prendergast,  Luke 
Pulham,  C.  F. 
Quan,  J.  D. 
Quaid,  John  J. 
Quinn,  C.  A. 
Rauen,  Geo.  E. 
Rauen,  M.  J. 
Reedy,  Edw.  L. 
Reedy,  J.  C. 
Reichert,  John  C. 
Reiff ,  Jos.  M. 
Ricker,  J.  A. 
Riley,  John  J. 
Rivet,  A.  E. 
Ruler,  Val. 
Rumpf,  Fred.  T. 
Ryan,  Al.  J. 
Ryan,  Chaytor  H. 
Ryan,  Emmett  A. 
Schaack,  Eugene  L. 
Schneider,  John  B. 
Schromen,  Elmer  L. 
Schannahan,  M.  K. 
Shea,  L.  J. 
Sloan,  J.  W. 
Spatz,  Ellis  J. 
Stalzer,  Math.  H. 
Streich,  Frank 
Sullivan,  John  J. 
Sullivan,  Jos.  J. 
Swain,  W.  G. 
Sweeney,  Patrick 
Teipe,  Clif.  G. 
Thilmont,  Elmer  H. 
Thivierge,  Chas.  E. 
Toolan,  J.  J. 
Vonosky,  Henry  L. 
Vonosky,  J.  L. 
Waddick,  J.  G. 
Wagner,  E.  J. 
Walsh,  Dan 
Walsh,  John  J. 
Walsh,  Wm.  E. 
Ward,  Chas.  H. 
Ward,  Damlen  J. 
White,  Geo.  E. 
White,  James 
Wlelatz,  H.  G. 
Winkler,  Fred.  G. 
Wixted,  T.  J. 
Wolf,  Peter 
AVotell,  Edw. 
Wren,  J.  F. 
Zdrojeskl,  Walter  J. 
Zieger,  Aug.,  Jr. 
Ziel,  Frank  C. 


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1456     WASHINGTON,  Maywood 


Andrews,  George 
Burdick,  E.  T. 
Carey,  J.  H. 
Carey,  R.  J. 
Casey,  J.  D. 
Casey,  Emmett 
Chiara.  J. 
Collins,  Robt. 
Collins,  Wm.  T.,  Jr. 
Corrigan,  J.  J. 
Corrigan,  Robert  E. 


Colan,  Paul 
Cunningham,  H.  J. 
Domas,  Justin 
Doyle,  Edward 
Gieser,  Arthur 
Gilmore,  J.  W. 
Jones,  Harry 
LeMonnler,  G.  A. 
Lowds,  E.  A. 
Lynch,  Richard  J. 
MuUane,  Louis 


Maloit,  Alvin 
Malhiot,  Francis 
Metz,  Walter 
McAuliff,  J.  J. 
Pruzinski,  Jos. 
Reedy,  J.  W. 
Senese,  Louis 
Soffel,  A.  E. 
Wiedelman,  R. 


1496     MONMOUTH,  Monmouth 


Barry,  Lawrence 
Bohan,  C.  R. 
Carey,  Elmer 
Clarke,  P.  M. 
Connors,  Matt 
Costello,  Leo  D. 
Johnson,  Henry 
Keane,  E.  J. 


Maloney,  John  P. 
McCleary,  Joseph 
McLaughlin,  Edw. 
McKay,  A.  M. 
Morris,  Thos.  P. 
Murphy,  J.  L. 
Nee,  J.  F. 
O'Hearn,  James  A. 


O'Hearn,  W.  J. 
Pfaff,  Leo  G. 
Roche,  H.  T. 
Strickler,  Lester 
Sullivan,  Clair 
Warren,  J.  T. 
Young,  Keith 


1511     SANTA  MARIE,  Chicago 


Avery,  Chas. 
Barrett,  John 
Barrett,  Chas. 
Bougie,  L.  W. 
Brogan,  Patrick  J. 
Brown,  L.  J. 
Buchanan,  Jos. 
Burke,  Jas.  E. 
Burke,  Thos. 
Burke,  Jos. 
Byrnes,  Jas. 
Byrnes,  Thos. 
Cain,  M.  B. 
Carney,  Thos. 
Carton,  J.  E. 
Cherney,  Frank 
Conroy,  Thos.  J. 
Coughlan,  Malachy 
Crask,  E.  S. 
Creswell,  Alb. 
Cross,  A.  B. 
Crotty,  Morice 
Crotty,  Patrick 
Crowe,  John  J. 
Daley,  Thos.  J. 
Davey,  J.  Edward 
Delaney,  Chester 
Devaney,  E.  M. 
Devaney,  Wm. 
Dietz,  F.  H. 
Dorsey,  Thos. 
Donnellan,  E.  J. 
Donnellan,  Gerald 
Dwyer,  John 
Early,  J.  M. 
Edwards,  Frank 
Enrietta,  A. 
Fagen,  Jas. 
Fagen,  Michael 


Fagen,  Wm. 
Fair,  Harry 
Finlon,  J. 
Gallagin,  Jas. 
Garvey,  Vincent 
Green,  Michael 
Green,  Thos. 
Grembowicz,  Rev.  J. 
Haran,  John 
Haran,  J.  H. 
Healy,  Earl 
Heeney,  M.  J. 
Henry,  Edward 
Henry,  Wm. 
Hoar,  John 
Hogan,  Clifford 
Hogan,  Wm.  P. 
Jonellis,  Andrew 
Kelly,  Jos. 
Kelly,  Leo 
Kelly,  Thos. 
Kerns,  T. 
Kerwin,  Frank 
ICoralewski,  Rev.  S.  J. 
Little,  Raymond 
Linehan,  Neil 
Linehan,  John  J. 
Linehan,  Jos. 
Mack,  Frank 
Madden,  Leo  J. 
Malone,  J.  J. 
McArdle,  Thos.  F. 
McCanna,  J.  P. 
McCann,  John 
McCarthy,  J.  D. 
McEniff,  P.  J. 
McGlone,  M.  J. 
McGuire,  Michael 
McKenna.  J.  J. 


McLaughlin,  Geo. 
McLaughlin,  Dr.  Jas. 
McLaughlin,  Jas. 
McManamon,  Jos. 
McNeills,  Jos. 
McNichols,  John 
McTernan,  John 
Miller,  Raymond 
McNulty,  Jas. 
McCanna,  J.  P. 
Melaniphy,  John 
Meyers,  Leo 
Meyers,  Laurence 
Mokate,  Herman 
Mooney,  Wm. 
Murphy,  Jas. 
Murphy,  P.  J. 
Neville.  Patrick 
O'Brien,  John 
O'Brien,  Hugh 
O'Connell,  Thaddeus 
O'Keefe,  Jerry 
O'Keefe,  John  C.  G. 
O'Leary,  J.  L. 
O'Malley,  Jas. 
O'Neil,  Chas.  F. 
O'Rourke,  John 
I'acini,  Emil 
Petrilla,  A.  J. 
Quinn,  Jas.  P. 
Reiland,  Peter 
Reilly,  John 
Reynolds,  C.  J. 
Ring,  Randall 
Rooney,  Geo.  H. 
Rooney,  Owen  T. 
Rosenick,  Jos. 
Rubey,  Chas. 
Ruel,  John 


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Rush,  Dr. 
Ryan,  Jos. 
Tcyan,  Jas. 
Rydzewski,  Prank 
Schmidt,  Jos.  P. 
Schoenicker,  Jos. 
Sheehan,  John 
Schultz,  E. 
Springer,  John 


Stengel,  A. 
Stengel,  P. 
Strauch,  Jacob 
Sugrue,  Dr.  John 
Sullivan,  Robt. 
Sweney.  P.  L. 
Tobin,  Jas. 
Trodden,  Andrew 
Young,  P.  L. 


Zarek.  J.  J. 
"Walsh,  Anthony 
Walsh,  John 
Walsh,  Thos.  J. 
Whalen,  Michael 
Wilcocks.  John  A. 
Wilson,  T.  W. 
Wynn,  Jos. 


1548     OAK  PARK,  Oak  Park 


Balcom,  J.  A. 
Blumthal,  W^alter  A. 
Britsch,  Edward 
Callahan,  John  P. 
Cameron,  Wm. 
Clark,  Jas.  J.,  Jr. 
Cleary,  Edmund  C. 
Donegan,  Jos. 
Doyle,  P.  C. 
Fox,  Jos.  E. 
Gallager,  E.  T. 
Gibbons,  Wm. 
Gorey,  Jos. 


PTanley,  J.  R. 
liarris,  TValter  E. 
Houha,  E.  S. 
Jones,  Wm.  P. 
Kelly,  Prancis  J. 
Lawley,  Wm. 
Lutkemeyer,  Silas 
Maguire,  J.  A. 
McCarthy,  Thos.  J. 
McGuire,  Robt. 
McGuire,  Wm. 
Mclntyre,  Louis 
McWeeney,  Douglas 


Morrisey,  John  W. 
Nauhelmer,  Chas. 
O'Hara.  J.  S. 
Quinn,  Frank  H. 
Savage,  Clement 
Savage,  Dr.  Robert 
Spencer,  Thos. 
Strenning,  Roy 
Swartz,  M.  J. 
Uter,  B.  R. 
Ward,  R.  J. 
Weigel,  TVm. 
Wilson.  W.  A. 


1555     WEST  CHICAGO,  West  Chicago 


Pirsen,  Frank 
Biennan,  Thos. 
Brown,  Howard 
Carey,  Allen 
Carey,  Prank 
Colford,  Geo.  C. 
Colford,  Herbert  R. 
Farrell,  Prancis  J. 


Farrell,  John  T. 
Dieter,  Arthur  J. 
Grames,  Paul 
Horn.  Jos.  W. 
Kiel,  Allie 
Leonard,  J.  H. 
McFarland.  Felix  M. 
McFarland,  Henry  R. 


Marx,  Clarence 
Matthew.*!.  Chas. 
Merz,  Otto 
Murphy,  Matthew  P. 
Nead,  Albert 
Sauer,  Prank  P. 
Sheehan,  Philip  M. 


Barrett,  James  W. 
Brewer,  R,  J. 
Butler,  PhlL 
Case,  H. 
Corkle,  T.  B. 
Cowan,  Homer 
Cummings,  P.  P. 
Cunningham,  P.  J. 
Dorsch,  Al. 
Dockry,  Emmett 
F'assbunder,  A.  J. 
Fleming,  S.  C. 
Gleisner,  Jas. 
Gleisner,  Jos. 
Gryzwinski,  Stanley 
Harkins.  Chas. 


1567     TONTI,  Chicago 

Hartigan,  Joe 
Plartigan,  W.  J. 
Hayes,  J.  W. 
Helton,  Larry 
Holton,  T.  J. 
Keller,  A.  J. 
Kostceki,  Steve 
Layden,  Jas. 
Lapinski,  Leo 
Mahoney,  E.  J. 
Majewski,  Casimer 
McCabe,  L.  J. 
McClure,  Earl 
McTighe.  James 
O'Brein,  W.  J. 
O'Connell,  Dan 


O'Neil,  Jack 
Owens.  Ed. 
Regan,  "U*.  P. 
Sanborn.  Jos. 
Schaid,  A.  P. 
Sibley.  Dan. 
Simon,  P.  P. 
Smith.  Leo 
Smith,  Jos. 
Smith,  Will 
Snyder,  Walter 
Stieber.  .Tohn 
Stucka,  Stanley 
Sweeney,  Jas. 
Sullivan,  M.  J. 
Walt,  V.  R. 


1574     BRAIDWOOD,  Braidwood 


Biddle,  Eugene  M. 
Burns,  John 
Carney,  Daniel  J. 
Donna,  Secondo 
Evans,  William  H. 
Fallon.  John 
Finn,  Joseph  J. 
Pitzpatrick,  P.  W. 
Flynn,  Prank 
Gilmore,  John  A. 


Haldorson,  .John 
Hogan,  John  V. 
Judge,  Reuben 
Kasher.  Joseph 
Kangley,  Eugene 
Kavanaugh,  Pranci 
Kavanaugh,  Gerald 
Keeley,  Harry  P. 
McGuire,  James 
McHugh,  John  J. 


Murphv.  Howard  J. 
O'Brien.  William  T. 
Overy.  George 
Pomatto.  J.  E. 
Quinn,  Joseph 
s  J.       Revnolds.  Joseph 
M        Riley,  Thomas  F. 

Roberto,  Secondo  .T. 
Ronchetti.  Peter  J. 
Ryan.  Leo 


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1580     HIGHLAND,  Highland 


CJare,  Eugene 
Fetterer,  Jos. 
Feederer,  Oscar 
Good,  Anthony  E. 


Hilby,  Jos.  L. 
Koch,  John  P. 
Nagel,  Eugene 
Neudecker,  J.  J. 


Pacatte,  Edward 
Schriber,  Robert  J. 
Seitz,  Peter  A. 


Goebel,  Geo. 


1581     L.  A.  LAMBERT,  Ridgeway 
Goebel,  Adolph 


1595     NAZARETH,  La  Grange 


Allen,  Herbert  F. 
Arcaris,  Salvator  J. 
Bestler,  Edw.  T. 
Bock,  Victor  J. 
Bourgeois,  Borel  O. 
Brown,  Clarence 
Coffin,  C.  Roswell 
Cossitt,  Franklin  D. 
Desmond,  John  C. 
Dillon,  Louis  C. 
Dillon,  John  A..  Jr. 
Farrell,  Edw.,  J. 
Galvin,  Thaddeus  J. 
Galvin,  Wm.  M. 
Hagemann,  R.  S. 
Jacky,  Philip  J. 


Koenig,  Wm.  F.  J. 
Krakow,  Geo.  J. 
Lee,  Frank  C. 
Lewis,  Wm.  L. 
Lies,  Mark  A. 
Madden,  Frank  D. 
Marcinkowski,  Jos.  A. 
Matern,  Jos.  F. 
McDonald,  Geo.  D. 
Metz,  Henry  J. 
^lurphy,  Francis  C. 
Murphy,  Irwin  P. 
Murphy,  Jos.  D. 
McCormick,  Patrick 
Phillips,  Jos.  W. 


I'olivka,  Emil  E. 
Polivka,  John  A. 
Polivka,  Peter  J. 
Quinn,  Jas.  P. 
Kau,  Edw.  J. 
Riccadonna,  H.  P. 
Sellers,  J.  Newton 
8)ep,  Frank  J. 
Simon,  Frank  T. 
Sullivan,  Fiancis  A. 
Supplitt,  Kickham  L. 
Tansey,  Raymond  J. 
Thill,  Nicholas  H. 
Thill,  Valentine  H. 
Zimmerman,  Edwin  V. 


Ozeska,  Francis 
Domenick,  Jos. 
Doolin,  Cornelius 
Driscoll,  John  J. 
Farley,  Jas. 
Gorski,  Walter  B. 
Gorski,  Theo.  F. 
Graf,  Alois  J. 
Graf,  Carl 
Hoffman,  Frank 


1599     LEMONT,  Lemont 

Kerwin,  John  J. 
Lagdznski,  Wm. 
Madden,  Geo. 
Markiewicz,  Stanley 
McCarthy,  Chas.  J. 
McCormick,  W.  J. 
Nelson,  Leonard 
Nichleski,  Jos. 
Novaski,  John  J. 
Novakowski,  Wm. 


I'awlish,  Mike 
Piecarski,  Jos.  G. 
Ray,  Geo.  W. 
Ripple,  John 
Seller,  Philip 
Seller,  Vincent  J. 
Sezfranski,  Andiew  J 
Sniegowski,  Albe.  t  J. 
Stanger,  Sylvester 


1628    BISHOP  KETTELER,  Chicago 


Ahern,  W.  J. 
Bates,  F.  P. 
Bates,  George  M. 
Becker,  Anthony  J. 
Becker,  Nicholas 
Beiierlotzer,  Jos.  F. 
Bilek,  Frank  B. 
Billmore,  John 
Boehler,  Al. 
Boland,  Wm.  P. 
Boland,  William 
Borcamp,  Arthur  A. 
Bothen,  Henry 
Boyle,  Martin 
Bulger,  T.  J. 
Bulger,  John  F. 
Burggraf,  John  E. 
Burggraf,  William 
Burns,  Aloysius  M. 


Carroll,  John  F. 
Carroll,  J.  R. 
Cavanaugh,  Mivchael 
Cihlar,  James  J. 
Clohesey,  Edward 
Coakley,  J.  F. 
Collopy,  John 
Crowley,  John 
Cunningham,  Thos.  J. 
Czapelski,   Jos.  M. 
Daly,  Daniel  P. 
Darovic,  Sylvester  A. 
Dillon,  James  J. 
Dockendorf ,  Fred. 
Dolan,  James  L. 
Donohue,  Michael 
Doran,  Emanuel 
Doyle,  Robert  E. 
Doyle,  Thos.  E. 


Duggan,  B.  A. 
Dymek,  C.  J. 
Dymek,  E.  J. 
Finnegan,  Jas.  F. 
Fish,  Harry 
Flynn,  J.  J. 
Folander,  John 
Frengen,  John 
Gralkowsky, 
Gayette,  Francis  V. 
Gratkorwk,  Felix 
Gregorich,  Jos. 
Greyaruh,  Jos. 
Hannon,  Thos.  F. 
Harnett,  Edward 
Hayes,  Stephen  E. 
Heelan,  E.  J. 
Hippschen,  Joseph 
Hohler,  Edw.  J. 


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649 


Horak,  Frank  J. 
Jaglowski, 
Janick,  Frank 
Johnson,  James  E. 
Jordan,  Thomas  J. 
Kasmoch,  F. 
Kruck,  Edward  J. 
Kalsch,  Hubert  T. 
Karlinski,  Clem 
Karlinski,  F. 
Karmach,  Frank 
]veating,  Michael  W. 
Kenny,  James 
Kirk,  George 
Korta,  Herman  J. 
Kosinski,  Frank 
Kruck,  Edward  J. 

Lee,  Thomas  F. 

Lehayn,  Frank 

Lewandrowski,  L.  W. 

Lillig,  Geo.  J. 

Lillig,  Matthew 

Litgen,  Paul  L. 

Ijynch,  James  P. 

McCarthy,  Charles 

McCarthy,  Eugene 

McDougal.  George 

McEnery,  P. 

McLaughlin,  John 

Melody,  Wm.  A. 

Maloney,  John  J. 

Martin,  R.  J. 


Matles,  Jos.  J. 
Mertes,  H. 
Meyers,  Joseph 
Meyer,  Joseph 
Micholec,  Frank  J. 
Micholis,  Edward 
Miderski,  Jos.  M. 
Minderski,  Joseph 
Misholek,  Frank 
Moore,  Thomas 
Muleahey,  Edw.  J. 
Murphy,  John 
Murray,  John  J. 
Muth,  John 
Napleralski,  Franit 
Narbutt,  Charles  J. 
Nilles,  Joseph  J. 
Norton,  John  J. 
O'Hearn,  Martin  J. 
O'Brien,  Patrick  H. 
O'Dwyer,  John  J. 
O'Dwyer,  John  J. 
Ogreen,  Andrew 
O'Hearn,  Martin 
O'Hearn,  Wm.  J. 
O'Neill,  Albert 
O'Regan,  D.  S. 
O'Ragan,  Dennis 
Petroske,  Peter 
Petrowski,  Vincent  B. 
Petrowsky,  Peter  V. 
Perry,  H.  J. 


Pitges,  Paul 
Popryzcki,  Sylvester 
Predowich,  Joseph 
Predovich,  John  J. 
Quigley,  Walter  O. 
(iuinlan,  Thos.  F. 
Reiger,  Matthew 
Runge,  Frederick  S. 
Ryan,  James  M. 
Salemski,  Paul  J. 
Schober,  John 
Schober,  William 
Schlitt,  John 
Schultz,  John  I. 
Scully,  John 
Seaman,  Paul  C. 
Shaler,  Wm. 
Sife,  Wm.  F. 
Sippel,  George  K. 
Smith,  John  P. 
Struczyna,  Frank 
Sivierez,  Edmund  B. 
Thometz,  Edward 
Thometz,  John  R. 
Urbanski,  Frank 
Vondras,  Michael 
White,  John  G. 
Wishwald,  Matthew 
Wrablewski,  Edw.  J. 
Vimn,  Matthew 
Ziinick,  Frank 
Zimmer,  Harry 


1642     ST.  JOSEPH'S,  Summit 


Bona,  Dr.  John  J. 
Curr,  Wm.  J. 
Gorman,  James 
Gowgiel,  Wm. 
Johnstone,  Albert  J. 
Johnstone,  Frank  J. 
Johnstone,  Jos.  P. 
Kelly,  Wm.  J. 
Kennedy.  Edwin 


Atkinson,  Eugene  J. 
Barrett,  Thos.  E. 
Baldwin,  Jas.  J. 
Bleaser,  L.  E. 
Brennan,  James 
Bryar,  E.  R. 
Bryar,  Geo. 
Buda,  M.  Michael 
Burke,  Wm. 
Burke,  J.  J- 
Campbell,  Basil 
Collins,  James 
Clancy,  John 
Connelly,  Thos.  M. 
Connelly,  Ray  H. 
Conlon,  Jos.  F. 
Cook.  Thos.  F. 
Cook.  James  P. 
Carey,  Daniel  G. 
Decelle,  O.  A. 


Kennedy,  Leo 
Lambert,  Hubert  F. 
Lustig,  Geo. 
Mahoney,  Timothy  J. 
McLucas,  Thos.  A. 
Mallon,   W.   J.    Bryan 
Murphy,  Wm. 
O'Connell,  R.  F. 
Ostrouski,  Dr.  F. 


resavendo,  Amedio  F. 
Pucholski,   Jos. 
Quirk,  Bernard 
Quirk.  John  T. 
Seger,  Frederick 
Viabrock,  Mathias 
Welsh,  John  D.,  Jr. 
Wilson,  John  E. 


1650     ST.  JAMES,  Chicago 

Deletto,  Frank 
Demarais,  Raymond  F. 
Deveney,  William  E. 
Dillon,  John  K. 
Donovan, John  P. 
Donohue,  Frank  T. 
Donnelly,  Thos.  B. 
Duggan,  J.  P. 
Durkin,  John  A. 
Fahey,  Martin 
Faupel,  Chas. 
Ferguson,  E.  C. 
Fitcher,  Jos.  A. 
Fitzgerald,  Wilbur 
Flynn,  James  P. 
Pox,  J.  J. 
Fox,  Robert  P. 
Gannon,  Geo.  L. 
Gannon.  Patrick  J. 
Griffin.  Gerald 


Garvin,  Thos. 
Geissler,  Clement 
Grifflji,  Dr.  Geo.  D.  J. 
Haggerty,  Francis  J. 
Hardin,  Geo.  D. 
Hayes,  M. 
Hereley,  Emmet 
Holway,  James  R. 
Houle,  A.  R. 
Houle,  James  P. 
Houle,  Jas.  L. 
Hughes,  J.  J. 
Kelleher.  Thos.  J. 
Kiley,  Robert  E. 
Kiing,  Jos. 
Koebel,  H.  C. 
Kropacek,  J. 
Loeffler,  J.  S. 
Larson,  Willis  J. 
Lubben.  Wrn  J 


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KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Luby,  Michael 
Liynch,  James  D. 
Lyons,  Dr.  E.  Walsh 
Lyons,  Frank 
Lyman,  Richard 
Lyden,  A.  R. 
Maloney,  Chas.  B. 
Merwick,  James 
Mandable,  L.  J. 
Mitchell,  Thos. 
Moran,  R. 
Mooney,  Jos. 
McGrath,  Peter  E. 
Mulligan,  Jas.  P. 
Morrison,  Robt. 
Murtaugh,  Jas.  J. 


Muehleman,  H. 
McCaffery,  Sylvester 
McNicholas,  Thos. 
McCormick,  John 
Maloff ,  E.  R. 
McDonald,  J.  F.  A. 
McDonough,  Wm. 
McGann,  Peter  E. 
McGinnis,  J.  T. 
McGloin,  P.  E. 
McGuire,  Valentine 
McKeown,  Jos. 
Maley,  Jos.  H. 
McQuaid,  Dr.  A.  F. 
McQuaid,   Hugh 
Nicholi,  A.  G. 


Nora,  Dr.  E.  N. 
Oldham,  Harry  E. 
Pritchard,  E.  W. 
Pfaffenberger,  G.  J. 
Quinn,  Emmet  J. 
Quinn,  Martin  R. 
Reilly,  Archibald 
Schmitz,  Jos.  A. 
Torpey,  E.  W. 
Tremmel,  Fred 
Torpey,  E.  W. 
Voeler,  Jos.  A. 
Weldon,  John  J. 
Wright,  E.  M. 
Ziegelmiller,  F.  G. 


Ballweber,  Edw.  A. 
Barrett,  Jos.  T. 
Boudreau,  Geo.  L. 
Boyle,  Bernard  J. 
Boyle,  Frank  J. 
Brown,  Anthony  F. 
Brown,  Michael  E. 
Burke,  Raymond  D. 
Bykowski,  Frank  H. 
Callahan,  James  J. 
Campion,  Andrew- 
Casey,  Daniel  D. 
Castino,  Chas.  D. 
Conerty,  Daniel 
Conlin,  Robt.  L. 
Conway,  Dr.  B.  P. 
Conway,  Stephen  S. 
Cotter,  Jas.  D. 
Cotter,  Jerry 
Dawson,  Jos.  M. 
Draine,  Francis  P. 
Dudek,   Anthony 
Duggan,  Michael  P. 
Epstein,  Dr.  Wm.  G. 
Fitzgerald,  Thos.  E. 
Fitzpatrick,  Henry 
Flanagan,  John  P. 
Fullem,  Thos.  J.,  Jr. 
Getty,   Clarence  M. 
Getty,  George  A. 
Gilhuly,  Henry  P. 
Glazier,  Jerry 
Gleason,  John  T. 


1659     GENOA,  Chicago 

Glynn,  Edward  H. 
Glynn,  Gerald  J. 
Glynn,  James 
Hannagan,  John  C. 
Hanrahan,  Dr.  E.  P. 
Healion,  William  J. 
Keaney,  Jas.  P. 
Ilearne,  David  J. 
Henneberry,  John 
Horan,  Sherman  M. 
Horan,  Thos.  J. 
Howley,   Raymond   J. 
Huber,  Alfred  J. 
Huber,   Marvin  J. 
KeUy,   Geo.   S. 
King,  Frank  J. 
King,  Jas.  A. 
Landers,  Thos.  L. 
Mackey,  Timothy  W. 
McAninch,  John  J. 
McCabe,  Michael 
McCarthy,  Chas.  J. 
McCormick,  Daniel  J. 
McGivney,  Owen  C. 
McGrath,  Ralph  T. 
McKenna,  Thos. 
Mooney,  Walter  A. 
Morrisey,  Jas.  C. 
Murphy,  John  B. 
O'Brien,  Maurice  V. 
O'Connor,  Francis  X. 
O'Donnell,  Edw.  F. 
O'Donnell,  Edw.  T. 


O'Donnell,  Melvin  A. 
O'Gallagher,  K.  P. 
O'Grady,  Jas. 
O'Leaiy,  Geo.  A. 
O'Malley,  Laurence  J. 
Quinn,  Francis 
Quinn,  James 
Reilly,  Jas.  R. 
Reilly,  Wm.  E. 
Rice,  Robert  H. 
Riley,  Chas.  J. 
Riley,  Jas.  D. 
Riley,  John  P. 
Rogers,  Walter  J. 
Ruberry,  Bernard  M. 
Rudloff,  Leo 
Scharf,  Geo.  A. 
Scharf ,  Leo  A. 
Schick,  John  W. 
Sebo,  j-iouis 
Smith,  John  B. 
Strickland,  Chas.  M. 
Stynson,  Thos.  B. 
Terrell,  Chas.  J. 
Theis,  John  J. 
Torpy,  Richard  J. 
Vail,  R.  B.,  Jr. 
Walsh,  Jas.  J. 
Walsh,  Stephen  L. 
Wheeler,   Joyce   J. 
Williams,  Jos.  J. 
Zimmerman,  John  A. 
Zimmerman,  Jos. 


1660     GARCIA  MORENO,  Harvey 


Barry,  M. 
Bernardi,  Ignatius 
Bradley,  David 
Broderick,  A. 
Broderick,  Jas. 
Broderick,  Leonard 
Burke,  Wm. 
Daley,  John 
DeLaurier,  Gilbert 
Ducett,  F.  L. 
Dudeck,  Michael 
Eddy,  Francis 
Gross,  Max 


Guernsey,  Walter 
Kramer,  Chas. 
Kramer,  John 
Kunze,  Anton 
Kunze,  John 
Law,  Joseph 
Maloney,  John 
Maloney,  M.  J. 
Mahew,  Wm. 
McCarthy,  Rev.  G.  T. 
Miller,  Edw. 
Murphy,  Ray 
Obernesser,  John 


O'Connor,  Walter 
O'Donnell,  Gustave 
O'Hara,  Wm.  D. 
O'Rourke,  John  J. 
Reardon,  Jos. 
Reid,  Chas. 
Scully,  Gerald 
Sherer,  Chas. 
Volz,  Edwin 
Volz,  Wm. 
Voos,  Wm.,  Jr. 
Zilligan,  Aug. 
Yochum,  Clem 


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1678     AUBURN  PARK,  Chicago 


Bourke,  Paul  C. 
Oarlin,  Dr.  H.  W. 
Canty,  Thos. 
Carr,  Jas.  L. 
Carroll,  Frank 
Clark,  Patrick 
Clifford,  C.  P. 
Clifford,  Daniel 
Clifford,  Wm.  J, 
Collins,  John 
Connor,  John  P. 
Constable,  Frank 
(I^oyne,  John 
Deering,  Chas.  M. 
Delaney,  Edward 
Donovan,  Daniel  J. 
Driscoll,  Thos.  J 
Durkin,  A.  A. 
Dwyer,  Patrick  M. 
Earley,  Thos.  J. 
Flynn,  Jas.  E. 
Flynn,  Maurice  J. 
Flynn,  Leo  M. 
Flynn,  Walter  J. 


Harrington,  Jas.  W. 
Healey,  Edwin  J. 
Hepp,  Peter  G. 
Kenney,  Hugh  F. 
Laurence,  Prank  P. 
Lennon,  Edward  P. 
Leyden,  Jos.  F. 
Loftus,  Frank  J. 
Luken,  Roger  M. 
Luken,  Jos.  H. 
Lux,  Jos.  P. 
Lynch,  Wm.  J. 
Magner,  David  A. 
Mahoney,  Thos.  J. 
Marsailles,  John  E. 
Rlaxner,  Edward  H. 
McCormick,  Jos.  C. 
McCurdy.  Donald  C. 
McDermott,  Chas.  E. 
McDonald,  Frank  J. 
McGovern,  Patrick  J. 
McGrath,  Hugh  T. 
McGrath,  Wm.  J. 
McNally,  John  F. 


McKinley,  Dr.  J.  J. 
McHugh,  Herbert  J. 
Mealiff,  Arthur  E. 
Meyer,  Dr.  Jos.  T. 
Moore,  L.  T. 
O'Leary,  L.  E. 
O'Meara,  Wm.  J. 
Paynter,  Frank  J. 
Paynter,  Harry 
Prendergast,  Edw.  A. 
Prendergast,  P.  J. 
Pulaski,  John 
Redden,  Thos.  J. 
Reilly,  Jas.  E. 
Shanahan,  Jos. 
Shortall,  John  G. 
Stephens,  E.  A. 
Sweeney,  Edwin  F. 
Syron,  Hugh  T. 
Tobin,  Thos.  R. 
"\V  alsh,  Han  y  V. 
Whalen,  John  .1. 
Woulfe,  Jas.  L. 


1687     UNIVERSITY,  Chicago 


Alvarez,  Russel  J. 
Angarola,  Anthony  J. 
Angarola,  Michael 
Arundell,  M.  E. 
Baier,  Irwin  J. 
Banner,  Jos.  J. 
Bauer,  John 
Bedessen,  Dr.  Philip 
Blake,  Frank  E. 
Boecher,  Martin  F. 
Boland,  E.  F. 
Bornhofen,  August 
Bornhofen,  Oscar  G. 
Bornhofen,  Frank  J. 
Boyle,  Daniel  Je. 
Boyle,  John  H. 
Boyle,  John  J. 
Boyle,  Louis  A. 
Branch,  Chas.  G.,  Jr. 
Brown,  E.  H.,  Jr. 
Brown,  John  P. 
Burkfc,  Daniel  R. 
Burke,  John  M. 
Burns,  Walter  J. 
Carmody,  John  W. 
Carroll,  Wm.  J. 
Cavanagh,  Norbert  J. 
Caverly,  Edw. 
Cleary,  Emmet  J. 
Cleary,  Frank  J. 
Condon,  Arthur  J. 
Conley,  Elwyn  W. 
Conley,  Jos.  C. 
Connors,  Harry  E. 
Connolly,  Frank  A. 
Conroy,  Chas.  L. 
Conway,  Wm.  M. 
Corbett,  Jas.  C. 
Corcoran,  A.  B. 


Coyle,  R.  J.,  Jr. 
Coyne,  Thos.  J. 
Coyne,  R.  J.,  Jr. 
Crocker,  Jas.  B. 
Croddock,  John  W. 
Cullen,  Geo.  P. 
Cummings,  J.  F. 
Cunningham,  B.  J. 
Curry,  Earl  I. 
Daly,  Jas. 
David,  Chas.  W. 
Delory,  Edw.  J. 
Dillon,  Wm.  J. 
Doherty,  F.  J. 
Donahue,  Jos.  B. 
Donovan,  Edw.  R. 
Donovan,  Robt.  J. 
Dowgialo,  V.  A. 
Doyle,  Harry  G. 
Duffy,  Daniel  J. 
Duffy,  Raymond  D. 
Dunne,  Thos.  L. 
Dyer,  Dr.  Robt.  E. 
Ederer,  Lothar  A. 
Egan,  Jas.  W.,  Jr. 
Fargo,  Wm.  R. 
Farrell,  Herbert  P. 
Feeney,  Wm.  J. 
Fisher,  Jos.  J. 
Frerks,  H.  J.,  Jr. 
Flynn,  Wm.  J. 
Furlong,  Harold  A. 
Glover,  Jas. 
Glynn,  M.  J.,  Jr. 
Glynn,  Martin  W. 
Gormally,  Chas.  A. 
Gorgen,  Edw.  T. 
Gorgen,  Frank 
Grady,  Michael 


Graham,  Robt.  Ei,  Jr. 
Hafner,  John  A. 
Hanson,  Jas.  A. 
Hayes,  Frank  P. 
Heer,  Jos.  P. 
Heer,  John  A. 
Heffernan,  R.  J. 
Henry,  Bernard  A. 
Henry,  Jas.  P. 
Herekey,  Harry  F. 
Herman,  Chas. 
Hickey,  Howard  J. 
Hickey,  Norman  J. 
Hoen,  Irwin  J. 
Holbeck,  Wm.  E. 
Horan,  Wm.  H.,  Jr. 
Hettinger,  Edwin  S. 
Hughes,  Frank  E. 
Hyland,  Paul  V. 
Johann,  Edw.  N. 
Johnson,  E.  G. 
Jones,  David  J. 
Joos,  Herman  C. 
Jorgenson,  Chas.  L. 
Kane,  Robt.  N. 
Kane,  Wm.  T. 
Kearney,  John  C. 
Keenan,  F.  J. 
Kein,  Geo.  E. 
Kelly,  Edw.  J. 
Kelly,  John  J. 
Kelly,  Robt.  C. 
Kelly,  Thos.  F. 
Kemper,  Matthew 
Kenny,  Jas.  D. 
Kimmeth,  Edw. 
King,  Francis  J. 
King,  John  J. 
King,  Kyron  B. 


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KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


King,  Wm.  C. 
Kirtzeborn,  Phil  A. 
Knox,  Chas.  J. 
Konen,  Wm.  M. 
Korzeniewski,  H.  J. 
Kramer,  John  F. 
Kuhlmann,  H.  J. 
Lamb,  Frank 
Leahy,  Michael  J. 
Lutz,  Bertram  I. 
Lutz,  Lucien  L. 
Madden,  John 
Mahaney,  Lester  J. 
Maher,  Edw.  N. 
Maher,  Thos.  F. 
Mahler,  John  S. 
Mahony,  John  J. 
Maloney,  John  A, 
Maloney,  John  P. 
Maloney,  J.  J. 
Marcotte,  Frank 
Martin,  Chas.  J. 
Martin,  Jas. 
Martini,  Geo.  B. 
Matre,  Lawrence  S. 
Matre,  Richard  J. 
McCann,  Edw.  J. 
McCaughey,  John  A. 
McCaughey,  John  H. 
McCue,  Jas.  H. 
McDonnell,  R.  J. 
McDonough,  Edw.  F. 
McDonough,  Geo.  A. 
McElmeel,  Eugene  P. 
McGarry,  Jos.  H. 
McGrath,  Roy  J. 
McNeills,  Frank 
Meister,  Edwin  F. 
Michiels,  Frank  I. 
Michiels,  Leo  P. 
Minwegen,  Roger  P. 
Mooney,  Gerald  F. 
Moore,  H.  S. 
Moran,  Chas. 
Moran,  John  J. 


Morheiser,  Geo. 
Morris,  Harry  A. 
Murphy,  Jos.  B. 
Murphy,  R.  B. 
Murray,  Wm.  G. 
Nellis,  J.  F. 
Nellis,  Jas.  L. 
Norton,  Frank  D. 
Norton,  Harry  S. 
O'Blrien,  Cornelius 
O'Brien,  Paul 
O'Brien,  Thos.  J. 
O'Connell,  H.  P. 
O'Donohue,  Frank  M. 
O'Meara,  John  J. 
O'Meara,  Jos. 
O'Neill.Richard  J. 
O'Reilly,  C.  H. 
O'Shea,  Jas. 
Pape,  Paul  R. 
Perkins,  Evan  J.,  Jr. 
Perkins,  Raymond 
Philbin,  John  A. 
Philbin,  Thos.  J. 
Pickel,  Frank  L. 
Przeniczkowski,  John 
Przeniczkowski,  Jos. 
Powers,  Frank  E. 
Powers,  Jas.  G. 
Pucker,  Frederick 
Purdy,  Chas.  H. 
Quinn,  Edw.  C. 
Quinlan,  J.  P. 
Quinn,  Vincent  M. 
Quirk,  Robt.  C. 
Ryan,  Thos.  F. 
Reilley,  R.  A. 
Roberts,  Louis  B. 
Rompa,  Bruno  J. 
Ryan,  Bernard  J. 
Ryan,  Francis 
Ryan,  Jas.  S. 
Ryan,  Thos.  F. 
Ryan.  Thos.  J. 
Ryan,  Wm.  J. 


Sayer,  Geo.  L. 
Schaack,  C.  A. 
Schmitz,  Chas.  H. 
Schodtler,  Jos.  G. 
Schutz,  Arthur  V. 
Seng,  John  F. 
Seng,  V.  J.,  Jr. 
Short,  Jas.  A. 
Simon,  Peter  J. 
Slattery,  Basil  D. 
Smith,  Frank  H. 
Smith,  Howard  F. 
Smith,  H.  H. 
Smith,  Michael  J. 
Stange,  Geo.  H. 
Story,  Geo.  W. 
Story,  J.  C. 
Street,  Alexander  J. 
Sullivan,  Mason  S. 
Sullivan,  Paul 
Sullivan,  Wm.  C. 
Sweeney,  Anthony 
Syoen,  Jerome  J. 
Tennes,  Ray  P. 
Toale,  Jos.  P. 
Tomaso,  Edmund  J. 
Tomaso,  Jos.  A. 
Tracey,  Jas.  A. 
Trowell,  Edw.  J. 
Twomey,  J.  E. 
Unterflnger,  Chas.  S. 
Van  Heule,  Emil  A. 
Wachter,  Alfred  P. 
Wagner,  Arthur  C. 
Walsh,  John  V. 
Ward,  Jas.  P.,  Jr. 
Watters,  Chas. 
Weber,  Wm.  G. 
Welch,  Edw.  J. 
Werner,  Frank  P. 
West,  Ralph  E. 
Willey,  Jas. 
Winn,  P.  J.,  Jr. 
Wrarkowsky,  Chas.  M. 
Wright,  Geo.  G. 


1691     CARDINAL,  Cicero 


Ambrose,  J.  F. 
Barrett.  S.  J. 
Bartela,  S.  F. 
Belderson,  B.  J. 
Biedeman,  F. 
Brennan,  J.  P. 
Brennan,  J.  P. 
Breveckis,  J.  S. 
Bopata,  P. 
Chakanauski,  K. 
Ficht,  S. 
Gebhardt,  H.  P. 
Glenn,  W.  P. 
Hart,  W.  P. 
Haas,  P.  J. 
Kane,  P.  J. 
Kantor,  J.  P. 


Kasperski,  J. 
Kasperski,  J.  A. 
Kasperski,  W.  L. 
Lawrentz,  F.  J. 
Malecki,  J.  M. 
Malley,  G. 
Matjeka,  F. 
Meine,  F.  J. 
Mielcuski,  J. 
Multanski,  D. 
Novak,  S.  F. 
Novak,  T.  A. 
Novak,  R.  J. 
Pozbyl,  J.  F. 
Puzik,  P. 
Raleigh,  G.  A. 
Rapezynski,  A. 


Rechenmacher,  F.  J. 
Roach,  W.  P. 
Rybak,  J.  P. 
Sirovatka,  P.  E. 
Schultz,  J.  F. 
Staffel,  C.  C. 
Staffel,  G. 
Thielen,  A.  P. 
Thlelen,  T.  A. 
Thomas,  J.  P. 
Tierney,  Dr.  C.  J. 
Vergue,  G. 
Voda,  J.  G. 
Witkowaki,  S.  D. 
Yeons,  P.  C. 
Zalewski,  W.  P. 
Zienty,  B. 


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1692    JERSEYVILLE,  JerseyviUe 


Albrecht,  Jos. 
Amberg,  Fred 
Aylward,  John  R. 
Bechdolt,  Henry  B. 
Bray,  Edward  L. 
Brower,  Bernard 
Burns,  Earl  F. 
Burns,  Leo  R. 
Burns,  Maurice  J. 
Butler,  John  E. 
Coleman,  Eugene 
Coleman,  Matthew 
Coleman,  Michael 
Cronin,  Thos.  J. 
Dempsy,  Edw.  J. 
Dunsworth,  C.  F. 
Ely,  Richard  H. 
Ferenbach,  Theo.  L. 
Ferenbach,    John    F. 
Finkes,  Joe 
Fitzgerald,  J.  W. 
Fleming,  F.  X, 
Fleming,  Thos.  J. 
Flynn,  Robert  E. 
Freeman,  Curtis  H. 
Freeman,   Raymond 
Goetten,  John 
Hanley,  W.  F. 


Hardy,  Albert  G. 
Hayes,  Lloyd  P. 
Heitzig,  Edward 
Henneghan,  Leo  P. 
Hughes,  Wm.  E. 
Kallal,  Ben.  J. 
Kallal,  John  F. 
Kane,  Matthew 
Kiely,  Earl  R. 
Kleffner,  Fred 
Lahey,  Robt.  L. 
Leeson,  James  J. 
Maloney,  Jos.  V. 
Massey,  Henry  L. 
McGuire,  John  J. 
Meuth,  John 
Moore,  Jas.  D. 
Munsterman,  F.  X. 
Oberlin,  Harry  F. 
Ostermann,  Jas. 
Pierre,  Rainer  G. 
Pille,  John 
Pohlman,  John 
Powers,  Francis  J. 
Powers,  Peter 
Roach,  Marcus  M. 
Pranger,  John  G. 
Schneider,  Carl  J. 


Schmidt,  Bernard  H. 
Schnelten,  Antone  G. 
Schnelten,  Herman  A. 
Schroeder,  Geo.  B. 
Shea,  Dennis 
Sheppard,  Jas.  E. 
Shortal,  Harold  H. 
Shortal,  Jos.  A. 
Shortal,  Paul  E. 
Siemer,  Frank 
Steckel,  Clarence 
Steckel,  Geo.  F. 
Steckel,  Wm.  Fred 
Steinbacher,  H.  J. 
Stendebach,  Wm. 
Tonsor,  Jos.  E. 
Tracy,  P.   B. 
Tracy,  Leo  W. 
Tuohy,  Daniel  A. 
Tuohy,  John  A. 
Vaughn,  Jas.  A. 
Walsh,  Matthew  J. 
Welsh,  Lawrence 
Welsh,  John  J. 
Weule,  Russell  G. 
Wheaton,  August  J. 
Wheaton,  Fred  H. 
Wock,  Louis 


1703     RIDGE,  Chicago 


Bibeau,  Fred  A. 
Braun,  Frank  G. 
Casey,  Frank  T. 
Cunningham,  Wm.  J. 
Dempsey,  F.  V.,  Jr. 
Dowling,  Francis  P. 
Dowling,  Elroy  E. 
Egan,  Bernard  A. 
Ebert,  Harold  J. 
Hepp,  Frank  J.,  Jr. 
Hogan,  Ralph  J. 
Jones,  David  H. 
Keehan,  Stephen  T. 
Kehoe,  Moses  J. 
Kelly,  Chas.  J. 
Kennedy,  Wm.  J. 
Keppler,  Bert 


Kollman,  Geo.  H. 
Langan,  Jos.  J. 
Maloney,  Geo.  M. 
McVey,  Leo  G. 
Mulkerrin,  Patrick 
Meyr,  Geo.  H. 
Murphy,  Dr.  Phil  J. 
McLaughlin,  John  B. 
McEnery,  Patrick  B. 
McKiernan,  Jas.  IM. 
Multauf,  Henry  J. 
Normoyle,  Geo.  J. 
Normoyle,  Jas.  J. 
Oeschel,  Jos.  E. 
O'Connor,  Ray  J. 
O'Keef e,  Edw. 
O'Toole,  S.  S. 


Pepin,  Geo.  J. 
Pfordresher,  Ray  J. 
Pfordresher,  H.  C. 
Scheuer,  Frank  G. 
Shanrahan,  David  R. 
Sheey,  John  J. 
Sheey,  Emmet  E. 
Stark,  Chas.  A. 
Seeley,  Jas.  C. 
Shulz,  Wm.  A. 
Smith,  Rodger  D. 
Smith,  Michael 
Tuxf  ord,  Roy  A. 
Walsh,  Robt.  E. 
Wilkinson,  Jas.  W. 
Zeller,  Geo.  J. 


1704     NEWTON,  Newton 


Albinger,  John  J. 
Chestnut,  Orlen  J. 
Faller,  Raphael 
Fehrenbachei ,  Albert 
Fehrenbacher,  Chris. 
Fehrenbacher,  Jas. 
Fehrenbacher,  Justin 
Frichtl,  John  J. 
Gallagher,  John  L. 


Harris,  John  A. 
Hemrich,  Ben 
Hines,  Eugene 
Kaufman,  John  F. 
Kerner,  Leo  J. 
Laugel,   Paul 
Lombiner,  Frank 
Lombiner,  Urban  G. 
Mattingly,  Bert 


McCullough,  J.  T. 
McCullough,  Paul 
Raef,  Otto  A. 
Rauch,  Wm.  J. 
Rooney,  M.  A. 
Worland,  Frank  D. 
AVorland,  Geo. 
Worland,  Wm.  H. 
Zuber,  Frank 


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1712     COLLINSVILLE,  Collinsville 


Arth,  Louis  C. 
Arth,  R.  A. 
Arth,  R.  C. 
Boes,  Edward  L. 
Boes,  Frank  P. 
Boes,  Herman  S. 
Capelle,  Paul 
Dillon,  Leo 
Gebauer,  C.  W. 
Gavin,  Thomas 
Ganninger,  Geo.  W. 
Gannon,  Thos.  J. 
Gannon,  Chas.  J. 
Hedden,  Wm.  G. 


Hogan,  Wm.  G. 
Henry,  Albert 
Hughes,  Patrick 
Hock,  Isidore  J. 
Hock,  Francis 
John,  Ralph  H. 
John,  Kdgar  G. 
Krite,  William 
Kalina,  Chas.  J. 
Kinsella,  W.  L. 
McManus,  Jos.  B. 
McKernan,  Wm. 
McMullen,  Wm.  P. 
Meyer,  Edw.  H. 


Murphy,  Jas.  E. 
Mailman,  Tony 
Moore,  Bernard 
Nurdin,  Leon  E. 
Poletti,  Jos.  W. 
Piepmeyer,  Edwin  H. 
Kissi,  Bernard  T. 
Reese,  Walter  A. 
Schuck,  Walter  F. 
Snadden,  John  J. 
Spaulding,  J.  B. 
Sonnenberg,  John 
Wilshire,  John  J. 
Verneuil,  Jos. 


1742     ST.  PATRICK'S  Chicago 


Barr,  John  C. 
Barron,  John  J. 
Belanger,  Adelard  J. 
Belanger,  Geo.  E. 
Bond,  Thos.  A. 
Brandeis,  Edgard  M. 
Brokamp,  Archie  T. 
Brown,  Wm.  J. 
Butler,  John  G. 
Calabrese,  Nicholas 
Campbell,  Jos.  C. 
Carpenter,  Jas.  P. 
Carroll,  Wm.  P. 
Chambers,  F.  P. 
Cleary,  Jas.  R. 
Connolly,  Arthur  P. 
Conway,  Patrick  J. 
Cronin,  Mark 
Crowley,  Lawrence  J. 
Cullen,  John  H. 
Danaher,  Jas. 
Deneen,  Peter 
Devereux,  Jas.  L. 
Dolan,  Raymond 
Donohue,  Francis  J. 
Dooley,  Richard 
Dunne,  James 
Evans,  John  J. 
Enright,  Patrick  J. 
Falardeau,  Oscar  F. 
Faul,  Francis 
Flaherty,  John  J. 
Flynn,  Clinton 
Flynn,  Maurice 
Forde,  John  P. 


Foy,  John 
Galarneau,  Jules  P. 
Galena,  Chas.  L. 
Galgano,  Nicholas 
Garuckas,  Benedict  S. 
Giff,  Geo.  E. 
Gleeson,  Edmund  I. 
Giady,  Jas.  S. 
Hanrahan,  Timothy  J. 
Hartford,  Wm.  J. 
Hopkins,  Frank  J. 
Kenny,  Wm.  J. 
Kent,  Paul  G. 
Keough  Martin  F. 
Klein,  Fred  J. 
LaPointe,  Edw.  J. 
liee,  Edward 
Lenox,  Jas.  L. 
Lorden,  John  J. 
Lytle,  Jas.  E. 
Mahoney,  C.  D. 
Maher,  Ignatius  V. 
Mauricau,  Geo. 
McArdle,  Jos.  A. 
McAvoy,  Earl  J. 
McCaffrey,  Chas.  B. 
McDonald,  Edw.  J. 
McEnerney,  Jas.  P. 
McGrath,   Daniel  B. 
McGrath,  Jas.  F. 
McHale,  Jas.  F. 
McMahon,  Martin  J. 
Morrissey,  Edw.  J. 
Murphy,  Edw.  F. 
McNeela,  Patrick  J. 


O'Connor,  Timothy  J. 
O'Day,  John  P. 
O'Donnell,  Arthur  P. 
O'Donnell,  Rev.  J.  L. 
O'Donnell,  Edw.  M. 
O'Halleran,  S.  T. 
O'Neill,  Edw. 
O'Neill,  Thos.  R. 
O'Neill,  Thos. 
O'Meai  a,  John  T. 
O'Shaughnessy,  J.  P. 
Patterson,  Jas. 
Prost,  Harry  S. 
Purcell,  John  J. 
Quail,  Cyril  J. 
Quixlish,  Arthur  M. 
Reilly,  Chas.  P. 
Renehan,  Raymond  H. 
Ryan,  John 
Savage,  Jos.  P. 
Sharkey,  Thos. 
Siggins,  Jas.  J. 
Smith,  Alfred  T. 
Smith,  Michael  J. 
Stack,  John  P. 
Stack,  Robert 
Stringer,  Edw.  P. 
Sullivan,  John  L. 
Sullivan,  Jeremiah  J. 
Sullivan,  John  A. 
Tobin,  Wm.  S. 
Toner,  Chas.  E. 
Widmann,  Urban 
Wise,  John  P. 
Wise,  Thos.  F.,  Jr. 


1761     HOOPESTON,  Hoopeston 


Aught,  Wm. 
Beuhler,  Fred 
Bleaks,  Paul 
Cosgrove,  Henry 


Cosgrove,  John  L. 
Fortin,  Herman 
Fraley,  Chester 
Crinler,  Paul 


Harbert,  G.  B. 
Houghton,  Ralph 
Mulcahy,  Ed. 


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655 


Brady,  Edward 
Bray,  Chas. 
Burke,  Harry,  Jr. 
Burke,  W.  T. 
Fitzgerald,  Howard 
Fitzgerald,  J.  P. 


1775     UTICA,  Utica 

Fitzgerald,  W.  D. 
Glancy,  Malachy 
Hanley,  Dennis 
Hanlon,  Dennis 
Liebel,  Jos. 


Madden,  E.  J. 
Manley,  Thos.,  Jr. 
Mertel,  Geo. 
Neary,  Edw. 
Smith,  Edw. 


1846     ST.  PHILIP  NERI,  Chicago 


Basko,  Jos.  G. 
Birchler,  Walter 
Bourke,  David  P. 
Boyd,  William  H. 
Boase,  Basil 
Burke,  Thos. 
Clark,  Geo.  C. 
Corcoran,  Franci.s  J. 
Carney,  Ralph  T. 
Charlebois.  A.  P. 
Corcoran,  E.  J. 
Cronin.  James  F. 
Dee,  S.  Allerton 
Donellan,  E.  J. 
Draper,  Gerald  F. 
Dromey,  John  P. 
Dunno,  E.  J. 
Dunne,  Jos.  P. 
Doyle,  Francis  A. 
Doyle,  F.  Winston 
Farrell,  Jas.  J. 


Fox,  Robt  F. 
Graham,  Chas.  J. 
Graham,  Gerald  J. 
Hanrahan,  Jas.   P. 
Harris,  John  J. 
Hayden,  Wm.  P. 
Healy,  Daniel  M. 
Jordan,  Geo. 
Kerris,  Fred 
Lavin,  John 
Larkin,  Dr.  C.  J. 
Larkin,  John  J. 
Loye,  Wm.  T.  J. 
Mackey,  John  W. 
Murphy,  John  A. 
Murray,  James  H. 
Montague,  Earl 
Mulroy,  Thos.  L. 
McCauIey,  Raymond 
McGough,  Jas.  A. 


McCue,  Walter 
McGinnis,  Harry  P. 
McGinnis,  Wilbur  J. 
McMahon,  J.  E. 
O'Dea,  Thos.  P. 
O'Brien,  John  C. 
Reidy,  Philip 
Roche,  Jos.  V. 
Ruddy,  Henry  T. 
Santschi,  Ray  J. 
Short,  Norman  F. 
Spizzirri,  Raymond 
Saxelby,  Wm.  E. 
Shenk,  Robert  R. 
Sullivan,  John 
Toomey,  Wm.  J. 
Thorp,  Bernard  J. 
Walsh,  Thos. 
Welty,  Leslie  J. 
Wolfe,  Edgar  R. 


1853    ALLEMAN,  Nauvoo 


Bernhardt,  Wm. 
Bollin,  Mark 
Boyles,  Ray 
Eid,  .Joseph 
Gaule,  Richard 
Haas,  Carl 


Haas,  Fred 
Kelly,  Thos.  D. 
McCarthy,  John  E. 
McGrath,  Paul  R. 
Moffltt,  John 


Newton,  Emil 
Peck,  Chas.  W. 
Pilkington,  F'erd. 
Sheets,  Joseph 
Wellner,  Edwin 


1899     ST.  FRANCIS  XAVIER,  Chicago 


Adduci,  James 
Alesia,  Jack 
Ancona,    Sam 
Bertone,  Tony 
Buccien.   Frank    F. 
Caparelli,    Gregory 
Caravelli,   Luigi 
Cecilia,    Louis 
Ciofl.  Alfred 
Covelli,   Sam  B. 
Damon,  Lee  August 
DeMore,    Michael 
De  Salvo,  Carmen 
Ditore,   Joseph   J. 
Fogarette,   Louis  P. 
Gorgoglione,  Sam  J. 
Grazcadei,    Daniel 
Grancio,  Frank 
lacullo,   Joseph   P. 
Kennah,  J.  B. 


Laponigu,   William 
Leone,    Frank   D. 
Leone,   Frank 
Libonati.  Michael  E. 
Longo,    Giuseppe 
Lufrano.  Frank 
Maccino,   Guy 
Manzo,   Tony 
Mariani,  James 
Mazzola,  Theo.  J. 
Meccia,   Carmen 
Moreno.  .Salvatore  .-\. 
Morganelli,    James 
Natadonato,   James 
Orlando,  Robert 
Orrico,  Joseph  R. 
Palumbo,  Michael  A. 
Panegasser,  Joseph  F. 
Pontecorvo,   Louis 
Rado,   Peter  V. 


Rito,  Frank  N. 
Ritondalc.  Peter 
Romano,  Michael  A. 
Romano,  Natale 
Russo,   .Joseph  F.,  Jr. 
Russo,   Fiorino 
Saracco,  Daniel 
Sarli,  George  A. 
Scatchell,  John 
Schom,  Albert  J. 
Spingola,    Henry   J. 
Sentore,   Joseph 
Tarsitano.  Gabriel 
Varchetto,  Ralph 
Vendetti,   Louis 
Villano,    Ralph 
Vitullo,    John   M. 
Vitullo,  Louis 
Volini.   Italo   F. 


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1911     ELMHURST,  Elmhurst 

Amadooni,  Harry  Burr,  Peter  Ladwig,  Albert 

Blievernicht,  Jerome  Barron,  Nicholas  McNichols,  Walter 

Burke,  Peter  Krlshack,  Geo.  P.  Sauer,  Casper 


1912    ST.  MARY'S,  Delavan 

Bibo,  Joseph  Hapenny,  John  Roche,  Gerald  P. 

Connell,  Richard  Kritzberger,   Edgar  F.  Ryan,  Wm.  P. 

Connors,   Patsy  Lyons,  Thomas  T.  Seward,  Owen 

Connors,  Walter  McCabe,   Thomas  Thaller,  Joseph 

Cullinnan,    L.    M.  McKenna,   Felix   B.  Wilson,  John  L. 

Fisher,   Robert  Phelan,   Francis  E.  Winkel,  Francis  J. 

Gabbett,    Francis  Roche,  Leonard 


MEANING  OF  THE  ROLL  OF  HONOR 

It  will  be  conceded  that  the  foregoing  is  an  extensive  display  of 
names  and  as  time  passes  the  significance  of  this  roster  will  be  revealed. 
The  names  are  not  thus  displayed  in  a  sense  of  braggadocio  but  merely 
that  a  permanent  record  shall  exist  of  the  manner  in  which  this  small 
element  of  the  citizenry  of  Illinois  responded  to  the  service  of  the  country. 

Its  deeper  significance  will  be  appreciated  when  it  is  remembered 
that  from  this  number  two  hundred  and  fourteen  gave  their  lives  and 
another  two  hundred  fifty-two  were  wounded  more  or  less  severely. 

The  character  and  conduct  of  the  men  named  will  be  appreciated 
when  it  is  remembered  that  a  number  in  excess  of  thirteen  hundred  of 
them  were  commissioned  or  non-commissioned  officers.  The  total  num- 
ber of  men  in  the  service  throughout  the  United  States  was  four  million 
eight  hundred  thousand.  Of  these,  two  hundred  thousand  were  officers 
or  one  out  of  every  twenty-four.  The  total  number  of  Knights  of 
Columbus  in  the  service  from  Illinois  was  twelve  thousand,  the  number 
of  officers  amongst  them,  one  thousand  three  hundred  or  one  officer 
out  of  every  nine. 

There  is  reason  for  believing  they  did  their  duty  since  one  hundred 
and  twenty-six  of  them  were  decorated  or  cited  under  the  regulations 
of  the  governments  engaged  in  the  war. 

Finally  it  may  be  conclusively  shown  that  the  members  of  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  compare  favorably  with  members  of  other  American  socie- 
ties in  their  devotion  to  their  country.  Three  of  the  largest  societies 
in  the  United  States  are  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  The  Knights 
of  the  Maccabees  of  the  World  and  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  The  War 
Record  of  these  three  societies  as  given  in  the  reports  of  the  proper 
officers  may  be  shovra  as  follows: 


WAKr— THE  ROLL  OF  HONOR  657 

COMPARATIVE  SERVICE  RECORD 

1.     Statistics  for  United  States 

Total  Total 

„     .  .  Membership  Members 

^ocii'ty  Qgg  3j^  jgj7  jQ  service         Percentage  Ratio 

M.    W.    of   A 1,047,011  59,038  .05  1  to  17 

K.  O.  T.   M.   W 311,772  16,000  .05  1  to  19 

K.   of  C 392,807  100,000  .25  1  to    4 

2.     Statistics  for  Illinois 

M.    W.    of   A 174,672  9,056  .05  1  to  19 

K.  O.  T.  M.  W (No  report) 

K.    of    C 43,662  12,000  .25  1  to    4 

GOLD  STARS 

Out  of  a  membership  of  311,772  the  Knights  of  the  Maccabees  of 
the  World  record  500  Gold  Stars.  Out  of  a  membership  of  392,807 
Knights  of  Columbus  we  have  a  record  of  1,502  Gold  Stars. 

This  chapter  is  brought  to  a  conclusion  with  many  misgivings. 
It  was  of  course  a  stupendous  task  and  it  must  be  conceded  that  it  is 
not  completely  satisfactory.  It  is  much  to  be  regretted  that  more  than 
six  hundred  names  are  omitted  from  the  list;  that  many  of  the  accounts 
are  inadequate  and  that  much  valuable  information  is  omitted  simply 
because  it  could  not  be  obtained  though  the  greatest  effort  was  made 
to  that  end.  In  this  connection  it  is  only  fair  to  the  council  officers  to 
state  that  the  unreasonable  reticence  and  largely  false  modesty  of  the 
men  who  were  in  the  service  baffled  every  effort  at  particularity.  The 
dear  boys  must  be  pardoned,  however,  as  their  experiences,  at  close  hand, 
were  chiefly  of  such  an  unpleasant  nature  that  they  were  anxious  to 
forget  them  all,  the  good  as  well  as  the  bad.  The  nobler  part,  however, 
will  survive  after  the  disagreeable  has  been  forgotten  and  this  writer 
will  be  content  if  his  poor  performance  be  taken  as  a  sincere  effort  to 
render  to  his  brothers  a  tribute  richly  merited  by  them. 


658         KNIGHTS  OP  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


SUMMARY 

No  of  Number  of  Men        Members 

Council         Name   and    Location    of   Council —  in  Service         Dec.  31,  1917 

182  Cbicago,   Chicago    46  438 

244  Marquette,   Chicago    87  708 

282  De    LaSalle,    Chicago    73  780 

301  Illinois,    Chicago    63  536 

324  Englewood,    Chicago    76  399 

361  Lafayette,    Chicago    482  1,567 

364  Springfield,   Springfield    217  694 

382  Joliet,    Joliet    103  495 

427  Spalding,    Peoria    197  788 

460  Alton,    Alton     108  289 

470  Rockford,   Rockford    132  343 

517  DeSoto,    Chicago    181  707 

537  Phil    Sheridan,    Oali    Park 41  310 

556  Galesburg,    Galcsburg    69  329 

.">74  Bloomington,    Bloomington     130  386 

577  Decatur,    Decatur    130  351 

583  Quincy,    Quincy 89  443 

592  East  St.  Louis,  B.  St.  Louis 113  391 

632  Calumet,    Chicago    523  2,000 

634  Starved   Rock,   Ottawa 95  312 

650  Damen,    Chicago     105  515 

653  Freeport,    Preeport    47  339 

654  Elgin,    Elgin    64  168 

658  Allouez,    Rock    Island 103  385 

661  Beardstown,   Beardstown    11  60 

662  Sterling,    Sterling    48  244 

663  Carlinvillo,   Carlinville    36  176 

065  EflJngham,   Effingham    81  200 

082  Pierre    Gibault,    Macomb 18  49 

690  Dixon,   Dixon    47  140 

696  Galena,    Galena    47  257 

699  Litchfield,    Litchfield     36  129 

716  Leo,    Moline    46  192 

717  DeKalb,  DeKalb    65  240 

730  Chatsworth,    Chatsworth    46  199 

731  Waukegan,    Waukogan     126  227 

734  Santa    Maria,    Kewanee 52  184 

735  Belvidere,   Belvidere    19  74 

736  Aurora,   Aurora    66  474 

740  Keenan,   Amboy    14  130 

745  St.    Viateur's,    Kankakee 134  353 

749  Peehan,    Chicago    90  406 

754  Danville,   Danville    51  209 

761  Charles  Carroll  of  Carrollton,  Chicago 160  671 

773  Port  Dearborn,   Chicago 110  310 

776  Woodstock,    Woodstock     52  157 

790  Streator     86  333 

792  Calvert,    LaSalle    101  505 


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SUMMABY— Continued 

805     Leo    XIII,    Chicago 284  801 

845     DuPontaris,    Morris    4  128 

851  Commercial,    Chicago    50  223 

852  Hildebrand,   Chicago    18  168 

854     Pontiac,   Poutiac    44  210 

860     Paris,   Paris    28  93 

868     Jacksonville,    Jacksonville    119  323 

887  Father    O'Connor     (formerly     Irving    Park), 

Chicago    102  449 

890  Patrick  Peehan,   Fulton 12  57 

891  Twin    City,    Champaign 92  313 

895  Odell,    Odell    30  167 

896  Pana,    Pana    39  104 

914  Loyola-Hyde    Park,    Chicago 97  380 

915  Immaculate    Conception    (Ohio) 4  52 

922     Ouilmette,   Wilmette    43  143 

950     Columbus,    Chicago    81  315 

967     General  James  Shields,  Chicago 39  251 

980     LaRabida,    Chicago    72  438 

985     Minonk,    Minonk    17  85 

988     Murphysboro,   Murphysboro    35  186 

997     Chicago  Heights,  Chicago  Heights 60  195 

1005      Hughes,    Chicago    245  625 

1009     Ravenswood,   Chicago    76  411 

1023     Clinton,    Clinton    13  76 

1025  Centralia,    Centralia    18  58 

1026  Assumption,    Assumption    20  119 

1027  Cairo,   Cairo    87  222 

1028  Belleville,    Belleville    40  223 

1030     Brownson,   Chicago    112  474 

1035     Rochelle,   Rochelle    11  S6 

1047  Immaculate    Conception    (Ivesdalc) 6  77 

1048  Daniel  O'Connell,  Chicago    43  288 

1057      Mattoon,   Mattoon 44  256 

1063      Daniel    Dowling,     Chicago 237  604 

1077     Newman,   Evanston    96  307 

1089     Thomas    Aquinas,    Chicago 118  440 

1092      Oregon,    Oregon    1  34 

1098     Tri-Cities,    Granite    City 27  120 

1118     Commodore    Barry,    Chicago 439  1.209 

1135     Madonna,    Chicago    144  541 

1143     Edwardsville,    Bdwardsville     29  83 

1151  Morrisonville,    Morrisonville    22  191 

1152  St.    Isidore's,    Farmersville 11  78 

1156  Hennepin,    Chicago    46  338 

1157  St.   Cyr   Day,    Chicago 78  277 

1176     Perez,  Lockport    35  41 

1194     Archbishop    McHale,    Chicago 143  395 

1204     Harvard,    Harvard     28  141 

1250     Lincoln,    Lincoln    52  151 

1262     San    Salvador,  Chicago 87  475 


660 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


SUMMARY— Continued 


1268     Lake  Forest,  Lake  Forest 22  95 

1278  Father    Setters,    Chicago 272  865 

1279  Americus,  Chicago    193  756 

1281  Mt.    Sterling,    Mt.    Sterling 27  116 

1282  Dwight,    Dwight     18  77 

1288     McHenry,    McHeury    49  136 

1298     Duquoin,   Duquoin    29  103 

1316     Seneca,    Seneca     14  124 

1334     Waterloo,    Waterloo     23  89 

1343     Mt.    Carmel,   Mt.   Carmel 29  87 

1352     Olney,    Olney    21  68 

1366     Blue  Island,  Blue  Island 35  150 

1369     Naperville,    Naperville    54  242 

1382     Carlyle,  Carlyle    110  296 

1419      St.    Augustine,    Chicago    37  232 

1434     General    Sherman,    Chicago    82  270 

1444     Father    Perez,    Chicago     260  760 

1456     Washington,    Maywood     31  115 

1496     Monmouth,    Monmouth    23  164 

1511     Santa   Maria,    Chicago    143  513 

1548     Oak    Park,    Oak    Park 39  251 

1555     West   Chicago,   West   Chicago 23  110 

1567     Tonti,    Chicago     48  455 

1.574     Braidwood,    Braidwood     30  230 

1580  Highland,  Highland 11  50 

1581  L.    A.    Lambert,    Ridgway 2  65 

1595     Nazareth,   La   Grange 46  198 

1599     Lemont,    Lemont    29  91 

1628     Bishop    Ketteler.    Chicago 153  787 

1642     St.  Joseph's,   Chicago    26  101 

1650     St.  James',    Chicago    107  334 

1659  Genoa,    Chicago    99  321 

1660  Garcia    Moreno,    Harvey    39  131 

1678     Auburn    Park.    Chicago    71  287 

1687     University,    Chicago    252  412 

1691  Cardinal.    Cicero    52  184 

1692  Jerseyville,   Jerseyville    84  145 

1703  Ridge,    Chicago    50  209 

1704  Newton,     Newton     27  81 

1712     Collinsville.    Collinsville     42  123 

1742     St.    Patrick's.    Chicago    105  325 

1761     Hoopeston,    Hoopeston    11  80 

1775     Utica.   Utica    16  111 

1846     St.   Philip  Neri,   Chicago 61  185 

1853     Alleman,    Nauvoo    16  87 

1899     St.  Francis  Xavier,  Chicago    59  157 

1911  Elmhurst.   Elmhurst    9  99 

1912  St.  Mary's,   Delavan    20  87 

Total    11,393  43,963 

Note.- — Several  councils  reported  more  men  in  the  service  than  they 
named.  When  the  secretary  came  to  make  up  the  list  of  the  names  not  all 
could  be  found.  This  caused  the  following  discrepancies  :  D»Kalb  reported 
83  and  named  but  65  :  Aurora.  126,  66  :  Charles  Carroll,  241,  160  ;  Leo  XIII. 
321,  284  ;  LaRabida,  82.  72  ;  St.  Cyr,  86,78  :  Hennepin,  101,  46  ;  San  Salva- 
dor, 102,  87 ;  Father  Setters,  301.  272 ;  Perez.  326.  260 :  Tonti,  160.  48 : 
Bishop  Koettler,  312,  153  ;  Cardinal.  64,  52.  This  shows  661  names  omitted 
and  brings  the  total  in  the  service  to  12,054. 


CHAPTER  XV 

TWENTIETH    CENTURY    HEROISM 

If  the  age  of  chivalry  has  passed,  if  it  be  no  longer  custo- 
mary for  men  to  go  in  search  of  opportunities  for  the  display 
of  their  valor  or  fidelity,  if  men  are  no  longer  drawn  to  the 
espousal  of  holy  causes  such  as  the  recovery  of  sacred  places, 
or  if  lady  love  is  entertained  under  a  milder  guise  than  in  the 
days  "when  knighthood  was  in  flower,"  the  recent  M'orld  war 
has  proven  that  heroism  still  survives. 

Whatever  refinement  of  reasoning  may  be  indulged  in 
by  those  who  seek  to  define  the  cause  for  the  entrance  of  the 
United  States  into  the  world  war  no  one  will  be  able  to  fasten 
upon  the  young  men  who  entered  the  sei'vice  of  their  country 
a  selfish  motive.  That  service  meant  a  sacrifice  to  every  man, 
and  especially  to  those  outside  the  regular  forces  of  the  army 
and  navy.  It  held  out  to  no  man  in  civil  life  a  promise  of 
anything  like  adequate  reward.  It  promised  nothing  in  the 
way  of  aggrandizement  to  the  man  himself  or  to  his  country. 
Whatever  war-makers,  empire-builders,  profiteers  or  others 
who  might  be  advantaged  by  a  disturbed  state  of  society  may 
have  thought  of  the  war,  the  young  men  who  entered  the 
service  believed  as  their  president  told  them — that  they  were 
enlisting  in  the  cause  of  humanity,  and  no  knight  of  olden 
days  ever  consecrated  himself  to  any  cause  with  greater  devo- 
tion than  did  the  young  men  who  enlisted  in  the  United  States 
forces,  even  if  they  made  little  or  no  ceremony  of  their  em- 
barkation in  the  cause. 

The  story  of  the  heroism  of  American  boys  is  written  in 
blood  upon  every  European  battle  field,  and  also  in  the 
records  of  American  camps  and  hospitals.     Many  volumes 

661 


662 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLIBIBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


would  be  required  to  tell  that  story  as  it  deserves ;  and,  since 
but  brief  mention  can  be  made  of  the  glories  that  are  mingled 
with  the  horrors  of  the  late  war,  we  will  have  fulfilled  our 
task  if  we  but  draw  attention  to  the  record  of  some  of  the 
Illinois  members  of  the  Order  who  gave  their  lives  or  so  valor- 
ously  exposed  them  as  to  draw  down  upon  themselves  the 
approval  and  admiration  of  those  cognizant  of  their  efforts. 


CAPTAIN  JOSEPH  P.  VOLLMAN, 
DeSoto   Council 


EMMET  P.  O'CONNELL, 
Charles  Carroll  Council 


The  men  who  gave  their  lives  for  their  country  in  the  war 
have  been  designated  as  Gold  Stars.  Of  the  12,000  members 
of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  Illinois  who  served  their  coun- 
try during  the  war  there  were  214  who  made  the  supreme 
sacrifice,  and  are  accordingly  referred  to  as  Gold  Stars.  It  is 
regrettable  that  it  now  seems  impossible  to  state  the  circum- 
stances under  which  each  of  our  members  came  to  his  death. 
Fairly  complete  records  of  some  of  them,  however,  are  avail- 
able, and  may  be  briefly  set  down. 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM  663 

It  must  be  said  that  it  is  no  easy  task  to  gather  correct 
information  regarding-  the  heroes  of  the  war. 

Junius  B.  Wood,  Chicago  Daily  News  correspondent,  whose 
cable  of  August  8,  1918,  told  of  some  recent  exploits,  added 
his  own  comment : 

' '  The  modesty  of  these  heroes  after  a  fight  is  typical  of  true 
bravery.  They  are  invariably  reticent  in  discussing  exploits  of 
theirs  which  in  other  ages  would  have  inspired  poets  to  glorify 
them  in  song  or  historians  to  laud  them  in  story.  They  dis- 
miss with  a  word  deeds  in  which  they  risked  their  lives. ' ' 

This,  of  course,  applies  to  those  who  survived  the  conflict, 
but  there  are  many  difficulties  in  the  way  of  securing  full  and 
correct  information  concerning  those  who  gave  their  lives. 

In  the  following  pages  only  a  few  of  the  Gold  Stars  are 
mentioned  at  length,  and  perhaps  none  is  given  his  just  deserts, 
but  at  this  short  distance  from  the  events  the  sacrifices  are 
perhaps  not  fully  appreciated,  and  consequently  have  been 
but  partly  told.  Here,  however,  is  a  brief  story  of  some  of  our 
Gold  Star  heroes. 

"STRUCK  OUT"i 

In  Memory  of  William  Francis  LinsJcey,  Killed  in 

Action  September  26th,  1918. 

Twin   pictures  in  his  robes   of  war   and   play 

And    symbols    of    a    sainted    hero's    role — - 

These,  and  the  mem'ry  of  a  Spartan  soul 
Are  all  we  have  to  mark  his  earthly  stay. 
When  country  called,  to  foreign  lands  away 

He    sailed — the    battlefield    his    goal; 

And  youthful  hands,  then   gripped  the   rifle's  bole, 
The  bat  aside   to  wait  a  happier   day. 
Now,  on  a  fairer  field  beyond  the  skies 

A   soldier   of   the   King   in   peace   abides 
His    Maker's    decoration    on    his   breast. 
A  baton,  as  the  symbol  of  his  rise, 

Completes  the  trinity — the  private  rides 
As  Marshal  in  the   pageant  of  the  blessed. 

— Patrick    J.    J.    McCarthy. 


1.     The    feeling    lines    and    satisfying    slcetch    by    Linskey's    friend    and 
intimate,   Patrick   J.  J.   McCarthy,   have   been  inserted   verbatim. 


''"■-'■■" 


Angarola,  Michael  L. 
Allen,  William  J. 
Ashley,  John  C. 
Aught,  William 
Aussen,  Arthur  D. 
Babst,  Edward 
Bailey,  Herbert 
Barry,  Edward  J. 
Becker,  William  J. 
Benson,  Edward  W. 
Bergschneider, Werner  J. 
Beyers,   Bernard 
Blerman,  Frank  X. 
Bleaks,  Paul 
Boeckman,  Joseph 
Bonfield,  George 
Bowers,  Walter  C. 
Bowlan,  Edward  P. 
Boyle,  Peter  P. 
Burke,  Emmet 
Burns,  Thomas 
Butler,  H.  J. 
Calmeyn,  Norman 
Callahan,  William  J. 
Cartan,  Richard  F. 
Carroll,  John 
C.irr,  Peter 
Casey,  Emmet  M. 
Coleman,  Matthew 
Cornwall,   Norman 
Costello,  L.  V. 
Cronin,  Edward  F. 
Cronin,  Peter  T. 
Czeski,  Frank 
Devlin,  Charles  J. 
DLttman,  Carl  J. 
Dion,  Joseph 
Dirks,  Joseph 
Dockendorff,  Frederick 
Donohue,  James  J. 
Dowling,  Joseph  J. 
Dunne,  Rev.  J.  J. 
Eddy,  Leo  Charles 
Egan,  Bernard  A. 
Eggermauj  Albert  H. 
Elbus,  George  J. 
Ellis,  Edward  F. 
Fairfax,  Frank  L. 
Ferenbach,  John 
Flckbaum,    Herman    F. 
Fitzgerald,  William 
Flanagan,  Edward 
Flanagan,  J.  P. 
Flynn,  Lee 
Freis,  Fred  P. 
Gardiner,  Charles  A. 
Ganninger,  George  W. 
Gay,  Stanley  T. 
Garry,  Edward  J. 
Gerding,  Fred  W. 
Glynn,  J.  J. 
Gordon,  Bernard  A. 
Grennan,  Joseph  P. 
Griffin,   Richard 
Guerin,  John  J. 
Haas,  Fred 
Hahn,  Hazlett 
Hallihan,    W.   A. 
Hanley,  Leo 
Hanning,  William  H. 
Hassett,  Thomas  J. 
Haugh,  William  J. 


Hayden,  William  M. 
Helms,  John  H. 
Herely,  Epimet  L. 
Hiltenbrand,   Arnold    P. 
Hoffman,  Theodore 
Hogan,  Arthur 
Holthaus,'  Gustav 
Horan,  Stephen 
Howe,  Bernard  J. 
Hughes,  John  A. 
Hunt,  Arnold  S. 
Huntley,  Boy 
Ives,  Joseph  F. 
Jacky,  Philip  J. 
James,  Warner  J. 
Janiszewski,  John  V. 
Johnson,  Edward  G. 
Johnston,  Joseph  E. 
Jones,  David  H. 
Joseph,  Joseph  J. 
Kalvelage^  George  J. 
Kartheiser,  M.  M. 
Keenan,  John  A. 
Kelly,  John  F. 
Kelly,  Edward  Ignatius 
Kelley,  Raymond  J. 
Kelleher,  T.  L. 
Kelter,  James  C. 
Kennedy,   Robert  R. 
Kilburg,  Matthew  J. 
Kildufif,  Joseph  F. 
Kinsella,  Thomas 
Klingler,  Leo  L. 
Kniery,  Edward 
Koenig,  William  F,  J. 
Koerkemeyer,  Antony 
Korte,  Joseph 
Lahey,  Robert  L. 
Lavelle,  Thomas  J. 
Layden,  T.   E. 
Legris,  Max 
Leingany,  Frank  J. 
Lennon,  Edmund  H. 
Lerch,  Leo  J. 
Libert,  Rev.  Lucien  G. 
Libonati,  Michael  E. 
Lynskey,  Emmett 
Lippoldt.  Joseph 
Luxem,  Leonard  P. 
Linskey,   William  F. 
Lyman,  Richard 
Lyons,  Bernard  M. 
Madden,  John  C. 
Majewski,  Casimer 
Mangion,  Thomas  E. 
Manning,  Raymond  M. 
Matre,  Lawrence  S. 
Mattingly^  Leo 
McCarthy^  Eugene   S. 
McClusky,  Byron  V. 
McCullough,   LeRoy   C. 
McCune,  Harold  A. 
McDonald,  Joseph 
McEnery,  Patrick  B. 
McGinnis.    J.   F. 
Maguire,  Charles 
McGuire,  Charles 
McKenna,  Hugh  A. 
McMeel,  Bernard  F. 
McQuaid,  Arthur  F. 
McQuaid,  Hugh 

664 


Metzen,  William  J. 
Miller,  L.  C. 
Monckton,  Thomas 
Moore,  John  M. 
Moran,  Emmett 
Mulhern,  Lawrence  S. 
Murray,  Patrick  J. 
Murray,  S.  E. 
Navigato,  Frank  P. 
Nolan,  William  Michael 
O'Connell,  Francis  M. 
O'Connell,  Emmet  P. 
O'Connor,  Maurice  T. 
O'Donaghue,  Frank  M. 
O'Leary,  Robert  E. 
O'Shaughnessy,  James  J. 
Paynter,  Frank  J. 
Peifer,  William 
Phalen,  James  J. 
Phillips,  Wallace 
Poprzyski,  Sylvester 
Pritzlaff,  Charles  P. 
Prost,  Nicholas  A. 
Quinn,  James  P. 
Quinne,  Clarence  B. 
Reilly,  Edward 
Riedy,  Robert  M. 
Rissi,  Edward  H. 
Robe,  Frank 
Roseman,  Francis 
Rourke,  R.  J. 
Rouse,  Clare  F. 
Ruhnke,  Leslie  C. 
Ryan,  J.  J. 
Ryan,  James  E. 
Ryan,  James  L. 
Scherer,  Karl 
Schmidt,  Paul,  Jr. 
Schmidt,  Henry 
Schmitt,  Charles  J. 
SchneLton^   Herman 
SchonofE,  Bernard 
Shea,  T.  H. 
Sherlock,  Matthew  J. 
Sheridan,  Michael 
Simon,  Francis  J. 
Smith,  John  B. 
Snadden,  John  J, 
Sokel,  James  A. 
Spinner,  Joseph 
Stout,  Albert  H. 
Sullivan,  John  J. 
Sullivan,  John  J. 
Sullivan,  Stanley  F. 
Thaller,  Joseph  E. 
Thoele,  Charles  H. 
Tlerney,  Frank  J. 
Romsco,  Joseph  M. 
Tremmel,  Fred 
Veasey,  Edward  J. 
Verlin,  Edward 
Verneuil,  Joseph 
Vignochi,  Ettore 
Vlk,  Edward 
Vogler,  Joseph  A. 
Vollman,  Joseph  P. 
Walter,  Martin  E. 
Wargin,  Sylvester 
Wellner,  Edwin 
Winkler,  George  C. 
Wolf,  Alvin 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM 


665 


Thrice  honored  for  valor,  William  Francis  Linskey,  private 
of  Company  "B,"  131st  Infantry,  Thirty-third  Division,  A. 
E.  F.,  was  killed  in  action  September  26th,  1918,  at  Forges 
Wood  in  the  Meuse-Argonne  offensive.  He  was  the  son  of  the 
late  Patrick  Linskey  and  Mary  Linskey,  310  West  Huron 


WILLIAM.  F. 

LINSKEY, 

Marquette  Council 


STANLEY  FRANCIS 

SULLIVAN, 

Daniel  Dowling 

Council 


JOHN  A.   HUGHES, 

Commodore  Barry 
Council  U.  S.  Regulars 


Street,  Chicago,  and  a  member  of  Marquette  Council,  No.  244, 
Knights  of  Columbus. 

"Bill"  Linskey  was  a  sterling  representative  of  that  type 
of  young  Catholic  manhood,  which  was  the  finest  contribution 
of  America  to  the  Allies.  Athletic,  his  body  developed  by 
years  of  playing  his  beloved  game  of  baseball,  it  was  fitting 


666  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

that  he  should  celebrate  the  Fourth  of  July  in  the  tragic  year 
of  '18  by  going  over  the  top  with  his  comrades,  a  Lewis  auto- 
matic rifle  in  the  hands  that  a  year  before  had  gripped  a  base- 
ball bat  in  one  of  the  many  games  he  had  played  at  the  Lake 
Shore  playground  in  Chicago.  He  mentioned  the  contrast  in 
a  letter  from  the  front  to  his  parents. 

For  his  gallantry  on  that  memorable  day  he  won  the  honors 
of  three  countries,  the  American  Distinguished  Service  Cross, 
the  French  Croix  de  Guerre  and  the  British  Military  Medal. 
The  official  citation,  issued  from  General  Headquarters,  Amer- 
ican Expeditionary  Forces,  and  signed  by  James  G.  Harbord, 
Chief  of  Staff  for  General  Pershing,  is  as  follows : 

At  Hamel,  July  4,  1918,  he  Tvas  severely  wounded  in  the  right  arm 
by  shrapnel  at  the  beginning  of  the  engagement.  He  continued  to  carry 
his  Lewis  gun  and  use  it  with  good  effect  in  the  assault  on  the  village 
of  Hamel,  thereby  exhibiting  great  gallantry  and  devotion  to  duty. 

"Sometimes  an  anecdote  illumines  a  character  more  than  a 
biography,"  says  the  venerable  Chauncey  Depew.  It  is  in 
connection  with  the  decoration  of  Linskey  by  King  George  of 
England,  with  the  British  Military  Medal,  that  is  told  one  of 
the  classics  of  the  war : 

The  King  had  made  a  900  mile  trip  along  the  front  and  had 
stopped  at  a  seventeenth  century  chateau  to  honor  the  first 
Americans  to  be  decorated  by  him  in  France.  General  Persh- 
ing and  Major  General  Bell  of  the  Thirty-third  Division 
awaited  him.  They  received,  respectively,  the  Knight  Grand 
Cross  of  the  Order  of  the  Bath  and  the  Knight  Grand  Cross  of 
St.  Michael  and  St.  George.  Then  followed  the  ceremonial 
when  nineteen  men  were  lined  up  before  him.  He  chatted 
a  while  with  each  man  and,  as  the  story  goes,  when  Bill  was 
asked,  "Is  there  an\i:hing  else  I  can  do?"  he  replied: 

"Yes,  Your  Majesty — for  God's  sake  free  Ireland." 

The  fighting  spirit  of  his  Gaelic  ancestors  flamed  up  in  that 
red-haired  lad  to  whom  the  battlefield  seemed  only  a  glorified 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM  667 

playground.     While    in   the   hospital,   recovering   from    his 
Fourth  of  July  wounds,  he  wrote  home: 

On  the  night  of  July  3rd  we  crept  out  into  No  Man's  Land  at  lii 
o'clock.  The  moon  was  not  shining.  We  laid  there  until  3  o'clock 
in  the  morning.  When  the  firing  began  we  advanced  into  the  German 
lines  and  captured  1,700  prisoners  and  some  machine  guns.  »  «  • 
I  got  hit  in  the  hand  and  it  sure  did  bleed.  Everything  looked  safe 
so  I  sat  alongside  a  dugout  and  was  tying  a  handkerchief  on  my  wound 
when  I  heard  some  Germans  talking.  I  turned  my  automatic  rifle  in 
there  (it  holds  47  bullets)  and  told  the  Germans  to  come  out.  They 
did  and  all  went  on  their  knees,  yelling  "Merci,  Kamerad!  "  I  counted 
them  and  there  were  13.  (I  will  have  100  before  I  quit.)  I  suppose 
if  I  hadn't  been  there  they  would  have  started  something  but  when 
they  saw  the  automatic  rifle  I  had  them  even  cryrng.2 

There  is  a  story  out  of  his  ball  playing  days  which  the 
writer  of  these  lines  can  relate  at  first  hand,  being  a  witness  of 
the  incident.  He  was  playing  third  base  on  his  council 's  team 
in  an  indoor  contest.  One  of  his  best  friends  on  the  opposing 
team  let  a  bat  slip  from  his  hands,  which  struck  Linskey  on 
the  left  temple  and  cut  an  ugly  gash.  It  was  the  last  of  the 
eighth  and  Bill  was  next  up  to  bat  in  the  ninth.  This  was  his 
first  remark  on  recovering  consciousness  on  a  dressing  room 
table : 

"Well,  I  hope  the  guy  that  bats  for  me  gets  a  hit!" 

Wlien  the  Great  Umpire  called  the  last  play  on  Bill  he  was 
there  "in  the  pinch." — Patrick  J.  J.  McCarthy, 

James  Anthony  Sokel,  of  Englewood  Council,  lost  his  life 
while  in  the  service  on  July  31,  1917.  He  entered  the  Navj- 
and  was  at  Great  Lakes  Training  Station  for  about  ten  days, 
when  he  was  ordered  East  to  board  the  training  ship  Delaware. 
He  sailed  on  the  Standard  Oil  Tanker  "Motano"  July  5,  1917, 
having  been  appointed  Captain  of  the  gun  crew.  The  Motano 
was  sunk  off  the  Irish  coast  on  July  31,  1917,  and  Sokel  was 

drowned. 

Sokel  was  bom  in  Chicago  on  September  26,  1893,  and 


2.     Letter  in  possession  of  his  mother. 


668 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


resided  there  until  August,  1899,  when  he  and  his  family 
removed  to  Chatsworth,  111.  In  July,  1905,  the  family  returned 
to  Chicago  and  have  since  resided  there.  Young  Sokel  at- 
tended SS.  Peter  and  Paul  Convent  in  Chatsworth,  and  com- 
pleted his  grammar  education  in  the  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes 
School  in  Chicago,  graduating  in  the  year  1918,  after  which  he 
secured   employment  with  L.  Bosch  &   Company,   Jewelers. 


EDWARD  J.  VEASEY. 
Illinois  Council 


DAVID  HOWARD  JONES, 
Ridge  Council 


Before  entering  the  service  he  worked  several  places,  includ- 
ing the  Western  Electric  Company,  the  Wabash  and  the 
C.  &  W.  I.  Railways.  He  left  the  service  of  the  C.  &  W.  I. 
to  enlist  in  the  United  States  Navy  in  April,  1917.  While 
employed  he  attended  night  courses  in  the  Art  Institute  for 
drawing.  He  was  a  great  lover  of  sports  of  all  kinds,  especially 
boxing,  wrestling  and  gymnastics,  and  had  many  friends 
in  athletic  circles.^ 


3.     Information  furnished  by  parents. 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM  669 

Lieut.  Edward  J.  Veasey,  of  Illinois  Council,  was  attached 
to  Company  F,  168th  Infantry,  42nd  Division,  A.  E.  F.  He 
was  born  in  Lima,  Ohio,  May  7,  1889,  and  was  graduated  from 
St.  Rose  Catholic  High  School,  June  22,  1905.  He  graduated 
from  Kent  College  of  Law  at  Chicago  on  June  1,  1916,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  July,  1916.  During  his  junior 
and  senior  years  he  was  professor  of  public  speaking  at  the 
college  and  after  graduating  was  engaged  in  law  practice  in 
Chicago  with  Hon.  James  C.  McShane.  He  entered  the  Fort 
Sheridan  Officers  Training  School,  August  26,  1916,  was  com- 
missioned October  29,  1917,  and  sailed  for  overseas  January 
23,  1917. 

According  to  information  received  at  the  time  of  his  death 
Lieut.  Veasey  went  into  one  of  the  trenches  with  six  other 
officers  and  was  near  an  army  shell  which  exploded  in  the 
trench.  Two  of  the  men  were  killed  outright,  and  Veasey  with 
several  of  the  other  wounded  was  started  for  hospitals.  As 
one  of  the  American  hospitals  was  approached  it  was  found 
under  bomb  fire  of  the  German  Air  Squadron.  The  stretcher 
bearers  then  turned  around  and  started  for  another  Base 
Hospital  with  Veasey.  Before  they  arrived  there  he  had  died, 
not  being  able  to  withstand  the  shock  and  wound  from  the 
bursted  shell. 

His  parents  received  the  following  message  from  Capt. 
Davis  C.  Arnold : 

"As  zone  major  of  the  42d  Division,  it  is  my  duty  to  notify  you  of 
the  death  of  your  son,  Lieut.  Edward  J.  Veasey,  who  was  detailed  from 
the  168th  Infantry,  Co.  F,  to  take  up  the  duties  of  town  major.  I  wish 
I  could  in  words  express  my  feelings  of  appreciation  for  the  service 
rendered  by  your  son  for  his  country.  He  took  up  the  town  major  work 
in  a  most  able  and  conscientious  manner,  and  as  such  I  relied  upon  him 
to  meet  the  most  difficult  problems  of  the  service. 

On  the  morning  of  the  15th  of  July  your  son,  together  with  eight 
or  nine  of  his  brother  officers,  left  their  barracks  in  which  they  were 
quartered  and  took  shelter  in  a  trench  near  the  same.  A  shell  exploded, 
killing  two  officers  and  wounding  your  son.     He  was  immediately  sent 


670  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

to  an  evacuation  hospital.  While  on  his  way  to  the  operating  room,  the 
Germans  shelled  the  hospital,  making  it  necessary  to  remove  the  wounded 
from  the  same.  This,  however,  was  not  accomplished  until  a  great  many 
had  been  killed.  I  believe  that  your  son  would  have  lived  had  it  not 
be4;n  for  the  shelling  of  the  hospital,  as  it  delayed  the  operation  all  of 
five  hours.  I  was  unable  because  of  my  duties  to  be  with  your  son 
during  the  last  moments  of  his  life,  but  did,  however,  see  him  about 
four  hours  before  he  died.  At  this  time  he  had  a  smile  on  his  face  and 
had  no  complaints  to  make.  He  died  in  a  tent  ward  of  the  hospital  in  a 
little  town  near  Chalons. 

One  of  the  nurses  who  was  with  him  when  he  passed  away  will  write 
you;  I  wish  that  I  could  write  in  a  way  that  would  be  to  you  at  this 
hoar  a  recompense  for  the  loss  that  you  and  our  country  have  suffered 
by  reason  of  your  son's  death.  Men  of  your  son's  type  and  character 
will  bring  to  this  world  a  democratic  peace. 

As  his  mother,  I  honor  you  for  giving  to  your  country  a  noble, 
brave  and  valued  soldier. 

Yours  in  deepest  sympathy, 
(Signed)  David  C.  Arnold, 

Captain. 

It  is  said  of  Lieutenant  Veasey  by  his  closest  friends  that 
tt  ere  was  never  a  morning  of  his  life,  providing  sickness  did 
n(.t  prevent,  that  he  was  not  seen  at  an  early  Mass,  frequently 
during  the  week  receiving  Holy  Communion.  He  was  well 
known  and  was  very  popular  with  many  prominent  members 
of  the  Chicago  bar.* 

John  V.  Janiszewski  of  Lafayette  Council,  was  a  Corporal 
in  the  service,  and  was  killed  in  action  in  France,  on  August 
2,  1918.  Serving  as  a  member  of  a  raiding  party  sent  over 
No  Man's  Land  he  became  the  victim  of  a  hand  grenade  thrown 
by  the  enemy. 

Charles  McGuire  and  Edward  Kniery,  both  of  Alton  Coun- 
cil, were  killed  in  action. 

Joseph  P.  Vollman  of  De  Soto  Council  was  killed  in  action. 
Vollman  was  a  member  of  Co.  A,  58th  Inf.,  4th  Div.,  and  came 
to  his  death  October  6,  1918. 


4.     Valuable   and   interesting  details  furnished  by  Frank  J.  Murnlghan, 
an  intimate  friend  of  the  deceased.    Photograph  supplied  by  a  sister. 


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671 


Lieut.  Bernard  F.  McMeel,  of  Calumet  Council,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Co.  E,  9th  Inf.,  A.  E.  F.,  commissioned  at  Fort  Sheridan 
November  27,  1917.  He  was  killed  while  leading  his  command 
in  action  during  the  allied  advance  south  of  Soissons,  July 


JOHN  JOSEPH 

SULLIVAN 
Leo  XIII  Council 


LEO   L.    KLINGLBR, 
Olney   Council 


JOSEPH  P. 

GRENNAN 
Streator  Council 


18,  1918.     His  parents  were  presented  with  a  Distinguished 
Service  Cross. 

Lieut.  Leroy  McCullough,  also  of  Calumet  Council,  was  a 
member  of  Battery  A,  124th  Machine  Gun  Battalion.  Lieut. 
McCullough  was  commissioned  at  Camp  Stanley,  Leon  Springs, 
Texas,  and  came  to  his  death  while  capturing  a  machine  gun 
nest  in  the  Argonne  Forest,  October  9,  1918. 


672  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Private  Thomas  J.  Hassett,  also  of  Calumet  Council,  served 
with  Co.  E,  134th  Inf.,  and  was  killed  in  the  Argonne  Forest, 
October  8,  1918,  during  the  allied  drive  which  brought  the  war 
to  a  close,  and  in  the  Illinois  division  which  played  such  an  im- 
portant part. 

Sergt.  James  J.  0 'Shauglmessy,  also  of  Calumet  Council, 
was  a  mechanic  in  the  aero  sei"vice,  and  was  killed  in  an  aero- 
plane accident  at  Camp  Orley,  France,  February  11,  1919. 

Theodore  Hoffman,  of  Effingham  Council,  was  a  member 
of  Co.  G,  130th  Inf.,  33rd  Div.,  and  was  killed  in  action  on 
November  10,  1918. 

Herman  F.  Fiekbaum,  of  Galena  Council,  was  mortally 
wounded  on  August  10,  1918.  Fiekbaum  was  a  private  in  Co. 
E,  59th  Inf.,  4th  Div. 

Clare  F.  Rouse,  of  Galena  Council,  was  mortally  wounded 
on  September  12,  1918.  He  was  a  member  of  Co.  D,  35oth 
Inf.,  89th  Div.  Rouse  left  Galena  on  April  27,  1918,  arriving 
in  France  on  June  16th  and  was  on  the  firing  line  July  8th. 
He  participated  in  a  number  of  battles  and  was  killed  at  St. 
Mihiel.    He  was  but  22  years  old  at  the  date  of  his  death. 

Francis  M.  O'Connell,  of  DeKalb  Council,  met  a  tragic 
death  on  October  6,  1918,  off  the  shores  of  Scotland  on  board 
the  transport  Otranto.  His  ship  collided  with  the  British 
destroyer  Kashmir,  and  for  several  hours  all  lives  were  de- 
spaired of.  O'Connell  was  recovering  from  an  attack  of  in- 
fluenza and  the  exposure  so  weakened  his  condition  that  he 
was  taken  off  ship  and  left  at  a  hospital  in  Glasgow,  Scotland, 
where  he  died. 

Clarence  B.  Quinn,  also  of  DeKalb  Council,  died  after  a 
long  siege  of  influenza  contracted  while  in  the  service. 

James  L.  Ryan,  of  Chatsworth  Council,  a  private  serving 
with  Co.  A,  345th  Machine  Gun  Battalion  of  the  9th  Division, 
was  killed  in  action  September  20,  1918,  at  Commue  of  Villars- 
Sous-Preny,  Meurth-et-Moselle,  France.  Ryan  entered  the 
service  April  28,  1918,  at  Pontiac;  was  sent  to  Camp  Dodge, 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM  673 

Iowa,  and  from  there  to  Camp  Travis,  Texas ;  thence  to  Camp 
Mills,  New  York;  thence  to  France.  Young  Ryan  was  born 
Feb.  27,  1896,  of  Aloysius  P.  Ryan  and  Mary  Ellen  (Cleary) 
Ryan  of  Strawn,  Illinois.    He  attended  St.  Viator's  College.^ 

Edward  J.  Garry,  of  Feehan  Council,  was  killed  in  action 
in  France.  He  had  previously  been  decorated  with  the  Dis- 
tinguished Service  Cross. 

Leo  Hanle}',  of  the  same  council,  also  was  killed  in  action 
in  France. 

Hazlett  Hahn,  of  Danville  Council,  was  killed  in  action  in 
France. 

Emmet  0 'Council,  of  Chas.  CarroU  Council,  was  killed  in 
battle  at  Chateau  Thierry. 

Leslie  C.  Ruhnke,  of  the  same  Council,  was  killed  in  action 
at  Argonne  Forest. 

Carl  J.  Dittman,  of  Woodstock  Council,  was  kiUed  in 
action  at  Belleau  Woods,  June  13,  1918.  He  was  in  service 
with  the  6th  Regiment,  7-4th  Company  U.  S.  Marines,  in  which 
he  enlisted  December  6,  1917.  Dittman  was  born  February  2, 
1895,  and  prior  to  his  enlistment  was  employed  by  the  Oliver 
Typewriter  Company. 

Henry  Schmitt,  also  of  Woodstock  Council,  was  killed  in 
action  at  the  battle  of  Chipply  Ridge,  August  9,  1918.  As  a 
youth  he  entered  the  emplojTuent  of  the  Oliver  Typewriter 
Company,  but  on  June  9,  1914,  enlisted  in  Co.  G,  3rd  Illinois 
National  Guard,  for  a  period  of  three  years.  On  May  1,  1915, 
he  was  appointed  Corporal  and  on  April  1,  1916,  he  was  pro- 
moted to  Sergeant.  On  June  29,  1916,  he  was  mustered  into 
service  at  Springfield,  Illinois,  to  serve  on  the  Mexican  Border. 
In  June,  1917,  he  re-enlisted  as  Mess  Sergeant  in  Co.  G.  With 
his  company  he  left  Woodstock  on  the  13th  of  September,  1917, 
for  Camp  Logan,  Texas.  He  attended  the  Officers'  training 
school  at  Leon  Springs,  Texas,  from  February  to  April,  1918, 
returning  to  his  company  for  a  short  time,  being  then  trans- 


5.     Information  furnished  by  parents. 


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ferred  to  Headquarters  Company,  130th  Regiment.  On  the  2d 
of  May,  1918,  he  left  Camp  Logan  for  Camp  Upton,  leaving 
the  latter  camp  on  May  15th.  On  May  16th,  1918,  he  sailed 
from  New  York  with  Headquarters  Company,  130th  Regiment, 
landing  at  Brest,  May  24.  He  was  then  transferred  to  Co.  B, 
130th  Inf.,  as  Provisional  2nd  Lieut.    He  was  promoted  to  the 


HUGH   A.    McKENNA, 
Newman   Council 


THOMAS  J.   LAVELLE, 
Keenan   Council 


rank  of  2nd  Lieut,  early  in  August,  but  was  killed  in  action 
before  official  notice  of  his  promotion  reached  him.*^ 

Thomas  J.  Lavelle,  of  Keenan  Council,  (Amboy)  received 
a  mortal  wound  on  October  18,  1918,  Private  Lavelle  was 
called  to  the  service  March  29,  1918,  and  after  some  training 
in  American  camps  reached  France  on  June  11th,  and  went 
into  position  on  the  front  lines  August  22nd.  On  September 
10th,  he  was  attached  to  the  1st  Division ;  moved  into  position 
at  St.  Mihiel,  September  12th,  where  the  drive  opened  up  at 


6.     Information  obtained  of  parents. 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM  675 

^one  A.  M.,  on  Dead  Man's  Hill.  With  his  detachment  he  left 
the  Mihiel  Woods  September  15th,  marched  23  miles  on  foot 
and  entered  the  first  Argonne  battle,  52  miles  from  Mihiel  in 
which  he  participated  during  the  Argonne  and  Meuse  drive 
October  4th  to  October  18th.  He  advanced  to  Romange 
October  22nd,  where  he  remained  until  November  1st,  when 
he  was  wounded  by  losing  his  right  arm  at  the  shoulder. 
He  was  given  first  aid  and  taken  to  an  Evacuation  hospital  and 
operated  on  November  2nd.  Was  moved  to  the  Base  Hospital, 
No.  202,  Orleans,  France,  November  4th,  but  died  November 
5,  1918.  The  brave  young  fellow  was  cited  for  valorous  con- 
duct at  Romange,  France,  on  November  1,  1918,  and  his  name 
inscribed  on  the  roll  of  honor  of  the  Prairie  Division,  Gen. 
George  Bell,  Jr.,  Commander.  His  remains  arrived  in  Amboy 
from  overseas  on  January  7,  1919,  and  were  laid  to  rest  in 
St.  Patrick's  Cemetery.  The  American  Legion  and  Knights 
of  Columbus  attended  the  funeral  ceremonies." 

George  Bonfield,  of  Fort  Dearborn  Council,  was  killed  in 
action  in  France  the  day  before  the  armistice  was  signed. 

Joseph  F.  Kilduff,  Jr.,  of  Calvert  Council,  was  killed  in 
the  battle  of  the  Argonne,  September  27,  1918.  Kilduff  had 
been  hastily  called  into  action  and  although  he  fought  through 
the  battles  of  Chateau  Thierry  and  Belleau  Woods  he  came  to 
the  Argonne  unscathed.    Here,  however,  he  gave  up  his  life. 

John  C.  Madden,  of  the  same  council,  was  in  the  thick  of 
the  fighting  during  the  autumn  of  1918,  and  died  of  wounds 
received  in  battle  on  October  7,  1918. 

Joseph  P.  Grennan,  of  Streator  Council,  died  of  wounds 
received  in  the  Meuse-Argonne  battle  on  October  26,  1918. 
Brought  to  Paris  he  succumbed  to  his  wounds  on  November 
28,  1918. 

Bernard  M.  Lyons,  of  Odell  Council,  gave  up  his  life  in  a 
heroic  attempt  to  reach  another  division  for  orders,  for  which 
service  he  had  volunteered. 


7.     Information  from  parents. 


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KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Edward  Ignatius  Kelly,  of  Loyola-Hyde  Park  Council,  died 
from  gas  poisoning.  Kelly  was  a  private  in  Battery  C,  139th 
Field  Artillery,  which  he  entered  June  14,  1918.  He  was  at 
the  battle  front  from  October  17th  to  December  15th,  1918, 
and  died  at  the  United  States  Marine  Hospital  on  Nov.  27, 
1920. 

Patrick  J.  Murray  of  General  James  Shields  Council  was 
killed  in  battle  in  the  Argonne  Forest, 

George  J.  Kalvelege  of  Kavenswood  Council  died  of  wounds 


EDWARD  I.  KELLY, 
Loyola-Hyde  Park  Council 


MICHAEL  SHERIDAN, 
Brownson  Council 


received  in  battle.  He  entered  the  service  with  the  First  Reg- 
iment Illinois  National  Guard  at  the  time  of  the  Mexican 
Border  trouble,  and  when  this  country  entered  the  world  war 
he  re-enlisted  in  the  same  regiment,  afterwards  named  the 
131st.  He  fought  in  all  the  battles  participated  in  by  his  reg- 
iment, and  was  wounded  several  times,  from  the  results  of 
which  wounds  he  died  in  January,  1919. 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM  677 

William  M.  Kartheiser,  of  Ravenswood  Council,  was  a 
member  of  the  same  regiment.  Fought  in  all  the  battles  up 
to  the  time  of  his  mortal  wound,  which  he  received  at  Chippily 
Ridge,  and  from  which  he  died  October  25,  1918.  The  remains 
of  both  these  heroes  were  brought  home. 

Michael  Sheridan,  of  Brownson  Council,  died  of  wounds  re- 
ceived at  the  fight  in  the  St.  Mihiel  sector. 

William  J.  Allen,  of  Thomas  Aquinas  Council,  was  killed 
in  battle  on  the  night  of  October  31,  1918.  He  entered  the 
service  October  3,  1917,  at  Camp  Grant,  and  was  assigned  to 
Company  C,  342nd  Infantry,  86th  Division;  from  there  he 
was  transferred  to  Camp  Logan  at  Houston,  Texas,  April  1, 
1918;  next  to  Camp  Upton,  Long  Island,  May  3,  1918.  He 
sailed  from  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  on  steamship  Agamemnon,  May 
16,  1918,  and  arrived  at  Brest,  France,  May  24,  1918;  was 
transferred  to  the  British  Training  area  near  Oisemont,  June 
1st,  moved  closer  to  the  front  lines  near  Amiens  about  July 
1st.  He  took  part  in  the  battle  at  Albert  near  Amiens.  He 
was  next  transferred  from  the  British  area  to  the  First  Amer- 
ican army  in  the  Toul  sector,  August  28,  1918,  which  moved 
near  Verdun  September  6th,  relieving  a  French  division. 
Took  part  in  the  Meuse-Argonne  battle  September  26th,  to 
October  20,  1918;  moved  to  Troyon-Sur-Meuse  on  the  St. 
Mihiel  sector  to  the  relief  of  an  American  division.  It  was  here 
in  the  sector  near  Marcheville  that  he  and  several  of  his  men 

met  death. ^ 

John  A.  Hughes,  of  Commodore  Barry  Council,  Chicago, 
w^as  killed  in  action  in  the  Argonne,  October  6,  1918. 

Corp.  William  J.  Metzen,  of  Harvard  Council,  was  killed 
at  Chateau  Thierry. 

Maurice  T.  O'Connor,  of  San  Salvador  Council,  Chicago, 
was  killed  in  battle  October,  1918,  while  carrying  an  injured 

soldier  off  the  field. 

Norman  Cornwall,  of  Americus  Council,  serving  in  Co. 


8.     Information  from  parents. 


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KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


A,  5th  Separate  Eeplacement  Battalion,  U.  S.  Marines,  died 
from  wounds  received  in  action  on  November  6,  1918. 

WiUiam  M.  Hayden,  also  of  Americus  Council,  was  killed 
in  action  October  3,  1918. 

George  J.  Elbus,  of  Mt.  Sterling  Council,  connected  with 
Headquarters  Company  H,  39th  Inf.,  died  of  wounds  received 
in  action  on  October  16,  1918, 

Leo  L.  Klingler,  of  Olney  Council,  died  of  pneumonia  and 


JAMBS  J.   DONOHUE, 
Loyola-Hyde  Park  Council 


EDWIN  C.   WELLNER, 
Alleman    Council 


was  buried  in  the  American  cemetery  at  Zambelles  (Finistere), 
France. 

George  C.  "Winkler,  Carlyle  Council,  private,  formerly  re- 
siding at  Germantown,  Illinois,  was  killed  in  battle. 

Carlyle  Council  had  an  unusually  long  death  roll,  five 
of  its  members  giving  their  lives  in  the  service,  viz.,  Joseph 
Boeckmann,  Gustav  Holthaus,  Antony  Koerkemeyer,  Joseph 
Korte,  and  George  C.  Winkler.    Particulars  of  these  deaths 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM  679 

are  unavailable,  except  in  the  case  of  Joseph  Boeckmann,  who 
died  of  diphtheria  on  January  27,  1918,  at  Camp  Pike  under 
distressing  circumstances. 

Kasimer  Majewski,  of  Tonti  Council,  enlisted  in  the  navy 
at  the  outbreak  of  the  war.  In  service  aboard  a  U.  S.  de- 
stroyer he  was  stationed  in  the  Crows  Nest  as  lookout  for 
submarines.  He  kept  his  watch  in  the  severest  weather, 
and  while  in  the  submarine  zone  his  ship  began  rolling  in  a 
wild  storm,  and  he  was  blown  out  of  the  ''Crows  Nest"  into 
the  raging  sea,  never  to  be  seen  again.  The  Naval  Board  of 
Inquiry  declared  him  ' '  killed  in  line  of  duty. ' ' 

Nazareth  Council  has  a  long  list  of  gold  stars,  viz.,  Corp. 
Philip  J.  Jacky,  William  F.  J.  Koenig,  Serg.  James  P.  Quinn 
and  Francis  J.  Simon.  The  first  three  died  of  illness  brought 
on  by  exposure  in  the  service. 

Francis  J.  Simon  enlisted  in  the  76th  Co.,  of  the  6th  Regi- 
ment, U,  S.  M.  C,  May  5,  1917,  trained  at  Quantice,  Va.,  and 
Paris  Island,  S.  Carolina,  and  sailed  for  overseas  duties  in 
September,  arriving  in  France  October  5,  1918.    He  held  the 
rank  of  Sergeant  and  saw  duty  in  the  front  lines  in  the  bat- 
tles of  the  Marne,  Belleau  Woods,  Chateau  Thierry,  Soissons, 
Vierzy,    St.    Mihiel,    Champagne,    Blanc    Mont    and    ]\Ieusc 
Argonne.    He  was  wounded  in  the  Champagne  battle  of  Oc- 
tober 8,  at  the  town  of  St.  Etienne  and  sent  to  the  hospital. 
For  his  gallantrj^  on  that  occasion  "While  under  violent  ar- 
tillery and  machine  gun  fire  he  carried  important  messages  to 
the  two  commanders  of  the  units  of  attack  at  St.  Etienne.    He 
was  wounded  by  a  shell  splinter  and  evacuated,"  reads  a 
citation  from  General  Petain  of  the  French  forces.    "Rejoin- 
ing his  company  on  October  31  his  skull  was  pierced  by  a 
machine  gun  bullet  while  rushing  forward  in  the  leading  wave 
of  attack  against  a  machine  gun  nest  at  St.  Georges,  France, 
Nov.  1,  1918,  with  two  other  men  of  his  company  alongside  a 
tank  in  front  of  his  company.     The  men  in  the  tank  were 
killed,  as  were  also  those  following  Sergeant  Simon.     Un- 


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daunted,  he  continued  the  attack,  encountering  and  capturing 
the  crew  of  the  enemy  machine  gun  in  the  dugout,"  reads  a 
citation  from  General  Pershing,  Commander  of  the  American 
forces.  Several  other  citations  came  to  tliis  heroic  young 
marine. 

For  his  heroism  the  French  decorated  him  with  the  Croix 
de  Guerre,  the  Gold  Star,  the  Fourragere  and  the  Navy  Cross. 


JAMES  A.   SOKEL, 
Englewood   Council 


GEORGE  J.  ELBUS, 
Mt.    Sterling   Council 


The  government  of  the  United  States  awarded  him  the  Victory 
Medal  with  Ribbon,  the  Aisne  Defense  Battle  Clasp,  the  Aisne 
Marine  Battle  Clasp,  the  St.  Mihiel  Battle  Clasp,  the  Meuse 
Argonne  Battle  Clasp,  the  Defensive  Sector  Clasp,  five  Bronze 
Stars  and  two  Silver  Stars. 

Simons  died  at  Base  Hospital  No.  68  at  Mars-sur-Alliers, 
December  11,  1918.  His  remains  arrived  at  his  late  home  in 
LaGrange  on  Sunday  the  9th  of  January,  1920,  and  through- 
out the  days  and  evenings  up  to  the  time  of  the  departure 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM  681 

from  the  home  to  the  church  throngs  of  citizens  of  the  village 
paid  their  respects.  St.  Francis  Xavier  Church  was  packed 
to  the  doors  at  the  funeral  ceremonies,  which  were  conducted 
by  the  pastor,  Rev.  Joseph  A.  Bollman,  who  had  known  the 
young  man  since  his  coming  to  LaGrange,  and  who  paid  a 
glowing  tribute  to  the  brave  young  marine.^ 

Patrick  B.  McEnery,  of  Ridge  Council,  was  a  Top  Ser- 
geant, and  was  killed  in  action  in  France,  July  18,  1918. 

Fred  C.  Haas,  of  Alleman  Council,  Nauvoo,  was  killed  in 
action  September  6,  1918.  Haas  was  a  member  of  Co.  F,  359th 
Inf.,  and  was  24  years  old  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was 
buried  in  the  American  Cemetery  in  France,  but  his  remains 
were  sent  to  his  home  in  Nauvoo,  where  a  military  funeral  took 
place,  from  SS.  Peter  and  Paul's  Church,  the  American  Legion 
and  Knights  of  Columbus  marching  from  their  halls  to  the 
Church.  The  business  houses  were  closed  during  the  funeral, 
which  was  very  impressive.  The  casket  was  decorated  with 
the  American  flag  and  Knights  of  Columbus  emblems.  Seven 
American  Legion  soldier  boys  stood  guard  of  honor  at  either 
side  of  the  casket.  At  the  cemetery  the  American  Legion  held 
the  prescribed  services. 

Private  Edwin  C.  Wellner,  also  of  Alleman  Council,  was 
killed  in  battle  on  October  16,  1918.  He  was  attached  to  the 
333rd  Machine  Gun  Battalion ;  later  to  Co.  A,  343rd  Inf.,  and 
lastly  to  the  309th  Inf.,  Co.  L,  in  which  he  lost  his  life,  dur- 
ing the  fight  in  the  Argonne  at  a  point  about  three  miles  from 
the  city  of  Grand  Prix.  His  remains  also  have  been  returned 
to  the  United  States  and  buried  in  the  Catholic  Cemetery  at 
Nauvoo.^° 

Dr.  Arthur  Francis  McQuaid  of  St.  James  Council  enlisted 
in  April,  1917,  in  the  Medical  Corps,  and  was  commi.ssioned 
First  Lieutenant  July  5,  1917.    He  reported  for  duty  to  the 


9.     Father  supplied  fuU  information  including  oopii'S  of  offlcial  records. 
10.     Full    information    regarding    these    two    Nauvoo    «old    Stars    was 
furnished   by  W.    M.   Argast,   Council    Historiographer   and   publisher   of   Tln' 
'Nauvoo  Rustler. 


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Office  of  the  Surgeon  General  at  Washington,  D.  C,  in  Sep- 
tember, 1917,  and  was  assigned  to  duty  in  the  war  hospitals  of 
England,  where  he  remained  until  July,  1918,  when  he  was 
sent  to  work  with  the  British  forces  in  Flanders  and  Northern 
France.  Wliile  on  duty  in  the  front  trenches,  during  the 
Battle  of  the  Combre,  he  was  mortally  wounded,  and  died  two 


ARTHUR  FRANCIS   McQUAID, 

M.D., 

St.   James   Council 


FRANCIS  JOSEPH  SIMON, 
Nazareth  Council 


days  later,  October  15,  1918.  Dr.  McQuaid  was  born  in  Chi- 
cago on  July  19,  1890,  and  was  a  graduate  of  St.  James  High 
School  in  the  Class  of  1908.  He  received  his  medical  degree 
from  the  Medical  College  of  Loyola  University  with  the  Class 
of  1915.  He  served  his  internship  at  St.  Bernard's  Hospital, 
and  practiced  for  about   a   year  before   entering   the   war. 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM  683 

A  Captain's  commission  was  issued  for  him  on  April  15,  1919. 

Sergeant  Stanley  Francis  Sullivan  of  Daniel  Dowling 
Council  was  killed  in  action  on  July  15,  1918,  Sergeant  Sulli- 
van was  in  the  Infantry  service  with  Headquarters  Company 
of  the  30th  Regiment,  3rd  Division.  He  enlisted  on  the  5th 
of  December,  1917,  and  left  Chicago,  December  8th,  for  Jef- 
ferson Barracks.  From  there  he  went  to  Camp  Green,  North 
Carolina ;  then  to  Camp  Merritt ;  sailed  for  Europe  March  31, 
1918,  and  landed  in  France,  April  11th.  He  was  in  actual 
service  from  May  up  to  the  time  of  his  death.  Young  Sulli- 
van was  cited  for  bravery  during  the  Battle  of  Chateau 
Thierry  and  was  killed  in  the  second  battle  of  the  Marne  at 
6:30  A.  M.,  of  July  15,  1918,  at  the  Chanet  Chateau.  This 
young  hero  was  born  November  2,  1893 ;  was  educated  at  St. 
Agnes'  School,  after  which  he  took  a  course  in  a  business 
college.  He  was  an  accomplished  violinist  and  singer,  and 
had  bright  prospects  for  a  successful  business  career.  Prior 
to  his  entrance  into  the  service  he  held  a  responsible  posi- 
tion with  the  Miller  &  Hart  Packing  Company,  coming  to  that 
concern  from  the  employment  of  Armour  &  Company. 

An  account  of  his  death  is  contained  in  a  letter  of  his 
Regimental  Sergeant,  a  part  of  which  reads  as  follows : 

The  2iid  battle  of  the  Marne  started  at  12:00  midnight,  14th  of 
July,  1918,  by  the  Hun  throwing  one  of  the  most  intense  barrages  of  the 
war  upon  our  Sector.  Our  personnel  oflSce  where  Stanley  was  on  duty 
was  soon  enveloped  within  the  barrage  and  was  incessantly  shelled 
throughout  the  night.  At  6:30  A.  M.,  our  personnel  officer,  Capt.  Frank 
R.  Marston,  issued  orders  to  load  all  regimental  records  on  an  escort 
wagon  and  seek  safety  in  the  rear.  It  was  while  assisting  in  the  making 
secure  of  our  records,  that  Stanley  met  his  death.  He  was  standing 
near  the  wagon  directing  the  loading  when  a  Hun  shell  exploded  at  his 
side,  killing  himself,  Capt.  Marston  and  five  of  his  associates  and 
severely  and  mortally  wounding  others  in  the  vicinity.  After  the  fury 
of  the' barrage  subsided  and  after  the  Huns  were  forced  back  across 
the  Marne  River,  I  visited  LaChanet  in  search  of  Stanley  and  his 
comrades.  I  found  Stanley  dead  at  his  post,  death  being  instantaneous. 
His  body,  however,  was  not  badly  mutUated  and  at  the  time,  I  judged 


684 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLIBIBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


that  death  was  due  to  concussion.  I  immediately  notified  the  Surgeon  of 
the  111th  Infantry  regarding  the  casualties,  and  a  burial  detail  was  at 
once  dispatclied  to  the  scene  of  the  disaster.  One  week  later  when  re- 
turning to  the  front,  I  took  occasion  to  visit  LaChanet,  to  see  for  my- 
self that  the  orders  of  the  burial  party  had  been  carried  out.  I  found 
Stanley's  grave  at  the  rear  of  a  large  and  only  barn  at  the  Chateau.  It 
is  immediately  behind  the  wall,  a  cross  with  his  identification  tag  nailed 
on  it  was  placed  in  the  ground  upon  the  grave  and  overlooks  the  now 


CASIMER  MAJEWSKI, 
Tonti    Council 


MAURICE   F.    O'CONNOR, 

San    Salvador   Council, 

Killed  in  Action,  Oct.  18,  191S 


forever  historic  Marne  Kiver,  Avhere  the  turning  point  for  making  the 
world  safe  for  democracy  was  effected  and  for  wliieh  he  so  willingly  gave 
his  life. 

Of  his  qualities  the  officer  speaks  as  follows  : 

Stanley  came  to  us  about  the  15th  of  December,  1917,  at  Camp 
Greene,  North  Carolina,  when  our  regiment  was  recruiting  for  overseas 
service.  Myself  being  the  first  person  he  met  upon  his  arrival,  I  en- 
gaged him  in  conversation  and  learning  of  his  accomplishments  as  a 
stenographer  I  placed  liim  on  duty  in  my  office.  It  was  only  a  short 
time  until  Stanley  became  an  old  soldier,  he  worked  his  way  into  the 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM  685 

heart  of  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact,  through  his  soldierly  qual- 
ities, sunny  disposition  and  willingness  to  assist  and  help  others.  Of- 
ficers came  to  "Sully"  (by  this  time  had  become  his  nickname)  to  have 
their  work  done,  as  well  they  knew  it  was  only  "Sully"  who  could  take 
their  dictation  on  the  jump  and  put  the  work  out  in  a  style  distinctly 
"Sully."  I  often  wagered  money  at  our  Division  headquarters  for  a 
contestant  against  "Sully"  but  his  nan:e  as  a  stenographer  had  already 
became  known  throughout  the  division,  and  was  one  to  be  reckoned 
with.  His  departure  will  long  be  felt  by  the  officers,  his  office  colleagues, 
myself  and  the  efficiency  of  my  office. 'i 

Private  Hugh  A.  MeKemia  of  Newman  Council  died  on 
Armistice  Day,  November  11,  1918,  from  wounds  received  in 
battle.  He  entered  the  service  on  Easter  Saturday,  IMarch  30, 
1918.  After  a  few  weeks  at  Camp  Grant  he  was  transferred 
to  Camp  P^unston,  where  he  remained  about  two  weeks  at  tar- 
get practice.  From  there  he  was  transferred  to  Camj)  Mills, 
New  York,  where  he  joined  Company  A,  ."Jootli  Infantry,  and 
set  sail  for  England  early  in  June.  He  remained  at  Ramsey, 
England,  for  about  six  weeks,  studying  the  codes,  and  rejoined 
his  company  in  France  as  a  dispatcher.  On  August  13th  he 
was  advanced  to  the  firing  line,  and  from  this  tiine  on  he  was 
in  the  thick  of  the  battle  most  of  the  time.  On  November  5, 
1918,  at  Beauford,  he  was  thrice  wounded.  Pneumonia  de- 
veloped, and  he  was  sent  to  Base  Hospital  19,  A'ichy,  where  he 
died  on  Armistice  Day.  He  was  buried  on  November  13tli, 
with  full  military  honors  in  the  American  cemetery  at  Vichy, 
(Alliu)  France. 

Emmett  M.  Casey  of  Washington  Council  was  killed  in 
battle  on  August  7,  1918.  This  young  hero  was  the  soii  of 
James  J.  and  Mary  Green  Casey,  of  216  S.  Fourth  Avenue, 
Maywood,  111.,  and  was  born  at  Willow  Springs,  111.,  September 
22,  1897.  At  the  age  of  three  months  his  parents  moved  to 
Chicago,  where  the  boy  when  he  became  of  school  age  at- 
tended the  Myra  Bradwell  School,  Windsor  Park.  In  tlu; 
vear  1912  the  family  moved  to  Maywood,  Illinois,  and  in  the 


11.     Letters  in  possession  of  paronts. 


686 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


following  year  Emmett  graduated  from  the  St.  James  Paro- 
chial School  of  Maywood.  He  at  once  took  a  position  as  time- 
keeper for  his  father  on  general  construction  work.     In  the 


EMMETT    M.    CASEY, 
Washington  Council 


PATRICK  B.   McENERY, 
Ridge    Council 


MAJOR  C.  L.  WEBER, 
Cairo  Council 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM  687 

year  1915,  he  took  up  the  study  of  engineering  and  on  Novem- 
ber 21,  1917,  he  enlisted  in  the  108th  Engineers,  training  at 
Camp  Logan,  Houston,  Texas.  His  company  sailed  for  France 
on  the  Transport  George  Washington,  arrived  at  Brest  May 
18th,  1918,  and  came  under  fire  June  18th,  and  he  continued 
on  the  battle  front  until  the  day  of  his  death. 

On  the  evening  of  August  7th,  Casey  and  some  membei's 
of  his  company  were  sent  out  on  special  duty,  and  upon  their 
return  after  midnight  Serg.  Hay  was  selected  to  establish 
communication  with  the  infantry,  and  called  for  volunteers, 
when  the  following  men  responded :  ]\Iurphy,  Casey,  Clark, 
Weizbowski  and  Williams.  After  the  work  was  over  all  the 
men  returned  but  Casey.  Having  received  a  shot  he  proceeded 
forward,  but  the  heavy  loss  of  blood  weakened  him,  and  he  died 
about  an  hour  after  receiving  the  wound. 

Emmett  Casey's  parents  gave  another  son,  Douglas  Casey, 
to  the  service,  who  was  cited  and  decorated  for  bravery,  and 
their  patriotism  is  indicated  in  a  letter  regarding  Emmett,  in 
which  it  is  said :  ''He  was  the  dearest  in  the  world  to  us,  but 
we  are  satisfied  as  he  gave  his  life  for  his  country.  If  it  is 
worth  living  for,  it  is  worth  dying  for.  I  hope  we  will  always 
have  men  that  are  willing  to  die  for  their  country.  "^- 

DECORATED  AND  CITED 

The  men  who  attained  especial  distinction  in  the  service 
and  lived  to  rejoin  their  friends  and  take  up  the  interrupted 
thread  of  life  were,  in  the  human  sense,  more  fortunate  than 
those  who  gave  their  lives,  though  ever  so  gloriously.  It  is 
distinctly  gratifying  that  a  substantial  number  of  members  of 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  so  conducted  themselves,  when  the 
occasion  arose,  as  to  merit  the  approval  and  applause  of 
superior  officei-s  and,  when  known,  the  admiration  of  their 

fellow  men. 

The  best  means  of  conveying  an  idea  of  the  reception  of 

12      Of  all   the   letters   received   by    tbe  author  of   thia   work   respecting 
service'men  this  of  Mrs.  Casey's  is  the  most  heroic. 


688 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


COL.   JOHN  V.   CLINNIN, 
Chicago  Council 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM  68^ 

distinctions  during  the  war  is  by  a  brief  recital  of  records 
concerning  such  honors,  noting  again  that  our  information  is 
incomplete. 

Chicago  Council  had  three  men  who  were  especially 
honored.  They  were  Col.  John  V.  Clinnin,  John  F.  Ryan  and 
Harold  P.  Schwind. 

Col.  Clinnin  was  one  of  the  highest  army  officers  from 
Illinois,  ranking  with  three  other  colonels  from  this  juridiction. 

His  record  may  be  summarized  as  follows : 

Born  at  Huntley,  Illinois,  April  5th,  1876. 

Educated  in  the  public  and  parochial  schools  of  Chicago. 

De  LaSalle  Institute  and  Chicago-Kent  College  of  Law. 

Public  Life 

Chief  Deputy  Recorder  of  Deeds 1903  to  1918 

Assistant   Corporation    Counsel l^l.T  to  1917 

Assistant  United  States  Attorney 1921  to  1922 

Military  Record 

Enlisted     First  Infantry  Illinois  N.  G.  Oct.    15,   1894 

Corporal     First  Infantry  Illinois  N.  G.  July   6,   1896 

Sergeant    First  Infantry  Illinois  N.  G.  April  26,  1898 

Second    Lieut First  Infantry  Illinois  N.  G.  April  23,  1899 

First  Lieut First  Infantry  Illinois  N.  G.  December  19,   1899 

Captain    First  Infantry  Illinois  N.  G.  May   3,   1903 

Major   First  Infantry  Illinois  N.  G.  July  25,   1910 

Lieut.  Colonel 108th  Ammunition  Train  December  26,   1917 

Colonel 108th  Train  Hdqrs.  V.  M.  P.  May   7,   1918 

Colonel    130th   Infantry  A.   E.   F.  June  8,  1918 

War  Record 
Sergeant   ...First  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry.  .April  26  to  Nov.  17,  1898 

Spanish  American   War July  9  to  Aug.  26,  1898 

Santiago  de  Cuba June   19   to   Oct.  5,   1916 

Major First  Infantry  Illinois  N.  G Mar.    26,    1917,    to    June 

Mexican   Border   Service  19,  1919 

Major First    Infantry    111.    N.    G.    (131st 

Infantry)     June  5,  1917 

World    War    December  12,  1917 

Lieut.  Col. . .  Put  down  insurrection  Joliet  Peni- 
tentiary     


690  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Colonel   108th  Ammunition  Train May  7,  1918 

Colonel   . . .  .108th  Train  Headquarters  and  Mil- 
itary   Police    June  8,  1918 

130th  Infantry  A.  E.  T 

Somme   Defensive    June   2   to   Aug.   8,   1918 

Somme  Offensive   Aug.    8   to    18,    24,    1918 

Morlain  Court 
Villers   Brettoneaux 
Albert 

St.  Mihiel  Offensive 

Meuse  Argonne   Offensive Sept.  11  to  13,  1918 

La  Morte  Homme   Sept.  26  to  Oct.  21,  1918 

Bois  de  Coute  Lemonte 

Breuilles 

Consenvoye 

Bois  du  Chaume 

Bois  de  Plat  Chene 

Defense  Sector  "Troyou" Oct.  22  to  Nov.  12,  1918 

Presnes 
Saulx 
Champion 
Chateau  d'Aulnois 
Marcheville 
Wounded,     gassed,     and     blinded, 

Consenvoye,  France Oct.  17,  1918 

Awarded      Distinguished      Service 
Medal      ' '  For      Distinguished 
Leadership ' ' 
Citation    by    General    John    J. 
Pershing      ' '  For     meritorious 
leadership     and     bravery     in 
action. ' ' 
Citation  by  General  George  Bell, 
Jr.,    "For    meritorious    lead- 
ership. ' ' 
Third  American  Army 

Army  of  occupation Dec.  5,  1918,  to  May  11, 

1918 

William   Linskey,   of  Marquette   Council,   was   especially 
distinguished,  as  is  seen  above  in  treating  of  Gold  Stars.^^ 


13.     See  page  663. 


ILLINOIS  K/'C 

Decorated  OR  cited 


BM   WORLD  WAR^ 


i^ 


Arns,  Peter   1030 

Ash,  James 1089 

Babst,  August 1369 

Babst,  Rev.  Julius  J 1369 

Banner,  Joseph  G 1687 

Barrett.  Edward  J 1444 

Barry,  Edward  J 749 

Bremner,  F.  M 1009 

Broche,  Arthur  T 1030 

Brophv,  Philip  H 632 

Burg,   John   J 1419 

Capen,  R.  A 1057 

Casey,  Douglas 1456 

Casev,  Emmet  M 1456 

Cecilia,   Louis 1899 

Clinnin,  John  V 182 

Corrigan,  John    1456 

Cox,    George    T 658 

Cummings,   Nicholas    1030 

Cummings.    N.    W 1279 

Czosek,   Peter   P 887 

Darche,    Rev.    Harris    A 1279 

Delberto,    Joseph    A 632 

Diver,    J.    Emmet 1030 

Dochendorff,   Frederick    ^^^^ 

Dodd,    Brendon   J 632 

Drummond,    Michael    F 632 

Elwood,    Joseph    P 1444 

Erhart.    A.    J 1194 

Farrell.    Edward    J 1077 

Flaherty,   James  J 632 

Flynn.   James   P 1650 

Flynn,  Maurice  J 1678 

Garry,   Edward  J ^  749 

Grace,  W.  J 1089 

Griffin,  Dr.  George  A 1050 

Halloran,    J.    J 1089 

Harmon,    Rev.  Thomas   L 3bl 

Hanley,   Leo    749 

Hartnett,    Daniel    J.,    Jr 749 

Hayes,  John  W 914 

Hayes.  Dr.  J.  M 577 

Hogan,   Edward    1098 

Hogan,  John  V. 1547 

Hottinger,    Edward    S lt>87 

Hughes,  Patrick   1194 

James,  Warner  J lO^' 

Jedlicka,  James  J 1005 

Joos,  Herman    -;,••,• lath 

Kane,  Rev.  William  T.  S.  J 1687 

Keane,   Christopher  H 1156 

Keenan,  John  J }}^'* 

Kelly,    J.    E.... 1444 

Kelly.  Harry  F 6^4 

Kelly,  John  J.. o3^ 

Kenealy.  John  J i^o" 

Kennedy.   George  M ooo 

Kennedy,   Raymond   R <^i 

Kirk,  Joseph   i"g" 

Kuesner.  E.  F..  .  .  • l<;-7 

Lavelle,  Thomas  J 74(i 

Leach,   Frank  E, 887 

Linskey,  William  F 244 


Mackey,    George    S 1118 

Marten,    Edward    988 

Mahoney.   John   J 632 

Mangan.  James  B 1030 

McCaughey,  John  A 1687 

McCarthy.    Thomas    F 1434 

McCormick,  William  A 773 

McCormick,    T.    J 1005 

McGurk,   P.    J 1089 

McGrath,    Marcus    G 108!) 

McGee,  John   632 

McHugh,  Hugh  P 1981 

McHugh,    John   P 761 

McMeel,    Bernard   F 632 

McNally,    Edmund    A 632 

McNamee.   Charles   J 1009 

McNiff.    Edward    1030 

McQuaid.  A.   F 1650 

Meyering,    William    D 1194 

Michaels,  Frank  J 1687 

Modraw,  Perry  F 592 

Moore,   Percy  James 887 

Murphy,  Joseph   980 

Noone,    Michael    1089 

O'Donnell,    Edward    J 773 

O'Halloran,    J,    J 1089 

O'Hern,   Rev.  John  J 773 

O'Kane,  William  J 1027 

O'Keefe,    John    J 734 

O'Kelly.   Thomas    1158 

Patton.  John  J 1027 

Powers,   James  G 1687 

Quinn.  John  M 517 

Quinn,    Martin 1650 

Redden,    Thomas    J 1678 

Ripple,   Jack    1599 

Russell.    James  T 805 

Ryan,   John   F 182 

Ryan,   Dr.    L.    A 592 

Sarsfield.  J.  P 1089 

Schmugge,  George  W 1030 

Schwind,    Harold    P 182 

Scott.    Melvin    S 1089 

Senger,   Herbert    754 

Sheehan.  M.  J 1089 

Sheehan.   P.  J 1089 

Simon,   Francis  J 1595 

Stack,  Robert  M 658 

Stapleton.  John    1030 

Stein,  Leonard    ,854 

Stout,    Albert   H 1027 

Sullivan,    Stanley   Francis 106.J 

Sullivan.   Joseph   J 1444 

Tarskev.   Rev.   R.   J 805 

Veasey,   Edward   J ^"l 

Vllano,  Ralph   1899 

Walter,    Martin    E 134.;^ 

Walsh,  Thomas  J 63- 

Weber,  Charles  L..  M.D 1027 

Wflmer,   Herman  H 517 

Wirner,    Carl    754 

Wolf,    Leo  M 895 

Wolfe.  Arthur  C 790 


691 


692 


KNIGHTS  OE^  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Edward  J.  Veasey,  of  Illinois  Council,  as  has  been  seen 
amongst  the  Gold  Stars,  also  was  the  recipient  of  notable 
distinctions. 

Chaplain  Rev.  Thomas  L.  Harmon,  of  Lafayette  Council, 


CAPT.    WILLIAM   D.    METERING, 
Archbishop  McHale  Council 


JOHN  J.  KELLY, 
Calumet  Council 


received  the  D.  S.  C.  and  other  honors,  as  appears  in  connec- 
tion with  his  record  as  chaplain. 

Serg.  John  M.  Quinn,  of  De  Soto  Council,  received  the 
D.  S.  C,  the  army  order  reading  as  follows:  "John  M.  Quinn 
(Army  Ser.  No.  1,039,034)  Serg.,  Battery  "F"  10th  Field 
Artillery,  for  extraordinary  heroism  in  action  near  Greves 
Farm,  France,  July  15,  1918.  Responding  to  a  call  for  volun- 
teers Serg.  Quinn,  with  eight  other  soldiers,  manned  two  guns 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM 


693 


of  a  French  battery  which  had  been  deserted  by  the  Frencli 
during  the  unprecedented  fire  after  many  casualties  had  been 
inflicted  on  their  forces.  For  two  hours  he  remained  at  his 
post  and  poured  an  effective  fire  into  the  ranks  of  the  enemy. ' ' 
Serg.  Quinn  received  a  broken  leg  and  serious  gun  wounds  in 
this  engagement. 

Captain   Herman   H.   Weimer,    of   DeSoto    Council,   was 


JOHN  J.  O'KEEFE, 
Santa  Marie   Council 


LT.  A.  J.  ERHART. 
Archbishop    McHale    Couii(.il 


awarded  two  decorations,  the  Distinguished  Service  Cross  and 
the  Croix  de  Guerre  with  Palm.  The  citation  for  the  latter  was 
issued  by  Marshal  Petain  on  Order  No.  13,024  of  General 
Headquarters,   French   Armies   of   the   East,   and   reads   as 

follows : 

"Herman  H.  Weimer,  First  Lieutenant,  Co.  H,  131st 
Infantry,  in  an  attack  on  Boise  de  Chaume,  Oct.  9th,  although 
twice  wounded,  and  although  a  machine  gun  bullet  had  pene- 
trated his  helmet,  he  continued  to  lead  his  company,  and  by 
liis  tenacity  and  example  created  confidence  among  his  men 


694  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

at  an  extremely  critical  moment.  He  continued  the  command 
even  after  being  ordered  to  the  rear  by  his  Battalion  Com- 
mander until  completely  exhausted." 

He  received  the  Distinguished  Service  Cross  from  General 
John  J.  Pershing. 

Young  Weimer  enlisted  April  6,  1917,  after  serving  the 
previous  summer  on  the  Mexican  border.  He  was  appointed 
First  Sergeant  on  May  2,  1917.  Helped  suppress  the  riots  at 
Illinois  State  Penitentiary  at  Joliet  June  16,  1917 ;  commis- 
sioned First  Lieutenant  of  Infantry  November  19,  1917 ; 
arrived  in  France  with  131st  Infantry  of  33rd  Division  May  30, 
1918 ;  commissioned  Captain  October  29,  1918,  and  partici- 
pated in  the  following  battles:  Hamel,  July  4,  1918;  Somme 
Offensive,  August  9  to  13th ;  Etineham-Bray  Offensive  August 
14  to  16th ;  La  Morte  Homme  Action,  September  26  (slightly 
wounded)  ;  Argonne-Meuse  Offensive  battles,  Meuse  Crossing, 
October  8 ;  Consenvoye,  October  8tli ;  Boise  de  Chaume,  Octo- 
ber 9  and  10th  (received  two  wounds)  ;  Boise  de  Harville, 
November  7th;  St.  Hilaire,  November  10th  (gassed). 

Private  George  M.  Kennedy  of  Galesburg  Council  received 
the  D.  S.  C. 

Capt.  J.  M.  Hayes,  M.  D.,  Grand  Knight  of  Decatur  Council, 
was  awarded  the  British  Military  Cross  on  account  of  his 
gallant  conduct  in  assisting  in  bringing  five  severely  wounded 
men  back  from  the  front  while  under  heavy    shell  fire. 

Perry  F.  Modraw,  of  East  St.  Louis  Council,  received  the 
D.  S.  C,  and  Dr.  L.  A.  Ryan,  also  of  East  St.  Louis  Council, 
received  the  Military  Cross. 

Nine  members  of  Calumet  Council,  whose  names  are  given 
elsewhere,  were  cited  in  despatches.^* 

Private  John  J.  Kelly,  the  son  of  a  widow,  residing  in 
Chicago,  though  only  eighteen  years  old,  promptly  joined  the 
Marines,  and  hastened  abroad  with  them  and  imediately  became 
famous  for  his  part  in  the  fight  at  Chateau-Thierry,  where 


14.     See  sketch  of  Calumet  Council. 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM  695 

he  captured  a  machine  gun  nest  single  handed;  took  many 
prisoners,  and  saved  the  lives  of  many  of  his  comrades. 

Young  Kelly  is  said  to  be  the  most  decorated  American 
soldier.  He  possesses  American,  French,  British,  Belgian, 
Italian  and  Montenegrin  decorations. 

Young  Kelly  is  a  member  of  Calumet  Council,  and  since 
his  return  from  abroad  has  been  very  active  in  many  public 
undertakings.  To  all  appearances  he  has  a  bright  future 
before  him. 

Lieutenant  Harrv  F.  Kellv  of  Starved  Rock  Council, 
Ottawa,  was  decorated  for  bravery.  Unfortunately,  he  was 
also  severely  wounded  during  the  assaults  at  Seicheprey  on 
April  21,  1918.  True  to  his  good  name,  Lt.  Kelly  fought  off 
the  Germans  until  he  was  weakened  by  wounds,  and  was 
captured.  He  revived  and  broke  away  from  the  five  men 
holding  him,  and  escaped  to  the  end  of  the  trench,  the  Germans 
in  the  meantime  emptying  their  revolvers  after  him.  He  hiy 
in  the  trench  all  night  under  a  barrage  fire.  When  lie  was 
found  in  the  morning  it  was  necessary  to  amputate  his  left 
leg.  Sixteen  pieces  of  shell  were  taken  out  of  his  riglit  leg. 
The  decoration  ceremonies  took  place  on  May  5th,  at  an  old 
French  Chateau,  used  at  the  time  for  a  hospital,  near  the 
Verdun  front.  The  exercises  were  described  at  the  time  in 
a  letter  from  Lt.  Kelly  to  his  father : 

"Yesterday  was  certainly  a  big  day,  and  I  suppose  you  already  know 
from  the  newspaper  reports  that  your  son  is  the  proud  possessor  of  the 
Frencli  war  cross  for  valor  on  the  field  of  battle.  It  was,  indeed,  quite 
a  surprise  to  me  to  receive  this  honor,  although  I  had  heard  rumors  before 
that  such  was  to  happen.  It  was  quite  a  ceremony.  Three  French  gen- 
erals, the  American  general  of  my  division,  three  United  States  colonels, 
five  United  States  majors,  and  a  very  large  number  of  captains  and 
lieutenants  made  up  the  party  conferring  the  honors.  A  French  lieuten- 
ant and  another  man  from  my  regiment,  both  of  whom  were  here  at  the 
hospital,  received  the  war  cross  also." 

Lt.  Kelly  enjoyed  a  good  recovery  from  his  wound,  but 
of  course  uses  an  artificial   limb.     He  not  only  served  his 


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country  during  the  war,  but  completed  his  legal  studies  at  the 
same  time,  and  entered  into  the  practice  with  his  father  on 
his  return  to  Ottawa.     At  the  next  election  succeeding  his 
return  he  was  elected  States  Attorney  of  LaSalle  County. 
Kaymond  R.  Kennedy,  of  DeKalb  Council,  was  a  private 


LT.  HARRY  F.  KELLY, 
Starved    Rock    Council 


CAPT.    HERMAN    W.    WEIMER, 
De    Soto   Council 


in  Co.  "H,"  351st  Inf.,  and  entered  the  service  in  February, 
1918,  at  Estherville,  Iowa.  He  was  transferred  to  Camp 
Dodge,  and  then  to  Camp  Sevier,  and  went  overseas  on  May 
24th,  1918.  On  July  16,  1918,  he  was  promoted  to  First  Class 
Private.  He  was  wounded  on  September  28,  1918,  during  the 
fighting  on  the  Hindenburg  line,  and  again  on  October  18, 
1918,  at  Rubensville.     He  was  decorated  with  the  Croix  de 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM  697 

Guerre  with  Palm,  the  D.  S.  C,  Croix  de  Guerre  with  Star, 
and  the  Victoria  Cross  by  the  Prince  of  AVales.  This  distin- 
guished young-  man  is  the  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Patrick  E. 
Kennedy  of  DeKalb,  and  was  born  January  28,  1895. 

Three  members  of  Feehan  Council,  of  Chicago,  were  dec- 
orated for  bravery.  They  were  Edward  J.  Barry,  whose 
death  has  been  noted  when  treating  of  Gold  Stars,  and  who 
received  the  D.  S.  C;  Leo  Hanley,  also  killed  in  action,  and 
Serg.-Major  Daniel  J.  Hartnett,  Jr.,  who  has  survived  to  enjoy 
his  distinction. 

Corp.  John  P.  McHugh,  of  Chas.  Carroll  Council,  attached 
to  the  Marines,  received  the  D.  S.  M. 

Rev.  R.  J.  Tarsky,  of  Leo  XIII  Council,  serving  as  chaplain 
with  the  rank  of  lieutenant,  was  decorated  for  gallantry. 

James  T.  Russell,  of  Leo  XIII  Council,  received  the  Croix 
de  Guerre. 

Arthur  C.  Wolfe,  of  Streator  Council,  was  cited  in  des- 
patches. 

Lieut.  Joseph  Murphy,  of  LaRabida  Council,  attached  to 
the  107th  Inf.,  received  the  D.  S.  C.  and  the  Croix  de  Guerre. 

Corp.  James  J.  Jedlicka,  Jr.,  of  Hughes  Council,  was  cited 

in  despatches. 

N.  W.  Cummings,  of  Brownson  Council,  attached  to  tlie 
Marines,  was  decorated  by  the  French  government.  Young 
Cummings  saw  service  in  France  for  24  months.  He  was 
wounded  in  the  shoulder  by  shrapnel  at  Belleau  Woods  once 
and  at  Chateau-Thierry  twice. 

James   E.   Mangan,   of  Brownson   Council,   received   the 

D.  S.  M. 

J.  Emmet  Diver,  of  Brownson  Council,  was  cited  by  the 
Commander  of  the  33rd  Division,  Major-General  George  Bell, 
Jr.,  as  follows: 

"Srg.  J.  E.  Diver,  Co.  D,  132nd  Infantry. 

"The  reports  of  your  regimental  commander  and  of  the  commanding 
general  of  the  66th  IBrigade  testify  to  your  gallantry  and  splendid  per- 


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formance  of  duty  at  Forges  on  September  26th,  1918.  Your  conduct  on 
that  occasion  has  afforded  me  genuine  gratification,  and  I  have  accord- 
ingly directed  that  your  name  and  action  be  inscribed  on  the  Roll  of 
Honor  of  the  Prairie  Division." 


E. 


Cairo  Council  has  a  long  line  of  distinguished  service  men. 
F.  Kuesner  received  the  Military  Cross.,  Wm.  J.  O'Kane 


JAMES  T.   RUSSELL, 
Leo  XIII  Council 


JOHN  J. 
O'HALLORAN, 

Thomas  Aquinas 
Council 


WALTER 

Mcdonough, 

Newman  Council 


the  D.  S.  C.  and  Albert  H.  Stout  the  D.  S.  C.  Dr.  Chas.  L. 
Weber  the  Italian  Medal  for  Military  valor,  and  John  J. 
Patton  was  cited  in  despatches.  Stour  died  in  the  service  as 
noted  elsewhere. 

R.  A.  Capen,  of  Mattoon  Council,  received  the  D.  S.  M. 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  PIEROISM  699 

and  the  Croix  de  Guerre.  He  was  a  First  Sergeant  in  Co. 
"A"  311th  Machine  Gun  Battalion,  79th  Div.,  was  gassed  and 
wounded  in  the  battle  of  the  Argonne,  but  recovered. 

Several  members  of  Thomas  Aquinas  Council  were  praised 
for  distinguished  services.  Capt.  William  J.  Grace  was  cited 
for  bravery  at  Bois  de  Chaume  on  October  8,  1918. 

Corp.  Michael  Noone,  No.  1,039,082,  Battery  '*F"  10th 
Field  Artillery,  was  cited  for  exceptional  heroism  near  Greves 
Farm,  France,  July  15,  1918.  Stationed  in  an  exposed  obser- 
vation post  Corp.  Noone  continued  his  work  as  telephone 
operator  in  spite  of  heavy  enemy  fire  until  all  communication 
was  destroyed.  He  then  voluntarily  crossed  a  heavily  shelled 
area  with  important  messages. 

John  J.  O'Halloran,  private,  of  Thomas  Aijuinas  Council, 
was  cited  for  bravery.  On  the  morning  of  October  15,  1918, 
the  U.  S.  Naval  Transport  "America,"  loaded  with  supplies 
and  cargo  and  practically  ready  for  sea,  sank  at  her  dock  in 
Hoboken,  New  Jersey,  with  the  loss  of  four  soldiers  and  two 
members  of  the  ship 's  engineering  force.  About  two  hundred 
soldiers  were  on  board  at  the  time.  O'Halloran  was  aroused 
from  sleep  by  the  listing  of  the  vessel,  which  threw  him  out  of 
his  bunk.  Escaping  to  the  lower  deck  he  came  upon  a  member 
of  the  crew  who  was  caught  by  a  steel  girder.  Tlie  vessel  was 
listing  over  28  degrees  at  the  time.  With  the  assistance  of  a 
water  tender  whom  O'Halloran  called,  he  succeeded  in  releas- 
ing his  shipmate.  He  was  bruised  about  the  legs  and  body, 
but  managed  to  make  his  escape.  The  citation  was  by  his 
commanding  officer,  Capt.  C.  E.  Briggs,  U.  S.  N. 

Serg.-Major  Marcus  G.  McGrath,  Serg.  P.  J.  McGurk,  P.  J. 
Sheehan,  Corp.  M.  J.  Sheehan,  and  Lieut.  J.  P.  Sarsfield,  all 
of  Thomas  Aquinas  Council,  were  also  cited. 

Serg.  Christopher  H.  Keane,  of  Hennepin  Council,  Chi- 
cago, saw  service  in  the  Prairie  Division,  attached  to  the  Sani- 
tary Company  of  the  old  ''Dandy  First."  He  gave  a  fine 
exhibition  of  heroism  on  a  battle  field  where  he  was  ga.ssed 


700  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

and  suffered  the  loss  of  one  leg.  For  his  gallantry  he  was 
decorated  with  the  Military  Cross  by  President  Poincaire  of 
France,  the  D.  S.  M.,  by  General  John  J.  Pershing,  and  a 
INIilitary  Medal  by  King  George  of  England.  The  Colonel  of 
his  regiment  wrote  his  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Matthew  W. 
Keane,  of  4720  Monroe  Street,  Chicago,  as  follows: 

"He  was  a  brave  boy,  and  for  liis  gallantry  at  Hamel  was  decorated 
with  the  Military  Medal.  He  is  all  right  at  the  present  time,  except. that 
he  was  slightly  wounded  in  an  engagement  we  have  just  come  out  of, 
having  been  shot  in  the  calf  of  the  leg.  *  *  *  You  have  every  reason 
to  be  proud  of  this  boy,  as  he  has  shown  the  greatest  bravery  on  every 
occasion  where  it  has  been  necessary  to  show  it  in  the  line  of  duty,  and 
T  am  gratified  to  know  that  his  speedy  recovery  is  assured,  and  that 
no  serious  vConsequences  will  follow. 

"With  kindest   personal  regards,  I  am, 

"Sincerely  yours, 

"(Signed)  J.  B.  Sanborn, 

"Colonel,  131st  Infantry." 

It  is  with  regret  that  it  must  be  stated  that  very  serious 
consequences  did  ensue,  since  Serg.  Keane  lost  a  limb.^^ 

Thomas  0 'Kelly,  of  Hennepin  Council,  was  decorated  with 
the  Croix  de  Ouerre  and  the  D.  S.  C,  and  John  J.  Kenealy  was 
cited  in  dispatches. 

Lieut.  George  S.  Mackey  of  Commodore  Barry  Council, 
Chicago,  was  awarded  the  Italian  War  Cross  for  valorous 
services. 

Captain  William  D.  Meyering,  of  Archbishop  McHale 
Council,  has  a  record  for  service  almost  as  brilliant  as  any 
man  who  served  in  the  late  war.  He  was  a  member  of  the  first 
officers'  training  camp  at  Fort  Sheridan,  having  previously 
had  experience  at  the  Plattsburg  Camp,  and  upon  graduation 
received  a  lieutenant's  commission.  His  marked  ability  was 
recognized  from  the  start,  and  he  was  selected  among  the  first 
five  to  go  to  France  immediately  for  a  study  of  modern  war- 
fare.   Early  in  September,  1917,  he  went  to  the  western  front, 

15.     Information    furnished   by    parents. 


TWENTIETH  CENTUEY  HEROISM 


701 


where  he  soon  was  heard  from  in  distinguished  work.  On 
April  6,  1918,  he  led  a  platoon  of  men  in  a  surprise  attack 
from  a  raiding  company.  By  his  leadership  he  kept  the  enemy 
from  reaching  a  single  American  trench,  but  not  without  being 
seriously  wounded.  He  lost  his  right  liand  as  the  result  of 
this  wound.    On  May  30th.,  General  Pershing  conferred  upon 


LOUIS   CECILIA, 
St.   Francis  Xavier  Council 


MELVIN  S.  SCOTT, 
Thomas  Aquinas  Council 


him  the  D.  S.  C,  the  first  presented  to  an  American  soldier, 
stating  the  reasons :  Lieut.  Meyering  commanded  a  platoon  of 
infantry  which  was  attacked  by  the  enemy  on  the  morning  of 
April  6,  1918.  He  took  effective  measures  before  and  during 
the  attack  to  defeat  the  enemy,  and  handled  his  men  well  under 
fire  until  he  was  severely  wounded.  Forced  to  attend  to  his 
wounds  he  refused  assistance,  and  walked  through  the  enemy's 
barrage  to  a  dressing  station.  He  objected  to  being  taken 
to  the  rear  until  he  knew  the  outcome  of  the  attack.  His  brave 
example  inspired  his  men  to  drive  off  the  enemy,  who  did  not 


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reach  our  trenches.  Lieut.  Meyering  lost  his  right  hand  by- 
amputation  as  the  result  of  the  wound.  "^"^ 

Lieut.  E.  J.  Erhardt,  also  of  Archbishop  McHale  Council, 
was  decorated  for  bravery  by  King  George. 

Captain  Rev.  Harris  A.  Darche,  Chaplain  of  Americus 


C.  F.   O'DONNELL, 
Columbus    Council 


THOMAS  O'KELLT, 
Hennepin  Council 


Council,  received  the  D.  S.  C.  and  other  decorations  as  out- 
lined in  connection  with  the  services  of  war  chaplains. 

Leonard  Stein,  of  DuQuoin  Council,  was  cited  by  Brigade 
Commander  for  gallantry  in  action. 

First  Lieut.  Martin  E.  Walter,  of  Mt.  Carmel  Council, 
was  awarded  the  Croix  de  Guerre.    He  was  taken  prisoner  and 

16^  Lieutenant  Meyering  was  elected  a  member  of  the  City  Council  of 
the  city  of  Chicago  in  1923. 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM 


703 


escaped;  was  retaken  twice  and  each  time  escaped.    He  had 
the  misfortune  afterwards  to  die  in  camp. 

Edward  J.  Barrett,  private,  of  Father  Perez  Council,  Chi- 
cago, who  was  attached  to  the  131st,  was  wounded  and  gassed 
and  received  an  individual  citation  from  the  division. 


MICHAEL 
SHEEHAN. 

Thomas  Aquinas 
Council 


SERGT.  WILLIAM 
MULLALY 

San    Salvador 
Council 


PATRICK 
SHEEHAN. 

Thomas  Aquinas 
Council 


Emmet  M.  Casey,  of  Washington  Council,  was  decorated 
and  met  his  death  in  the  service  as  detailed  elsewhere. 

Melvin  S.  Scott  of  Thomas  Aquinas  Council,  enlisted  in 
the  United  States  Marine  Corps,  June  2,  1917,  eml)arked  for 
duty  on  foreign  soil  as  a  member  of  84th  Co.  6th  Reg't  U.  S. 
M.  Corps,  on  U.  S.  S.  Von  Steuben,  October  24,  1917.     He 


704  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

participated  in  the  following  Sectors  in  actual  battle :  Touion 
Sector  (Verdun)  from  March  15th  to  May  13th,  1918,  Aisne 
defensive  (Chateau-Thierry  Sector),  from  May  31  to  June  5, 
1918.  Chateau-Thierry  Sector  (Capture  of  Hill  142),  Bour- 
reches,  Belleau  Wood,  from  June  6  to  July  9,  1918;  Aisne- 
Marne  (Soissons)  offensive,  from  July  18  to  July  19,  1918. 

He  was  severely  wounded  in  battle  July  19,  1918,  and 
transferred  to  Base  Hospital  No.  27  at  Angers,  France ;  trans- 
ferred to  casual  company  No.  203  at  Blois,  France,  on  Novem- 
ber 9,  1918,  and  as  a  member  of  this  Unit  performed  duty  at 
Brest,  France,  as  Guard  Unit  until  December  26,  1918.  In- 
valided to  United  States  on  this  date  and  arrived  at  Camp 
Quantico,  Va,,  on  January  7,  1919 ;  was  selected  as  one  of  two- 
non-commissioned  officers  to  act  as  Guard  of  Honor  to  Military 
Trophy  Train  in  behalf  of  campaign  for  the  sale  of  5th  Liberty 
Loan,  in  Fourth  Federal  Reserve  District  of  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Was  awarded  Good  Conduct  Medal  of  the  U.  S.  M.  C, 
Croix  de  Guerre,  with  Palms,  from  the  French  Government, 
and  mentioned  in  dispatches  by  Major  Sibley,  commanding 
3rd  Battalion,  6th  Regt.  U.  S.  M.  C,  for  "unswerving  loyalty, 
devotion  during  battle  while  in  an  injured  condition,  and  in 
surrendering  to  men  less  greatly  injured  than  himself  his 
opportunity  for  transportation  to  the  rear." 

Douglas  Casey,  and  John  Corrigan,  of  Washmgton  Council, 
were  cited  for  bravery  and  decorated. 

Serg.  John  V.  Hogan,  of  Braidwood  Council,  received  the 
D.  S.  C. 

Francis  J.  Simon,  of  Nazareth  Council,  was  decorated  as 
indicated  in  connection  with  Gold  Stars. 

St.  James  Council,  of  Chicago,  was  especially  honored 
through  distinction  conferred  on  a  number  of  its  members. 
Capt.  A.  F.  McQuaid,  who,  as  has  been  seen,  gave  his  life, 
was  decorated,  as  were  also  Lieut.  James  P.  Flynn,  Dr.  George 
A.  Griffin  and  Serg.  Martin  Quinn. 

Maurice  J.  Flynn,  of  Auburn  Park  Council,  received  the 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM  705 

D.  S.  C,  and  Thomas  J,  Redden,  of  the  same  council,  was 
cited  in  despatches. 

Chaplain  Rev.  Wm.  T.  Kane,  S.  J.,  of  University  Council, 
has  an  enviable  record  as  a  chaplain,  and  received  a  Divisional 
Citation  for  conspicuous  merit  and  meritorious  conduct  under 
fire  in  the  Argonne.  Among-  other  distinguished  service  men 
from  University  council  may  be  mentioned  Joseph  G.  Banner, 
Edward  S.  Hottinger,  Herman  Joos,  John  A.  McCaughey, 
Frank  J.  Michaels,  and  James  G.  Powers. 

Corp.  Hugh  P.  McHugh,  of  Pinta  Council,  received  the 
D.  S.  C. 

Three  members  of  Naperville  Council,  all  from  one  family, 
that  of  Charles  Babst,  were  in  the  service.  Two  of  them  re- 
ceived high  honoi-s,  and  the  third  died  in  the  service. 

All  three  of  these  brothers  received  their  early  education 
at  SS.  Peter  &  Paul  Parochial  School,  Naperville,  Illinois,  the 
town  of  their  birth.  Captain  (Chaplain)  Julius  J.  Babst  at- 
tended St.  Francis  Seminary,  Wisconsin,  and  after  ordina- 
tion celebrated  his  First  Mass  at  SS.  Peter  &  Paul  Church  in 
his  home  city,  on  April  27,  1915.  Later  he  served  a  charge  at 
Belleville,  Illinois,  but  owing  to  poor  health  he  went  to  Colo- 
rado, where  he  was  chaplain  of  St.  Clara's  Orphanage  in  the 
city  of  Denver. 

Father  Babst  served  as  Army  Chaplain  in  the  trouble  on 
the  Mexican  Border,  and  at  the  outbreak  of  the  great  world 
war  received  a  commission  as  First  Lieutenant,  and  left  for 
overseas  with  the  American  Expeditionary  Forces  in  Septem- 
ber, 1917. 

The  daily  papers  from  time  to  time  carried  stories  of  deeds 
of  gallantry  of  this  brave  priest,  who  was  in  the  front  line 
trenches  from  the  time  of  his  arrival  in  France.  He  was 
awarded  the  Croix  de  Guerre  and  Palm  by  the  French  govern- 
ment for  exceptional  courage  under  fire  and  deeds  of  braver>' 
on  the  battle  front,  and  many  other  distinctions,  as  will  be 
seen  in  reading  herein  of  the  War  Chaplains. 


706  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

A  brother  of  Chaplain  Babst,  Private  August  A.  Babst, 
S.  S.  U.  577,  Convois  D'Auto,  was  awarded  the  French  War 
Cross  for  gallant  conduct  under  fire  in  transporting  tlie  dead 
and  wounded  as  ambulance  driver  behind  the  lines. 

Yeoman  Edward  Babst,  only  a  few  weeks  in  the  service  of 
the  country  at  Great  Lakes,  was  taken  ill  with  Spanish  in- 
fluenza, which  developed  into  pneumonia  and  to  which  he 
succumbed  on  September  21,  1917. 

Corporal  John  J.  O'Keefe  entered  the  service  Oct.  3, 
1917  and  was  discharged  June  5,  1919.  He  served  in  Com- 
pany M,  131st  Infantry,  33d  Division.  He  received  three 
citations  and  two  decorations :  Distinguished  Service  Cross, 
Croix  de  Guerre,  Division  Citation.  The  citations  were  as 
follows : 

1st.  Because  of  enemy  fire  extreme  difficulty  was  experi 
enced  in  bringing  up  rations  to  the  company.  On  August 
17th  Corporal  John  J.  O'Keefe,  fully  cognizant  of  the  situa- 
tion and  disregarding  personal  danger,  volunteered  to  carry 
rations  to  six  machine  gun  outposts.  In  full  view  of  the  enemy 
and  amid  fire  from  machine  guns  and  snipers,  he  succeeded 
in  the  mission,  delivering  them  their  first  rations  received  in 
twenty-four  hours. 

2nd.  Above  the  location  of  the  first  and  third  platoons  an 
airplane  was  observed,  no  doubt,  signaling  to  their  artillery. 
The  Germans  opened  an  intense  barrage.  It  was  necessary 
even  under  these  conditions  to  observe  the  enemy's  move- 
ments. Corporal  John  J.  O'Keefe  with  Private  Philip  J. 
Boeming  and  Edward  Hartman  volunteered  for  this  exposed 
duty. 

3d.  Near  Bois  de  Harville,  Nov.  10,  1918,  after  all  the  offi- 
cers of  two  companies  had  become  casualties  First  Sergeant 
John  J.  0  'Keef e  rallied  the  men  who  had  become  disorganized 
under  heavy  machine  gun  fire  and  led  them  forward  toward 
the  objective,  displaying  marked  courage  and  leadership. 

Amongst  20th  century  heroes  one  is  tempted  to  classify 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM 


707 


all  the  sturdy  young  fellows  who  withstood  the  inclemenoies 
of  Siberia.  There  were  a  great  many  members  of  the  Order 
who  served  there,  and  the  following  letter  from  one  of  them 
cannot  fail  to  interest  readers  of  this  volume: 

After  having  had  six  months'  training  at  Camp  Frccmont,  California, 
I  left  on  Labor  Day,  1918,  on  the  transport  "Logan,"  which  pulled  out 
of  San  Francisco  Bay.     There  were  2,000  men   on   board — and  of  this 


MICHAEL  NOONE. 
Thomas  Aquinas 


J.    EMMET    DIVER. 
Brownson  Council 


WARNER    J.VMES. 
Cairo  Council 


number  there  must  have  been  at  least  150  Knights  of  Columbus  from 
different  parts  of  the  country. 

I  arrived  at  Vladivostok,  Siberia,  27  days  later.  After  a  month's 
service  with  the  Replacement  Battalion,  I  was  sent  to  the  OflScers' 
Training  School  at  Vladivostok.  With  me  attending  this  school  was 
William  C.  Sullivan,  a  Chicago  Knight  of  Columbus. 

After  the  armistice  was  signed,  the  school  was  discontinued — and  we 
went  back  to  the  infantry— I  going  to  Co.  "B,"  31st  Inf.,  and  Sullivan 
going  to  Co.  "H,"  31st  Inf. 

The  American  forces  in  Siberia  consisted  of  two  regiments,  the 
31st  and  27th,  together  with  a  branch  of  engineers,  and  other  smaller 
branches  to  make  the  outfit  complete. 

A  base  was  established  at  Vladivostok — which  is  the  starting  point 
of  the  Siberian  Railroad. 

The  American  forces  were  distributed  north  along  this  railroad  and 


708  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

the  American  engineers,  together  with  the  soldiers,  kept  the  railroad 
guarded  and  in  running  order — for  this  was  the  only  means  of  keeping 
supplies  to  the  English  army,  which  had  established  a  base  further 
north,  where  the  portion  of  Russians  who  were  to  fight  the  Bolshevik 
army  were  being  trained,  fed,  clothed  and  equipped. 

The  Americans  had  no  trouble  iu  Siberia  until  May,  1919,  when 
the  Bolshevik  Russians  started  to  attack  them  along  points  of  the 
railroad.  These  attacks  increased  until  it  developed  into  regular  guerrilla 
warfare — in  which  the  whole  31st  infantry  took  part.  Many  Americans 
were  killed  and  wounded.  This  lasted  until  the  time  T  left — September 
14,  1919. 

We  underwent  hardships  and  tlie  weather  was  cold,  some  companies 
being  in  portions  of  Siberia  where  the  thermometer  registered  as  low  as 
40  degrees  below  zero.  We  were  exceptionally  well  clothed,  and  at  all 
times  were  given  the  best  of  food. 

I  left  Siberia  September  18,  1919,  going  from  there  to  Japan,  thence 
to  the  Philippine  Islands,  thence  to  Honolulu,  and  then  to  Sai>  Francisco, 
landing  October  18,  1919. 

I  did  not  meet  the  Knights  of  Columbus  welfare  workers  although  I 
learned  there  was  one  who  came  over  from  San  Francisco,  and  who 
made  a  very  good  impression  with  the  men  of  the  27th  infantry.  I  do 
not  recall  his  name. 

There  must  have  been  at  least  200  K.  of  C,  in  the  Siberia  expedition 
— from  various  parts  of  the  country — and  there  must  have  been  about 
15  from  Chicago. 

Outside  of  William  C.  Sullivan,  the  only  two  others  I  met  were  named 
— Conley  and  Nolan,  both  belonging  to  councils  out  on  the  West  side. 
They  lived  in  the  locality  of  Madison  and  Crawford. 

Yours  truly, 

Cornelius  M.  Butler, 
1132  Addison  St. 

The  Illinois  Knight  of  Columbus  who  was  called  to  the 
highest  responsibility  during  the  war  was  Edward  N.  Hur- 
ley. Perhaps  no  man  from  Illinois  possessed  the  confidence 
of  the  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  United  States'  war  forces, 
the  President  of  the  United  States,  in  greater  degree  than 
did  Mr.  Hurley.  The  President  believed  and  Mr.  Hurley 
proved  that  he  could  get  results  and  results  were  needed.  The 
numerous  decorations  and  honors  conferred  upon  him  demon- 
strate the  esteem  in  which  he  was  held  for  his  achievements. 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM  709 

Edward  Nash  Hurley  was  born  at  Galesburo:,  Illinois, 
July  31,  1864,  sou  of  Jeremiah  and  Ellen  Nash  Hurley.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  until  he  was 
fourteen  when  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Chicago,  Burling- 
ton &  Quincy  Railroad,  and,  after  holding  various  shop  posi- 
tions, was  locomotive  engineer  for  four  yeai^s. 

In  1888  he  became  traveling  salesman  for  and  later  man- 
ager of  the  United  States  Metallic  Packing  Company  of 
Philadelphia.  His  attention  being  attracted  to  a  portable 
pneumatic  tool,  he  associated  himself  with  Plenry  J.  Kimman, 
the  inventor  of  the  first  piston  air  drill.  They  developed  the 
portable  pneumatic  hammer,  and  in  1896  Mr.  Hurley  organ- 
ized the  Standard  Pneumatic  Tool  Company  of  Chicago,  one 
of  the  pioneer  corporations  of  the  pneumatic  tool  industry  in 
the  world. 

As  he  had  no  capital,  they  were  forced  to  make  the  first 
tools  in  a  barn  in  Lawndale,  a  suburb  of  Chicago.  The  tools 
wei-e  a  success,  but  with  no  capital  for  development,  he  was 
seriously  handicapped,  so  that  in  1899  he  went  to  England 
and  sold  the  English  patent  rights  for  $125,000.  This  money 
provided  working  capital  for  his  American  business  which 
developed  so  rapidlj^  that  in  a  few  years  he  was  able  to  sell  liis 
holdings  for  a  substantial  sum  and  retire  to  liis  estate  al 
Wheaton,  Illinois,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  and  stock 
raising  for  five  years. 

In  1906  he  organized  the  Hurley  Machine  Company  of 
Chicago,  to  manufacture  electric  floor  scrapers  for  dressing 
hardwood  floors.  About  the  same  time  he  became  interested 
in  electric  home  labor  saving  devices  and  developed  and  intro- 
duced the  Thor  electric  washing  machine,  the  Thor  elec- 
tric ironing  machine  and  the  Thor  electric  vacuum  cleaner, 
inventions  that  marked  the  introduction  of  electrical  machin- 
ery for  domestic  use.  They  are  manufactured  by  the  Hurley 
Machine  Company,  which  has  three  plants,  one  at  Cicero, 
Illinois,  one  at  De  Kalb,  Illinois,  and  one  at  Waukegan,  Illi- 


710        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


HON.   EDWARD  N.   HURLEY, 
Chairman  U.  S.  Shipping  Board 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM  711 

nois,  and  employs  more  than  2,000  hands.  Mr,  Hurley  was 
president  of  this  company  for  ten  years,  resigning  to  become 
chairman  of  its  board  of  director. 

His  executive  ability,  his  skill  in  organization  and  his 
achievements  in  the  industrial  field  by  this  time  had  been 
widely  recognized  and  in  1913  he  was  appointed  United  States 
Trade  Commissioner  to  South  America  by  President  Wilson, 
to  make  a  report  on  banking  and  credits  in  Argentine,  Bra- 
zil, Chile,  Peru,  for  the  Department  of  Commerce.  As  such 
he  visited  several  of  the  Latin  American  Republics  at  the 
head  of  a  commission  of  business  men  and  accomplished  valu- 
able pioneer  work  in  promoting  trade  relations  between  the 
United  States  and  the  southern  continent.  Upon  his  return 
he  was  appointed  first  vice-president  of  the  Federal  Trade 
Commission,  March  16,  1916,  later  becoming  its  chairman. 
He  exerted  a  strong  influence  over  the  policy  and  character 
of  this  new  governmental  body,  winning  the  confidence  of 
the  public  and  inspiring  the  business  world  with  a  profound 
respect  for  his  decisions.  He  resigned  from  the  Commission 
in  February,  1917. 

Three  months  later,  after  the  United  States  entered  the 
war,  he  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  Red  Cross  War  Coun- 
cil, headed  by  Henry  P.  Davison,  where  he  helped  to  formu- 
late the  Red  Cross  War  program  and  organize  the  first  cam- 
paign for  $100,000,000  for  relief  work. 

Then  President  Wilson  shifted  Mr.  Hurley  to  the  Exports 
Council,  the  predecessor  of  the  War  Trade  Board,  where 
he  aided  in  establishing  government  control  over  the  coun- 
try's foreign  commerce  so  as  to  prevent  American  goods 
from   reaching   Germany. 

Then  came  his  greatest  opportunity  for  notable  service 
to  his  country — his  appointment  as  Chairman  of  the  United 
States  Shipping  Board  and  President  of  the  Emergency  Fleet 
Corporation.  At  that  time  German  submarines  were  sink- 
ing Allied  tonnage  at  tlio  rate  of  500,000  tons  a  montli  and 


712  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

the  whole  nation  was  watcliing  with  anxiety  the  progress 
of  the  shipping  program,  but  disagreements  as  to  policy  and 
as  to  types  of  ships  which  should  be  built  were  delaying  the 
work.  Accordingly,  President  Wilson,  on  July  24,  1917, 
accepted  the  resignation  of  General  George  W.  Goethals, 
General  Manager  of  the  Emergency  Fleet  Corporation,  and 
at  the  same  time  called  for  and  received  the  resignation  of 
William  Denman,  Chairman  of  the  Shipping  Board.  The 
same  day  he  appointed  Mr.  Hurley  and  Bear  Admiral  Wash- 
ington L.  Capps,  to  take  their  places. 

In  his  new  position  Mr.  Hurley  confronted  a  situation 
fraught  with  the  greatest  difficulties.  The  United  States  had 
ceased  to  be  a  maritime  nation,  only  ten  per  cent  of  its  com- 
merce was  carried  in  American  bottoms  and  it  had  not  more 
than  50,000  experienced  ship-builders.  It  had  sixty-one  ship- 
yards with  235  launching  ways,  but  these  were  overcrowded 
with  work  for  the  Navy.  The  available  supply  of  labor  was 
being  rapidly  diminished  by  the  absorption  of  hundreds  of 
thousands  of  men  into  the  military  and  naval  service  and  into 
war  industries.  All  the  while  it  was  becoming  more  evident 
that  America  must  produce  ships  in  great  numbers  if  the 
Allies  were  to  win  the  war.  But  Hurley  had  a  splendid  record 
for  the  accomplishment  of  difficult  tasks.  On  three  impor- 
tant government  positions  he  had  demonstrated  exceptional 
abilitv.  When  the  President  entrusted  him,  therefore,  with 
this  new  and  larger  duty,  he  sprang  to  his  task  with  character- 
istic energy  and  determination,  confident  of  the  country's 
ability  to  produce  the  needed  tonnage. 

The  problem  had  many  phases.  Greater  economy  must  be 
effected  in  the  use  of  existing  American  tonnage ;  every  allied 
and  neutral  source  must  be  tapped  for  additional  vessels;  the 
seized  German  and  Austrian  craft,  109  in  number,  put  into 
condition  for  service  and  a  construction  program  mapped  out 
for  the  Emergency  Fleet  Corporation.  For  the  latter  task 
efficient  managers  had  to  be  found,  sites  for  shipyards  located, 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM  713 

contracts  awarded,  an  army  of  workmen  recruited,  livinjr 
quarters  obtained  for  many  of  them,  and  machinery  and 
other  materials  procured,  ilr.  Hurley's  genius  for  organiza- 
tion was  greatly  needed,  and  it  operated  with  excellent  ef- 
fect. 

Inaugurating  a  systematic  recruiting  campaign,  he  soon 
had  thousands  of  men  from  every  walk  of  life  pouring  into 
the  shipyards,  which  sprang  up  like  magic  along  the  whole 
Atlantic,  Gulf  and  Pacific  seaboards.  Many  navigation  and 
engineering  schools  were  established  to  train  men  to  man  the 
ships.  From  the  Great  Lakes  a  fleet  of  twenty-one  vessels 
which  had  been  used  in  lake  commerce  were  sent  to  the  Atlan- 
tic for  use  in  overseas  trade.  Some  of  them  had  to  be  cut  in 
two  to  pass  the  canal  locks.  On  August  3,  1917,  .seven  days 
after  he  was  appointed  chairman  of  the  Shipping  Board,  Mr. 
Hurley  issued  an  order  to  commandeer  all  hulls,  contracts  and 
ship  material  in  American  shipyards  intended  for  the  building 
of  vessels  of  2,500-ton  deadweight  or  more.  The  order  ap- 
plied to  foreign  as  well  as  domestic  contracts,  aggregating  over 
3,000,000  tons,  of  which  1,000,000  tons  had  been  ordered  by 
the  British,  and  the  balance  by  Norway,  France,  Italy  and 
the  United  States.  October  15,  1917,  the  Shipping  Board 
requisitioned  393  American  vessels  which  were  afloat.  Re- 
pairs on  the  seized  German  and  Austrian  .ships  which  their 
crews  had  damaged  in  the  hope  of  making  them  useless,  pro- 
ceeded with  such  speed  that  by  the  end  of  1917  all  were 
again  in  the  transport  service. 

Mr.  Hurley  also  chartered  twenty-three  vessels  from 
Japan,  and  purchased  fifteen  others  which  were  ready  for 
.service.  He  entered  into  direct  contract  with  the  shipyards 
of  Japan  to  construct  thirty  additional  steel  vessels.  He 
placed  ordei-s  with  the  Chinese  Government  for  four  10,000- 
ton  steel  ships  with  an  option  to  purchase  eight  more;  and 
later  on  the  government  seized  forty-three  Dutch  sliips  lying 
idle  in  American  ports  becaiiso  their  ownei-s  liad  refused  to 


714  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

permit  the  United  States  to  use  them  on  the  ground  that  to 
do  so  would  violate  Dutch  neutrality.  . 

By  such  steps  as  these,  as  well  as  by  the  building  of  new 
vessels,  Mr.  Hurley  assembled  the  greatest  merchant  fleet 
America  ever  had  and  the  second  in  size  in  the  world.  By 
the  summer  of  1918  he  predicted  an  American  merchant 
marine  of  25,000,000  tons  by  1920,  if  the  war  lasted  so  long, 
a  statement  greatly  emphasized  by  the  launching  of  ninety- 
six  ships  in  a  single  day,  July  4,  1918,  a  feat  unparalleled  in 
the  world's  history. 

Five  days  after  the  armistice  was  signed  he  went  to  Eu- 
rope to  study  ocean  transportation  conditions  abroad  and  to 
formulate  plans  for  the  use  of  idle  German  tonnage  in  Ger- 
man ports  to  bring  American  troops  home  and  to  carry  food- 
stuffs to  Germany.  With  Marshal  Foch,  generalissimo  of  the 
allied  armies,  he  went  to  Treves,  Germany,  where  the  shipping 
agreement  was  perfected  with  the  German  delegates. 

He  was  chairman  of  the  first  civilian  delegation  to  enter 
Germany  after  the  war,  representing  the  allied  and  associated 
governments.  He  remained  in  Paris  until  February,  1919, 
serving  as  a  member  of  the  supreme  Economic  Council  and  of 
the  International  Labor  Commission.  In  these  positions  his 
knowledge  of  shipping  and  labor  conditions  in  the  United 
States  were  of  the  greatest  usefulness  to  the  American  Peace 
commission. 

He  returned  to  the  United  States  February  12,  1919,  and 
began  the  curtailment  of  the  great  shipbuilding  program,  can- 
celing many  contracts  involving  thousands  of  tons  of  ship- 
ping. "Within  a  few  weeks  he  mapped  out  a  comprehensive 
scheme  for  a  permanent  American  merchant  marine,  with 
sixty-five  regular  trade  routes  to  every  part  of  the  world,  a 
scheme  which  later  was  put  into  operation.  He  resigned  as 
Chairman  of  the  Shipping  Board,  July  29,  1919,  with  a  re- 
markable record  of  achievement  in  public  service. 

He  was  awarded  the  Distinguished  Service  Medal,  with  the 


TWENTIETH  CENTURY  HEROISM  715 

following  citation:  "With  tireless  energy  he  surmounted  ex- 
treme difficulties  and  increased  trans-Atlantic  tonnage  to  an 
extent  that  allowed  steady  shipment  both  of  troops  and  neces- 
sary supplies.  Unselfish  in  devotion  to  duty,  sound  in  judg- 
ment, quick  to  act,  he  rendered  a  service  to  the  world."  The 
French  Republic  made  him  a  Commander  of  the  Legion  of 
Honor ;  the  President  of  China  conferred  upon  him  the  order 
of  Ta  Sho  Cha  Ho,  and  tlie  decoration  of  Grand  Officer  of  the 
Crown  was  conferred  upon  him  by  His  Majesty  the  King  of 
Italy.  Also,  as  a  member  of  the  War  Council  of  the  American 
Red  Cross,  he  received  a  special  gold  medal  in  commemoration 
of  the  patriotic  work  of  the  War  Council.  The  University  of 
Notre  Dame  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws 
in  1918  and  he  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Civil  Law 
from  Knox  College  in  1920. 

Mr.  Hurley  is  the  author  of  "Awakening  of  Business" 
(1916)  ;  "Trade  Associations  and  Better  Business  Methods" 
(1916)  ;  "Banking  and  Credit  in  Argentina,  Brazil,  Chile  and 
Peru"   (1914);  and  "The  New  Merchant  Marine"    (1920). 

He  was  married  September  30,  1891,  to  Julia  Keeley  of 
Chicago.  His  wife  died  in  1900,  leaving  two  sons,  Edward  N. 
Hurley,  Junior,  and  Raymond  J.  Hurley,  both  of  whom  were 
in  the  arm}'  during  the  war.  He  was  again  married  July  24, 
1905,  to  Florence  Agnes,  daughter  of  John  H.  Amberg  of 
Chicago,  and  they  have  two  children,  Helen  INIary  and  John 
Richard  Hurley.  He  is  one  of  the  earliest  members  of  Chi- 
cago Council,  Knights  of  Columbus. 


CHAPTER  XVI 

WAR  WORK 

''In  the  olden  days"  is  an  oft  repeated  expression.  One 
hears  remarks  touching  upon  the  sentiment  of  older,  earlier 
times  in  connection  with  every  sort  of  organization — religious, 
political,  fraternal  or  otherwise.  The  drift  of  such  remarks  is 
toward  the  expression  of  the  belief  that  things  were  different 
in  the  olden  days. 

Upon  reflection  it  may  be  doubted  if  any  great  change, 
in  so  far  as  the  thoughts  of  men  and  women  are  concerned,  has 
taken  place  through  the  centuries.  True,  collective  action  has 
brought  about  many  improvements  that  have  made  life  easier 
and  pleasanter,  but  the  human  make-up  remains  very  much 
the  same. 

Accordingly,  when  men  talk  of  the  ''early  days"  or  of 
"the  traditions  of  the  Order,"  one  may  doubt  whether  they 
discriminate  clearly.  Take,  for  example,  the  items  of  the 
relationship  between  members  and  of  the  Order  to  the  Church 
and  the  public.  Many  old  timers  will  be  found  who  maintain 
that  there  was  much  greater  fraternity  and  loyalty  amongst 
the  members  of  the  Order  in  the  early  days.  Some  will  exclaim 
with  enthusiasm  that  "in  those  days  there  was  real  brotherly 
love,  and  members  would  help  one  another,  stand  by  one 
another  through  thick  and  thin."  An  analysis  might  prove 
that  these  conditions  were  no  more  true  in  the  early  days 
than  at  the  present  time,  but  now  as  in  the  past  it  is  and  was 
plain  that  the  central  utility  of  the  Order  was  not  fraternity, 
good  fellowship,  brotherly  love,  standing  by  one  another 
through  thick  and  thin,  but  something  much  more  valuable 
and  much  more  unselfish,  namely,  service.     To  help  in  the 

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717 


advancement  of  every  good  work  of  Church  and  state,  to  de- 
fend religion,  to  promote  education,  to  relieve  distress,  to 
console  the  infirm  and  the  aged,  to  follow  the  defenders  of 
the  flag  into  the  camps,  cantonments,  and  even  the  battle 
fields,  to  find  homes  for  orphans  and  employment  for  the  idle ; 
these  are  not  the  mere  vaporings  of  perfei'vid  proponents  of 
fraternity,  but  the  actual  works  in  which  the  Order  has  en- 
gaged. These  spell  service,  not  fraternity,  or  any  of  the  vague 


MAIN    K.    OF   C.    BUILDING    AT    CAMP   GRANT 

phrases  that  fall  so  fluently  from  the  lips  of  mere  enthusiasts. 
Enlistment  in  a  cause  like  this,  co-operation  in  works  of 
such  nobility,  must  perforce  generate  fraternity  amongst  co- 
workers, must  create  love  and  admiration  for  brothers  in  the 
cause,  and  must  impel  sucii  co-workers  to  stand  firmly  by 
their  brethren  when  they  are  in  the  right.  But  these  con- 
ditions are  not  new,  nor  are  they  peculiarly  old.  They  existed 
from  the  very  foundation  of  the  Order,  and  have  been  the 


718  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

inspiration  of  the  Order  at  all  times.  It  may  be  possible  that 
the  efforts  put  forth  during  the  great  war  have  made  them 
more  clearly  discernible,  but  such  always  have  been  the  im- 
pelling force  of  the  Order,  and  shall  always  remain  so  until  it 
shall  have  abandoned  the  spirit  and  the  purpose  for  which  it 
was  instituted. 

Keeping  all  this  in  mind  it  is  easier  to  understand  the  great 
war  work  undertaken  by  the  Order  which  is  here  outlined. 

While  the  sturdy  young  members  of  the  Order  were  rally- 
ing to  the  call  of  their  country  and  writing  their  names  on 
the  pages  of  perpetual  glory,  their  fellow  members  were  not 
idle ;  indeed,  the  Knights  of  Columbus  were  almost  the  fii-st  to 
proffer  their  services  to  the  government.  A  state  of  war  was 
declared  on  April  6,  1917.  On  April  14th,  eight  days  there- 
after, the  Supreme  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  adopted  the  following  resolution : 

"The  Supreme  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  at  a 
meeting  held  this  14th  day  of  April,  1917,  in  the  city  of  Washington, 
realizing  that  the  crisis  confronting  our  country  calls  for  the  active 
co-operation  and  patriotic  zeal  of  every  true  citizen,  hereby  reafiirms 
the  patriotic  devotion  of  its  400,000  members  of  this  Order  in  this  coun- 
try to  our  republic  and  its  laws,  and  pledges  their  continued  and  uncon- 
ditional support  of  the  President  and  the  Congress  of  this  Nation  in 
their  determination  to  protect  its  honor  and  its  ideals  of  humanity  and 
right.  "1 

During  the  same  session  a  resolution  was  adopted  by  the 
Board  to  encourage  enlistment  as  follows : 

"Be  It  Besohed,  etc.,  that  until  further  action  of  this  Board  the 
disability  of  soldiers  and  sailors  as  extrahazardous  risks  (in  the  insured 
class),  be  removed  as  regards  all  present  insured  members  of  the  Order 
who  may  now  or  hereafter  bear  arms  on  behalf  of  the  United  States 
during  the  present  war.  "- 

In  this  manner  the  Supreme  Council  had  embarked  in  the 
work  of  raising  the  arm3^     The  next  important  step  was  to 


1 .  Records  Supreme  Council. 

2.  lb. 


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assist  iu  promoting  the  welfare  of  those  who  were  to  serve  in 
the  army. 

"The  moot  question  of  just  what  action  should  be  taken  by 
the  Catholic  body  in  the  matter  of  religious  and  physical  wel- 
fare work  for  thousands  of  men  in  the  service  reached  a  point 
where  an  answer  could  not  be  denied.  The  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus in  their  successful  work  at  the  Mexican  border  had  met 
the  expense  out  of  their  own  funds  as  a  corporate  body.  To 
them  the  question  of  financing  any  work  they  might  under- 
take was  necessarily  serious.  The  general  fund  of  the  Order, 
the  fund  that  had  supported  the  Mexican  work,  could  not, 
it  was  felt,  be  equal  to  the  more  ambitious  task.  But  precious 
time  was  flying  and  nothing  had  been  done  by  the  Catholics 
to  help  their  co-religionists  in  the  service.  Action  was  most 
imperative  if  the  faith  and  morals  and  need  of  spiritual  con- 
solation and  support  of  these  men,  so  important  a  part  of  the 
Nation's  fighting  forces,  were  to  be  assured.  So  the  aspira- 
tions of  American  Catholics  were  translated  into  action  when 
at  the  Board  of  Directors'  meetings  in  Detroit  on  June  24th 
and  25th,  a  resolution  was  passed,  unanimously  ratifying  an 
appeal  made  by  the  Supreme  Officers  of  the  Order  shortly 
before  for  a  million  dollar  fund,  to  be  known  as  the  'Knights 
of  Columbus  War  Camp  Fund,'  and  to  be  expended  for  relig- 
ious and  recreational  work  for  all  men  in  the  service."' 

In  accordance  with  these  resolutions  the  co-operation  of 

the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  all  welfare  work  was  tendered 

the  government,  and  accepted  in  a  warm  communication  by 

the  Chairman  of  the  Commission  on  Training  Camp  Activities, 

reading  as  follows : 

"Washington,  D.  C,  June  21,  1917. 

"Mr.  James  A.  Flaherty, 

"Supreme  Knight,  Knights  of  Columbus, 
"New  Haven,  Connecticut. 
"My  dear  Mr.  Flaherty: 

"At  the  meeting  of  the  Commission  on  Training  Camp  Activities. held 
June  19th,  it  was  unanimously  voted  to  recommend  to  the  Secretary  of 
"         W.     Egan-Kennedy.  Knights  of  Golumhtis  in  Pcaci  nnd  War.  Vol  I.  p   21 S 


720  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

War  the  acceptance  of  the  generous  proposition  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  of  June  13th,  in  regard  to  the  erection  of  buildings  for  social 
purposes  in  the  army  training  camps  in  the  United  States.  Secretary 
Baker  yesterday  indicated  his  agreement  with  our  resolution,  and  I 
understand  that  word  has  already  been  sent  to  the  officials  of  your  organ- 
ization. May  I  take  this  opportunity  to  express  for  the  Commission  on 
Training  Camp  Activities  our  appreciation  of  this  offer  by  your  organ- 
ization? Many  of  the  training  camps  will  contain  from  forty  to  sixty 
thousand  men;  indeed,  they  will  be  sizable  cities  in  themselves,  and  the 
need  for  social  and  relaxational  facilities  is  giong  to  tax  the  effort  of 
all  those  of  us  who  are  interested  in  providing  a  sane,  well-rounded  life 
for  the  men  in  the  camps.  May  I  say,  too,  that  we  welcome  the  strong 
position  which  your  organization  has  always  taken  in  regard  to  the  moral 
hazards  surrounding  a  young  man's  life,  and  I  am  confident  that  your 
influence  in  the  camps  will  add  much  to  their  general  tone.  We  shall  be 
very  glad  to  co-operate  with  you  in  every  way  possible,  and  we  sincere- 
ly trust  that  success  will  follow  your  efforts  to  raise  the  money  neces- 
sary to  prosecute  your  work. 

' '  Very  sincerely  yours, 
' '  Eaymond  B.  Fosdick,  Chairman. '  '* 

Thus  was  inaugurated  the  great  war  welfare  work  of  the 
Order.  As  fast  as  the  government  mobilization  camps  were 
located  in  this  country  the  Knights  of  Columbus  began  and 
completed  buildings  in  such  camps,  until  a  total  of  461  build- 
ings were  erected  and  in  addition  32  great  tents  were  brought 
into  service.  There  were  also  eleven  buildings  constructed  at 
permanent  army  posts. 

As  soon  as  leave  could  be  obtained  to  do  so  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  set  out  to  follow  the  flag  across  the  sea,  and 
very,  soon  after  the  first  soldiers  landed  in  France  they  found 
Knights  of  Columbus  there  ready  to  serve  them.  The  welfare 
work  of  the  Order  was  carried  on  through  central  and  dis- 
trict organizations,  and  executed  by  members  appointed  as 
commissioners  and  secretaries.  The  work  in  its  general  aspects 
has  been  well  described  in  the  press,  and  especially  in  the  valu- 
able publication  issued  under  the  direction  of  the  Supreme 
Council,  entitled' " Knights  of  Columbus  in  Peace  and  War," 

4.     Supreme  Council  Archives. 


WAR  WORK  721 

by  Maurice  Francis  Egan  and  John  B.  Kennedy.  It  is  appro- 
priate here,  therefore,  to  confine  this  chapter  to  war  work  in 
Illinois,  and  to  such  work  as  was  conducted  by  Illinoisans. 

The  work  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  Illinois  during 
the  war  covered  a  diverse  field.  In  every  war  activity  either 
civil  or  military  the  Knights  of  Columbus  played  their  part. 

IN  AND  AROUND  CHICAGO 

Chicago  may  claim  with  a  measure  of  justice  the  honor  of 
being  the  starting  point  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  War 
Activities.  It  was  at  the  Supreme  Council  of  the  order,  held 
in  Chicago  at  the  Hotel  LaSalle,  August  7  and  8,  1917,  four 
months  after  America  came  into  the  war,  and  two  months  after 
General  Pershing  and  his  forces  first  landed  in  France,  that  the 
initial  assessment  aggregating  a  million  and  a  quarter  dollai's 
for  war  purposes  was  ratified  and  an  additional  $2,000,000 
voted  to  continue  the  work. 

Headquarters  were  opened  in  the  Chicago  Chapter  and  a 
publicity  campaign  was  inagurated  by  William  J.  Clark, 
one  of  the  editors  of  the  Chicago  Evening  American,  which 
publication  donated  Mr.  Clark's  entire  time  to  the  cause; 
Reverend  Thomas  Y.  Shannon,  editor  of  The  New  World,  and 
George  F.  Mulligan  headed  a  corps  of  speakers.  Page  adver- 
tisements were  carried  in  all  of  the  Chicago  morning  and  after- 
noon newspapers,  and  The  New  World  and  other  publications. 
The  "Everybody  Welcome"  slogan  was  featured  in  all  pub- 
licity, and  the  camp  itself  and  its  work  for  the  men  in  train- 
ing were  featured  in  the  advertising.  The  designs  used  in  this 
advertising  were  later  adapted  and  used  by  other  organizations. 

In  ''keeping  the  home  fires  burning,"  the  Chicago  Knights 
did  their  part.    A  few  of  the  activities  credited  to  their  service 

are: 

Placing  the  personnel  and  machinery  of  the  Order  at  the 
service  of  the  State  Council  of  Defense  at  a  memorable  meeting 
at  the  Congress  hotel.    At  this  meeting  John  T.  Lillis,  William 


722  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

N.  Brown,  William  Cleary,  George  F.  Mulligan  and  John  E. 
Byrnes  stated  to  Samuel  Insull,  chairman  of  the  State  Council 
of  Defense,  the  work  outlined  by  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
and  drew  from  Mr.  Insull  a  glowing  tribute  to  the  loyalty  of  all 
Catholics. 

Other  activities  credited  to  the  order  include : 

The  urging  of  enlistment  in  every  Council  of  the  Order, 
and  the  response  of  thousands  of  young  Knights ;  participation 
of  thousands  of  Knights  of  Columbus  in  the  Liberty  Loan 
campaigns  either  as  solicitors  or  speakers,  the  investment  of 
the  surplus  funds  of  the  Chicago  chapter,  of  the  Catholic  Home 
Finding  Association,  and  of  the  majority  of  the  Councils  in  the 
loan,  and  the  response  by  practically  every  Knight  of  Columbus 
to  the  request  of  Archbishop  Mundelein  that  there  be  a  Liberty 
bond  in  every  Catholic  home ;  enlistment  of  the  members  in 
the  Red  Cross  money  and  membership  campaigns,  speakers 
addressing  every  council,  and  the  conversion  of  the  Chicago 
Chapter  into  a  Red  Cross  campaign  headquarters. 

Michael  J.  Keigher,  Past  Grand  Knight  of  Ravenswood 
Council  and  Michael  F.  Carroll,  Past  Grand  Knight  of  Damen 
Council,  both  officials  in  the  postal  service,  led  in  organizing 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  behind  the  War  Savings  Stamp  and 
Thrift  campaigns.  Sales  rooms  were  open  at  the  Chicago 
chapter,  and  every  council  meeting  was  made  the  occasion  of 
urging  the  purchase  of  stamps.  Appeals  were  sent  personally 
to  every  member  of  the  order  in  the  state  to  become  a  savings 
stamp  booster. 

Early  in  September,  1918,  the  great  war  show,  was  con- 
ducted in  Grant  Park.  It  was  preceded  and  opened  by  a 
mammoth  patriotic  pageant  on  Labor  day.  One  of  the  most 
attractive  floats  in  that  pageant  was  a  miniature  "Everybody 
Welcome"  K.  of  C.  hut  on  a  truck,  with  soldiers,  sailors  and 
K.  of  C.  secretaries  giving  it  a  realistic  appearance.  The  Chi- 
cago newspapers  gave  this  float  the  distinction  of  carrying  a 
cut  of  it.    At  the  war  show  the  Knights  also  had  a  miniature 


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cantonment  hut,  but  what  attracted  most  attention  was  the 
reproduction  of  a  typical  overseas  line  dugout.  This  was 
reproduced  from  a  description,  and  consisted  of  a  cave  in  a 
hill-side,  front  and  doors  made  from  driftwood  and  the  hinges 
of  harness  leather. 

About  that  time  the  real  sorrow  of  war  was  coming  home 
to  the  people  of  Chicago.  The  October  drive  in  the  St.  Mihiel 
and  the  Argonne  was  sending  home  column  after  column  of 
names  of  Chicago  men  dead,  wounded  and  missing.  All  war 
activities  were  heavily  burdened  with  calls  for  news  of  missing 
ones.  This  was  furnished  so  far  as  it  could  be,  the  staff  of 
secretaries  abroad  having  been  instructed  to  cooperate  with 
the  Chicago  offices  as  promptly  as  the  exigiencies  of  the  time 
would  permit. 

Early  in  the  war,  at  the  suggestion  of  Bishop  Muldoon. 
President  John  T.  Lillis  of  the  Chicago  chapter  undertook 
the  supplying  of  the  camp  huts  with  good  literature.  Rosaries 
and  other  Catholic  articles  were  supplied.  The  first  Mass 
was  celebrated  in  the  first  "Everybody  Welcome"  hut  at 
Camp  Grant  on  Sunday,  September  23. 

Under  the  immediate  direction  of  Vice-President  John  E. 
Byrnes  of  the  chapter  a  flood  of  books,  magazines  and  other 
reading  matter,  records,  etc.,  were  sent  not  only  to  the  Illinois 
camps,  but  to  other  camps,  especially  where  Illinois  troops 
were  mobilized.    This  work  was  kept  up  as  long  as  there  was 

need. 

With  the  induction  of  the  drafted  men  and  the  mobilization 
of  the  guard  units  and  the  enlistments  of  men  in  the  navy  and 
other  branches  of  the  service,  the  problem  of  liome  work  arose. 
Families  left  behind  sometimes  needed  attention  and  the  ques- 
tion of  insurance,  allotments  and  employment  and  in  some 
instances  the  relief  of  temporary  need  due  to  the  absence  of 
the  bread  winners  gave  work  for  the  older  members  of  the 
order  who  remained  behind.  That  this  work  would  pile  up  as 
the  time  went  on  became  apparent,  and  the  first  real  steps  for 


724  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

organization  in  the  home  lines  were  undertaken  in  all  Councils 
throughout  the  state.  At  first  these  were  independent  and 
experimental,  no  one  knowing  just  what  needs  would  arise. 
But  later  in  the  war  these  activities  were  correlated,  stand- 
ardized and  made  very  eifective,  under  direction  of  Donald 
Callahan,  aided  by  Secretary  Edward  J.  McMahon  and 
Assistant  Secretary  Henry  Schmitt  of  the  Chicago  chapter. 

Hundreds  of  applicants  were  advised  and  helped  with 
their  allotment  and  other  problems  at  the  Chapter  Welfare 
Bureau.^ 

Early  efforts  of  the  welfare  committee  of  the  Chicago 
Chapter  were  directed  toward  softening  the  rigors  of  families 
disrupted  by  the  war.  As  rapidly  as  the  young  men  were 
called  to  the  colors  their  families  were  assured  that  the  boy's 
welfare  would  be  looked  after  by  the  Knights  of  Columbus, 
from  the  time  he  bade  them  goodby  until  his  return,  "In 
every  instance  the  volunteer  went  off  to  take  his  place  in  the 
conflict  with  a  heart  made  lighter  by  this  assurance,  and  the 
further  assurance  that  his  loved  ones  at  home  would  be  looked 
after. '"^ 

The  Chapter  Committee  was  in  constant  touch  with  the 
Supreme  Body,  known  as  Knights  of  Columbus  War  Activities, 
which  was  being  whipped  into  shape  by  the  Directors  of  the 
Supreme  Council,  and  as  fact  as  camps  appeared  in  and  around 
Chicago  the  comfort  of  those  in  such  camps  was  provided  for, 
— writing  paper,  athletic  equipment  of  all  descriptions,  ciga- 
rettes, tobacco  and  candy  were  supplied.  Entertainments  were 
staged  weekly  at  each  of  the  camps. 

In  a  short  time  there  were  in  operation  in  different  parts 
of  the  city  and  suburbs  student  training  camps,  as  follows: 
St.  Ignatius  College,  S.  A.  T.  C.  900  students;  Chicago  Uni- 
versity, S.  A.  T.  C.  1500  students ;  South  Division  High  School, 
S.  A.  T.  C.  400  students -Armour  Institute,  S.  A.  T.  C. .1,000 


5.     Chapter  Records, 

6."    Columbian.  Oct.   17,   1919. 


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725 


students;  Ciidahy  residence,  S.  A.  T.  C.  600  students;  North- 
western University,  S.  A,  T.  C.  1,500  students ;  DePaul  Univer- 
sity, S.  A.  T.  C.  1,000  students;  Lewis  Institute,  S.  A.  T.  C. 
1,500  students;  Brennan  Public  School,  S.  A.  T.  C.  800 
students;  Municipal  Pier  3,000  sailors;  Training  Ship  Com- 
modore 600  sailors;  McKinley  Park  1,500  U.  S.  Guards; 
Hawthorne  Race  Track  300  U.  S.  Guards,  making  a  total  of 
practically  15,000  to  which  the  welfare  committee  ministered. 


IN   THE   HOSPITAL— CAMP  GRANT 


In  addition  to  this  there  were  established  in  the  vicinity  of 
26th  street  and  Karlov  avenue  a  K.  of  C.  recreational  center 
fully  equipped  and  remodeled  for  the  comfort  of  the  jVIotor 
Transport  Corps,  the  members  of  which  were  obliged  to  stop 
for  a  short  period  en  route  acroas  the  country'.  Approximately 
500  men  at  a  time  were  taken  care  of  there.  Shower  baths  were 
installed,  reading  and  writing  rooms,  piano  and  pianola  and 
various  athletic  equipment  were  at  their  disposal. 

For  the  accommodation  of  the  sailors  at  the  Great  Lakes 
Naval  Training  Station  and  other  service  men  in  the  city  or 
passing  through,  the  club  houses  of  the  various  councils  of 


726  KNIGHTS  OF  COLOIBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

the  Knights  of  Colmnbus  throughout  the  city  threw  open 
their  doors  day  and  night  and  entertained  the  young  fellows 
with  all  the  accommodations  of  the  clubs.  Here  the  service 
man  might  seek  advice,  write  to  his  friends  and  meet,  by 
appointment,  other  service  men  or  any  one  on  pleasure  or 
proper  business. 

At  the  instance  of  the  welfare  organization  the  young 
ladies  in  various  parts  of  the  city  who,,  in  many  instances,  had 
brothers  in  the  service,  assisted  in  entertaining  the  service 
men.  The  fathers  and  mothei-s  responded  nobly,  and  through 
the  assistance  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  many  a  home  in 
Chicago,  that  was  made  vacant  by  a  son  or  brother  being  called 
to  the  service,  was  filled  by  a  soldier  or  sailor  sojourning  here 
who  was  made  to  feel  at  home.  On  Sundays  these  soldiers  and 
sailors  could  be  seen  in  all  parts  of  the  city,  going  to  the  homes 
of  these  good  people  for  a  Sunday  dinner  and  a  pleasant  day 
in  general.  House  parties  were  arranged  by  the  younger  set, 
which  proved  great  attractions  to  the  boys.  Dancing  parties 
were  also  arranged  by  the  young  folks,  and  they  relied  upon 
the  Knights  of  Columbus"  judgment  in  providing  soldiers  and 
sailors  to  attend  these  parties.  These  parties  were  at  all  times 
chaperoned  in  a  careful  manner.  During  the  holidays,  such  as 
Thanksgiving,  Christmas  and  New  Year's,  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  "War  Activities  office  was  besieged  with  requests 
from  all  parts  of  the  city  and  suburbs  for  boys  to  join  at 
•banquet  tables.  In  most  instances  from  two  to  five  boys  were 
taken  care  of  in  a  family. 

A  staff  under  the  general  direction  of  General  Secretary 
•James  J.  O'^VIalley,  comprising  twelve  assistant  secretaries, 
was  working  day  and  night  in  providing  creature  comforts 
for  the  soldiers  and  sailors  under  their  care. 

From  the  time  the  troops  began  to  leave  the  various 
camps  and  cantonments  for  duty  overseas,  Chicago,  the  largest 
railroad  center  in  the  world,  was  called  upon  to  perform  a 
tremendous  task  in  providing  for  the  welfare  of  the  traveling 


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soldiers  and  sailors.  Knights  of  Columbus  were  stationed  at 
the  various  railroad  stations,  and  vards.  distributing  creature 
comforts  and  ' '  God  speed ' '  to  the  departing  bovs,  postal  cards 
were  supplied  in  abundance  and  "Casev"  saw  to  the  posta^. 

The  headquarters  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  War  Activ- 
ities, established  under  the  direction  of  State  Deputy  Edward 
Houlihan,  who  succeeded  R^onal  Director  William  J.  Mori- 
arity  of  St.  Louis,  assisted  by  Supervisor  Thomas  F.  O'Con- 
nell,  was  opened  at  17  X.  La  Salle  street.  ''At  all  hours  of  the 
day  and  night  you  could  see  the  olive-drab  uniform  with  the 
insignia  of  the  Order  hastening  to  and  fro  in  the  performance 
of  duty,  in  the  person  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  Secretary. 

At  each  place  where  the  Knights  established  themselves 
their  first  duty  was  to  conserve  the  morale  of  the  men  they 
were  assigned  to.  The  Knights  of  Columbus  were  most  fortu- 
nate in  having  camps  at  St.  Ignatius  College  and  De  Paul 
University.  At  St.  Ignatius  College  the  Rev.  George  Shanley. 
S.  J.,  took  a  keen  interest  in  the  boys'  camp  which  comprised 
the  boys  of  all  religious  affiliations.  At  De  Paul  University 
the  watchful  eye  of  the  Rev.  F.  X.  McCabe.  C.  M..  was  always 
on  the  alert  for  the  boys  whom  he  considered  his  particular 
charge.  These  good  priests  spared  no  expense  in  providing 
for  the  comfort  of  the  boys,  and  their  c-ooperation  with  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  War  Activities  Organization  was  timely 
and  most  valuable. 

During  the  influenza  epidemic  in  almost  every  hospital  in 
Chicago  there  was  one  or  more  soldier  patients.  In  a  great 
many  instances  the  Knights  of  Columbus  were  apprised  of 
these  facts  and  the  needs  of  the  patient  were  immediately 
attended. 

When  about  January  1,  191S.  it  was  learned  that  the  U.  S. 
Government  was  about  to  take  over  a  building  in  the  course  of 
construction,  located  at  47th  street  and  Drexel  boulevard. 
Supervisor  Thomas  F.  O'Connell,  and  General  Secretary  James 
J.  Oltf alley,  proceeded  immediately  to  this  point  and  offered 


728  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

their  services  to  Col.  F.  L.  Darbj'  in  charge.  The  plan  outlined 
by  the  Knights  of  Columbus  was  welcomed  by  the  colonel,  who 
said  "You  good  gentlemen  embarrass  me  with  your  most  gen- 
erous offer."  As  the  building  was  not  large  enough  to  house 
others  besides  the  patients  themselves,  it  was  impossible  for 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  to  establish  themselves  in  it.  Through 
the  kind  cooperation  of  Rev.  William  Foley,  Pastor  of  St. 
Ambrose  Church  the  building  of  St.  Ambrose  school,  located 
one  block  east  of  the  hospital  was  proffered.  In  this  building 
was  provided  two  bowling  alleys,  a  hand  ball  court,  two  pool 
tables,  athletic  equipment  of  all  kinds,  reading  and  writing 
rooms,  pianola  and  graphonola,  with  an  abundance  of  records, 
a  M^ell  stocked  library,  cigarettes,  tobacco  and  candy.  Over- 
seas Secretary,  George  Mahoney,  of  Calumet,  Michigan, 
arrived  in  Chicago  at  that  time  and  was  assigned  with  Secre- 
taries "Bud"  Quinn  and  John  Zimmerman,  both  of  Chicago, 
to  look  after  the  welfare  of  the  boys  in  the  hospital. 

At  the  K.  Q\  headquarters  entertainments  were  arranged 
weekly,  consisting  of  vaudeville  and  athletic  numbers.  A 
moving  picture  machine  was  installed,  and  frequently  after 
performances  coffee  and  sandwiches  were  served.  The  people 
of  the  parish  cooperated  in  every  manner  possible.  A  young 
ladies  club  was  organized  under  the  supervision  of  the  Knights 
of  Columbus,  known  as  the  Dorthean  Club.  Semi-weekly 
dances  were  arranged,  where  the  service  men,  who  were  able, 
participated.  None  but  men  in  uniform  were  permitted  and 
no  ladies  except  members  of  the  Dorthean  Club.  A  great 
militarj^  ball  was  arranged  while  the  service  men  were  still  at 
the  hospital,  which  was  said  to  be  one  of  the  most  brilliant 
events  ever  held  on  the  South  Side. 

When  the  government  turned  over  this  hospital  to  the 
United  States  Public  Health  Service,  all  the  agencies,  with 
the  exception  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  ceased  to  be  active. 
The  Knights  of  Columbus  continued  their  service  there  as  long 
as  it  was  required. 


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As  sick  and  disabled  service  men  arrived  in  Chicago  in 
large  numbers  the  government  took  over  the  Marine  Hospital 
located  on  Clarendon  avenue,  on  the  north  side.  The  Knights 
of  Columbus  M^ere  there  for  the  opening.  As  at  the  hospital  at 
47th  street,  on  account  of  crowded  facilities,  they  vs^ere  unable 
to  establish  themselves  in  or  around  this  institution,  daily 
visits  were  made  from  central  headquarters.  In  this  hospital 
there  were  approximately  300  patients  from  overseas  and 
about  100  government  employes.  All  shared  the  good  things 
that  the  Knights  of  Columbus  supplied. 

Various  features  of  entertainment  were  conducted.  One  of 
the  most  interesting  of  which  perhaps  to  the  service  men  was 
a  wrestling  exhibition  at  the  Coliseum  between  Sbysco  and 
Lewis.  Three  hundred  reserved  seats  were  proffered  to  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  for  the  boys  through  the  courtesy  of 
Mr.  Joseph  M.  Coffey.  The  service  men  who  attended  this 
performance  were  supplied  with  pop,  ice  cream  cones,  peanuts, 
cigarettes  and  sandwiches.  Special  cars  were  chartered  to  take 
the  boys  to  and  from  the  Coliseum. 

Through  the  courtesy  of  the  firms  of  Armour,  Swift  and 
Nelson  Morris  arrangements  were  made  to  take  150  of  the 
service  men  for  a  trip  through  the  Stock  Yards.  The  Knights 
of  Columbus  provided  automobiles  for  the  wounded  boys,  and 
they  were  met  at  the  entrance  by  a  mounted  escort  of  cow 
boys  preceded  by  the  girls'  band.  Work  was  suspended  and 
the  reception  given  by  the  employes  to  the  sick  and  wounded 
heroes  was  tremendous.  A  staff  of  six  K.  of  C.  secretaries  was 
assigned  to  look  after  the  safety  of  the  soldiers,  as  in  most 
cases  they  were  obliged  to  use  crutches.  After  going  through 
the  various  departments  the  packers  arranged  for  a  very  tasty 
luncheon,  at  which  the  girls  of  the  plant  acted  the  part  of 

hostesses. 

A  short  time  afterwards  Wilson  &  Company  extended  an 
invitation  to  the  wounded  boys,  through  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus, to  visit  their  plant.     Arrangements  were   immediately 


730  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

made  for  the  patients  who  were  unable  to  attend  the  previous 
trip,  and  a  party  of  one  hundred  was  conveyed  from  the 
hospitals  at  Great  Lakes  and  Fort  Sheridan  by  special  cars 
to  and  from  the  Stock  Yards.  The  management  of  Wilson  & 
Company,  after  the  boys  had  seen  the  plants,  also  arranged  a 
lunch,  and  the  ladies  eemlpoyed  acted  as  hostesses.  On  each 
of  these  trips  the  Knights  of  Columbus  distributed  candy, 
cigarettes  and  cigars  in  abundance. 

On  numerous  occasions  other  agencies  engaged  in  war  work 
invited  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  through  the  agency  of  war 
camp  community  service,  to  share  part  of  the  expense  in  enter- 
taining the  boys  from  Fort  Sheridan  and  the  Great  Lakes 
at  various  amusements  in  the  city,  such  as  baseball  games, 
theater  parties  and  motor  trips.  These  invitations  were  always 
eagerly  accepted. 

During  the  summer  months  the  central  headquarters 
planned  and  carried  out  successfully  motor  trips  for  the  boys  at 
Fort  Sheridan,  through  the  parks  and  points  of  interest  in 
Chicago.  Perhaps  the  most  memorable  of  these  trips  was  a  visit 
to  St.  Mary's  Training  School  at  Desplaines.  Automobiles 
carrying  150  patients  arrived  at  the  gates  of  this  great  institu- 
tion and  were  welcomed  by  the  Superintendent,  Rev.  M.  J. 
Doran,  and  the  Sisters  of  Mercy  with  their  little  charges.  A 
very  pleasant  day  was  spent,  and  the  Sisters  prepared  and 
served  a  most  appetizing  dinner.  While  the  soldiers  were  din- 
ing the  little  girls  entertained  with  songs  and  dances.  After 
lunch  the  boys  of  the  institution  donned  their  uniforms  and 
put  on  a  very  inspiring  spectacle  in  the  way  of  a  pageant  play. 

Another  feature  of  the  welfare  work  was  referred  to  as 
educational  tours.  From  forty  to  fifty  service  men  would  be 
brought  into  Chicago  by  special  car  to  a  plant  engaged  in 
business  that  the  men  were  contemplating  taking  up  upon 
their  discharge.  Automobile  plants,  jewelry  houses,  power 
stations,  railroad  shops  and  other  manufacturing  plants  were 
visited. 


WAR  WORK  731 

One  of  the  greatest  events  arranged  for  the  service  men 
was  a  trip  to  the  Barnum  &  Bailey  &  Ringling  Brothers  Com- 
bined Circus,  which  appeared  in  Chicago,  at  Grant  Park,  for 
one  week  during  the  month  of  July,  1918.  Arrangements 
were  made  by  the  Knights  of  Columbus  Committee  for  the 
purchase  of  300  seats.  One  thousand  was  asked  for,  but  on 
account  of  the  short  stay  of  the  circus  only  three  hundred 
could  be  secured.  A  special  train  of  five  coaches  conveyed 
the  boys  from  the  Fort.  It  was  very  hard  for  the  Knights  to 
determine  who  should  go  to  the  circus.  With  the  assistance 
of  Colonel  Bispham  and  the  staff  of  nurses  the  most  worthy 
cases  were  chosen.  Promptly  at  one  p.  m.,  the  wounded  boys 
and  nurses  were  escorted  by  a  staff  of  K.  C.  Secretaries  from 
the  trains  to  the  circus  grounds.  When  the  boys  filed  into  the 
section  reserved  for  them  they  were  greeted  with  cheers  from 
the  audience,  which  comprised  about  8,000  people.  The  day 
was  started  by  "Casey"  in  the  form  of  a  cigarette  barrage. 
Every  boy  had  a  pack  of  smokes.  Following  this  crackerjack 
was  passed  out,  and  as  the  day  was  very  hot  pop  in  abundance 
was  distributed  among  the  boys  at  frequent  intervals,  A  sur- 
prise was  given  the  fifty  nurses  in  attendance  also  when  a  box 
of  bonbons  was  handed  each.  After  the  performance  the  sol- 
diers and  nurses  were  escorted  to  one  of  the  largest  loop 
restaurants,  where  they  were  served  a  most  appetizing  supper. 

At  the  various  railroad  stations  and  yards  approximately 
two  million  men  arrived  in  Chicago  to  and  from  the  battle- 
fields of  Europe.  There  were  very  few  instances  where  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  were  not  there  to  greet  them.  A  special 
detail  was  assigned  to  the  trains  which  carried  men  who  were 
helpless,  maimed  and  unable  to  do  anything  for  themselves.  At 
the  railroad  depots  also  were  assigned  men  to  look  after  the 
soldier  traveling  alone,  generally  on  his  way  home  from  the 
front.  When  he  arrived  at  the  depot  he  was  guarded  against 
unscrupulous  persons.  He  was  advised  about  the  city,  and 
told  where  to  obtain  food  and  lodging  at  the  most  reasonable 


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prices.  The  co-operatiou  of  the  Chicago  Police  Department 
with  the  Knights  of  Columbus  was  most  effective. 

Frequently  the  Knights  of  Columbus  were  called  upon  by 
the  Central  Department  of  the  United  States  Army  with  other 
welfare  organizations,  to  confer  with  Major-General  Leonard 
A.  Wood,  devising  plans  for  the  best  interest  of  the  soldier 
and  the  City  of  Chicago  as  well. 

It  is  to  be  remembered  that  the  Knights  of  Columbus  War 
Activities  in  looking  after  the  soldiers'  welfare  did  not  con- 


WOUNDED  PROM   BATTLE   AT   CHATEAU   THIERRY 


fine  themselves  to  Knights  of  Columbus  or  Catholics  or  even  to 
Chicago  alone.  Every  service  man  was  their  ward.  Through 
the  co-operation  of  councils  from  different  parts  of  the  state 
supplies  were  shipped  by  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  consisting 
of  cigarettes,  matches,  match  safes,  candy  and  numerous  other 
articles  to  the  committee  in  charge  of  the  home-coming  cele- 
brations held  in  the  various  cities  and  towns  of  the  state. 

After  the  signing  of  the  armistice  a  considerable  part  of 
the  welfare  work  consisted  in  preparing  proper  affidavits  to 
secure  the  discharge  of  men  who  were  needed  at  home.    With 


WAR  WORK  733 

many  of  the  meu  retuniiiig  a  large  volume  of  work  developed 
in  assisting  them  to  get  their  war  risk  insurance  converted  to 
the  new  government  insurance  for  discharged  soldiers,  sailors 
and  marines. 

This  work  was  carried  on  by  the  regular  representatives 
without  charge.  No  revenue  was  derived  from  the  men  served, 
not  as  much  as  a  notary's  fee  was  exacted,  and  in  all  cases 
where  proffer  of  fees  was  made  they  were  refused. 

To  meet  the  additional  expense  of  carrying  on  this  work 
the  funds  raised  by  the  sale  of  tickets  at  the  Fire  Works  Dis- 
play at  the  Sox  and  Cubs  parks  on  July  4,  1918,  were  used. 
After  December  1,  1918,  however,  the  expense  was  borne  by 
the  Chapter  treasury.'^ 

WELFARE  WORK  IN  THE  ILLINOIS  CAMPS  AND  FIELDS 

The  government  established  several  centers  in  Illinois, 
and  in  keeping  with  its  determination  to  help  the  service  men 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  entered  all  the  camps  and  canton- 
ments. The  principal  centers  in  Illinois  were  Camp  Grant, 
located  near  the  City  of  Roekford,  the  Great  Lakes  Training 
Station  on  Lake  Michigan,  north  of  Chicago,  the  Reserve  Of- 
ficers' Training  Camp  at  Fort  Sheridan,  and  the  Chanute 
Flying  Field  at  Rantoul.  An  account  of  the  work  in  each  of 
those  training  camps  taken  largely  from  data  furnished  by 
members  who  were  actually  on  the  ground,  will  prove  inter- 
esting. 

Fort  Sheridan,  lying  a  short  distance  north  of  Chicago, 
has  been  an  army  post  for  more  than  thirty  years,  and  was 
therefore  in  readiness  to  be  used  in  connection  with  the  great 
war  preparations.  It  was  at  this  point  that  the  various  of- 
ficers' training  camps  were  established.  The  general  hospital 
was  established  there  also.  During  the  war  period  the  40th 
Infantry,  the  312th  Cavalry  and  Hospital  Units  trained  there 
also. 


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734  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

The  Knights  of  Columbus  early  entered  the  welfare  work 
at  Fort  Sheridan.  Prior  to  the  regular  administration  by 
the  Welfare  Department  of  the  Supreme  Council  a  library 
and  reading  room  was  established  and  placed  at  the  disposal 
of  the  men  in  the  officers'  camp  by  the  Catholics  of  surround- 
ing communities. 

On  May  29,  1918,  the  Knights  of  Columbus  Department  of 
War  Activities  appointed  Maurice  Sheehy,  Jr.,  of  Dubuque, 
Iowa,  General  Secretary,  to  inaugurate  the  regular  welfare 
service.  With  the  valuable  assistance  of  the  Chaplin,  Captain 
F'rancis  Ranier,  of  the  40th  Infantry,  a  large  room,  centrally 
located  and  thoroughly  equipped,  was  ready  for  the  use  of  the 
3,000  men  in  the  post,  while  through  the  courtesy  of  Mr.  Dan- 
iel McCann  and  the  Knights  of  Columbus  of  Newman  Council, 
Evanston,  a  large  tent  was  procured  and  opened  for  the 
students  in  the  R.  0.  T.  C,  and  S.  A.  T.  C,  camps  numbering 
3,500. 

Later  in  the  same  month  M.  J.  Sheehy,  Sr.,  arrived  to  take 
up  secretarial  duties,  and  in  July  J.  J.  Volz  of  Indianapolis, 
was  also  assigned  to  the  force. 

The  Chicago  Chapter  Knights  of  Columbus  took  an 
active  part  in  the  work  at  Fort  Sheridan,  volunteering  from 
its  own  war  fmid  one  big  entertainment  weekly.  The  tal- 
ent furnished  for  these  entertainments  consisted  mainly  ot 
the  stars  appearing  in  Chicago  theaters  at  the  time,  sup- 
plemented by  performers  from  the  various  booking  agencies 
in  the  city. 

The  post  gymnasium,  with  a  seating  capacity  of  3,000, 
was  generously  offered  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus  for  use  as 
a  recreational  center.  A  large  recreational  room  in  the  hos- 
pital served  as  a  theater  and  the  Knights  of  Columbus  were 
given  access  thereto.  In  this  period  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
was  the  only  agency  of  the  war  camp  community  service  at  the 
fort.  Full  attention  was  given  by  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
secretaries  to  athletics,   and  acting  in  unison  with   Charlie 


WAR  WORK  735 

White,  Athletic  Director,  some  of  the  great  atliletic  stars  were 
brought  to  the  fort. 

The  Knights  of  Columbus,  with  the  approval  of  the  Church 
authorities,  established  a  chaplaincy  at  the  fort,  which  waij 
first  in  charge  of  Rev.  Joseph  Berg  of  St.  Francis  Seminary. 
Father  Berg  was  later  succeeded  by  Rev.  Charles  Schuetz, 
S.  J.,  of  Loyola  University,  who  won  the  plaudits  of  Protes- 
tants and  Catholics  alike  for  his  heroic  service  during  the 
scourge  of  influenza. 

In  August  a  Knights  of  Columbus  building  was  erected  for 
the  use  of  the  service  men,  and  dedicated  with  elaborate  cere- 
monies. 

In  the  same  month  General  Secretary  Sheehy  resumed  his 
studies  for  the  priesthood  at  the  St.  Paul  Seminary,  and  his 
father  succeeded  him  as  general  secretary.  At  the  same  time 
Edward  Connellj^  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  was  transferred  from  Camp 
Grant  to  Fort  Sheridan,  and  Secretary  Volz  sent  to  Camp 
Grant.  William  Houlihan  of  Crawfordsville,  Indiana,  served 
at  the  post  during  the  influenza  epidemic,  until  his  health 
compelled  him  to  relinquish. 

The  fort  was  later  changed  from  an  army  post  to  a  gen- 
eral hospital  and  necessitated  further  extension  of  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  service.  The  first  overseas  troops,  sick  or  dis- 
abled, arrived  in  November,  1918,  and  with  them  the  recon- 
struction work  began,  and  all  through  the  war  period  and 
after,  the  work  was  kept  up  and  extended  to  meet  every  need. 

Besides  the  regular  work  in  the  hospital  and  about  the 
fort  parties  of  the  convalescing  were  conducted  to  Chicago, 
and  afforded  an  opportunity  to  see  at  first  hand  the  different 
kinds  of  industrial  work  being  taught  in  the  classes  formed 
at  the  fort.  Automobile  shows,  Stock  Yards  exhibitions  and 
manufacturing  plants  were  visited  by  the  aid  of  the  Knights 
of  Columbus. 

During  the  winter  months  several  new  secretaries  were  as- 
signed to  the  hospital,  amongst  them  Frank  Coleman,  John 


736  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

0  'Connell,  John  Bowers,  J.  M.  McGregor  and  Paul  Mullen  of 
Chicago,  and  Emil  Newton  of  Nauvoo,  Illinois,  and  J.  J.  Boll 
of  Madison,  Wis.  On  June  10,  1919,  Mr.  Hugh  J.  Daly,  for 
eighteen  months  general  secretary  at  Camp  Logan,  was  placeji 
in  charge  of  the  activities  at  Fort  Sheridan,  succeeding  M. 
J.  Sheehy,  Sr.  The  number  of  wounded  in  the  summer  of 
1919,  reached  a  total  of  4,000,  and  several  new  secretaries 
were  appointed,  amongst  them  James  Murray,  who  had  made 
an  excellent  reputation  for  his  work  with  the  33rd  Division 
overseas.  Charles  McCarthy,  who  had  served  in  Camp  Grant, 
George  Schuster,  just  discharged  from  the  33rd  Division  Ar- 
tillery, Harry  Kelly,  formerly  with  the  7tli  and  otli  Divisions 
overseas,  Travis  Bradley  and  Walter  Hackett,  all  of  Chicago, 
and  E.  F.  Boyle  of  Montana.  All  of  these  secretaries  are 
gratefully  remembered  by  the  patients  at  the  hospital,  but  the 
part  played  by  Bradley  and  Hackett,  that  is,  in  the  line  of 
entertainment,  did  much  to  lighten  the  hours  of  the  patients, 
Bradley  with  his  wooden  man  (ventriloquist)  and  Hackett 
with  his  rich  Irish  stories  were  surrounded  day  and  night  by 
eager  listeners. 

Creature  comforts  were  served  by  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
much  as  in  other  camps.  5,000  packages  of  cigarettes  were 
distributed  weekly.  Matches,  chewing  gum,  smoking  and 
chewing  tobacco,  tooth  brushes,  tooth  paste,  handkerchiefs, 
toilet  and  shaving  soap,  razors  and  razor  blades,  and  assort- 
ments of  candy  were  given  out  freely.  Cards,  checkers  and 
every  game  imaginable  were  placed  in  the  hospital  wards  for 
the  amusement  of  the  patients.  Every  incoming  train  bear- 
ing soldiers  was  met  regardless  of  the  hour  or  weather  condi- 
tions. Stamps,  and  postal  cards  were  given  the  men  to  an- 
nounce their  arrival  to  their  friends. 

Special  attention  was  given  to  shell  shock  patients,  and 
the  work  in  this  department  was  under  the  supervision  of 
Secretary  John  Bowers,  who  served  overseas  in  the  Hospital 
Corps  of  the  33rd  Division. 


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The  religious  work  at  the  fort  diiriug  the  suinnier  of  l!)l!i 
and  continuing  until  long  after  the  war  was  in  charge  of  Sr. 
Chaplain  George  T.  McCarthy  and  Chaplain  M.  J.  Ileeney. 
Chaplain  McCarthy,  as  noted  elsewhere,  was  twice  wounded 
in  France,  and  during  his  service  at  Fort  Sheridan  won  the 
admiration  of  all  who  knew  him  for  his  untiring  efforts  in  be- 
half of  the  service  men.  Amongst  other  activities  Chaplain 
McCarthy  organized  the  Joan  of  Arc  Battalion,  an  association 
of  Catholic  ladies,  for  special  work  at  the  hospital.  Weekly 
dances,  receptions  and  lunches  were  given  at  the  K.  of  C. 
building,  with  the  assistance  of  these  ladies.  Every  Sunday 
the  ladies  of  the  Battalion  served  breakfast  to  the  communi- 
cants and  many  others  who  desired  to  partake  of  the  good 
things  offered.  Food  was  supplied  by  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus while  the  ladies  did  the  serving.  More  than  500  were 
served  every  Sunday  morning. 

The  work  became  so  popular  that  a  former  soldier  in  ap- 
preciation of  the  attention  given  him  by  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  and  the  Joan  of  Arc  Battalion  presented  the  hos- 
pital with  a  beautiful  statue  of  St.  Joan  of  Arc,  which  was 
unveiled  with  an  impressive  ceremony  September  21,  1919. 
The  sermon  on  the  occasion  was  preached  by  Chaplain  Mc- 
Carthy, and  was  said  to  be  the  most  eloquent  ever  heard  at 
the  fort. 

Rev.  M.  J.  Heeney  was  the  regular  Knights  of  Columbus 
Chaplain  at  the  post,  and  his  work  in  administering  to  the 
sick  and  wounded  was  most  inspiring.  Three  Masses  were  said 
each  Sunday  in  the  Knights  of  Columbus  building,  in  which 
the  three  chaplains,  Fathers  McCarthy,  Heeney  and  Msgr. 
Vartman  rotated. 

AT   THE  GREAT  LAKES   NAVAL  TRAINING   STATION 

The  Knights  of  Columbus  welfare  work  was  set  in  motion 
at  the  Great  Lakes  Naval  Training  Station  in  August,  1917, 


738  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

immediately  upon  the  arrival  of  Rev.  William  A.  Murphy,  who 
was  sent  there  by  Most  Rev.  George  William  Mundelein,  Arch- 
bishop of  Chicago.  Father  Murphy  was  followed  immediately 
by  Thomas  F.  O'Connell,  Past  Grand  Knight  of  Charles 
Carroll  Council,  who  was  appointed  General  Secretary  for  the 
Knights  of  Columbus. 

The  chaplain  and  secretary  had  no  plan  laid  down  for 
them,  but  struck  into  the  work  with  good  will.  Secretary 
O'Connell  was  over  military  age,  and  had  dependents,  but  he 
gave  up  a  good  position  to  enter  the  service. 

A  building  at  Camp  Perry,  one  of  the  several  camps  in  the 
Great  Station,  was  fitted  up  for  headquarters,  and  was  con- 
tinually used  for  that  purpose  so  long  as  Secretary  O'Connell 
remained  at  the  Great  Lakes.  On  November  1,  1918,  Mr. 
O'Connell  was  made  supervisor  of  all  of  the  camps  in  Illi- 
nois at  that  time,  and  was  succeeded  at  the  Great  Lakes  by 
Secretary  Frank  P.  Boehler,  a  member  and  Past  Chancellor 
of  Bishop  Ketteler  Council  of  Chicago,  who  had  commenced 
service  at  the  Great  Lakes  as  a  Secretary  five  months  previ- 
ously. Secretary  Boehler  continued  in  the  service  until  his 
health  gave  way,  and  was  succeeded  in  February,  1919,  by 
Edward  A.  Chanel  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  who  had  been  serving 
at  Camp  Grant  for  a  considerable  time. 

For  the  care  of  the  40,000  or  more  "  Jackies"  in  training  at 
this  great  station  eight  Knights  of  Columbus  buildings  were 
erected,  so  situated  as  to  best  meet  the  needs  of  the  men  in 
training.  These  were  located  at  Camp  Perry,  Camp  Far- 
ragut.  Camp  Decatur,  Camp  Barry,  Camp  Lawrence,  and  in 
the  16th,  17th  and  18th  regiments  of  Camp  Luce  and  in  Camp 
Paul  Jones.  These  buildings  were  all  fully  equipped  accord- 
ing to  the  particular  needs  of  the  location  or  purpose,  and 
the  welfare  work  was  much  the  same  as  that  carried  on  at  all 
the  camps. 

The  pei*sonnel  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  secretaries  who 
served  at  the  Great  Lakes  Training  Station  is  as  follows: 


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GENERAL  SECRETARIES 

Thomas  F.  O'Coimell Nov.  1,  1917  to  Oct.  1,  1918 

Frank  P.  Boehler Oct.  1,  1918  to  Feb.  1,  1919 

Edward  A.  Chanel Feb.  1,  1919  to  the  end  of  the  work. 

SECRETARIES 

George  Mahoney Calumet,  Michigan 

Raymond  F.  Hartmann Chicago,  Illinois 

Walter  0  'Rourke Chicago,  Illinois 

Frank  P.  Boehler Chicago,  Illinois 

Edward  A.  Chanel Toledo,  Ohio 

John  F.  Crossin Springfield,  Ohio 

Arthur  A.  Juergens Cincinnati,  Ohio 

Lee  Springmeier Cincinnati,  Ohio 

William   Leiser Chicago,  Illinois 

Charles  E.  May Evanston,  Illinois 

Ernest  Beaulieu Chicago,  Illinois 

Robert  M.  Neilan Indianapolis,  Indiana 

Thos.  F.  O'Connell Chicago,  Illinois 

Frank  McMannimin Waukegan,  Illinois 

Leo  M.  Thimmisch Dubuque,  Iowa 

Christ  E.  Murphy Chicago,  Illinois 

Harold  Leaf Toledo,  Ohio 

Wm.  E.  Powers Chicago,  Illinois 

D.  M.  Healy Chicago,  Illinois 

Ployd  Nehill Midland,  Michigan 

P.  M.  Sheehan Chicago,  Illinois 

J.  M.  Lynch Chicago,  Illinois 

J.  M.  Gannon Evanston,  Illinois 

Raymond  Gleason Chicago,  Illinois 

J   J.  Burns Chicago,  Ilhnois 

Edmund  J.  Ruhnke Chicago,  Ilhnois 

William  Grogan  Roeder Evanston,  Ilhnois 

James  Callahan   Cincinnati,  Ohio 

Joe  Altenbach Cincinnati,  Ohio 


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Secretaries  Geo.  Mahoney  and  Ernest  Beaulieu  left  Great 
Lakes  and  went  to  France  to  act  in  the  same  capacity  over 
there. 

The  great  work  carried  on  by  the  chaplains  at  Great  Lakes 
is  history  and  thousands  of  Jackies  who  grew  to  love  and  honor 
them  have  taken  home  witli  them  impressions  that  will  be 
retained  to  the  end  of  their  lives.  Volumes  could  be  written 
of  the  wonderful  achievements  of  the  chaplains  at  Great  Lakes, 


K.    OF    C.    CHAPEU    CAMP    FARRAGUT,    GREAT    LAKES,    DURING 

FIELD   MASS 


and  their  good  influence  and  kind  direction  and  advice  will 
surely  bear  fruit  in  the  years  to  come.  They  made  many  sac- 
rifices for  the  'STaekies"  and  no  Jackie  has  ever  left  Great 
Lakes  Station  with  other  than  the  friendliest  and  kindliest 
feeling  for  these  good  men.  The  supreme  sacrifice  was  made 
by  one  of  the  chaplains,  Rev.  John  P.  Munday,  LL.D.  At 
2  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  January  26th,  1919,  he  brought 
the  last  sacrament  to  a  sick  Jackie  at  the  Station,  contracted 
a  cold,  which  developed  into  pneumonia,  and  on  Friday,  Jan- 
uary 31st,  he  passed  away  a  piartyr  to  the  cause  for  which  he 


742  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

eagerly  offered  his  services.  He  was  buried  from  St.  Am- 
brose Church,  Chicago,  on  February  4th,  1919,  where  a  sol- 
emn military  Mass  was  celebrated.  Several  special  cars,  con- 
taining high  ranking  officers  of  Great  Lakes  Training  Station, 
doctors,  nurses,  hundreds  of  Jackies  and  the  Great  Lakes 
Band,  together  with  representatives  of  the  Red  Cross  and 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  also  chaplains  of  other  religious  denominations 
came  to  Chicago  to  participate  in  the  last  rites  of  their  good 
friend.  Father  Munday.  After  Mass  they  joined  the  Catholic 
clergy  and  Knights  of  Columbus  secretaries  in  the  funeral 
procession  from  the  church  to  Calvary  cemetery,  where  his 
body  was  laid  to  rest.  It  was  indeed  a  splendid  tribute  to  one 
who  had  endeared  himself  to  all  with  whom  he  came  in  con- 
tact, and  his  death  cast  a  pall  of  gloom  over  Great  Lakes 
Station. 

PERSONNEL  OF  CHAPLAINS 

Rev.  William  A.  Murphy Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  Thomas  A.  Canty,  D.D Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  B.  J.  Shell Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  Joseph  P.  Conroy,  S.J Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  I.  Perius St.  Mary 's,  Kentucky 

Rev.  B.  Maguire Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  Thos.  E.  Burke Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  A.  W.  West,  O.I.B St.  Benedict,  P.  0.  Oregon 

Rev.  J.  Seitz Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  J.  P.  Munday,  LL.D Newton,  111. 

Rev.  George  T.  McCarthy Chicago,  111. 

Rev.  Thomas  A.  Canty,  D.D.,  succeeded  Rev.  William  A. 
Murphy  as  chaplain  in  charge  when  he  went  overseas,  and 
when  Father  Canty  was  made  a  regular  Army  Chaplain  and 
sent  to  one  of  the  southern  camps.  Rev.  Benjamin  J.  Shell,  of 
Chicago,  succeeded  him,  and  remained  at  Great  Lakes  for  a 
long  time  after  the  armistice,  and  was  succeeded  by  Rev. 


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George  T.  McCarthy,  who  remained  there  until  the  work  ter- 
minated.^ 

WELFARE  WORK  AT  CAMP  GRANT 

Situated  in  the  northern  part  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  near 
Rockford,  Camp  Grant  served  as  the  melting  pot  for  draft  men 
from  the  states  of  Illinois,  Wisconsin  and  Minnesota.  More 
than  a  quarter  of  a  million  "Rookies"  doffed  their  "civies" 
and  donned  the  khaki  of  Uncle  Sam  at  this  training  camp. 
The  first  drafted  men,  numbering  approximately  2,000,  ar- 
rived early  in  September,  1917,  and  upon  their  arrival  were 
greeted  by  the  Knights  of  Columbus  secretaries,  and  wel- 
comed to  the  four  recreation  centers  already  established  at  that 
camp. 

Much  credit  is  due  the  members  of  Rockford  Council  of 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  for  the  able  assistance  rendered  in 
the  preparation  for  the  welfare  work,  as  well  as  for  continued 
support.  The  Construction  Committee  in  particular  deserves 
the  highest  praise  for  the  zeal  and  energy  displayed.  This 
committee  consisted  of  Charles  G.  McNeany,  the  then  Grand 
Knight;  Thomas  E.  Gill,  chairman;  John  McLee,  W.  H.  Gaff- 
ney  and  W.  F.  Murphy. 

In  accordance  Avith  instructions  from  the  Committee  on 
War  Activities  this  committee  perfected  plans  for  the  loca- 
tion of  the  first  Knights  of  Columbus  building,  and  on  August 
3,  1917,  selected  the  location. 

About  this  time  Mr.  Eugene  E.  Clarke,  who  had  been  ap- 
pointed General  Secretary,  arrived  on  the  scene,  and  assumed 
direct  charge  of  the  work.  In  the  month  of  August  plans  were 
accepted  and  contracts  let  for  the  construction  of  two  more 
buildings,  and  sites  were  selected  early  in  September. 

The  first  secretarial  staff  included,  besides  General  Secre- 
tary Clarke,  Secretary  James  T.  Sheahan  of  Springfield,  Illi- 
nois, Secretary  J.  Vincent  McCarthy  of  Elgin,  Illinois,  and 
Secretary  Thomas  J.  Leonard,  of  Chicago. 

8.     ColumMan,  Oct.  17,  1919,  p.  19,  et  aeq. 


744  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Building  No.  1  was  dedicated  with  an  elaborate  program 
on  October  12,  Columbus  Day.  The  Grand  Knight  of  Rock- 
ford  Council,  Charles  J.  McNeany,  introduced  State  Deputy 
LeRoy  Hackett  as  the  presiding  officer.  Hon.  R.  R.  Wilcox 
delivered  an  address  on  the  subject  of  Catholics  and  the  War ; 
Hon.  Kickham  Scanlan,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Circuit  Court 
of  Cook  County,  spoke  on  the  Progress  of  the  War;  W.  W. 
Gethmann,  Field  Secretary  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  at  Camp  Grant, 
greeted  the  Knights  of  Columbus;  Major  General  Barrj^ 
Camp  Commandant,  spoke  on  the  Soldier ;  Hon.  R.  K.  Welsh, 
Rockford,  spoke  on  The  Melting  Pot,  and  Rt.  Rev.  P.  J.  Mul- 
doon,  Bishop  of  Rockford,  gave  an  eloquent  general  address. 
Musical  numbers  were  rendered  by  J.  Parnell  Egan,  of  Chi- 
cago, accompanied  by  Miss  Marian  Welsh,  of  Rockford;  the 
Regimental  Band  played  the  Star  Spangled  Banner. 

Building  No.  2  was  officially  dedicated  by  the  Rt.  Rev. 
P.  J.  Muldoon  on  October  20th,  and  Building  No.  3  on  Octo- 
ber 28th,  also  by  Bishop  Muldoon. 

The  fourth  building,  in  the  base  hospital  area,  was  erected 
and  opened  in  November,  1918. 

The  welfare  work  was  systematized  and  carried  on  by  the 
secretaries  under  the  divisions  of  desk  service,  recruiting  serv- 
ice, parcel  post  service,  library  service,  and  telegraphic  serv- 
ice, which  names  indicate  the  nature  of  the  duties. 

Of  course  entertainment  here  as  elsewhere  was  a  big  ele- 
ment of  the  welfare  work,  and  here  as  elsewhere  the  moving 
pictures  were  a  big  factor.  Excellent  machines  and  the  best 
productions  made  these  entertainments  very  popular. 

Ranking  next  to  movies  as  a  drawing  feature  for  entertain- 
ment were  the  dances.  Modern  youth,  it  seems,  is  never  too 
tired  to  dance,  and  these  functions  always  drew  well,  in  spite 
of  the  fact  that  they  were  often  held  at  the  close  of  a  weari- 
some day  on  the  drill-field  or  rifle  range.  Ably  chaperoned 
by  the  Women's  Catholic  League  of  Rockford,  an  average  of 
100  girls  were  transported  by  means  of  army  trucks  to  enjoy 


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745 


the  society  of  and  dance  with  the  lads  in  khaki  for  each  func- 
tion. 

The  word  vaudeville  covers  a  multitude  of  sins.  When 
considered  from  the  standpoint  of  camp  entertainment  it  cov- 
ers a  variety  of  performances  that  might  not  easily  be  termed 
by  any  other  name. 

Camp  Grant  was  particularly  fortunate  in  that  it  had 


RECREATION  ROOM,  K.  OF  C.  BUILDING  AT  CAMP  GRANT 

among  its  populace  an  aggregation  of  high  class  professional 
talent,  pressed  into  service  by  the  draft  laws.  "The  Morale 
Squad,"  as  it  was  termed,  comprised  many  able  professional 
singers  and  entertainers  and  from  the  ranks  of  these  was 
selected  an  entertainment  at  an  average  of  once  a  week,  with 
sometimes  as  many  as  seven  or  eight  acts  for  one  performance. 

Many  celebrities  of  the  stage  and  platform  were  obtained 
at  various  times. 

Madame  Alda,  contralto ;  Arthur  Shattuck,  pianist ;  Alotius 
Bass,  baritone,  and  The  Paulist  Choristers  of  Chicago,  were 
among  the  former,  while  among  the  latter  were,  with  other 
celebrities,  the  Rt.  Rev.  P.  J.  Muldoon,  Bishop  of  Rockford ; 


746  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Hou.  Kickhaui  Scanlan,  of  Chicago ;  Hon.  Roy  Wilcox,  senator 
from  Wisconsin;  Maj.  General  Thos.  Barry;  Hon.  James  J. 
Walsh,  D.D.,  New  York;  Wm.  J.  Fox,  of  Indianapolis;  John 
D.  Rockefeller,  Jr.,  and  W.  J.  Moriarity,  of  St.  Louis, 

Several  Chicago  Councils  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  pro- 
vided entertainment  on  numerous  occasions.  Commodore 
Barry  Council,  with  Charles  Chambers  and  their  famous  min- 
strel troupe,  visited  the  camp  on  Sunday,  May  4th,  1918.  Fort 
Dearborn  Council,  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Ted  Ryan,  sent 
down  a  similar  aggregation  on  December  8th,  1917,  and  their 
.justly  famous  Irish  Minstrels  on  December  9th,  1918,  just 
exactly  one  year  later.  This  latter  performance  proved  an  inno- 
vation. The  novelty  of  the  individual  numbei-s,  and  the  able 
manner  in  which  they  were  rendered  made  a  stupendous  hit 
with  their  auditors  who  had  crowded  into  every  available  bit 
of  space  in  the  main  hall.  On  July  20th,  1919,  Mr.  M,  Hurley, 
of  Charles  Carroll  Council,  promoted  a  variety  show,  which 
was  a  gratifying  success,  and  redounded  to  the  credit  of  both 
Mr.  Hurley  and  the  galaxy  of  semi-professional  talent  that 
featured  the  performance. 

Probably  the  best  entertainment  that  ever  graced  the 
boards  of  any  stage  in  camp  was  that  rendered  by  the  "Morale 
Squad,"  on  November  5th,  1918.  This  talented  aggregation, 
on  that  occasion,  rendered  a  musical  skit  entitled  "A  Scotch 
High  Ball"  (in  one  swallow).  The  stage  at  building  No.  1 
where  the  performance  was  given,  was  practically  entirely 
rebuilt  especially  for  this  occasion.  Special  stage  settings 
and  electrical  effects  were  constructed.  The  capacity  of  the 
large  auditorium  was  taxed  to  the  extreme,  some  of  the  more 
venturesome  even  climbing  to  the  rafters  at  the  rear  end  of 
the  building. 

Another  feature  of  the  work  at  this  camp  was  the  prom- 
inent part  played  by  athletics  in  the  amusement  of  the  sol- 
dier, not  to  mention  the  physical  benefits  he  derived  from 
participation  in  them. 


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Boxing  from  the  very  beginning  held  sway  in  all  the 
buildings.  In  fact,  building  number  1  from  the  earliest  days 
was  the  headquarters  of  the  boxing  instructor  and  the  train- 
ing center  for  the  boxing  teams  which  performed  in  a  most 
creditable  manner  on  numerous  occasions. 

The  first  boxing  instructor  assigned  to  the  camp  was  the 
eminent  Charlie  White.     He  was  later  succeeded  by  Fred 


BOXING  AT  CAMP  GRANT.     A   FAVORITE   PART  OF  THE 
WELFARE   PROGRAM 

Dyer,  a  welterweight  of  some  note,  and  one  time  champion 
of  his  class  in  Australia.  A  member  of  the  boxing  team  was 
Eddie  McGoorty  of  Oshkosh,  Wis.,  who  has  held  his  own 
with  the  best  of  the  middleweight  division.  It  was  a  common 
sight  most  any  afternoon  to  see  an  aggregation  of  some  twen- 
ty-five or  thirty  mitt  artists  working  out  and  exchanging 
blows  as  part  of  their  training  stunts  in  preparation  for  fu- 
ture "mills."  Many  novices  were  also  trained  in  the  art  of 
self-defense,  classes  being  conducted  daily  by  the  boxing  in- 
structor and  an  able  corps  of  assistants. 

Tuesday  night  of  each  week,  up  to  June  l.st,  1918,  exhi- 


748  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

bitions  were  conducted  at  building  No.  I.  Generally  two  or 
three  sets  of  feather-weights  "mixed  it"  for  three  or  four 
rounds,  and  the  -wind-ups  were  always  of  a  high  class  nature. 
Trj'outs  for  possible  matches  with  the  camp  champion  were 
conducted  and  on  occasion  Benny  Haskell,  camp  champion 
and  erstwhile  lightweight  champion  of  Canada,  successfully 
defended  his  title  in  an  eight-round  "go." 

Equipment  for  baseball,  football,  indoor  baseball,  volley 
ball  and  quoits  was  always  available  to  anyone  desiring  their 
use,  and  in  addition  punching  bags  were  installed  in  all 
buildings. 

As  at  Great  Lakes  the  most  serious  work  of  the  secretaries 
and  chaplains  had  to  do  Avith  the  hospital  service,  and  espe- 
cially during  the  influenza  epidemic.  During  this  trying  time 
they  were  servants  and  nurses  to  the  afflicted,  and  consolers  to 
the  grieved  parents,  relatives  and  friends.  It  was  trying 
work,  and  much  of;  it  was  heart-rending,  but  it  was  a  duty 
that  was  well  performed. 

The  personnel  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  secretaries 
at  Camp  Grant  was  as  follows : 

General  Secretaries: 
Eugene  C.  Clarke. 
J.  C.  Metcalf. 
Norbert  H.  Rausch. 
James  T.  Sheehan. 

Secretaries : 

Thomas  J.  Leonard,  Oak  Park,  111. 

Charles  Nolan,  Rockford,  111. 

J.  Vincent  McCarthy,  Elgin,  111. 

John  Kehoe,  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

E.  C.  Connelly,  Toledo,  Ohio. 

John  Mc Andrew,  Consul  to  Cork,  Ireland, 

Floyd  Nehil,  Oil  City,  Pa. 

John  T.  Fahey,  Oil  City,  Pa. 


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L.  J.  Lucas,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
J.  C.  Grimm,  Faribault,  Miun. 
Henry  Free,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
J.  J.  Volz,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
George  T.  Bresnahan,  Chicago. 
Barth  Cook,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
Emil  Newton,  Nauvoo,  111. 
George  Farrin,  Oshkosh,  Wis. 
Frank  T.  LeVan,  Detroit,  Mich. 
D.  J.  Clark,  Delphos,  Ohio. 
John  Lucassey,  Chicago. 
M.  S.  Kilgallen,  Chicago. 
Joseph  M.  Wiedemann,  Chicago. 
Earl  H.  Dunlap,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Charles  S.  McCarthy. 
Norbert  H:  Rausch,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
C.  J.  Bloomer,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
Charles  Hahn,  Cullom,  111. 
John  F.  Clark,  Belle  Plaine,  Minn. 
Robert  J.  Foerst,  Chicago. 
Joseph  Shageman,  Chicago. 
William  E.  Powers,  Harvey,  111. 
William  J.  Mackey,  Chicago. 

The  religious  part  of  the  work  at  Camp  Grant  was  of  a 
wide  scope,  and  was  participated  in  by  a  large  number  of 
very  able  chaplains.  From  first  to  last  the  work  was  directly 
in  charge  of  Rev.  Max  Rupprechter,  who  resided  in  Building 
No.  4,  and  who  gained  the  highest  esteem  for  his  zeal  and  un- 
tiring efforts,  Rev.  Hilary  Jordan  of  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  Rev. 
Julius  Haas  of  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  Rev.  Chas.  Schuetz,  S.  J., 
of  Chicago,  111.,  Rev.  J.  M.  J.  Lonergan  of  Polo,  111.,  and 
Rev.  Sidney  Morrison,  of  Chicago,  111. 

Other  chaplains  who  were  stationed  at  this  camp,  but  who 
were  assigned  to  various  units  of  the  army,  were : 


750  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Rev.  Thomas  L.  Harmon,   Chicago. 
Rev.  Francis  Kulinski,  Chicago. 
Rev.  Aloysius  Zingen,  Belleville,  Wis. 
Rev.  John   Grembowitz,    Chicago. 
Rev.  Daniel  Doyle,  Effingham,   111. 
Rev.  C.  Zenisck,  O.S.B.,  Lisle,  111. 
Rev.  Francis  E.  Walsh,  Toluca,  111. 
Rev.  Jerome  Walsh,   O.S.B.,   Chicago. 
Rev.  M.  A.  Cummings,  Chicago. 
Rev.  George  Wiinder,  Chicago. 
Rev.  M.  Heeney,  Chicago. 
Rev.  Joseph  P.  Mundy,  Newton,  111. 
Rev.  N.  J.  Corley,  De  Pere,  Wis. 
Rev.  Arthur  L.  Girard,  Chicago. 
Rev.  Aristo  Simoni,  Chicago. 

With  the  first  arrival  of  recruits,  and  during  the  time 
that  great  numbers  were  in  the  camp,  six  Masses  were  cele- 
brated each  Sunday  in  order  to  accommodate  all  those  who 
desired  to  attend.  These  were  celebrated  at  the  main  build- 
ing alone,  and  did  not  include  those  said  in  the  outlying 
buildings.  Regularly  Masses  were  celebrated  at  all  build- 
ings twice  each  Sunday. 

During  the  influenza  epidemic  Masses  were  held  out-of- 
doors  at  the  front  of  each  building,  in  compliance  with  in- 
structions from  the  medical  authorities  prohibiting  the  con- 
gregation of  men  in  any  great  numbers  indoors.  For  these 
services  improvised  altars  were  arranged  out-of-doors  by  the 
secretaries. 

During  this  trying  period  all  the  chaplains  performed 
specially  notable  services,  being  at  the  beck  and  call  of  the 
hospital  patients  and  others." 

Every  Saturday  evening  was  set  aside  as  an  open  night, 
no  entertainments  being  arranged  for.     Confessions  were  an- 


f».      Coliniihioii,  Oct.  17.  1919.  p.  7.  ct  srq. 


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nounced  on  all  bulletin  boards  and  an  air  of  quiet  generally 
maintained  to  enable  those  desiring  to  go  to  confession  to  do 
so  without  hindrance  or  abstraction. 

Probably  the  most  impressive  ceremony  of  any  nature 
that  ever  took  place  at  this  camp  was  the  field  Mass,  con- 
ducted in  the  open-air  boxing  arena,  just  prior  to  the  depar- 
ture for  overseas  of  the  86th  Division.  The  arena  had  a  seat- 
ing capacity  of  40,000  men  and  it  being  arranged  insofar  as 
could  be  in  accordance  with  military  procedure  this  solemn 
service  was  attended  by  some  10,000  service  men,  besides  a 
host  of  civilians  from  the  City  of  Rockford.  A  special  choir, 
recruited  from  amongst  the  men  of  the  camp  and  the  choir 
of  Rockford  sang  the  praises  of  God  in  the  chants  and 
anthems  of  the  ceremony,  and  by  all  who  were  fortunate 
enough  to  be  in  attendance,  it  will  long  be  remembered. 

Religious  articles  were  distributed  in  large  quantities, 
especially  so  prior  to  the  departure  of  the  division.  Upon 
making  an  estimate  of  these  articles,  these  figures  will  surely 
prove  of  interest:  Rosaries,  20,000;  prayer  books,  15,000; 
scapulars,  10,000;  new  testaments,  6,000;  scapular  medals, 
5,000;  crucifixes,  3,000. 

Many  an  hour  which  would  otherwise  have  been  boresome 
to  the  habitues  of  the  K.  of  C.  buildings  was  whiled  away 
most  pleasantly  through  the  advantageous  use  of  amusements. 

WELFARE  WORK  OF  WAUKEGAN 

The  recreation  hall  in  Waukegan  became  a  very  valuable 
and  interesting  center  during  the  war. 

This  hall  was  opened  on  March  30,  1919.  A  committee  to 
oversee  the  affairs  connected  with  the  center  was  recruited 
from  Waukegan  Council,  Knights  of  Columbus,  No.  731,  and 
was  composed  of  Chainnan  Charles  A.  Worack,  Grand 
Knight  Lou  C.  Durkin,  and  Lieut.  John  S.  Sharpe,  U.  S.  N. 
Walter  F.  Rourke  was  appointed  general  secretary. 

A  pool   table,   player   piano,    victrola,   books,   magazines 


752  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

and  all  facilities  for  writing  and  many  other  features,  were 
provided  for  the  convenience  of  the  men  from  12  o'clock 
noon  until  11  p.  m.,  seven  days  in  the  week, 

A  large  number  of  men  congregated  in  the  club  rooms  at 
almost  all  hours.  Sailors  and  attendants  from  the  Great 
Lakes,  and  soldiers  and  attendants  from  Fort  Sheridan  en- 
joyed weekly  social  functions.  Professional  singers  and  en- 
tertainers were  brought  from  Chicago  and  other  points.  Ad- 
mission was  restricted  to  men  in  uniform,  and  on  social  occa- 
sions their  ladies  or  such  ladies  as  were  admitted  upon  passes 
by  the  management.  On  such  occasions  prominent  women  of 
Waukegan  acted  as  chaperones,  under  the  direction  of  Mrs. 
D.  L.  Donohue. 

It  is  estimated  that  more  than  100,000  soldiers  and  sailors 
benefited  by  the  recreation  center  in  Waukegon  during  the 
active  period. 

Mr.  "Walter  F.  Rourke,  the  efBcient  supervisor,  gained  an 
enviable  reputation  as  director  of  the  work.^° 

WAR  WELFARE  WORK  FOR  CHANUTE  FIELD 

At  Rantoul,  adjacent  to  Chanute  Field,  Twin  Cities  Coun- 
cil No.  291  of  Champaign,  maintained  club  rooms  for  members 
of  the  council  in  the  northern  part  of  the  county.  During 
the  war  and  for  six  montlis  after  the  signing  of  the  Armistice 
these  rooms  were  at  the  disposal  of  the  soldiers  at  Chanute 
Field.  Before  the  National  Council  had  decided  to  enter 
the  war  as  a  welfare  agency.  Twin  Cities  Council  was  actively 
engaged  in  the  work  of  providing  recreation  for  soldiers  at 
Chanute  Field. 

The  establishment  of  a  students'  army  training  camp  at 
the  University  of  Illinois  gave  additional  opportunities  for 
the  display  of  hospitality  on  the  part  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  of  Twin  Cities  Council,  and  as  a  means  thereto 
the  club  rooms  of  the  council  were  given  over  to  the  use  of 

10.     Council  Report. 


WAR  WORK  753 

the  students  in  uniform.  Reading  material  was  furnished, 
as  was  also  ample  opportunity  afforded  for  billiards  and  pool, 
shower  baths,  music,  etc.  Writing  paper  was  furnished  and 
as  far  as  possible  the  boys  were  made  to  feel  at  home  and 
welcome  in  the  rooms." 

WELFARE  WORK  AT  PEORIA 

The  Knights  of  Columbus  established  an  emergency  hos- 
pital in  Peoria,  October  14,  1918,  which  was  in  service  until 
November  9,  1918.  During  this  period  eighty-nine  patients 
were  cared  for,  with  a  total  of  ten  deaths.  There  were  thirty- 
six  beds  and  all  the  necessary  hospital  equipment.  The  hos- 
pital was  under  the  supervision  of  Dr.  J.  F.  Duane,  a  member 
of  Spalding  Council,  an  eye,  ear,  nose  and  throat  specialist, 
who  volunteered  his  services.  Spalding  Council  practically 
turned  over  its  beautiful  council  chamber  to  be  used  in  this 
way. 

During  the  whole  of  the  active  war  period  the  privileges 
of  the  club  house  were  granted  to  the  service  men  stationed 
at  Camp  Herrin  and  to  the  men  of  the  S.  A.  T.  C,  at  Camp 
Bradley. 

As  has  been  seen,  Spalding  Council  was  very  active  in  the 
establishment  of  an  evening  school  for  ex-service  men,  which 
opened  February  1,  1920,  with  an  enrollment  of  over  900 
and  a  faculty  of  twenty-one  teachers. 

WAR  FUNDS 

A  prime  essential  of  modern  warfare  is  sufficient  funds. 
Deprive  an  army  of  food,  reasonable  shelter,  and  means  of 
transportation,  and  you  have  it  defeated  without  drawing  a 
sword  or  firing  a  gun. 

Accordingly,  almost  the  first  efforts  of  the  government 
and  of  the  people  were  directed  to  securing  the  funds  neces- 
sary to  conduct  the  war.    All  good  citizens  joined  in  these 


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754  KNIC4HTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

endeavors,    and  the   Knights   of   Columbus,   nationally    and 
locally,  did  their  full  share. 

There  were  two  channels  into  which  the  stream  of  money 
that  early  began  to  flow  toward  the  centers  where  it  was 
needed  for  war  work — one  was  the  United  States  Treasury, 
and  the  funds  reaching  that  depository  were  raised  by  purely 
legal  processes  of  taxation  and  bond  sales,  while  the  funds 
raised  for  what  became  known  as  war  welfare  work  were 
collected  by  extra  legal  or  voluntary  processes. 

This  is  not  the  place  in  which  to  detail  the  history  of  the 
war  revenue  laws  or  even  of  the  government  issues  of  bonds, 
stamps,  credits,  etc.,  but  the  Knights  of  Columbus  have  noth- 
ing with  which  to  reproach  themselves  in  connection  with  all 
the  revenue  campaigns  of  the  government. 

Following  the  lead  of  His  Grace,  George  W.  Mundelein, 
Archbishop  of  Chicago,  as  expressed  in  a  letter  dated  May 
29,  1917,  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  as  well  as  all  Catholics, 
became  and  remained  very  active  in  all  the  bond  and  other 
revenue  campaigns.  In  the  course  of  this  notable  letter  of 
Archbishop  Mundelein  occurs  the  following : 

"I  informed  them  (a  committee  consisting  of  Mr.  Cliarles  W.  Foulds, 
Richmond  Dean  and  others)  that  the  Archbishop  himself  would  take 
a  large  block  of  the  bonds,  and  would  at  once  subscribe  for  $10,000 
worth  of  bonds  as  the  first  installment.  Secondly,  there  are  350  parishes 
in  this  diocese,  and  tlie  pastor  of  each  parish  was  instructed  to  invest  at 
least  .$100.00  or  more  of  the  parisli  money  in  the  new  loan,  so  that  every 
Catholic  parish  in  Chicago,  no  matter  ■what  the  nationality  may  be,  would 
take  an  active  co-operation  in  the  floating  of  this  new  war  loan.  They 
were  instructed,  if  any  parish  was  so  poor  that  it  did  not  have  a  one 
hundred  dollar  bond,  that  the  priest  was  to  borrow  that  amount,  and  if 
later  on  it  was  found  necessary  to  dispose  of  the  bonds  at  any  time,  that 
the  Archbishop  would  take  them  up  and  pay  for  them  at  the  price  at 
which  they  had  been  procured.  Thirdly,  in  order  to  encourage  the  help 
of  the  nation  at  the  present  time,  as  well  as  the  giving  in  charity,  it 
was  announced  that  the  Archbishop  would  accept  donations  of  diocesan 
charities  for  religious  purposes,  such  as,  for  instance,  scholarships  to 
the  preparatory  seminary,  in  the  form  of  Liberty  bonds  in  preference 


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to  cash,  and  that  he  would  accept  the  bonds  at  a  figure  of  102,  remitting 
to  the  donor  or  placing  to  his  credit  $20.00  for  every  $1,000  given  in  this 
form.  *  *  »  I  might  add  that  the  purpose  is  in  order  to  show  the 
people  of  Chicago,  and  especially  our  Catholic  people,  that  the  Church 
feels  it  a  positive  duty  at  this  time  to  aid  the  Nation  in  every  way  it 
possibly  can  in  return  for  the  peace  and  the  liberty  that  the  church 
has  always  enjoyed  in  the  United  States;  and  I  say  this  in  no  spirit 
of  boasting,  but  simply  in  order  to  carry  out  the  pledges  that  I  made 
when  our  Nation  first  entered  this  war  that  we  may  lend  every  aid,  every 
encouragement,  and  every  assistance  to  our  country  at  a  time  when  our 
country  needs  us.  "12 

The  Archbishop's  suggestions  were  literally  carried  out, 
and  in  the  course  of  the  war  period  much  more  was  done ;  in- 
deed, every  parish  had  its  bond  and  stamp  sales  agency,  and 
during  the  flotation  of  every  loan,  committees  were  in  attend- 
ance in  the  lobbies  of  the  churches  at  all  services,  and 
all  war  issues  were  sold  to  those  in  attendance. 

On  the  part  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  steps  were  im- 
mediately taken,  not  alone  in  Illinois,  but  all  over  the  juris- 
diction, to  give  the  strongest  possible  support  in  the  bond 
campaigns. 

The  war  work  as  organized  by  the  State  Council  was  sub- 
divided into  six  classes,  viz.,  Government  Loans,  Red  Cross, 
Recreation  Camp  Work,  Special  Work  in  Illinois,  National 
Defense  Promotion  and  Publicity,  and  Conservation.  Com- 
mittees were  appointed  to  prosecute  each  of  these  several 
classes  of  work,  and  the  entire  organization  was  made  an 
auxiliary  of  the  Illinois  State  Council  of  Defense. 

One  of  the  most  active  of  the  committees  was  that  on 
the  promotion  of  the  National  Defense  and  Publicity,  which 
maintained  a  speakers'  bureau,  and  furnished  Knights  of 
Columbus  speakers  for  hundreds,  perhaps  thousands,  of 
the  meetings  that  were  held  during  the  war  to  promote  war 

activity. 

In  connection  with  the  first  Liberty  Bond  campaign  the 


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756 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Columbian,  official  organ  of  the  order  in  Illinois,  said  edi- 
torially : 

There  are  two  great  drives  on — one  here  and  one  ' '  over  there. ' ' 
The  ultimate  result  of  action  "over  there"  will  be  materially  influ- 
enced by  results  here. 

We  are  in  the  midst  of  the  greatest  war  ever  known.  We  are  in  the 
war  not  by  any  means  by  our  choice,  but  of  necessity.     Our  Government 


K.  OP  C.  HOSPITAL,  BUILDING,  CAMP  GRANT. 

RT.  REV.  P.  J.  MULDOON.  D.D.,  REV.  GEORGE  WUNDER  AND 

REV.   MAX   RUPPRECHTER,  CHAPLAINS 


used  every  conceivable  means  in  the  first  place  to  maintain  a  just  neu- 
trality; in  the  second  place  to  compose  differences  between  the  warring 
nations  and  finally  to  bring  about  a  just  peace  without  conquest. 

To  such  an  extent  did  our  President  and  the  other  representatives 
press  these  considerations  that  he  and  they  have  been  criticised  as  lack- 
ing in  boldness  and  determination,  yet  nevertheless  no  stone  was  left 
unturned  to  avoid  the  immense  sacrifice  of.  life  and  property  involved 
in  a  great  war. 

Appeal  after  appeal  has  been  made  to  the  powers  that  are  responsi- 
ble for  the  great  war,  but  all  have  been  in  vain,  and  we  are  now,  if  never 


WAR  WORK  757 

before,  face  to  face  with  a  situation  where,  as  the  President  has  so  aptly 
said,  "force  to  the  utmost"  is  the  only  alternative. 

To  win  this  great  war  is  a  gigantic  task;  to  lose  it  is  to  lose  every- 
thing we  prize  in  this  life.  To  win  it,  every  man  must  play  his  part. 
There  is  no  place  for  the  slacker  and  the  shirker.  A  class  of  our  younger 
men  is  called  to  arms  to  take  an  important  part  in  the  conflict.  Another 
class  of  older  men  has  just  as  distinct,  if  not  as  dangerous,  a  part  to 
perform.  The  young  man  within  the  prescribed  age  limits,  who  improp- 
erly seeks  to  avoid  the  performance  of  his  duty  is  by  common  consent 
called  a  "slacker."  Amongst  the  rest  of  us  those  who  evade  or  attempt 
to  evade  the  performance  of  their  part  are  deserving  of  even  greater 
odium  and  cannot  complain  if  they  are  derisively  called  "shirkers." 

The  demands  of  the  war  are  for  men  and  means.  Both  are  needed, 
but  it  may  truthfully  be  said  that  means — money,  ships,  munitions  and 
supplies — are  a  greater  necessity  even  than  men.  Great  Britain  and 
France  have  proven  their  ability  to  hold  out  against  the  foe  with  the 
men  they  liave  been  able  to  raise  amongst  themselves.  Their  chief  need 
is  money  and  the  things  that  money  will  buy. 

Although  we  have  not  as  yet  furnished  our  associates  iu  this  war 
with  a  large  number  of  men,  we  have  been  able  to  supply  them  with 
very  respectable  sums  of  money  through  our  prior  Government  loans  and 
from  other  sources.  The  money  furnished  by  us  has  worked  wonders, 
has  enabled  France  and  England  to  bear  the  brunt  of  German  and 
Austrian  force — and  every  man  who  has  contributed  in  the  slightest 
degree  towards  the  means  which  we  have  thus  provided  can  feel  very 
proud  of  what  he  has  done. 

Once,  twice,  we  have  been  called  upon  and  have  responded  in  the 
purchase  of  Government  bonds.  We  have,  of  course,  had  other  calls, 
all  directed  to  the  support  of  the  war,  but  in  comparison,  our  sacri- 
fices have  been,  and  even  at  the  worst  that  may  come,  may  be  erpected 
to  be  but  slight  in  comparison  with  the  benefits  to  be  obtained,  and  also 
in  comparison  with  what  the  war  has  cost  and  will  cost  other  nations. 

We  are  at  the  threshold  of  a  new  undertaking;  that  is,  the  floating 
of  other  millions  of  Government  bonds.  The  alacrity  and  generosity 
with  which  the  American  people  respond  to  this,  as  well  as  to  every  call 
of  our  Government,  will  exercise  a  profound  influence  upon  both  our 
associates  and  our  enemies.  It  will  hearten  the  one  and  speak  the  con- 
viction of  the  American  people  to  the  other. 

The  impression  ought  not  be  given  that  it  is  in  a  special  degree 
a  sacrifice  to  buy  Government  bonds,  as  in  the  first  place  it  is  by  no 
means  nor  in  any  sense  a  gift.  Every  man  who  buys  an  obligation  of  the 
United  States  gets  value  to  the  extent  of  100  cents  on  the  dollar,  and  is 


758  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

assured  a  return  upon  his  investment  in  the  present  case  of  4^  per  cent. 
No  one  is  asked  to  give  to  the  Government.  We  are  but  lending  upon 
good  interest,  and  while  we  are  helping  our  Government,  which  is  nothing 
more  nor  less  than  ourselves,  collectively,  we  are  in  a  double  sense  helping 
ourselves.  We  are  protecting  our  liberties  in  the  first  instance,  and  in 
the  second  we  are  making  an  investment  that  promises  a  reasonably 
good  and  entirely  safe  return.is 

Of  course  no  figures  can  be  supplied  that  would  show 
definitely  and  financial  results  of  the  efforts  put  forth,  but 
there  can  be  no  doubt  that  Knights  of  Columbus,  and,  indeed, 
Catholics  in  general,  did  their  full  share  in  this  important 
part  of  the  war  work. 

WELFARE  FUNDS 

As  has  already  been  seen,  the  Supreme  Council  promptly 
entered  upon  the  collection  of  funds  for  war  welfare  work : 

Illinois'  response  to. the  first  call  for  welfare  funds  made 
by  the  Supreme  Directors,  at  $2.00  j)^''  capita  assesseraent, 
which,  at  the  time,  looked  big,  was  such  as  to  give  the  state  a 
high  place  in  the  Order.  This  assessment  was  overpaid, 
according  to  a  report  made  to  State  Deputy  LeRoy  Hackett 
by  Supreme  Secretary  William  J.  McGinley,  dated  November 
27,  1919.  A  total  had  been  paid  to  the  Supreme  Treasurer  by 
that  time  of  $90,276.00. 

In  the  second  call,  being  the  first  public  drive  for  funds, 
conducted  in  December,  1917,  the  state  quota  was  $500,000, 
but  there  was  raised  in  fact  $700,000.  The  story  of  this  great 
drive  deserves  telling  at  length. 

The  character  of  the  work  in  this  drive  may  be  judged 
by  the  personnel  of  the  directing  officers  and  committees 
which  included  the  following: 

Chairman — Michael  J.  Collins,  former  head  of  the  Chicago 
board  of  education,  purchasing  agent  for  the  Santa  Fe  rail- 
road and  later  regional  purchasing  agent  for  the  south- 
western roads.    Secretary — R.  A.  Cavanagh,  secretary  of  the 

13.     GolumMan,  April  12,  1918,  p.  1. 


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759 


Illinois  Commercial  Men's  Associatioii.  Assistant  Secretary- 
John  Higgins,  secretary  of  Sears,  Roebuck  &  Company. 
Treasurer— John  A.  McComiick,  vice-president  of  the  Chi- 
cago Savings  Bank  and  Trust  Co. 

Executive  Committee— LeRoy  Hackett,  chairman ;  John  F. 
Smulski,  president  Northwestern  Trust  &  Savings  Bank; 
Napoleon  Picard,  builder  and  manager,  Insurance  Exchange 
building;  prominent  in  insurance  and  loan  circles;  Peter  P. 


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Kransz,  real  estate  and  insurance  broker ;  Alphonse  Campion, 
insurance  broker;  Frank  J.  Seng,  president  Ford  True  Com- 
pany; Edward  Ilines,  lumber  merchant;  William  A.  Amberg, 
of  the  Amberg  File  Index  Company;  George  P.  Gillman, 
vice-president  of  the  Lindsay  Light  Company;  D.  F.  Kellj^ 
manager  of  Mandel  Brothers;  William  L.  0 'Council,  ex-presi- 
dent Illinois  Public  Utilities  Commission ;  Francis  Corby, 
former  head  of  the  Chicago  Civil  Service  Commission ;  Louis 

B,  Clark,  vice-president  Hibernian  Banking  Association  ;  Roger 

C.  Sullivan,  capitalist  and  political  leader;  Thomas  F.  Galla- 
gher, South  Water  street  commission  merchant ;  Dr.  Camillo 


760  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Volini;  former  Governor  Edward  F.  Dunne,  and  former 
Judge  Michael  F.  Girten. 

State  Deputy  Haekett  had  behind  him  all  of  the  Knights 
of  Columbus,  numbering  27,000  in  Chicago  and  44,00.0  in 
Illinois  (before  the  call  to  arms  took  away  more  than  one- 
third  of  its  most  active  members.)  There  were  60  council 
units  in  Cook  County,  but  the  body  was  not  organized  for 
collection  purposes  and  its  value  in  that  capacity  was  not 
known. 

The  organization  that  so  successfully  conducted  the  drive 
did  not  exist  until  100  men  were  called  to  meet  in  the  Hotel 
Sherman  on  the  evening  of  Dec.  4,  the  Tuesday  evening 
before  the  Sunday  the  drive  was  scheduled  to  begin.  These 
men  had  been  selected  by  Mr.  Haekett  and  his  advisers  from 
active  members  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  and  other  Catho- 
lic organizations.  A  few  non-Catholics  were  in  the  number. 
Mr.  Haekett  explained  the  situation.  A  temporary  organiza- 
tion was  formed.  Later  a  permanent  body  headed  by  General 
Chairman  M.  J.  Collins  was  organized. 

It  was  understood  by  every  man  there  that  there  would 
be  no  salaries,  and  that  every  man  would  pay  his  own 
expenses,  and  give  as  much  of  his  time  as  possible — all  of  it 
preferably — to  the  work. 

Later  it  was  decided  to  organize  the  county  into  parish 
units,  there  being  about  180  parishes  in  the  territory,  and 
to  reach  these  units  through  a  special  appeal  in  the  churches. 

Within  a  few  days  there  was  an  organization  of  nearly 
6,500  men,  all  volunteers,  ranging  from  high  salaried  officials 
of  big  corporations  down  to  low-salaried  workmen,  combing 
the  city  for  the  fund — an  organization  created  within  a  few 
days,  and  without  a  payroll,  of  men,  many  of  whom  had 
never  solicited  a  dollar  before  and  all  vieing  with  each  to  get 
results.  But  the  organization  would  have  had  more  difficulty 
were  it  not  for  the  advertising  and  publicity  campaign  carried 
on  simultaneously. 


WAE  WORK  761 

Before  the  drive  was  half  over,  whatever  of  opposition 
might  have  been  based  on  the  ground  that  the  order  was 
Catholic,  and  in  a  degree  a  secret  society,  had  been  battered 
down  by  the  constant  cannonade  of  the  "All  Welcome"  slo- 
gan, and  Catholic  Protestant,  Jew  and  unbeliever,  opened 
their  purses  with  equal  generosity  to  the  appeal  for  the  wel- 
fare of  ALL  soldiers  and  ALL  sailors.  Publicity,  constant 
and  high  class  in  its  appeal,  put  the  call  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  on  the  same  plane  with  that  of  the  American  Red 
Cross  and  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

Two  full  page  advertisements,  carried  in  all  the  morning 
and  afternoon  papers  were  great  factors  in  the  publicity 
campaign. 

Just  what  the  value  of  these  pages  was  to  the  campaign 
in  the  way  of  dollars  cannot  be  told  of  course.  A  line  may  be 
gotten  when  it  is  known  that  checks  as  high  as  $500.00  were 
mailed  in  to  Treasurer  McCormick  with  the  coupon  from 
these  ads,  while  others  brought  sums  as  low  as  25  cents. 
Thousands  of  dollars  were  mailed  in  with  these  coupons. 
They  attracted  much  attention,  both  because  of  their  artistic 
effect,  and  the  appeal  of  their  text.  They  gave  class  to 
the  campaign. 

The  appeal  drilled  its  way  into  the  inner  sanctums  of 
the  Chicago  press,  and  strong  editorials,  urging  the  public 
to  respond  to  the  K.  of  C.  call  were  printed  in  nearly  every 
one  of  the  daily  newspapers. 

The  Catholic  press  of  the  city  and  state  was  of  course 
generous  in  urging  adherents  to  consider  that  while  the  cam- 
gaign  was  being  conducted  under  the  name  of  one  fraternal 
order,  to  which  many  of  the  church  members  did  not  belong, 
it  was  doing  the  work  of  the  church  and  the  nation,  and  should 
be  supported  by  everybody. 

These  editorials  completed  the  work  of  making  the  road 
clear,  and  the  wonderfully  created  organization  attended  to 
the  collection  of  the  money. 


762  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

In  the  course  of  two  weeks  the  press  of  Chicago  gave  to 
the  campaign  120  news  items  with  words  ' '  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus" or  "All  Welcome"  in  every  heading.  The  scrap  book 
showed  editorials  from  six  secular  papei*s,  and  19  editorials 
and  editorial  notes  from  the  Catholic  press,  and  ten  photo- 
graphic illustrations,  which  had  a  direct  bearing  upon  the 
drive  and  its  purposes." 

The  most  powerful  factor  in  the  success  of  the  drive  was 
the  strong  appeal  of  the  Archbishop. 

At  the  request  of  State  Deputy  LeRoy  Hackett  Most  Rev. 
George  William  Mundelein,  Archbishop  of  Chicago,  wrote  the 
following  letter,  urging  support  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
welfare  Avork  as  follows : 

"AECHDIOCESE  OF  CHICAGO 
"Chancery  Office,  740  Cass  Street 

' '  Chicago,  111.,  November  2.3rd,  1917. 
"Mr.  LeRoy  Hackett,  State  Deputy, 
"Knights  of  Columbus, 

"1119  Rookery  Building,  Chicago,  111. 

"My  dear  Mr.  Hackett: 

"The  Government  of  the  United  States  has  officially  recognized  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  as  representing  the  Roman  Catholic  Church  in  the 
various  training  camps  for  soldiers  and  sailors,  both  in  our  own  coun- 
try and  in  Europe,  while  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  acts  in 
the  same  capacity  for  all  the  various  non-Catholic  churches.  As  a  result 
they  have  taken  over  the  work  of  erecting  and  directing  the  recreation 
centers  in  the  different  encampments.  In  addition  to  this  they  are  pro- 
viding and  paying  for  workers  and  secretaries  in  charge  of  these  build- 
ings and  the  activities  they  represent.  Last,  but  not  least,  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  are  paying  the  salaries  and  expenses  of  a  number  of  post- 
chaplains,  ten  of  them  accompanying  the  army  now  in  France,  others 
being  stationed  at  Rockford  and  other  home-camps  in  addition  to  the 
regularly  commissioned  army  chaplains. 

"In  all  of  these  activities  they  are  working  under  the  direction  of 
the  Archbishops  of  the  United  States  and  in  harmony  with  the  repre- 
sentatives  appointed   by   tliese   prelates.      A   glance   at    the   tremendous 

14.     Columbiati. 


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work  undertaken  and  completed  or  neariug  completion  will  Ije  sufficient 
to  show  that  a  vast  amount  of  money  is  needed  to  pay  the  expense  in- 
curred. The  organization  representing  the  non-Catholic  bodies  recently 
asked  for  and  obtained  thirty-five  million  dollars.  The  agency  per- 
forming the  same  work  under  Catholic  auspices,  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus, asks  for  less  than  one-tenth  of  that  sum — but  three  million  dollars. 
The  State  of  Illinois  is  to  furnish  one-sixth  of  that  amount.  There 
should  not  be  the  slightest  question  of  their  obtaining  it.  The  work  they 
are  doing  in  the  camps  is  not  for  the  benefit  of  their  orgauizatou,  but 
for  the  benefit  of  the  church  and  our  country.  The  work  they  are  doing 
is  absolutely  necessary,  for  it  means  safeguarding  the  religion  and  tlie 
morals  of  these  young  men,  who  are  to  be  tlie  fathers  of  the  families 
of  the  future,  who  at  a  critical  period  of  their  lives  are  taken  away  from 
the  restraining  and  refining  influences  of  home,  and  whom  the  church 
and  its  representatives  are  thus  striving  to  protect  in  their  new  environ- 
ment. In  consequence  it  becomes  the  duty  of  all  of  us  to  give  a  helping 
liand  to  this  movement. 

"I  therefore  give  you  permission  to  appeal  for  funds  in  the  Arch- 
diocese of  Chicago  for  this  purpose,  the  week's  public  campaign  begin- 
ning Sunday,  December  9th.  And  I  commend  warmly  your  appeal  to  all 
our  Catholic  people,  both  to  those  who  have  given  sons  to  the  Army  and 
Navy  and  to  those  others  who  have  none  to  give,  and  in  an  especial  man- 
ner to  heads  of  industries  and  employers  of  labor.  And  if,  in  a  par- 
ticular manner,  every  member  of  your  order  will  take  a  personal  interest 
in  the  campaign,  give  the  same  assistance  he  would  as  if  it  were  for 
himself,  put  his  shoulder  to  the  wheel  and  push  the  campaign  on  to 
success,  there  is  not  a  doubt  but  that  you  will  more  than  exceed  the 
amount  allotted  to  you  and  put  Illinois  and  especially  Chicago  'over 
the  top.'  To  all  who  contribute  and  help  this  good  work  along,  whether 
they  be  our  Catholic  children  or  are  of  the  large  number  of  our  generous 
non-Catholic  citizens,  together  with  my  thanks,  I  send  my  blessing. 

"With  every  good  wish  for  victory  and  success,  I  remain, 

' '  Sincerely  yours  in  Christ, 
"(Signed)   GEORGE  W.  MUNDELEIN, 

"Archbishop  of  Chicago. "is 

His  Grace  issued  another  statement  on  December  17,  1917, 

as  follows : 

' '  The  Knights  of  Columbus,  by  their  religious  and  recreational  work, 
are  acting  as  the  agents  of  the   entire  Catholic  people  of  the  United 


15.     Columhian. 


764  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

States  in  looking  after  the  welfare  of  the  soldiers  and  sailors  in  the 
camps.  For  that  reason  they  should  receive  the  substantial  support  of 
all  Catholics  in  their  work. 

' '  Moreover,  they  have  thrown  open  the  doors  of  their  recreation  hails 
to  all  soldiers  and  sailors;  they  make  no  distinction  of  creed,  grade  or 
color;  the  sign  over  the  door  means  just  what  it  says,  'All  Welcome'; 
they  work  in  harmony  with  every  other  agency  that  strives  to  safeguard 
the  soldier  and  sailor  boy  from  moral  and  physical  harm,  and  therefore 
they  merit  the  help  and  encouragement  of  all  who  are  interested  in  our 
country's  welfare. "i8 

The  Columbian,  the  official  paper  of  the  State  Council, 
kept  up  a  constant  agitation  in  favor  of  the  drive,  and  at 
its  opening  said  editorially : 

READY  FOB  THE  BIG  DRIVE 

"Beginning  Sunday,  December  9,  the  Catholics  of  Chicago  and  of 
all  Illinois  will  make  a  drive  for  the  benefit  of  our  soldier  boys  that  is 
to  result  in  adding  $500,000  to  the  war  camp  fund  necessary  to  afford 
recreation  and  a  degree,  at  least,  of  moral  security. 

' '  To  the  Knights  of  Columbus  the  administration  of  Catholic  religious 
and  recreational  work  in  the  army  and  navy  during  the  war  has  been 
entrusted  by  the  Hierarchy  and  the  Government.  It  has  been  just  as 
effectually  drafted  for  this  purpose  as  the  wealth  of  the  country  has  to 
provide  resources  and  as  the  valor  of  the  country  has  been  to  bear  armd. 

"This  does  not  mean  either  that  the  Knights  of  Columbus  are  to 
receive  all  the  credit  or  that  they  are  to  furnish  all  the  money.  It 
does  mean  that  they  are  apparently  well  qualified  to  do  the  work  on 
account  of  their  nation-wide  organization  and  their  aptitude  for  such 
work. 

"In  the  prosecution  of  this  work  and  in  the  diflicult  matter  of  rais- 
ing large  amounts  of  funds  they  are  not  in  the  position  of  command- 
ing others  to  effort  but  of  requesting  others  to  assist  them.  They  do  not 
say  'go'  but  'come.'  They  have  already  qualified  for  such  purpose  by 
the  collection  of  more  than  a  million  dollars  for  the  big  fund  and  they 
are  proposing  not  to  raise  the  residue  from  others  alone,  but  expect  to 
do  their  full  share  of  the  rest  of  the  work  and  to  contribute  their  full 
share  of  the  rest  of  the  money. 


16.     Columbian. 


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"Yes,  there  liaA'e  been  mauy  other  'drives',  and  we  have  all  helped — 
we  bought  Liberty  Bonds,  we  helped  the  Red  Cross,  and  the  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
and  we  wiU  help  the  Salvation  Army,  to  say  nothing  of  the  numerous 
calls  of  a  local  and  special  nature — but  we  are  not  by  any  means  going 
to  stop  now  when  an  object  so  near  and  dear  to  us  presents  itself. 

"EVERY   OTHER  DRIVE   HAS   BEEN   AN   IMMENSE   SUCCESS; 
THE  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  DRIVE  MUST  BE  A  SUCCESS. 

"It  is  not  necessary  to  detail  the  need  for  this  fund.  It  is  evidenced 
in  immense  buildings  in  every  American  camp  and  has  been  written 
large  in  the  press  of  the  country.  It  is  not  details  and  discussions  that 
are  needed  now  but  hard  cash.  Our  countrymen  of  every  shade  of 
belief  are  with  us  in  this  great  work  and  all  patriotic  citizens  are  will- 
ing to  help — all  we  need  do  is  to  ask.  But  this  asking  must  be  done, 
and  that  is  the  special  work  of  the  hour,  beginning  next  Sunday. 

"In  the  matter  of  organization  for  this  work  the  Supreme  and  State 
Councils  will  give  directions,  and  we  are  quite  sure  the  members  will 
gladly  respond,  "IT 

A  partial  list  of  some  of  the  larger  gifts  to  the  big  Knights 
of  Columbus  drive,  contains  the  following : 

Armour   &    Company $20,000  First  National  Bank $2,000 

Swift   &    Company 20,000  Durant  &  Kasper  Company     1,500 

Sears,  Roebuck  &  Co 10,000  John  A.  Lynch 1,000 

Cudahy  Packing  Company.   10,000  Walter  J.  Conlon 1,000 

Wilson  &   Company 10,000  Peter    P.    Kransz 1,000 

Edward    Hines    5,000  First  Trust  &  Savings  Bk.     1,000 

Montgomery,  Ward  &  Co .  .     5,000  Archbishop    Mundelein    .  . .      1,000 

Peabody   Coal  Company 2,500  John  F.  Jelke  Company. . .   l,000i» 

The  third  call  in  which  the  Knights  of  Columbus  were 
especially  interested  was  the  joint  drive  of  the  seven  agencies 
participating  in  the  United  War  Work  Campaign,  which 
netted  some  $30,000,000  for  the  Knights  of  Columbus  and 
the  Catholic  War  Council. 

The  part  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  this  tlrive  is  indi- 
cated by  a  letter  from  the  chairman  of  the  Campaign  Com- 
mittee in  Chicago : 


17.  Columbian,  Dec.  7,  Iftl' 

18.  Columbian. 


766  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

UNITED  WAR  WORK  CAMPAIGN 
814  Consumers  Building,  220  S.  State  St. 

Chicago,  Nov.  19,  1918. 
Mr.  Edward  Houlihan, 

500,  17  N.  La  Salle  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Dear  Mr.   Houlihan: 

Ain't  it  a  grand  and  glorious  feelin'? 

I  am  sure  you  were  pleased  with  the  report  that  down  state  in  Illinois 
went  over  its  quota  last  night  on  time  with  more  than  $400,000  to  spare. 
Our  boys  report  that  they  are  still  going  and  from  what  they  tell  ue 
we  feel  that  a  large  amount  will  yet  be  secured. 

We  want  to  thank  you  for  your  splendid  co-operation  on  our  commit- 
tee, and  if  we  could  we  would  extend  this  to  every  member  of  the 
National  Catholic  War  Council  and  Knights  of  Columbus.  No  organiza- 
tion included  in  the  campaign  has  shown  a  greater  spirit  of  willingness 
to  co-operate  than  yours,  and  appreciating  this  as  evidenced  by  your 
loyal  support,  we  were  enabled  to  put  forth  our  best  efforts.  This 
feeling  we  know  applies  to  every  one  of  our  workers  down  state  and 
we  all  feel  that  your  organization  has  done  its  full  share  in  the  cam- 
paign. 

We  shall  be  sorry  to  miss  the  pleasant  executive  committee  meetings 
and  will  always  remember  the  hearty  support  you  were  pleased  to 
give  us. 

With  kind  regards,  we  are. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

F.  M.  DEERHAKE, 

Illinois  Campaign  Chairman. 
F.  G.  ADAMSON, 

Illinois  Campaign  Chairman. 

The  National  Catholic  War  Council  was  represented  in 
this  campaign  by  Major  Chaplain  Rev.  Edward  A.  Kelly  of 
the  Fighting  Seventh,  and  Richmond  Dean  of  the  Pullman 
Company.^^ 


19.  Columbian.  For  full  account  of  the  drives  for  welfare  funds  see 
Oolumbian  of  December  28,  1917,  and  other  issues  of  even  dates  with  the 
drives. 


CHAPTER  XVII 


WAR   WORKERS 

In  the  previous  wars  the  humanities  were,  to  be  sure,  given 
some  consideration.  Perhaps  the  greatest  example  of  war 
welfare  work  of  past  ages,  not  of 
course  called  by  that  name  at 
that  time,  was  the  hospital  serv- 
ice of  the  Crusade  period.  The 
great  Order  of  Hospitalers,  the 
Knights  of  St.  John,  which  was 
established  for  the  purpose  of 
furnishing  aid  and  relief  to  the 
soldiers  of  the  Crusades,  and  the 
great  hospitals  built  by  the 
order  and  the  services  therein 
rendered  stand  out  as  great  his- 
toric institutions  and  events, 
testifying  to  the  humanity  of  the 
early  Christians. 

It  is  somewhat  peculiar  that 
most  of  the  more  modern  war 
welfare  work  has  been  performed  by '  women.  Florence 
Nightingale  and  her  companions  in  the  Crimean  campaigns 
and  the  "nuns  of  the  battle  field"  in  European  and  American 
wars  have  been,  until  recent  years,  the  agencies  of  charity 
and  mercy  on  the  battle  fields,  while  the  women  at  home  have 
been  the  principal  source  of  auxiliary  aid. 

In  the  great  world  war  a  change  is  noticeable.  The  Red 
Cross  Society,  and  tlie  widely  organized  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association  felt  it  their  duty  to  come  to  the  aid  of  the  men 
in  the  service,  and  the  Knights  of  Columbus  as  promptly  and 
universally  felt  the  same  call. 

767 


768  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

As  is  detailed  elsewhere,  formal  organization  of  the 
war  welfare  work  was  effected,  and  the  individuals  through 
whom  the  work  was  to  be  carried  on  were  called  Knights  of 
Columbus  Secretaries.  Depending  upon  their  place  of  serv- 
ice these  Secretaries  were  known  as  foreign  or  domestic. 
There  were  different  grades  of  Secretaries,  and  there  were 
also  Commissioners  and  Representatives,  especially  in  the 
foreign  service. 

The  Secretaries  were  not,  however,  the  only  functionaries 
who  forwarded  the  Knights  of  Columbus  welfare  work.  The 
Catholic  Chaplains  could  always  be  counted  upon  for  effec- 
tive co-operation,  and,  indeed,  were  of  immense  help  in  the 
work.  Many  of  the  Chaplains,  both  at  home  and  abroad, 
were  specially  designated  by  their  superiors  for  Knights  of 
Columbus  work,  and  the  Knights  of  Columbus  contributed 
from  the  welfare  funds  for  their  maintenance. 

Besides,  the  home  folks,  officers  and  members  of  the 
councils  did  an  immense  amount  of  welfare  work,  and  the 
women  throughout  the  country  rendered  most  valuable  assist- 
ance. 

To  all  intents  and  pui*poses  the  Secretaries  during  their 
service  with  our  fighting  men,  either  at  home  or  abroad,  were 
the  Knights  of  Columbus.  For  the  service  men  they  embodied 
the  Order.  KG,  popularized  to  "Casey,"  meant  Knights  of 
Columbus  of  the  United  States  of  America. 

It  would  be  quite  beside  the  purpose  to  speculate  as  to 
how  well  the  name  of  Secretary  fitted  the  functionary  who 
did  anything  from  speeding  up  the  ordere  of  the  General  in 
Chief  of  the  Army  to  shaving  a  sick  soldier  in  the  hospital.  It 
is  enough  to  say  that  he  was  the  man  through  whom  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  executed  their  benevolent  designs. 

When  the  welfare  work  first  opened  there  was  of  course 
no  code  of  rules  for  the  conduct  of  the  various  welfare  activ- 
ities. We  are  told  that  the  very  first  steps  in  the  direction 
of  the  welfare  work  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  the  great 


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war  were  taken  by  "Supreme  Physician  Buckley,  Supreme 
Director  Dwyer  and  Judge  Byrnes,  who  conferred  with  the 
late  Archbishop  Ireland  concerning  Knights  of  Columbus 
activities  at  Fort  Snelling,  and  wrote  the  Supreme  Secretary 
regarding  the  desirability  and  necessity  of  the  Order's  under- 


Knights  of  Columbus  Secretaries  at  Work  Near  the  Front   Lines 

taking  work  similar  to  that  carried  on  at  the  border.'"  The 
manner  in  which  the  relief  work  was  taken  up  by  the  Supreme 
Council  has  been  detailed,  and  it  seems  appropriate  liere  only 
to  sketch  some  of  the  work  of  the  active  men  from  the  State 
of  Illinois  in  the  secretarial  service. 


OVERSEAS   SECRETARIES 

James  Daly  was  an  Illinois  man  who  saw  much  service 
abroad  as  a  secretary.     His  induction  into  the  service  was 


1.     Knights  of  Columbus  in  Peace  and  War,  Vol.  I,  p.  248. 


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KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  SECRETARIES 


Overseas  Secretaries 
Beauhew,  Ernest 
Berry,  George  E. 
Brierton,   Matthew   J. 
Berndsha.  Frank  A. 
Burgmeier,  Joseph  A. 
Burke,  Urich 
Cahill.  Thomas  B. 
Campion.  William  J. 
Carmody.   Daniel   H. 
Casey,  Michael   E. 
Casey,   James   P. 
Crowley,  Jerome  J. 
Daly,   James 
Daniher.  James  A. 
Degenhardt,  Joseph  A. 
Devine.  Thomas  J. 
Donovan,   William   X. 
JDuggan,    Michael   P. 
Egan,  J.  Parnell 
Evers,  John 
Fenton.  Patrick  J. 
Fiset,   DeLigney 
Fitzgerald,  Lawrence  M. 
Fitzgibbons,  Maurice  F. 
Fleming,   Garrett 
Flynn,  Daniel  H. 
Foy,  Michael   J. 
Gibbons,   Thomas    J. 
Grelan,  James  E. 
Golden,    William    D. 
Graham.    John    J. 
Hamilton.    Nathan    J. 
Hassett.  Charles  R. 
Hendricks,  John  C. 
Hennoberry.    D.   A. 
Huard,  George  N. 
James,    John    M. 
Johnson,   Peter  J. 
Kearney,   John   C. 
Keating.  William  H. 
Kelly,  Albert  J. 
Kelly,    Harry    B. 
Kirby,  James  J. 
Kirk.   John   T. 
Larrisey,  William  J. 
Lennon.  Edmund  H. 
Libonati.  Michael  B. 
Looby,  John  J. 
Lyons.  Walter  J. 
Mackay,   John  C. 
Marsailes,  John  E. 
MuUer,  Anthony  F. 
Moriarty,  Daniel 
Mulholland.  Joseph  R. 
Murray,  James  A. 


McDonald,  James  B. 
McGinnis.  John  A. 
McGuire.  John   E. 
McLoughlin,   James   J. 
McLaughlin,  James 
McMahon,    Francis  J. 
McQuaide,  Martin  J. 
Nolan.  Thomas  L. 
Nolan,  Frank  S. 
Nolan.  John  J. 
Normoyle.  T.  J. 
O'Brien.  Leo  H. 
O'Malley.  Maurice 
O'Neill.  Thomas 
O'Shea.  John 
Pooley,  Alexander 
Ranee,   Arthur   H. 
Ranee.   Henry  B. 
Riorden.   William  P. 
Roach.  E.   J. 
Roche.  Charles  H. 
Ruel.  Henry  F. 
Shannessey,   Frank  J. 
Shea,  Thomas  F. 
Sheehan.  James  F. 
Shell,    Ben.iamin   J. 
Shell.   Thomas  M. 
Small.    James  L. 
Sullivan.  Francis  R. 
Trudel.  Edward  J. 
Warren.   Harry  L. 
White.  John  J. 
Zipperich.  Charles  J. 

Domestic  Secretaries 
Allen,  Herbert  L. 
Allison,   Cornelius   M. 
Altenbach,  Joseph 
Arthur.  Julien  F. 
Barrett.  Edward  J. 
Bates.   Charles  M. 
Beaulieu,  Ernest 
Bennett.   Earl  G. 
Berch.   John 
Bowi  rs.  John  B. 
Fowler.  F.   P. 
Bradley,   Travis   H. 
Brennan.  Thomas  A. 
Bresnahan,  George  T. 
Broadway,  Dr. 
Burns.   J,  J. 
Burke.  D. 
Callahan,  James 
Casserly,  Augustine  J. 
Chanel,  Edward  A. 
Clarke,  Eugene  E. 
Cloghessy,  Lawrence 
Cocek.  John  S. 
Cook.   Samuel   E. 
Coleman,  F.  J. 
Conohan.  Archibald 
Connover.   Charles 
Conroy,  Vincent 
Costello,  John  J. 
Countryman,   L, 
Grapple,  Guy  C. 
Crassin,  John  F. 


Crivello,  August  M. 
Cunningham,  Frank  E. 
Cunningham,  Charles  J. 
Cussen.  Thomas  E. 
Daly,  Hugh  J. 
Devitt,  John  L. 
Donnelly,  R.  E. 
Dooley,   Robert 
Doyle.  Michael  J. 
Durken.  Thomas  R. 
Flood,   John 
Foerst,  Robert  J. 
Gannon.  James  P. 
Gleason,  Raymond,  M.  3. 
Golden.   Herbert  F. 
Green.    Michael   J. 
Griffin.  Maurice  J.,  .Tr. 
Guthrie,  John  J. 
Hackett,  Walter  J. 
Hahn,  Charles  J.,  Jr. 
Hahn,   Charles 
Hartman,  Raymond  F. 
Healy,   D.   M. 
Henneberry,  J.  J, 
Hogan,  A.  P. 
Horan,  John  R. 
Hostler,  George  W. 
Juergens,  A.  A. 
Keane.  Cletus 
Keefe,  William  F. 
Ket'gan,  Robert  N. 
Killeen.   Martin  J. 
Killgallon.  Mathew 
Kinney,   Harry 
Kletz.   Charles  J. 
Klubert,  John  B. 
Kucharski,  Joseph 
LaHart,  Joseph  P. 
Lavine.  T.  A, 
Leaf,  Harold  J. 
Lee,  Edward  R. 
Lee,   Edmund 
Leiser.   William  J. 
Lind,  Albert  B. 
Leonard,  Thomas  J. 
Loughran,  John  B. 
Lucassey,  John  J. 
Lynch.  James  M. 
Mackey,  W.   J. 
Mahoney,    George   S. 
Malone,  Joseph  F. 
Marsailes.   John  B, 
May,  Charles  E. 
Morris,  James  A. 
Mullen.  P.  J. 
Munich,  Anton  H. 
Murphy,  Chas.  E. 
Murry,    James    A. 
McCaffrey,  E.  T. 
McCann,  Robert  E. 
McCarthy,  Charles 
McCarthy,  J.  Vincent 
McGolderich,  John 
McGregor.  J.  T. 
McHugh.  Frank  J. 
McMannimin,  Frank 
McNamara.  Edward 


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Nehlll,  Floyd 
Neilan,    Robprt  M. 
Neuhaus.   Edward  A. 
Newton,  Emil 
Nolan,  Chas.  J. 
Nolan,   Frank 
O'Connell.  J.   J. 
O'Connell,   Thos.   F. 
O'Connor,    James  F. 
O'Malley,  Jam,  s  J. 
O'Neil.  Peter  A. 
Padden,  Roger  H. 
Penning,  J.   P. 
Percival,  H.  W. 
Poulin.  L.  R. 
Powers.   W.   E. 


Quinn,  P.  D. 
Quirk,  W.    E. 
Radican.  Thomas  E. 
Roeder,   William 
Rouland,  Thomas  J. 
Rourkc.  Walter  F. 
Ruhnke,  Edward 
Ryan,  J.  R. 
Sauer.    Frank   P. 
Schasoman,   Joseph  M. 
Schmitt.  William  J. 
Schuster,   Greorge 
Sheehan,  James  T. 
Sheehan,  P.  M, 
Shcehy,  M.  J.,  Jr. 
Sheery,   Maurice  J.,    Sr. 


Small,  James  L. 
Springimier,  Lee 
Sweeney,  F.  W. 
Thielen,  George 
Thimmish,  Leo  M. 
Thomas,  G.  W.  H. 
Trehane.  Daniel 
Tyrrell,   James  A. 
Vitu,  Paul  J. 
Wall,  Frank 
Wall,   Maurice  J. 
Walsh,  J.  R. 
Wheeler,   William  V. 
Wideman.   Joseph  M. 
Zimmerman.   J.  .J. 


typical  of  that  of  most  of  the  secretaries  and,  accordingly, 
what  he  says  upon  that  point  is  interesting. 

"When  tlie  call  came  througli  a  notice  from  Thomas  P.  Flynn  for 
men  for  overseas  service  I  was  one  of  the  first  to  respond.  My  appli- 
cation was  sent  on  in  May,  but  some  time  elapsed  without  an  answer. 
In  July,  however,  I  was  notified  to  apply  for  a  passport,  and  only  re- 
ceived traveling  orders  on  September  27th.  October  oth  found  me  on 
the  way,  and  two  days  thereafter  I  reported  to  Mr.  Larkin,  Mr.  Mulligan 
and  Mr.  Clark.  The  next  day  I  appeared  according  co  instructions 
before  Dr.  Swift  for  examination  and  vaccination.  I  had  the  good  for- 
tune to  meet  Eight  Rev.  Peter  J.  Muldoon,  who  was  in  New  York  at 
the  time  on  war  welfare  work.  I  was  accompanied  at  the  time  by  a 
friend,  John  McCann,  of  Port  Chester,  New  York,  and  we  had  the  hap- 
piness of  receiving  on  our  knees  tlie  blessing  of  the  good  bishop.  Next 
morning,  Sunday,  October  10th,  myself  and  thirty  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  secretaries  approached  Holy  Communion  in  St.  Stephen 's 
Church.  After  Mass  we  went  to  Pier  42  and  learned  that  we  were  to 
sail  on  the  Lelita,  a  Canadian-Pacific  steamer.  We  boarded  about  eight 
a.  m.,  and  learned  that  we  were  to  have  as  traveling  companions  Colonel 
Mollison  and  the  Minnesota  troops.  About  two  p.  m.  the  vessel  slipped 
out  of  the  harbor  and  passing  the  Statue  of  Liberty  joined  a  convoy 
in  the  outer  harbor  numbering  about  fifteen  ocean  liners,  amongst  them 
the  Baltic  and  Australasia." 

In  the  course  of  the  voyage  an  enjoyable  entertainment 
was  given,  participated  in  by  K.  C.  secretaries  from  various 
parts  of  the  country,  including  T.  J.  Normoyle  of  Chicago. 
On  Sunday  religious  services  were  held  aft.  The  party 
landed  in  Liverpool  on  October  24th,  remaining  but  a  few 
hours,  transhipped  by  rail  for  London,  arriving  in  the  even- 


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ing  of  October  25th,  where  a  day  was  spent,  during  which  an 
opportunity  was  given  for  limited  sight  seeing.  The  party 
moved  to  Southampton  and  from  there  to  Havre,  which 
was  reached  on  the  27th.  Leaving  Havre  toward  evening 
Paris  was  reached  about  ten  p.  m.,  where  Overseas  Super- 
visor Lawrence  0.  Murray  and  other  secretaries  met  the  new- 
comers and  escorted  them  to  the  Hotel  Vignon.  Next  day 
was  spent  in  making  and  executing  papers,  "history  sheets," 


Lawrence    M.    FitzspraUl.     Ovtusciis    Soci-Ptar.v.     r>istrilintin,i;    Croature    Com- 
forts on  S.S.  Artemis,  May,  1919 


etc.,  and  in  preparation  for  assignments.  Mr.  Daly  asked  to 
be  assigned  to  the  33rd  Division,  and  started  with  others  for 
that  headquarters.  The  journey  brought  them  through 
Chateau  Thierry,  Challons  on  Marne  and  St.  Menehauld. 
Some  days  were  consumed  in  the  search  for  the  division,  which 
was  found  in  Troyon  on  the  13th.  From  there  the  secretaries 
went  to  Ambly,  and  in  a  wrecked  building  opened  up  head- 
quarters. They  found  there  Col.  John  V.  Clinnin,  Major  James 
McKinley,  Capt.  Charles  Schott  of  the  129th  Field  Hospital, 
Sergt.  Joseph  Luken  and  Chaplain,  Kev.  Arthur  L.  Girard, 


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all  of  Chicago.    They  at  once  hung  out  the  "Everybody  Wel- 
come and  Everything  Free ' '  sign.    Secretary  Daly  says : 

"We  found  plenty  to  do  as  the  33rd  Division  had  been  without 
K.  of  C.  supplies,  and  we  made  every  effort  to  make  up  for  lost  time. 
Harvey,  Murray,  Burke  and  O'Neill  (other  secretaries),  made  frequent 
trips  to  Toul  for  supijlies.  One  nice  feature  we  had  was  a  kitchen  and 
we  frequently  made  hot  chocolate  or  supplied  milk  or  coffee,  and  some- 
times soup  from  bouillon  cubes." 

From  the  headquarters  of  the  33rd  Daly  traveled  with  his 
kitchen  to  the  131st  and  records  that  he  there  met  Piiil  Mc- 
Kenna,  Jr.,  of  Chicago.  On  another  occasion  Daly,  accom- 
panied by  0  'Neill  and  Burke,  went  to  Saulz,  one  of  the  latest 
towns  leveled  in  the  war,  where  they  found  the  129th  infantry, 
and  distributed  supplies  amongst  them. 

In  the  days  soon  succeeding  Daly  and  his  associates  made 
the  towns  of  Tilly,  Genecour  and  Villars.  On  December  8th, 
they  started  for  Luxemburg.  At  the  end  of  a  month  of  activ- 
ity Dal}'  found  himself  preparing  for  Christmas  cheer. 

"Everyone  with  tlie  132nd  field  hospital  and  ambulance  units  got 
a  i)resent  of  a  bar  of  chocolate  and  a  good  cigar  from  Major  McKinley 
and  other  officers  of  the  outfit.  The  dinner  was  pork,  peas  and  pota- 
toes with  plenty  of  jam  and  other  delicacies.  The  castle  of  the  Duchess 
of  Luxemburg  is  at  Colmar-Berg,  a  short  distance  from  Cruchten.  '  On 
the  2nd  of  January,'  says  Daly,  'I  took  a  load  of  supplies  and  went  to 
Ettclbruch  and  found  the  129th  infantry,  33rd  division  located  there  in 
Sheiren,  a  small  town  a  few  miles  away.  This  proved  to  be  our  last 
stand,  as  we  stayed  there  until  orders  came  to  go  home.  »  *  *  i 
secured  an  old  school  room  through  the  kindness  of  Rev.  Dr.  Mueller, 
pastor,  where  K.  of  C.  headquarters  were  set  up.  The  room  was  cen- 
trally located,  lighted  with  electricity,  and  T  installed  tables  and 
benches.  A  victrola  was  supplied  and  an  abundance  of  cigarettes, 
tobacco,  pipes,  candy  and  other  articles  useful  to  the  men.  A  very  nice 
feature  I  found  to  be  the  papers,  the  Chicago  Tribune,  New  York 
Herald,  London  Daily  News,  and  late  magazines,  and  American  Library 
Association  books.  These  were  eagerly  sought  and  every  effort  was 
made  to  have  a  supply  always  on  hand  in  the  K.  C.  headquarters,  gratis, 
of  course.'  " 


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Daly  was  able,  through  the  courtesy  of  Major  Soutliweck 
and  Captain  Daly,  a  member  of  Archbishop  McHale  Council, 
to  make  a  trip  to  Coblenz  and  bring  back  a  quantity  of  sup- 
plies. He  records  a  sad  event  in  the  death  of  Michael  Libo- 
nati,  a  young  Chicago  lawyer,  whose  funeral,  in  charge  of 
Chaplain  Girard,  he  attended  at  Wolferdange,  Luxemburg. 


^^^^^^^^^^^H       ^^^^^^^^^1 

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Hnife^^^l 

JAMES   DALY, 
University  Council 


PETER  J.  JOHNSON 
Chicago    Council 


Chaplain  Rev.  John  J.  O'Hearn  of  Chicago  was  also  present. 
Daly  concluded  his  service  about  the  first  of  April  and  after 
some  days  spent  in  sight-seeing  returned  to  the  United  States. 
Garrett  S.  Fleming  was  another  Chicago  man  who  had  a 
somewhat  varied  experience  as  a  secretary.  On  arriving  in 
Paris  he  was  assigned  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus  warehouse, 
and  gives  us  some  idea  of  the  extent  of  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus work  through  a  description  of  this  warehouse,  which 
was  one  block  square,  three  stories  high,  and  was  packed  from 
ground  to  roof  with  everything  a  human  being  could  desire. 


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''We  had  50  motor  trucks  taking  supplies  to  the  soldiei-s  at 
the  battle  field,  and  all  over  France,  wherever  there  was  an 
American  unit  located."  The  destruction  of  Verdun  is  indi- 
cated by  what  Mr.  Fleming  says  of  his  attempts  to  establish 
a  headquarters  there  later.  "We  had  to  travel  from  end  to 
end  of  that  great  citadel  before  we  could  find  a  ruin  that 
would  answer  our  purpose."  They  finally  selected  St.  Mary's 
Catholic  school,  "four  stories  high,  but  with  no  roof  and  no 
windows,  and  very  few  floors,  with  shell  holes  in  the  walls  10 
to  15  feet  in  diameter."  A  little  of  the  horror  of  war  is 
sketched  in  Fleming's  brief  letter.  He  says  at  the  time  that 
he  was  in  Verdun  the  soldiers  were  getting  short  furloughs, 
and  many  of  them  came  to  visit  the  battle  fields.  "Certainly 
a  ghastly  sight,  skulls,  skeletons,  helmets,  legs  and  arms 
strewn  all  about."  It  became  the  duty  and  the  pleasure  of 
Fleming  and  his  aids  to  take  care  of  these  visiting  soldiers. 
"We  had  400  cots,  1,000  blankets  and  6  stoves.  We  served 
hot  soup,  bread,  cakes,  candy,  coffee,  cigarettes,  tobacco  of  all 
brands,  and  numerous  brands  of  chewing  gum.  We  provided 
a  comfortable  bed,  plenty  of  places  to  wash,  shave  and,  if 
desired,  to  take  a  bath."  In  addition  they  had  a  field  kitchen, 
serving  from  6  a.  m.  to  10  p.  m.  Thus  were  the  activities  of  the 
Order  discharged  in  the  far  famed  territory  of  Verdun. 

J.  Parnell  Egan  was  the  sweet  singer  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  Secretarial  forces  abroad,  but  his  work  was  by  no 
means  confined  to  singing. 

Upon  his  arrival  in  Paris  in  January,  1918,  he  was  com- 
missioned to  make  a  concert  tour  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
camps.  Upon  the  conclusion  of  this  tour  Secretary  Egan. 
conferred  with  Past  Supreme  Knight  and  Overseas  Commis- 
sioner Edward  L.  Hearn  relative  to  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus work  abroad,  and  acting  upon  Egan's  report  the  service 
was  reorganized,  and  Egan  was  appointed  one  of  the  seven 
directors  of  the  reorganized  service,  and  put  in  charge  of 
Zone  No.  5,  with  headquarters  in  Paris,  and  with  225  secre- 


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taries  under  his  jurisdiction.  Mr.  Egan's  appointment  as 
Zone  Director  came  in  the  form  of  a  letter  from  Overseas 
Commissioner  Edward  L.  Hearn,  reading  in  part  as  follows : 

"March  12,  1919. 
"Mr.  Parnell  Egan, 

"16,  Place  de  la  Madeleine,  Paris. 

' '  Dear  Mr.  Egan : 

"In  accordance  with  the  new  plan  of  organization,  I  take  pleasure 
in  appointing  you  Zone  Director  of  Zone  No.  5,  effective  today.  At  the 
present  time  the  activities  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  Zone  No.  5, 
as  indicated  by  our  records,  are  shown  on  the  attached  sheet. 

"In  appointing  you  Zone  Director  of  Zone  No.  5,  I  feel  assured 
tliat  the  Overseas  Commissioners  and  the  Committee  on  War  Activities 
of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  have  great  confidence  in  your  ability  to 
judiciously  supervise  all  of  the  work  in  the  territory  which  has  been 
assigned  to  you  for  the  best  interests  of  the  A.  E.  P.,  and  the  American 
people,  for  whom  the  Knights  of  Columbus  are  acting  only  as  agents 
and  trustees.  You  will  please  see  that  in  your  zone  the  policy  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  is  strictly  adhered  to." 

Naturally,  with  such  an  extensive  jurisdiction  Mr.  Egan 
was  an  extremely  busy  man,  but  rendered  most  valuable  serv- 
ice throughout  his  engagement. 

One   of  the   outstanding  incidents   of   Secretary   Egan's 
I         service  in  France  was  his  singing  at  the  special  A.  E.  F. 
I         service  at  the  Notre  Dame  Cathedral  in  Paris  on 
y]>^1919.     On  that  occasion  the  Knights  of  Columbx 
N^  invited  by  the  Abbe  A.  Dellage,  Archippetre  of  the  Notre 
Dame  Cathedral,  to  take  part  in  the  services  of  veneration 
during  the  exposition  of  Sacred  Relics.     The  Cathedral  was 
^sfilled  to  its  seating  capacity,  and  the  services  were  such  as 
no  one  who  was  present  will  ever  forget.     The  Associated 
\  Press  dispatches  in  commenting  upon   the   solemn   occasion 
said,  amongst  other  things :  , .. 


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"From  the  organ  loft  a  beautiful  tenor  voice  seemed  to  express  in 
song  the  interior  thoughts  of  the  worshippers,  'O  Saviour,  Hear  Me,' 
•Parnell   Egan,   a   Knight   of   Columbus   director   and   famous   American 


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WAR  WORKERS 


tenor,  never  before  sang  so  well.     His  voice  conveyed  the  emotion  and  />     ^     to 

the  inspiration  of  a  scene  which  was  entliralling. "  LA^X^  \2^ 

IVhen  Director  Egau's  duties  in  France  were  terminated 
the  Commissioners,  at  the  request  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus         f  9  /  0 


J.  PARNELL  EGAN, 
Overseas  Supervising  Secretary,   DeSoto  Council 

organization  in  England,   sent  him  to  London  and  Dublin, 
where  he  apeared  successfully  in  several  concerts, 

Francis  J.  McMahon,  a  Chicago  lawyer,  was  assigned  to 
the  United  States  Ship  Ohioan  as  a  transport  secretary.    His 


778  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

duties  were  to  make  the  journey  as  pleasant  as  possible  for 
homecoming  boys,  through  the  medium  of  entertainment  and 
the  distribution  of  creature  comforts.  Describing  part  of  his 
work  Mr,  McMahon  says,  "When  not  otherwise  engaged  I 
would  fill  my  musette  bag  with  a  little  miscellaneous  selec- 
tion of  peanuts  and  chocolate  bars,  cigarettes,  pipes,  tobacco 
and  matches  and  tour  the  ship  from  bow  to  stern,  from  galley 
to  sick  baj'',  answering  questions  relative  to  mail,  telegrams, 
wireless,  landing  day,  port,  etc.  In  this  work  I  distributed 
great  quantities  of  magazines,  fruit,  sweets,  handkerchiefs, 
safety  razors,  athletic  supplies,  pencils,  paper,  home-coming 
cards,  etc." 

M.  J.  Bruerton  was  assistant  auditor  at  the  Paris  head- 
quarters of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  and  had  charge  of  the 
depositing,  withdrawing  and  exchanging  of  the  many  different 
monies  that  was  necessary  to  use  during  the  war.  Mr.  Bruen- 
ton,  who  is  a  man  of  sound  judgment,  says,  "The  thing  that 
struck  me  most  favorably  in  all  our  experience  was  the  big 
and  broad-minded  way  the  secretaries  went  about  their  work. 
History  will  never  be  able  to  record  the  personal  sacrifices 
some  of  the  workers  made  while  overseas,  for  the  simple  rea- 
son that  only  half  of  them  were  told. '  '- 

M.  E.  Casey,  of  Chicago,  arrived  in  Paris  about  December 
1,  1918,  and  was  assigned  to  the  transportion  department.  His 
duties  consisted  in  ordering  cars  for  the  movement  of  sup- 
plies, huts,  etc.,  for  the  various  Knights  of  Columbus  activi- 
ties in  France,  Belgium,  Germany  and  Italy.  Mr.  Casey's 
work  did  not  bring  him  in  touch  with  the  personnel  either 
of  the  A.  E.  F.,  or  of  the  welfare  workers,  but  made  him 
thoroughly  acquainted  with  the  tons  of  supplies  distributed 
by  the  secretaries.  This  qualifies  him  to  express  a  sound 
opinion :  "As  I  view  it,"  said  Mr.  Casey,  "the  real  work  done 
by  the  Knights  of  Columbus  overseas  and  in  the  States  never 

2  Mr.  Brewerton's  words  are  but  too  true.  Though  repeatedly  urged  to 
note  down  their  activities  and  permit  the  writer  hereof  to  use  extracts  or 
references  only  a  small  number  of  the  secretaries  reported.  Their  work  was 
known  to  others  only  in  a  fragmentary  way. 


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779 


will  be  revealed,  due  to  the  fact  that  publicity  was  the  least 
of  their  aim.  Their  motto  'Everybody  Welcome  and  Every- 
thing Free'  was  a  slogan  hard  to  compete  with,  and  carried 
a  message  of  cheer  and  comfort  to  the  heart  of  every  dough- 
boy it  could  reach ;  and  as  their  real  object  was  to  serve  the 


CHARLES  HAHN. 

K.  of  C.  Secretary, 

CuUom,  111. 


LAWRENCE    M.    FITZ 

GERALD, 

K.  of  C.  Secretary, 

Died  in  Service 


MICHAEL  LIBONATI, 

Overseas  Secretary, 

Died  in  Service 


soldier  or  assist  him  in  any  manner  they  could,  they  achieved 
the  success  due  them. ' ' 

D.  A.  Henneberry,  of  Joliet,  saw  service  abroad  as  a  sec- 
retary. Landing  in  September,  1918,  lio,  like  tlie  other  secre- 
tries,  was  drilled  for  a  short  time  in  liospital  service  and  gas 
mask  work.     When  prepared  he  was  sent  to  the  Argonne 


780  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

region,  where  he  and  his  associates  secured  an  old  shed  that 
had  been  used  by  the  Germans  as  a  barracks,  and  there  set  up 
their  headquarters.  Henneberry  adds  to  the  numerous  stories 
of  the  same  kind  that  have  been  told  of  the  inviolability  of 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  property.  Once  when  the  Secretary 
was  away  from  the  headquarters  for  supplies  the  place  was 
broken  into,  but  not  a  thing  was  taken.  It  was  found  out 
afterwards  that  when  the  boys  learned  that  it  was  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  depot  they  would  not  molest  anything.  The 
difficulties  of  getting  their  supplies  to  the  men  are  indicated 
by  what  Henneberry  says : 

"  Transportiition  was  so  bad  that  it  was  impossible  to  get  supplies 
without  the  utmost  effort,  and  it  was  there  I  gained  the  name  of  cham- 
pion salvager  of  the  A.  E.  F.  The  men  needed  sweets,  tobacco  and, 
what  proved  to  be  greatly  appreciated,  bouillon  cubes.  I  used  to  catch 
trucks  going  back  of  the  lines,  and  when  I  found  a  K.  of  C.  club  or 
depot  stole,  when  I  was  refused  the  stuff,  hiking  out  and  catching  other 
trucks  going  to  the  front,  Avhere  I  could  give  the  stuff  to  the  men  at 
their  guns,  often  having  to  lay  camouflaged  during  the  day,  not  being 
able  to  go  back  with  the  supply  wagon,  and  get  out  the  next  night." 

This  kind  of  work  for  a  man  who  was  habitually  engaged  in 
the  banking  business  was,  to  say  the  least,  strenuous. 

"I  went  all  throuh  the  Argonne  area.  It  was  the  worst  part  of  the 
campaign — wet,  cold  and  always  under  shell  lire.  Excitement  kept  us 
up.  Men  were  being  killed  on  all  sides.  At  night  bomb  planes  kept  us 
guessing  as  they  continued  dropping  bombs  all  along  the  front  and  the 
explosions  were  terrific. ' ' 

Henneberry 's  services  did  not  cease  with  the  signing  of 
the  armistice.  On  February  1,  1919,  he  opened  up  a  large 
club  at  Andrenach  on  the  Rhine,  the  divisional  headquarters 
of  the  3rd  Division.  Here  entertainment  was  furnished  daily. 
Every  Sunday  10,000  doughnuts  were  distributed,  in  addition 
to  the  usual  creature  comforts.  Getting  his  big  club  in  good 
running  order  Henneberry  proceeded  all  along  the  line  open- 
ing up  in  all  25  clubs.    Similar  clubs  were  opened  in  Malmedy, 


WAR  WORKERS 


781 


Gut-Zur-Nette,  Overliitzingen,  Burgbrohl,  Wehr,  Bell,  Was- 
senach,  Neider  and  Niedermendig,  by  means  of  which  he  estab- 
lished a  record  as  a  club  founder.  Besides  the  usual  services 
and  supplies  Henneberry  had  3,000  Chicago  and  New  York 
papers  every  day  at  Andernach  alone,  and  about  5,000  in  the 
other  clubs,  including  the  rifle  range.     Influenced  no  doubt 


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San   Salvador   Council 


by  his  regular  business  Henneberry  induced  all  of  the  service 
men  he  possibly  could  to  save  part  of  their  pay,  and  sent  sev- 
eral thousand  dollars  home  for  them.  Henneberry  received 
from  non-Catholic  service  men  a  suggestion  that  is  well  worth 
considering.  "Many  non-Catholics,"  he  says,  "expressed  the 
hope  that  when  the  service  was  over  and  all  had  returned  to 
the  United  States  there  would  be  places  in  the  nature  of  com- 
munity centers  where  they  could  meet  and  mingle  with  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  as  they  did  abroad."  Henneberry  had 
many  interesting  experiences,  but  none  more  unique  than  the 
Jewish  welfare  club,  the  firet  of  the  kind  opened  by  him  in 


782  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Germany.  Scores  of  letters  from  officers  of  all  ranks,  chap- 
lains, privates  and  welfare  workers  attest  the  splendid  work  of 
Secretary  Henneberry.'^ 

The  first  Knights  of  Colimibus  war  worker  to  die  in 
France  was  Edmund  H.  Lennon  of  Joliet,  Illinois.  This  pop- 
ular Knight  of  Columbus  left  Joliet  to  serve  as  an  overseas 
field  secretary  on  September  12,  1918,  and  had  been  in  France 
but  a  few  days  when  his  death  occurred  following  an  opera- 
tion for  appendicitis  on  October  21,  1918. 

The  deceased  was  a  member  of  a  very  prominent  family 
in  Joliet;  was  for  a  number  of  years  paying  teller  of  the 
Joliet  Trust  &  Savings  Bank. 

Patrick  J.  Fenton  was  one  of  the  overseas  secretaries  with 
the  82nd  division.  He  left  Paris  on  September  8,  1918,  and 
went  straight  to  the  Mihiel  sector,  where  he  opened  a  hut  in 
an  old  mansion  in  a  town  called  Doulard.  Here  they  were 
under  shell  fire  all  the  time,  day  and  night.  Later  Fenton 
moved  with  the  division  to  the  Argonne  .sector.  There  he  and 
his  associates  kept  their  goods  in  an  old  barn,  from  whence 
they  worked  their  way  up  to  the  trenches  with  supplies. 
"While  engaged  in  this  work  Fenton 's  associate,  secretary  Joe 
Crowe,  of  Bingham,  New  York,  was  struck  by  a  shell,  the 
wounds  from  which  necessitated  the  amputation  of  his  leg, 
and  his  retirement  from  the  service.  As  a  little  incident  of 
the  hardships  of  the  service  Fenton  remarks  that  while  on  the 
Argonne  front  his  clothes  and  shoes  were  not  removed  for  22 
days.  Very  few  secretaries  in  the  service  saw  more  of  tlie 
actual  fighting  than  Secretary  Fenton. 

Martin  J.  McQuaide,  of  Arlington,  Illinois,  entered  the 
service  as  secretary  during  the  month  of  April,  1919,  and  was 
assigned  to  transportation  duty  on  the  Edward  D.  Lucken- 
back.  As  has  been  noted,  the  supplies  carried  by  transport 
secretaries  consisted  in  safety  razors,  handkerchiefs,  soap,  pens 
and  pencils,  writing  paper,  pipes,  tobacco,  cigarettes,  maga- 

3.  Attention  is  dirertid  to  tho  pictiircs  illnstr.-itiii},'-  St-crctary  Honm- 
berry's  work  in  Germany. 


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783 


zines,  story  books  and  candies  and  gum,  as  well  as  musical  in- 
struments and  athletic  goods.  In  addition  to  attending  to  the 
distribution  of  all  of  these  Secretary  McQuaide  taught  all 
of  the  service  men  who  desired,  writing,  reading,  mathematics, 
English  and  spelling.  Later  McQuaide  was  assigned  to  do- 
mestic service,  and  discharged  the  duties  of  secretary  at  Fort 
Bliss,  El  Paso,  Texas.     He  there  also  organized  a  school  for 


Knishts  of  C'olnnilius   A.   E.   F.   CIul),   Ciirdiff.  Wali's. 
(Chicago  Council),  Secretary 


r.  J.  Johnson 


the  men  in  camp,  with  an  average  attendance  of  about  35,  and 
when  the  War  Department  took  over  the  schools  Mr.  Mc- 
Quaide remained  as  an  instructor.  Secretary  McQuaide  re- 
members with  pride  and  pleasure  an  incident  which  occurred 
on  the  return  of  President  Wilson  from  Paris.  To  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  was  given  the  post  of  honor  of  receiving  the 
president  on  his  last  return,  and  McQuaide  was  given  tlie  dis- 
tinction of  being  the  president's  color  bearer. 


784 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Peter  J.  Johnson,  of  Chicago,  spent  several  months  in  the 
foreign  service,  and  his  experience  was  very  interesting,  due 
to  the  fact  that  a  great  part  of  his  work  was  done  in  Ireland 
md  Wales.  Johnson  landed  in  Liverpool  on  December  13, 
1918.  He  and  36  other  secretaries,  as  well  as  700  passengers, 
encountered  a  terrific  storm  on  their  passage  to  Europe.     His 


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first  assignment  was  to  Camp  Wimbledon,  near  Winchester, 
England.  Here  he  served  for  one  month,  after  which  he  was 
assigned  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus  club  house  at  Cardiff, 
Wales.  Cardiff  was  a  naval  base,  consequently  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  club  house  was  visited  daily  by  U.  S.  sailors  and 
marines.  Here  the  usual  articles  were  distributed,  free,  in- 
cluding baseball  materials,  cigarettes,  candy,  tobacco,  etc. 
From  Cardiff  Johnson  was  transferred  to  Dublin,  Ireland. 
This  club  house  was  located  at  32  Upper  Fitzwilliam  St.,  and 
was  a  splendid  old  Georgian  mansion,  in  the  heart  of  Dublin's 
aristocratic  section.     Here  U.   S.  soldiers  and   sailors   were 


WAR  WORKERS  785 

lodged  and  meals,  candy  and  cigarettes  furnished  free.  Free 
trips  were  made  daily  to  the  seaside  near  Dublin  and  to  points 
of  historic  interest  in  the  city.  Dances  and  entertainments 
were  given  twice  a  week  for  the  amusement  of  the  service  men. 
At  the  entertainment  talent  was  frequently  furnished  by 
theatrical  troops  from  London,  through  the  kindness  of  the 
citizens  of  Dublin.  The  Irish  people  did  everything  in  their 
power  to  make  it  pleasant  for  the  U.  S.  soldiers  and  sailors.  At 
the  time  of  the  victory  celebration  in  London  Secretary  John- 
son was  placed  in  charge  of  a  distributing  center  located  in 
the  Belgian  Mansions  Hotel.  During  the  four  days  of  the 
celebration,  July  17  to  21,  1919,  hundreds  of  thousands  of 
cigarettes  and  half  a  ton  of  hard  candies  and  chocolates,  be- 
sides toilet  soap  and  writing  paper  were  distributed  free  to 
American  service  men.  For  three  hours  each  day  Johnson 
escorted  parties  of  50  soldiers  to  the  various  places  of  interest 
in  London.  Returning  to  Ireland  Secretary  Johnson  served 
there  until  September  80,  1919,  when  the  service  was  dis- 
continued. From  Ireland  he  went  to  Paris  and  served  in  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  club  house  there  until  November  1,  1919, 
when  that  service  was  discontinued.  Unable  to  return  to 
the  United  States  on  account  of  the  shipping  strike  Johnson 
visited  the  battlefields  and  traveled  through  Belgium,  the 
occupied  territory  in  Germany,  Italy  and  France;  had 
an  audience  with  the  Holy  Father,  and  visited  the  shrine  of 
Lourdes. 

Maurice  Fitzgibbons  crossed  the  ocean  with  the  Wildcat 
division.  These  were  southern  soldiers  from  Mississippi,  Ala- 
bama, and  New  Orleans,  but  were  all  white  men.  He  reported 
for  duty  in  1918,  where  his  first  assignment  was  the  care  of 
the  wounded  returning  from  Chateau  Thierry.  From  Paris  he 
was  sent  to  St.  Nazaire,  where  he  performed  the  usual  duties 
of  the  Knights  of  Columbus-  secretary.  While  there  he  was 
commissioned  to  secure  permission  from  the  commanding  of- 
ficers of  Camp  Quaquedon  near  Yer  to  remove  the  Knights  of 


786  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Columbus  hut  from  Bordeau  to  Camp  Quaquedon.  This  mis- 
sion ended  he  was  sent  to  Nante  on  the  seacoast  to  secure  a  con- 
signment of  Ford  automobiles.  Recalled  to  Paris  he  was  set  to 
work  arranging  and  supervising  entertainments,  and  was  for 
a  time  located  at  Limoges.  While  here  he  had  the  very  pleas- 
ant experience  of  having  a  large  building  turned  over  to  him 
by  Captain  Holmes  of  the  A.  E.  F.,  in  w'hich  a  veiy  suitable 
headquarters  was  maintained.  While  serving  as  secretary  Mr. 
Fitzgibbons  had  a  varied  experience,  and  his  journeys  across 
the  ocean  were  not  without  interest.  On  the  way  over  a  sub- 
marine scare  occurred  in  mid-ocean,  and  an  attack  was  made 
on  some  object  by  the  chasers.  On  his  return  his  ship  com- 
panions were  all  colored  troops,  tlie  Buffalo  division,  some  600. 
A  rather  circuituous  route  was  taken,  and  stops  were  made  on 
the  coast  of  Africa  in  Algeria. 

Daniel  H.  Carmody,  of  Chicago,  was  first  in  the  account- 
ing department  at  Paris,  and  was  later  transferred  to  the  6th 
division  at  Recey  Sur  Ource  in  the  Province  of  Cote  d'Or, 
France.  Here  he  discharged  the  usual  duties  of  a  secretary, 
and  by  an  incident  illustrates  to  some  extent  the  services  the 
secretaries  had  the  reputation  of  performing.  ""A  lieutenant 
came  to  the  Knights  of  Columbus  hut  one  day  and  handed 
me  a  pair  of  shoes  requesting  that  rubber  heels  be  put  on 
them.  I  said,  'Lieutenant,  we  do  many  things,  but  I  cannot 
handle  this  job. '  He  seemed  very  much  disappointed,  and  said 
that  it  was  the  only  thing  he  had  discovered  that  we  could  not 
handle."  In  April  Secretary  Carmody  moved  with  the  318th 
Engineers  supply-  train  to  Bad  Bertrich,  Germany,  a  place 
famous  for  mineral  water  and  baths.  Here  he  established  a  hut 
in  a  former  German  Gasthaus,  and  had  a  little  warehouse  from 
which  supplies  were  distributed  to  all  the  huts  in  the  entire 
area.  The  K.  C.  secretaries  operated  the  bath  house,  furnish- 
ing baths  and  all  incidental  supplies  free.  From  here  he 
traveled  to  Brest  with  the  soldiers  and  incidentally  remarks, 
"though  traveling  in  a  side  door  Pullman  it  was  the  most  en- 


WAR  WORKERS 


787 


joyable  trip  of  my  life.     Everybody  was  liappy — why  not, 
were  we  not  homeward  bound  ? ' '    From  Brest  home. 

Maurice  0  'Malley,  of  Chicago,  distinguished  himself  while 
in  the  service  as  secretary  by  the  rescue  of  a  soldier  acting  in 
the  capacity  of  despatch  bearer.    While  riding  a  motorcycle 


JOHN   EVERS, 
Overseas   Secretary 


.TAMES  T.  SHEEHAN, 
General  Secretary.  Camp  Grant 


along  a  trail  skirting  a  ravine  the  explosion  of  a  shell  near  by 
threw  the  soldier  from  the  vehicle,  and  caused  him  to  fall  into 
the  ravine.  O'^Ialley,  witnessing  the  accident,  went  to  the 
soldier's  rescue,  but  before  he  could  reach  the  injured  man  a 
gas  alert  was  sounded.  Something  went  wrong  with  0 'Mal- 
ley's  gas  mask,  which  prevented  him  from  adjusting  it  prop- 


788  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

erly.  He  continued  his  mission,  however,  and  brought  the  in- 
jured man  to  a  dressing  station  before  either  had  suffered 
from  the  gas  attack. 

Albert  J.  Kelly,  from  Englewood  Council,  throws  a  little 
side  light  on  war  activities.  In  one  of  his  reports  he  describes 
the  ceremonies  incident  to  the  observance  of  Decoration  Day 
by  the  American  soldiers  in  Toul,  France.  Mass  was  celebrated 
by  the  Knights  of  Columbus  Chaplain,  Father  Eges,  assisted 
by  a  number  of  French  clergymen.  The  ceremonies  at  the 
cemetery,  which  began  at  2  :30  p.  m.,  consisted  of  praj-ers  and 
addresses.  A  grandstand  was  erected  draped  with  the  Amer- 
ican colors.  Prior  to  the  ceremonies  the  French  soldiers  and 
civilians  had  placed  a  floral  tribute  on  every  grave. 

John  Evers,  the  popular  ball  player,  gets  a  word  of  praise 
from  Chaplain,  Rev.  William  F.  Odell.  In  a  letter  written 
home  during  October,  1918,  Father  Odell  said:  "I  had  John 
Evers  and  fourteen  Knights  of  Columbus  secretaries  over  on 
the  boat  from  the  States  with  me.  They  are  doing  great  work 
and  have  started  distributing  fifty  tons  of  chocolates  and  mil- 
lions of  cigarettes,  baseball  outfits,  beef  cubes  and  many  other 
little  things.  The  Knights  are  opening  splendid  club  rooms  in 
the  big  centers  and  are  extending  their  work  in  every  direction. 
I  found  them  of  great  assistance  to  me  in  Paris,  for  they  gave 
me  the  use  of  two  trucks  to  move  baggage  when  it  was  impos- 
sible otherwise  to  obtain  transportation.  Evers  is  organizing 
ball  teams  in  the  different  sectors,  and  in  every  way  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  work  is  meeting  with  grand  success."^ 

Michael  P.  Duggan  broke  into  the  service  as  secretary  be- 
cause he  couldn  't  get  into  the  war  any  other  way. 

"Shortly  after  America  entered  the  war,"  says  Mr.  Duggan,  "I 
conceived  the  idea  of  entering  the  army  oflScers'  training  camp  at  Fort 
Sheridan,  but  at  that  time  I  was  ignorant  of  the  age  limit  and  found 
that  I  was  just  four  years  and  nine  months  too  old.  Later  I  was 
informed  that  the  government  wanted  fifty  telegraph  operators  (I  was  an 


4.     Columbian. 


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789 


expert  telegrapher  in  my  younger  days),  and  that  the  age  limit  was  fifty 
years,  but  by  the  time  I  got  everything  ready  I  liad  passed  that  age 
limit.  Later  I  was  informed  that  the  Kniglits  of  Columbus  wanted  men 
to  go  overseas.     Having  served  twontj'-five  years  in  the  police  depart- 


K.    of   C.    Club,    ADrlroiuich, 


Germany.      D.    A.    Hmuolinry,    Joliet,    Overseas 
Secretary 


ment,  and  being  then  acting  lieutenant  in  charge  of  twenty-five  plain 
clothes  men,  I  thought  here  was  my  chance.  So  I  visited  the  office  of 
Thomas  P.  Flynn  and  made  application  for  service  overseas.  Here  I 
found  that  instead  of  my  age  being  a  handicap  it  was  a  help,  as  the 


790  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Knights  of  Columbus  were  not  sending  any  one  overseas  less  than  45 
years  of  age.  This  showed  the  world  that  the  Knights  of  Columbus  were 
sending  no  slackers  overseas. ' ' 

Duggau  was  promptly  accepted,  and  in  due  time  found 
himself  in  France,  where  he  was  made  division  secretary  of  the 
6th  division,  with  seven  assistant  secretaries,  viz.,  Daniel 
Flynn,  James  Gillen,  Daniel  Carmod}^,  James  McLoughlin  and 
Maurice  O'Malley  of  Chicago,  and  Michael  O'Donnell  and 
Wm.  Matthews  of  Chicago  and  Salt  Lake  City,  respectively. 
His  headquarters  was  at  Recey  Sur  Ource,  about  190 
kilometers  southeast  of  Paris. 

''We  didn't  have  any  particular  set  orders  from  head- 
quarters," says  Duggan,  "so  it  was  up  to  us  to  take  the  in- 
itiative and  do  something. ' '  Duggan  went  immediately  to  the 
government  headquarters  at  Aisne  le  Due,  and  conferred  with 
Chaplain-Lieutenant  Hays,  arranging  to  establish  four  huts, 
one  at  each  of  the  infantry  headquarters  of  the  51st,  52nd, 
53rd  and  54th  infantry  regiments,  assigning  two  secretaries  to 
each.  The  hospital  at  Recey  was  also  visited.  Soon  the  sec- 
retaries were  equipped  with  motor  trucks,  and  covered  an  area 
of  35  square  miles  distributing  supplies.  Duggan 's  idea  of  an 
entertainment  seems  to  have  been  one  that  met  with  approval. 

"Anyone  with  half  an  eye,"  says  Duggan,  "could  see  what  they 
(the  service  men)  wanted  was  good  wholesome  rough  stuff,  prize  fights, 
baseball,  football,  shows,  music ;  in  fact,  anything  to  keep  them  from 
getting  homesick,  and  that's  what  we  gave  them,  just  wliat  they  wanted, 
and  plenty  of  it. ' ' 

Duggan  and  his  men  remained  in  Recey  all  winter,  but  on 
April  19th,  accompanied  the  6th  division  to  Bad  Britrich. 
There  new  headquarters  were  established.  In  this  area  fifteen 
huts  were  set  up,  and  the  secretaries  continued  the  work  there 
with  the  Army  of  Occupation,  until  the  middle  of  May,  when 
the  division  was  moved  to  Brest  for  the  journey  home.  The 
secretaries  remained  with  the  division  at  Brest  until  the  sol- 
diers embarked.     Duggan  and  his  men  remained  for  a  short 


WAR  WOEKERS  791 

sight-seeing  tour,  visiting  Nice,  Aix  Lebain,  Lourdes,  Pan  and 
Beritz,  then  home,  arriving  in  New  York  June  29,  1919. 

Among  our  Illinois  secretaries  was  James  J.  Kirby  who 
served  at  various  places  in  France.  Mr.  Kirby  was  for  years 
a  crossing  policeman  at  Randolph  and  Dearborn  streets, 
Chicago. 

On  October  24th  while  stationed  at  Limoges,  France,  with 
William  D.  Golden,  another  secretary  and  former  head  police 
operator  in  Chicago,  Mr.  Kirby  wrote  Thomas  P.  Flynn  a 
letter  in  part  as  follows: 

"I  don't  feel  that  I  have  been  making  any  sacrifice  compared  with 
that  made  by  the  boys  that  I  am  here  to  try  to  comfort  and  make  things 
as  pleasant  for  as  possible.  I  sailed  from  (deleted)  the  (deleted)  of 
August  and  arrived  in  (deleted)  on  the  (deleted)  of  August  after  an 
uneventful  trip  up  to  the  last  day  at  sea  and  in  sight  of  land.  About 
8:20  in  the  morning  we  were  all  eating  breakfast  ajid  there  was  some 
excitement.  They  (the  transports)  had  been  (deleted)  in  the  (deleted) 
till  that  morning  about  4  a.  m.;  all  but  two  went  in  the  direction  of 
(deleted)  and  the  (deleted)  headed  for  (deleted),  when  about  8:30  a 
submarine  came  in  between  the  two.  But  before  she  got  set  the  destroyer 
sent  it  down  and  went  in  search  of  the  other  one.  So  much  for  the 
British  navy. 

"I  arrived  in  Paris  on  tlie  25th  of  August  and  stayed  there  ten  days, 
when  they  sent  Mr.  Golden  and  me  to  Limoges,  where  we  opened  up  a 
club  room.  It  is  about  200  miles  from  Paris,  and  some  distance  from  the 
battle  front.  We  have  quite  a  nice  place  here  for  the  boys.  Tliere  is  a 
large  number  of  tliem  here,  and  they  appreciate  Avhat  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  are  doing  for  them.  I  guess  they  write  a  good  many  compli- 
mentary letters  to  the  States  as  to  what  the  K.  of  C.  is  doing  here. 
I  have  been  working  hard  since  I  have  been  here,  trying  to  make  things 
pleasant  for  all  the  boys,  and  it  makes  me  feel  good  to  think  that  they 
appreciate  it.  I  was  very  glad  to  have  the  good  opportunity  to  come 
over  here.  They  are  all  a  fine  croAvd  of  young  fellows.  On  Columbus 
Day  there  were  300  of  them  that  went  to  Communion  at  the  Cathredral 
of  Limoges,  and  after  Mass  they  all  marched  back  to  the  Iv.  of  C.  Club, 
where  I  served  them  with  a  breakfast,  consisting  of  eggs  and  toast  and 
chocolate,  something  they  don 't  get  in  army  mess.  They  all  enjoyed 
it  very  much,  and  that  evening  I  had  a  smoker  and  entertainment  and 
'Everybody  Welcome'.    It  made  quite  a  hit  with  the  boys. 


792 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


"Last  Saturday,  Oct.  19,  I  had  some  boxing  matches  that  were  very 
good.  I  enjoy  this  work  much  better  than  traveling  beat  in  Chicago.  I 
am  sending  you  a  picture  that  the  boys  had  taken  at  the  Cathedral 
on  Columbus  Day.  I  could  not  get  in  the  picture,  as  I  was  busy  getting 
breakfast. '  ''> 

One  Chicago  Knight  of  Columbus  who  helped  materially 
in  the  war  was  Gerald   E.   Griffin,   a  talented  young  tenor. 


Drcoratin^  Solrliers'  Graves  at  Andnnacli,  Oprmany.  May  -SO.  1919 

After  our  entry  into  the  war  Mr.  Griffin  made  a  tour  which  in- 
cluded the  battlefields  of  Europe,  through  Australia  and  to  the 
large  centers  in  America.  He  was  accorded  great  receptions 
in  Australia,  San  Francisco,  Taeoma,  Portland,  Denver,  New 
York  City,  Boston  and  other  places.  In  addition  to  filling  en- 
gagements he  entertained  at  the  Catholic  Hospitals,  colleges, 
seminaries  and  other  institutions  of  learning. 

Mr.  Griffin  was  a  charter  member  of  Hennepin  Council.* 

W.     Cohimhian,  Nov.  22,  1918,  pp.  1,  2. 

6.     Mr.  Griffin  has  attained  wide  popularity  in  Knights  of  Columbus  and 
other  circles  as  a  gifted  singer. 


WAR  WORKERS  793 

These  sketches  give  but  an  imperfect  idea  of  the  work  of 
the  secretaries  overseas,  and  have  reference  to  but  a  few  of 
the  men  who  were  in  the  secretarial  service  over  there.  The 
complete  list  of  overseas  secretaries  will  be  found  at  the  con- 
clusion of  this  chapter. 

While  there  were  circumstances  that  made  the  overseas  serv- 
ice more  exciting,  it  might  be  said,  than  the  domestic  service, 
yet  the  domestic  service  was  perhaps  equally  important.  That 
service  began  somewhat  earlier  in  most  cases  and  continued 
longer.    It  drew  to  it  a  large  number  of  competent  men. 

DOMESTIC    SECRETARIES 

Amongst  the  domestic  secretaries  there  was  perhaps  none 
that  had  a  wider  range  of  activities  than  James  J.  0  'Malley, 
Past  Grand  Knight  of  Daniel  O'Connell  Council.     0 'Malley, 
like  many  others,  had  the  will  to  serve  in  the  army,  but  was  so 
circumstanced  as  to  be  precluded  therefrom.     He,  however, 
offered  his  services  to  the  Quartermaster  in  May,  1917;  was 
accepted,  and  served  in  various  capacities  in  that  department, 
Avhere  he  was  first  attached  to  the  Central  Department,  United 
States  Army,  his  first  work,  consisting  of  helping  to  arrange 
contracts  for  forage,  fuel  and  supplies  of  all  descriptions.    He 
next  was  engaged  in  the  payroll  department,  figuring  mileage 
for  men  coming  from  all  parts  of  the  United  States  possessions. 
He  next  assisted  in  the  Surgeon-General's  Department,  where  . 
he  participated  in  inducting  over  50,000  men  into  the  quarter- 
master's, signal  service,  veterinary,  medical  and  engineering 
corps.    In  January,  1918,  he  accepted  an  appointment  with  the 
Department  of  Labor  at  Washington,  D.  C,  as  special  agent, 
and  was  assigned  to  duty  speeding  up  production  in  govern- 
ment contracts,  relating  to  ammunition,  clothing,  armaments, 
etc.,  in  which  capacity  he  acted  as  intermediary  between  em- 
ployers and  employes,  and  when  unable  to  make  final  settle- 
ment sent  the  cases  to  the  Taft-Walsh  Board  for  final  decision. 
This  work  continued  until  August,  1918,  when,  on  account  of 


794 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


the  critical  condition  of  his  wife,  resulting  from  childbirth,  he 
resigned  and  returned  to  Chicago.  A  report  prepared  by  Mr. 
O'Malley  outlines  his  activities  thereafter. 

"October   1,    1918,   I   was   placed    in   charge   of   the   War   Activities 
for   the    Knights   of   Columbus,   located   at   17    North   La   Salle    Street, 


THOMAS  F.   O'CONNELL, 
General  Secretary,  Great  Lakes 

some  of  my  duties  being  to  look  after  the  comfort  of  all  service  men 
coming  and  going  from  our  city,  as  AveU  as  those  who  were  convalescing 
in  the  two  Government  Hospitals  in  this  city.  These  activities  fre- 
quently extended  to  the  Great  Lakes  Training  Station  and  Fort  Sheridan, 


WAR  WORKERS  795 

where  we  provided  creature  comforts  as  well  as  in  various  parts  of  the 
State  of  Illinois.  I  am  mindful  of  the  unselfish  efforts  of  my  staff  com- 
prising seven  members  of  our  order,  who  could  be  seen  at  all  hours 
of  the  day  and  night  in  various  parts  of  the  city,  both  in  pleasant  and 
unpleasant  weather. 

"Regular  quarters  were  established  in  the  different  railroad  yards 
of  the  city  and  suburbs  and  few,  if  any,  contingents  of  service  men  arriv- 
ing or  leaving,  were  missed  by  our  secretaries,  who  were  always  on  duty. 
The  co-operation  given  by  various  councils  is  a  fact  most  worthy  of 
mention.  There  were  times  when  troops  arrived  in  one  evening  over 
ten  different  railroads,  numbering  40,000  men.  To  minister  to  each  of 
these  returning  lieroes  was  a  j>hysical  impossibility  with  such  a  small 
staff.  The  following  councils  were  called  to  assist:  Charles  Carroll, 
Thomas  Acpiinas,  St.  Philip  Neri,  Blue  Island,  Santa  Maria,  San  Sal- 
vador and  Genoa;  their  members  did  yeoman  service,  working  throughout 
the  night,  sacrificing  their  sleep  and  appearing  at  their  respective  places 
of  employment  in  the  morning. 

"During  the  last  quarter  of  the  year  1918,  and  the  entire  year  of 
1919,  over  one  million  and  a  half  men  were  looked  after  in  one  way 
or  another.  The  services  rendered  by  men  attached  to  the  government 
liosjiitals  endeared  them  to  the  sick  and  wounded,  as  each  morning  their 
coming  was  anxiously  looked  for  by  the  patients;  the  various  forms  of 
entertainment  provided  by  secretaries  was  a  source  of  great  pleasure  and 
it  has  been  said  by  government  officers  that  the  entertainments  provided 
were  the  means  of  hastening  the  recovery  of  those  afflicted.  The  popu- 
larity of  'Casey'  here  in  Oiicago  was  attrilmted  to  the  unselfish  efforts 
of  this  small  body  of  men. 

"In  November,  1919,  the  United  States  Government  ordered  that  all 
welfare  agencies,  with  the  exception  of  the  American  Red  Cross,  cease 
their  activities;  one  month  was  spent  before  closing  as  a  welfare  body, 
a  most  successful  career.  Had  the  Knights  ceased  here  entirely  they 
would  have  earned  the  commendation  of  the  Nation." 

James  T.  Sheehan,  of  Springfield  Council,  was  almost  the 
first  and  last  Knights  of  Columbus  Secretary  at  Camp  Grant. 
He  reported  for  duty  at  that  great  cantonment  on  October 
10  1917.  Arriving  there  he  found  only  General  Secretary 
Eugene  E.  Clark,  of  Roekford.  He  served  as  General  Secre- 
tary during  the  last  several  mouths  of  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus welfare  work  there. 

Secretary   Sheehan 's   duties   terminated    on    January    17, 


796  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

1920,  when,  at  the  request  of  the  government  all  welfare  or- 
ganizations ceased  to  function,  and  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
equipment  was  turned  over  to  the  government  for  the  use  of 
the  service  men. 

Travis  Bradley  was  one  of  the  most  popular  of  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  Secretaries.  Entering  the  ranks  in  1918,  he  was 
assigned  to  United  States  General  Hospital  No.  28,  Fort  Sheri- 
dan, Illinois,  where  he  served  until  the  government  ordered 
the  welfare  organizations  to  cease  their  work  in  the  camps, 
and  continued  in  the  same  work  in  the  service  of  the  gov- 
ernment. On  July  1st,  1920,  he  was  appointed  Assistant 
Supervisor  of  Service  Clubs  for  the  Central  Department  of 
the  Army,  serving  under  Major-General  Leonard  A.  Wood, 
and  in  October  of  the  same  year  was  appointed  Supervisor 
of  the  Service  Clubs  for  the  Fifth  Corps  Area  of  the  Army, 
with  headquarters  at  Fort  Benjamin  Harrison,  Indiana,  later 
returning  to  Fort  Sheridan  as  Supervisor  of  Service  Clubs  for 
the  Sixth  Corps  Area.  For  some  time  past  he  has  been  acting 
as  Hospital  Secretary  for  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  stationed 
at  U.  S.  Public  Health  Hospital  No.  5,  4141  Clarendon  Ave- 
nue, Chicago.  Because  of  his  ability  as  a  ventriloquist,  among 
other  things,  he  has  made  an  enviable  record  in  this  service. 

There  have  been  many  express  appreciations  of  Secretary 
Bradley's  work,  but  none  perhaps  more  gratifying  than  the 
following  from  Major  "William  S.  Otis,  Field  Director  of  the 
American  Red  Cross  at  Fort  Sheridan.     Mr.  Otis  said : 

"He  has  made  a  record  for  himself  that  he  can  well  be  proud  of  in 
the  years  to  come,  and  can  leave  this  post  with  the  absolute  knowledge 
that  he  has  endeared  himself  not  only  to  the  men  he  has  served,  but  to 
his  associates  in  like  manner;  and  I  am  deeply  gratified  that  the  Central 
Department  of  the  Army  has  recognized  his  ability  and  worth,  and 
that  he  will  continue  in  this  type  of  work,  for  which  he  is  so  eminently 
fitted. ' ' 

Bradley  is  a  member  of  Father  O'Connor  Council,  and 
resides  at  1019  Ainslie  Street,  Chicago. 


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797 


A.  P.  Hogau  was  among  the  first  to  volunteer  for  Knights 
of  Columbus  welfare  work.  After  several  attempts  to  get  into 
the  active  service  of  the  army,  he  was  definitely  rejected  on 
account  of  the  age  limit.  On  entering  the  Knights  of  Co- 
lumbus service  he  was  made  general  secretary  at  Camp  Upton, 


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and  the  three  magnificent  buildings  at  that  camp  were  erected 
under  his  supervision.  lie  spent  fourteen  months  in  Camp 
Upton,  remaining  until  the  work  was  completed  there.  Hogan 
was  a  member  of  the  Order  for  25  years,  a  charter  member  of 
the  first  council  organized  in  the  State  of  Vermont,  and  now 
a  member  of  Loyola-Hyde  Park  Council. 


798  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

John  J.  Guthrie  had  a  very  extended  experience  as  a  domes- 
tic secretary.  His  first  service  was  in  Camp  Beauregard, 
Louisiana,  and  he  was  in  the  fall  of  1918  promoted  to  general 
secretary,  in  charge  of  all  the  cantonments  located  in  eight 
southern  states.  The  Supreme  Secretary,  William  J.  McGin- 
ley,  sent  Mr.  Guthrie  a  letter  in  which  this  passage  occurs : 
"I  am  taxed  for  words  which  will  adequately  convey  to  you 
our  deep  appreciation  of  your  devotion  to  duty  for  many 
weeks  past."  The  popularity  of  this  domestic  secretary  is  in- 
dicated by  the  report  of  a  reception  tendered  him  at  Alex- 
andria, Va.,  as  expressed  in  the  press:  "At  a  meeting  of 
Alexandria  Knights  of  Columbus,  Tuesday  evening,  presided 
over  by  G.  H.  Cambre,  Grand  Knight,  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  C 
Van  de  Ven  paid  a  most  glowing  tribute  to  Mr.  Guthrie  foi 
his  patriotic  M'ork  and  complete  devotion  to  the  men  in  uni- 
form in  the  southern  camps  over  which  he  has  had  jurisdic- 
tion, and  particularly  at  Camp  Beauregard,  during  the  influ- 
enza epidemic,  when  he  labored  day  and  night  for  their  com- 
fort and  welfare."  The  bishop  said  that  Mr.  Guthrie  was  an 
exemplary,  patriotic  gentleman,  and  that  he  was  proud  to 
call  him  a  friend.  At  the  close  of  the  meeting  Mr.  Cambre,  in 
the  name  of  Alexandria  Council,  Knights  of  Columbus,  pre- 
sented Mr.  Guthrie  with  a  handsome  diamond-mounted  watch 
charm,  bearing  the  emblem  of  the  Orde;i*.' 

Kay  Gleason,  of  Chicago,  was  unable  to  qualify  physically 
for  military  service.  He  then  made  application  for  service 
with  the  Red  Cross  and  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  Being  ac- 
cepted by  the  Knights  of  Columbus  he  was  assigned  to  the 
Great  Lakes  Naval  Training  Station,  and  was  put  in  charge 
of  the  hut  in  Camp  Paul  Jones,  the  18th  regiment.  His  first 
duties  were  to  meet  the  trains,  bringing  recruits.  The  first 
days  in  the  service  are  to  the  recruit  like  imprisonment,  and 
it  was  the  duty  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  secretaries  to  help 
the  boys  over  this  difficult  period.     Gleason  proved  an  adept 

7.     Columbian. 


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in  this  situation.  Presently  he  was  reassigned  to  hospital 
service,  and  some  of  his  duties  are  stated  in  the  order  of  assign- 
ment from  the  general  secretary,  which  reads  in  part : 

"You  are  assigned  to  take  up  the  work  of  Bill  Roeder  at  the  Naval 
Hospital,  with  orders  as  follows:  Daily  visits  to  all  wards,  amount  of 
stationery  distributed,  number  of  Catholic  boys  reported  to  chaplains 
(you  can  get  a  report  of  all  cases  brought  to  the  hospital  daily  at  tlic 
receiving  ship),  magazines  to  bed  patients,  attendance  at  6:30  Mass  in 
the  Red  Cross  building,  report  anything  special  that  happens  around 
the  hospital.  Go  to  it.  Let  the  world  know  that  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus are  on  the  job.  I  look  for  good  results  from  you,  because  I  have 
found  that  you  handled  detention  camps  splendidly.  Now  beat  your 
record. ' ' 


In  the  hospital  there  were  2,100  patients,  and  Gleason  was 
the  only  Knights  of  Columbus  secretary  at  the  time.  lie 
found  that  the  patients  wanted  something  more  exciting  than 
smokes  and  sweets,  and  immediately  provided  a  motion  picture 
machine.  "This  made  a  big  hit  with  patients  and  became  very 
popular  with  both  doctors  and  nurses. ' ' 

James  P.  Gannon  also  served  at  the  Great  Lakes.  Gannon 
had  been  a  carpenter,  but  was  injured  by  a  fall  from  a  scaf- 
fold, in  December,  1917.  As  soon  as  he  was  able  to  be  about 
in  January,  1918,  he  became  a  K.  C.  secretary,  and  was  sta- 
tioned in  Camp  Perry.  Gannon  says  that  his  only  instruc- 
tions were  to  "do  all  you  can  for  the  boys."  Besides  the 
regular  work  of  distribution  of  creature  comforts,  stationery, 
etc.,  secretary  Gannon  alludes  to  the  delivery  and  distribution 
of  packages  received  from  fond  parents,  sisters  and  sweet- 
hearts for  the  boys  in  the  sei*vice.  Frequently  packages  of  this 
character  were  received  from  people  who  hadn't  any  relatives 
in  the  service,  but  just  wished  to  cheer  up  some  of  the  boys. 
Such  donations  were  fairly  distributed,  as  far  as  possible, 
amongst  those  who  didn't  receive  remembrances  from  rela- 
tives or  friends. 


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General  Field  Secretary  A.  G.  Bagley,  formerly  of  Chicago, 
whose  duties  required  him  to  inspect  both  the  Eastern  and 
Western  cantonments,  in  speaking  of  Avhat  he  saw  writes 
from  a  southern  camp  thus : 

"The  rosary  was  recited  last  night,  and  it  was  a  sight  never  to  be 
forgotten.  The  hall  Avas  crowded,  jammed,  from  the  platform  to  the 
doors.  Men  knelt  there  for  half  an  hour  before  the  services  commenced, 
and  were  loath  to  get  up  when  they  were  concluded.  They  sang  the 
sweet  old  hymns  of  the  church,  many  of  them  I  think,  with  swelling 
hearts,  as  I  never  heard  them  before. 

' '  The  men  are  praying.  They  want  the  spiritual  services  of  the 
church,  and  are  more  earnest  than  ever  before.  The  Pan-American 
Mass,  with  all  its  pomp  and  ceremony,  pales  into  insignificance  com- 
pared to  this  magnificent  service.     It  was  wonderful. 

' '  It  took  one  back  to  tlie  days  of  the  early  Christians.  These  men 
came  there  of  tlieir  own  volition,  under  much  physical  discomfort,  to 
offer  their  praise  and  homage  in  heartfelt  prayer  before  the  Blessed 
Sacrament. ' '» 

William  E.  Powers,  familiarly  known  as  "Dad,"  Past 
Grand  Knight  of  Garcia  Moreno  Council,  was  a  popular  secre- 
tary at  Great  Lakes.  His  renown  is  explained  somewhat  by 
this  reference  to  his  methods : 

' '  I  began  by  using  my  lack  of  knowledge  of  naval  affairs  by  calling 
each  one  laddy,  regardless  of  rank,  and  sought  to  gain  their  confidence. 
When  I  violated  the  regulations  by  doing  favors  for  the  boys  I  was 
usually  excused,  the  oflScer  generally  remarking,  'Oh,  that  was  Dad,  he 
doesn't  know  any  better.     He  is  only  a  farmer.'  " 

Powers  was  something  of  a  philosopher. 

"In  melancholy  cases,"  says  he,  "I  saw  the  doctors  at  their  wits 
ends  striving  to  bring  about  a  change  in  a  patient,  and  I  tried  to  make 
them  cheerful,  and  failing  in  that  I  said  or  did  something  to  make  them 
angry.  One  or  the  other  plan  usually  worked  to  the  benefit  of  the 
patient. ' ' 

Dad  frequently  got  into  trouble  with  the  officers  for  being 
too  good  to  the  Jackies,  but  he  says,  "I  always  consulted  the 

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doctors  before  giving  candy  or  other  food  to  the  patients,  and 
thus  played  safe."  One  part  of  Secretary  Powers'  duties  was 
to  pilot  the  sailor  lads  to  church  on  Sunday.  Many  times  the 
crowd  was  so  large  that  the  chapel  wouldn  't  hold  them,  and  a 
larger  building  would  be  used.  The  Lutheran  and  Episco- 
palian chaplains  used  the  Knights  of  Columbus  building  for 
religious  services,  and  frequently  Catholic  services  were  held 
in  their  building.  On  Sundays  certain  hours  were  allotted  to 
each.  An  incident  which  obtained  wide  publicity  was  the 
attack  of  ' '  fleet ' '  boys  on  a  shop-keeper 's  place  in  Norfolk,  as 
the  result  of  which  the  boys  participating  were  removed  from 
Norfolk  to  the  Great  Lakes!  The  trouble  arose  over  signs 
which  were  hung  above  the  counters  showing  prices  to  natives 
on  one  side,  and  higher  prices  to  sailors  on  the  reverse,  for  the 
same  article.  The  sailor  boys  didn't  like  that  kind  of  treatment 
and  mussed  up  the  shop.  Of  course  they  were  branded  as  bad 
men,  and  came  to  Great  Lakes  with  that  reputation.  Refer- 
ring to  these  boys.  Dad  Powers  says : 

"I  tested  them  out  the  day  after  their  arrival  at  Great  Lakes.  The 
17th  regiment  Knights  of  Columbus  building  was  intended  as  a  welfare 
building  only,  there  being  no  chaplain  and  but  one  secretary.  It  con- 
tained writing  tables,  chairs,  victrola,  a  few  books,  telephone,  and  sta- 
tionery, to  which  the  'all  welcome  and  everything  free'  rule  applied. 
Stamps  were  sold  or  given  away  as  circumstances  seemed  best  in  the 
judgment  of  the  secretary.  The  day  after  the  arrival  of  this  particular 
fleet  crew  I  missed  many  articles  from  the  room  and  suspected  that 
these  lads  were  bent  on  having  some  fun  with  me.  The  next  evening, 
when  the  room  was  well  filled  with  Jackies,  I  announced  that  I  was 
going  to  sick  bay  to  see  the  patients  there  and  'wished  all  lost  articles 
restored  before  my  return.'  Coming  back  in  half  an  hour  I  found  not 
only  the  lost  articles,  but  many  others,  which  had  been  brought  in  and 
placed  in  proper  places,  thus  proving  that  the  boys  had  taken  them  with 
no  intent  to  do  hanu,  and  that,  on  the  contrary,  they  were  anxious  to 
assist  with  any  movement  which  tended  to  advance  the  welfare  work. 
As  a  further  test  I  hit  upon  the  plan  of  turning  the  care  of  the  desk 
and  buOding  over  to  one  of  these  lads  while  I  went  out  to  attend  the 
funeral  of  Chaplain  Rev.  Joseph  P.  Munday.  I  selected  the  brightest, 
but  most  mischievous  looking  lad  in  the  lot.    I  checked  the  money  over 


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to  him  and  placed  him  in  charge.    When  I  returned  he  checked  out  and 
accounted  for  everything  in  f ulh ' ' 

Powers  calls  attention  to  another  service  that  was  very 
important. 

"It  was  my  duty  to  visit  the  regimental  hospital  (Sick  Bay,  as  it  was 
called),  and  cheer  the  boys,  run  errands  and  hunt  for  lost  mail.  I 
made  on  an  average  about  three  visits  each  day.  Looking  after  their 
mail  was  the  big  service  that  appealed  to  them,  and  brought  us  into 
their  confidence.  Many  a  feverish  lad  was  cured  by  the  receipt  of  a 
letter  from  home  or  a  loved  one,  many  a  shy  secret  was  told  us  in  ex- 
change for  the  favor  of  writing  an  answer  to  these  letters.  These  confi- 
dences were  regarded  as  sacred,  and  often  were  the  means  of  turning  a 
lad  from  a  nervous  feverish  patient  into  a  regular  jacky. " 

Religious  requirements  were  looked  after  in  this  manner : 

"When   the  lads   showed  symptoms   of  severe  illness  we  asked  per 
mission  of  them  to  call  a  chaplain  and  have  him   talk  with  him.     We 
would  look  at  the  chart  to  learn  what  denomination  a  boy  belonged  to, 
and  then  call  a  chaplain  of  that  denomination." 

The  way  the  chaplains  regarded  it  is  thus  explained : 

"This  service  was  appreciated  by  the  several  chaplains  to  such  a 
degree  that  I  was  requested  by  both  the  Lutheran  and  Episcopal  chap- 
lains to  call  a  Catholic  chaplain  in  emergency  cases  if  they  could  not  be 
found.     Catholic  chaplains  gave  similar  instructions." 

Dad  Powers  noted  a  difference  between  the  army  and  the 
navy.  On  March  1st,  he  says,  "I  was  transferred  to  Camp 
Grant,  and  assigned  to  Building  No.  4,  in  the  base  hospital 
area.  The  change  was  like  going  from  the  parlor  to  the  wood- 
shed. Everything  in  the  navy  is  spick  and  span,  while  in  the 
army  it  is — well  you  are  in  the  army  now — rough  and  ready. 
You  will  like  it."  There  Powers  was  assigned  to  the  con- 
tagious and  isolated  areas.  Even  a  veteran  like  Powers  was 
shocked  and  almost  overcome  by  the  sickening  sights  witnessed 
there. 

"From  early  mom  until  late  at  night  we  worked  among  the  pa- 
tients,   distributing    cigarettes,    candy,    writing    letters,    hunting    kits, 


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drawing  their  pay  on  orders  for  bed  patients,  also  buying  supplies  at 
the  canteen.  At  night  we  put  on  a  show  in  the  building,  and  one  secre- 
tary spent  three  hours  each  evening  playing  a  victrola  in  the  different 
wards  of  the  bed  patients,  twenty  minutes  to  a  ward." 

So  Powers  and  the  other  secretaries  rounded  out  their  duties 
from  day  to  day,  doing  always  their  best  and  gaining  the 
affection  of  the  boys  in  the  service,  the  plaudits  of  army  and 
navy  officials,  and  the  approval  of  their  superiors. 

Anthony  Munich  saw  active  service  as  secretary  at  Fort 
Baird,  New  Mexico.  Characterizing  the  departure  of  Mr. 
Munich  from  Fort  Baird,  Captain  D.  W.  Smith,  Recreational 
officer  of  the  post,  said  : 

"I  wish  to  say  at  this  time  that  all  of  the  officers  and  enlisted  men 
alike  will  greatly  miss  Mr.  Munich.  He  came  here  early  in  March,  and 
was  delegated  to  do  recreational  woik  for  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  and 
he  did.  *  *  *  Besides  the  fine  record  that  Mr.  Munich  has  made  as 
a  recreation  officer  his  ineffaceable  smile  has  helped  greatly  and  been 
heartening  in  times  when  things  were  going  adversely." 

A  feature  of  the  welfare  work  arranged  by  Secretary 
Munich  was  a  great  burro  race,  in  which  there  were  eight  main 
events.  The  first  was  a  free  for  all  fast  race,  running  with 
boy  jockeys.  The  second  was  a  slow  race,  the  slower  the  better, 
the  riders  allowing  their  steeds  to  stop  entirely  were  disquali- 
fied, however.  Following  the  slow  race  came  a  cart  race, 
babies'  race,  tandem  race — two  riders  on  each  burro — and 
finally  a  burro-bucking  contest.  Two  hundred  burros  took 
part  in  the  tournament. 

F.  P.  Sauer,  of  Wheaton,  Illinois,  was  in  charge  of  hospital 
work  at  Fort  McPherson,  Ga.,  where  many  of  the  shell  shocked 
patients  were  returned.  Secretary  Sauer  performed  all  of  the 
usual  services  of  a  secretary,  and  adds  to  the  interest  of  the 
work  by  a  description  of  a  Thanksgiving  dinner  which  he,  as- 
sisted by  the  good  ladies  of  Immaculate  Conception  Church  of 
Atlanta,  Ga.,  gave  in  1918,  to  about  300  overseas  boys.  The 
program  started  at  1 :30  p.  m.,  and  lasted  until  bed  time,  which, 


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for  the  patients,  was  9  p.  m.  Patients  came  in  wheel  chairs,  on 
crutches,  or  carrying  canes — some  with  one  arm  gone  and  the 
other  in  a  cast  or  sling.  Sixteen  young  ladies  waited  on  the 
boys,  and  even  fed  those  who  were  helpless.  To  those  who 
could  not  come  to  the  feast  Sauer  carried  turkey  sandwiches, 
apples  and  oranges.  He  repeated  on  the  good  time  at  Christ- 
mas ;  had  a  tree  at  the  Knights  of  Columbus  Hall,  and  invited 
everybody  in  the  Fort.  The  ladies  were  present  again,  and  a 
most  enjoyable  time  was  had.  Regular  entertainments,  includ- 
ing a  once  a  week  dance,  were  provided.  Sauer  spent  nearly  a 
year  at  the  Fort,  and  the  officei'S  and  men  speak  in  the  high- 
est terms  of  his  sei-vices. 

William  J.  Schmitt  was  located  at  Camp  Custer,  Michigan, 
and  served  under  General  Secretary  T.  J.  Doyle.  In  the  dis- 
charge of  his  duties  he  participated  in  all  the  welfare  work, 
and  gives  us  this  incident  to  illustrate  the  "Everything  Free" 
rule: 

"A  soldier  came  into  one  of  the  K.  of  C.  huts  late  one  night  and 
asked  for  about  ten  yards  of  wrapping  paper  for  his  commanding 
officer.  Without  asking  a  question  the  secretary  on  duty  at  the  time 
gave  him  the  paper.  The  soldier,  as  he  walked  out,  laid  a  50-cent  piece 
on  the  counter.  He  was  gone  before  the  secretary  could  return  the 
money.  To  keep  our  records  clean  he  spent  two  days  locating  that 
soldier  so  that  he  could  return  the  fifty  cents." 

A  nice  feature  introduced  by  the  Knights  of  Columbus  sec- 
retaries at  Camp  Custer  was  free  taxi  service  for  relatives  and 
friends  of  the  soldiers  who  came  to  visit  them  dui'ing  the  flu 
epidemic.  One  of  the  secretaries  met  every  train,  and  took 
the  visitors  from  the  station  to  the  hospital,  a  distance  of  four 
miles.  The  trust  reposed  in  the  secretaries  is  illustrated  by  an 
incident  related  by  Schmitt : 

"A  soldier  gambled  and  won  over  $900.00.  He  wished  to  send 
$500.00  home,  so  he  called  a  Knights  of  Columbus  secretary  and  gave 
him  the  money  with  instructions  to  get  a  money  order  and  mail  it  for 
him.  He  refused  a  receipt  as  security,  and  said :  '  The  K.  C.  uniform  is 
sufficient  security  for  me. '  " 


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Another  soldier  one  day  said,  "Here  is  $50.00.  1  want  to 
go  home  next  month,  but  if  I  carry  this  money  I  will  lose  it 
playing  cards.  Keep  it  for  me  nntil  I  get  my  pass."  During 
1919  about  1,000  R.  0.  T.  C.  boys  were  at  the  camp.  On  July 
4th,  the  secretaries  gave  them  a  picnic  at  a  park  about  20  miles 
from  the  camp.  Special  cars  were  provided  to  transport  them. 
At  the  park  amusements  and  entertainments  of  all  kinds  were 
furnished,  as  well  as  fruits,  candy,  lemonade  and  ice  cream. 
Boxing  bouts,  of  course,  were  popular.  On  October  29th  the 
secretary  staged  a  boxing  exhibition,  consisting  of  10  bouts,  at- 
tended by  1,000  officers  and  enlisted  men.  On  October  21st  a 
farewell  and  Hallowe'en  dance  was  given,  and  Sehmitt  records 
with  pride  that  "General  Johnson's  wife  and  daughter  spent 
the  whole  day  assisting  in  decorating  the  hut."  Refreshments 
and  souvenirs  were  furnished.  A  general  order  was  issued 
that  all  soldiers  might  remain  at  the  dance  until  midnight. 

J.  J.  Henneberry,  of  Chicago,  performed  the  duties  of  a 
Knights  of  Columbus  secretary  at  Brooksfield,  San  Antonio, 
Texas.  Like  many  of  the  other  secretaries  Henneberry  tried 
to  get  into  the  service,  but  was  tliree  times  rejected  for  naval 
service,  and  was  disqualified  under  the  selective  draft  on 
account  of  heart  murmurs,  but  counted  himself  fortunate  in 
being  able  at  least  to  serve  in  the  capacity  of  Knights  of  Co- 
lumbus secretary.  The  town  was  under  (piarantine  on  account 
of  the  flu  epidemic,  when  Henneberry  arrived,  and  he  found 
the  camp  in  the  same  situation.  The  Knights  of  Columbus  had 
a  spacious  building,  which  was  well  equipped  and  bountifully 
supplied.  The  services  rendered  by  the  secretaries  here  were 
in  all  respects  equal  to  those  rendered  in  other  camps  and 

posts. 

Joseph  M.  Schageman,  of  Chicago,  was  one  of  the  secre- 
taries that  saw  service  at  Camp  Pike,  Arkansas.  Schageman 
had  previously  been  rejected  for  service  in  the  army.  He,  like 
many  of  the  other  secretaries,  arrived  at  camp  just  as  the 
"flu"  epidemic  was  at  its  height.    He  found  the  general  socre- 


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tary  and  two  assistants  in  the  hospital  suffering  from  influenza. 
He  took  up  the  work  of  visiting  the  sick  and  supplying  the 
patients  with  stationery  and  stamps,  writing  letters  for  those 
who  were  unable  to  do  so.  It  was  in  the  performance  of  these 
duties  that  many  of  the  secretaries  contracted  the  disease. 
The  secretaries  also  assisted  the  chaplains  by  driving  them  to 
the  hospital  on  sick  calls  and  in  taking  care  of  the  altars  at 
the  three  buildings.  There  was  a  division  of  activities  amongst 
the  buildings:  At  Building  No.  1  entertainments  were  given, 
consisting  of  movies,  dancing  and  parties;  at  Buildings  Nos. 
2  and  3  dancing  parties  chiefly.  The  good  ladies  of  Little 
Kock  formed  a  Joan  of  Arc  Club  and  installed  sewing  ma- 
chines at  each  of  the  buildings,  and  one  day  each  week  was 
spent  sewing  torn  blouses  and  other  garments  for  the  boys 
in  the  army.  From  Camp  Pike  Schageman  was  transferred 
to  Camp  Grant,  where  he  served  in  several  different  capacities, 
including  the  hospital  area.  Schageman  tells  of  a  big  feature 
in  the  work  set  on  foot  by  William  E.  Powers  (Dad,  as  we  have 
heard  him  called)  :  "On  May  30th,  Decoration  Day,  all  organ- 
izations combined  and  had  a  barbecue  on  the  banks  of  the  Rock 
River.  All  of  the  men  in  camp  were  asked  to  invite  their 
friends  and  families,  and  there  was  a  great  gathering,  as  it 
was  a  very  fine  day.  All  organizations  worked  hard  and  had 
their  men  on  hand  to  see  that  everyone  was  fed  and  taken 
care  of.  'Casey'  was  there  with  his  matches,  cigarettes, 
candy,  etc.,  and  that's  where  he  stole  a  march  on  the  rest  of 
them.  Now  for  Dad  Powers'  idea.  He  thought  it  would 
be  a  good  idea  to  visit  the  wounded  who  were  unable  to  join 
the  party,  and,  believe  me,  Casey  certainly  was  heartily  wel- 
comed in  every  ward  that  day;  indeed,  as  he  was  never  wel- 
comed before.  We  loaded  up  market  baskets  and  suit  cases 
with  everything  we  had  in  the  building,  and  gave  the  fellows 
a  treat.  On  the  day  that  the  wounded  were  transferred  to 
Fort  Sheridan  the  secretaries  supplied  them  with  smokes, 
candy  and  chocolate  on  the  ride.     One  of  the  secretaries  ac- 


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companied  them  on  the  trip,  and  kept  everj'body  supplied." 
How  the  Knights  of  Columbus  secretaries  regarded  their  work 
is  indicated  bv  a  line  from  Secretary  Schageman's  letter:  "I 
got  into  the  game  when  it  was  practically  all  over,  but  I 
wouldn't  trade  my  thirteen  months'  experience  for  any 
amount  of  money  in  the  world." 

Albert  B.  Lind,  of  Cairo,  also  ser^-ed  at  Camp  Pike.  He 
was  honorably  discharged  from  the  aviation  branch,  balloon 
division,  on  account  of  a  bursted  ear  drum.  He  adds  to  the 
interest  of  the  account  of  secretarial  work  by  the  following 
statement : 

"Knowing  that  there  would  be  thousands  who  would  not  be  able  to 
get  their  discharge  in  time  to  be  home  for  Christmas  we  undertook  to  make 
Christmas  as  merry  as  possible,  and  through  the  kindness  of  the  quar- 
termaster three  large  Packard  trucks  were  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  secretaries,  who  took  to  the  woods  for  a  day,  and 
three  large  Christmas  trees  were  cut  and  hauled  in,  one  for  each  hut. 
These  trees  were  erected  and  electric  lighted,  and  on  Christmas  morning, 
after  Mass,  we  passed  out  to  each  man  a  parcel  containing  a  quantity 
of  candy  and  nuts,  two  apples  and  an  orange.  The  expression  was  fre- 
quently heard,  'Well,  everybody  has  forgotten  me  this  Christmas  but 
the  Knights  of  Columbus.'  " 

John  J.  Costello,  of  East  St.  Louis,  served  at  Camp 
Funston,  Kansas.  Costello  was  persistent  in  his  efforts  to  get 
into  the  ai-my.  He  was  examined  and  rejected  sixteen  times, 
but  he  says :  "  I  made  up  my  mind  that  I  was  going  to  do  some- 
thing to  help  this  couutrj-  out."  He  applied  for  service  as  a 
Knights  of  Columbus  secretary-.  When  Costello  arrived  at 
the  camp  the  military-  police  refused  him  entrance  on  account 
of  flu  quarantine.  "He  tried  to  make  me  get  back  on  the 
train  and  go  to  Junction  City,  stating  that  his  orders  were 
not  to  let  a  ci\-ilian  or  anyone  in  or  out  of  the  camp  without 
a  pass,  but  I  being  a  stubborn  Irishman  would  not  get  back 
on  the  train,  so  I  was  placed  under  arrest  for  disobeying 
orders.  I  was  determined  to  reach  my  destination."  When 
the  train  pulled  out  a  Knights  of  Columbus  secretary-  working 


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amongst  the  military  police  was  called  aud  Secretary  James 
Ryan  was  communicated  with.  He  then  took  Costello  in 
charge  and  secured  him  a  pass.  When  straightened  about 
Costello  was  put  in  charge  of  the  mail  desk,  and  it  became  his 
duty  to  see  that  there  was  plenty  of  stationery  and  stamps  on 
hand  for  the  soldier  boys,  and  to  see  that  their  letters  were 
mailed  and  deliver  all  mail  that  was  sent  in  care  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus,  and  to  report,  particularly  on  all  sup- 
plies distributed  and  other  activities.  Costello  not  only  cared 
for  the  mail  in  the  building,  but  was  also  postman,  obliged  to 
carry  the  mail  from  the  camp  to  the  postoffice,  rain  or  shine, 
and  he  remarks  that  "there  was  much  rain."  During  Costel- 
lo's  second  day  of  service  he  was  called  into  the  office  of  the 
general  secretary  and  given  some  salutary  instructions.  Cos- 
tello says : 

' '  He  told  me,  amongst  other  things,  '  that  even  though  the  Knights 
of  Columbus  was  a  Catholic  organization,  that  all  men  were  to  be 
treated  alike;  it  made  no  difference  whether  they  were  Baptists,  Metho- 
dists or  what  denomination  they  were,  that  I  was  to  try  to  make  them 
all  happy.  He  said  that  sign  over  the  door  of  all  the  K.  of  C.  buildings 
meant  just  what  it  said,  and  that  was  "everybody  welcome,"  so  it  was 
up  to  us,  the  representatives  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  to  make  them 
feel  that  way,  and  the  most  important  "don't"  was  "don't  break  any 
camp  order,"  as  that  was  important  also.'  " 

Costello  recites  an  interesting  incident : 

"A  letter  came  from  a  boy's  mother  wanting  us  to  locate  her  son,  for 
she  hadn't  heard  from  him  for  a  month,  and  was  worried  for  fear  he 
was  sick  with  the  flu,  and  she  never  said  what  branch  he  belonged  to  or 
anything,  just  gave  us  his  name.  Well,  I  was  up  against  it  again,  but 
not  for  very  long,  for  I  turned  it  over  to  Lannion,  the  secretary  in 
charge  of  the  building,  and  he  soon  taught  me  something  that  I  thought 
was  impossible.  All  he  did  was  call  headquarters  and  asked  them  to 
locate  the  boy,  giving  his  name,  city,  and  state,  and  then  to  call  Knights 
of  Columbus  No.  1,  when  they  found  out  what  company  he  belonged  to. 
Five  minutes  had  not  elapsed  when  headquarters  called  up  and  gave  us 
the  required  information.  I  then  called  the  company  headquarters  to 
learn  the  barracks  he  was  in,  and  was  told  immediately.     Lannion  then 


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told  me  how  to  handle  the  case.  I  brought  stationery  and  stamps  to 
the  barracks,  inquired  for  the  boy,  and  learned  that  his  only  excuse  for 
not  writing  was  neglect.  I  gave  him  envelopes  and  paper  and  had  him 
write  while  I  waited.    I  then  took  the  letter  and  saw  that  it  was  mailed. ' ' 

Another  instance:  Father  Cronin,  the  chaplain  at  the 
Base  Hospital  at  Fort  Riley,  called  and  asked  us  to  advise 
a  boy  in  camp  that  his  brother  was  in  the  base  hospital  in  a 
serious  condition;  to  get  him  a  pass  so  he  could  go  to  Camp 
Riley ;  all  of  which  was  done  with  despatch.  Requests  of  this 
character  came  daily.  The  epidemic  having  subsided,  the  work 
of  the  secretaries  consisted  chiefly  in  entertaining,  which  was 
done  in  much  the  same  manner  at  all  of  the  camps.  Castello 
remarks  that  the  hardest  work  started  after  the  armistice  was 
signed,  as  everybody  was  anxious  to  get  home.  The  secretaries 
at  all  the  camps,  and  especially  at  Camp  Funston,  were  busy 
with  questions  of  allotments  to  the  wives  and  parents  of  the 
service  men,  and  did  a  great  deal  in  the  way  of  straightening 
out  entanglements.  Costello  tells  of  a  pleasant  visit  the  camp 
received : 

' '  A  few  days  after  the  armistice  was  signed  we  had  a  visitor  from  the 
headquarters  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  war  activities.  It  was  the 
vicar-general  of  the  chaplains,  Very  Rev.  William  F.  Foley.  He  called 
a  meeting  of  all  the  Knights  of  Columbus  secretaries  and  outlined  the 
policies  for  entertaining  the  boys  until  they  were  discharged.  It  was 
indeed  a  big  help  for  we  never  knew  just  how  to  handle  the  situation, 
and  we  knew  something  had  to  be  done,  therefore  Father  Foley's  infor- 
mation  was  very  much  appreciated. ' ' 

Costello  says  that  some  of  the  boys  were  very  sick  and  that 
their  suffering  was  heart-rending.  "But  the  hardest  part  of 
all  was  when  a  boy  would  die,  especially  if  his  mother  was 
present,  but  I  saw  a  few  die  without  a  relative  near  them,  and 
I  immediately  notified  the  parents  or  reported  to  headquar- 
ters." Early  in  the  year  Costello 's  work  was  finished,  and  he 
returned  to  his  usual  avocation  in  East  St.  Louis. 

Michael  J.  Green,  of  Father  Perez  Council,  saw  service 


810  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

as  a  Knights  of  Columbus  secretary  at  Fort  SilL  Arkansas, 
under  General  Secretary  John  J.  Guthrie.  He  was  first  in 
the  hospital  service  and  gives  this  concise  statement  of  his 
duties : 

"My  duty  ■was  to  report  there  every  morning  at  9  o'clock.  Then  I 
began  my  rounds  of  the  cots,  passing  out  the  good  word  to  the  boys, 
a  few  cigarettes  here  and  there,  writing  material,  reading  matter,  stamps 
or  anything  that  struck  their  fancy,  and  that  was  within  my  pow?J 
to  give.  I  was  supposed  to  finish  at  about  5  o'clock  in  the  evening,  but 
when  it  is  understood  that  the  average  population  of  the  hospital  was 
about  2,000  per  week,  sick,  disabled  or  just  lonely,  a  time  limit  could  not 
be  complied  with." 

At  Post  Field,  to  which  Green  was  later  transferred,  were 
to  be  found  the  returned  overseas  veterans  from  every  sec- 
tion of  the  United  States,  and  it  was  the  duty  of  the  secretaries 
to  try  to  keep  the  men  in  good  humor  until  they  were  dis- 
charged. Movies  four  times  a  week,  dances,  boxing,  baseball 
and  other  sports,  were  the  principal  activities.  A  paragraph 
on  religious  activities  at  Fort  Sill  is  interesting: 

"The  army  chaplains.  Father  O'Keefe,  0.  S.  B.,  and  Father  Ford, 
assisted  by  Father  Isidore  and  other  visiting  priests,  took  care  of  the 
confessions  and  Masses.  Mass  was  celebrated  every  Sunday  at  Post 
Field  Building  2.  Father  Isidore  was  in  charge  of  the  Church  of  St. 
Patricks,  a  civilian  so  far  as  the  army  was  concerned,  but  he  had  been 
visiting  the  post  for  more  than  thirty  years  and  was  known  and  loved 
by  everybody. ' ' 

This  assiduous  attention  evidently  had  some  effect,  for 
Green  says:  "Four  of  the  non-Catholics  applied  for  instruc- 
tions and  were  turned  over  to  the  priest.  They  were  later 
baptised."  Frank  Cunningham,  Ed  Keane  and  John  Bates, 
all  of  Chicago,  were  also  secretaries  at  this  field.  Green  gives 
us  this  impression  of  the  main  event : 

"Of  the  thousands  with  whom  I  dealt  in  that  camp  they  were  as  a 
whole  as  fine  a  lot  of  men  as  it  has  ever  been  my  pleasure  to  meet  or 
work  with.    Good  fellows,  willing  to  give  and  take,  broad-minded,  happy. 


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grateful  for  any  service  we  could  do  for  them,  and  appreciative  of  anj 
effort  we  put  forth,  sometimes  to  the  extent  that  was  embarrassing. ' ' 

Guy  C.  Grapple,  of  St.  Francis  Xavier  Gouncil,  Ghicago, 
did  secretarial  service  as  educational  director  of  the  southern 
department  at  Gamp  Travis,  Kelly  Field,  and  other  points. 


Knights  of  Columbus  Law  School,   Kelly  Field,   Texas;   27  Graduate."?. 
Guy  C.  Grapple,   Instructor 

Mr.  Grapple  established  classes  for  various  studies.  The  edu- 
cational work  was  introduced  at  Kelly  Field  amongst  the  fliers 
by  Secretary  Grapple  the  day  after  the  armistice  was  signed. 
A  large  class  in  commercial  real  estate  and  business  law  was 
formed  and  a  course  of  lectures  mapped  out.  Arrangements 
were  made  with  the  University  of  Texas  by  which  credits  were 
allowed  to  soldier  students  for  the  work  done  in  camp.  The 
graduation  of  the  first  class  to  be  taught  in  a  camp  was  con- 
ducted in  Knights  of  Golurabus  Building  No.  2  at  Kelly  Field, 
Texas,  in  the  winter  of  1919.     The  course  was  taken  under 


812  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUIMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Secret-ary  Grapple  and  so  unique  was  the  event  that  the  com- 
mander at  the  camp  distributed  diplomas  and  praised  the 
Knights  in  warm  terms  for  their  successful  enterprise. 

Maurice  J.  Wall  was  also  at  Kelly  Field,  and  gives  a  stir- 
ring account  of  the  hospital  work  of  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus secretaries  during  the  dreaded  epidemic.  A  printed  book- 
let of  26  pages  showing  every  e"\adence  of  both  care  and  gener- 
osity contains  the  dedication  program  of  the  Knights  of  Go- 
lumbus  headquartei-s  at  Kelly  Field.  From  cuts  contained  in 
this  book  one  may  get  a  splendid  idea  of  the  men  and  instruc- 
tions of  this  great  war  camp,  to  which  large  numbers  of 
Illinois  men  were  assigned  during  the  war. 

Thomas  F.  Radican,  of  Joliet,  did  service  at  Gamp  Wheeler. 
Macon.  Georgia.  At  Gamp  Wheeler  there  were  located  1,300 
boys  from  Joliet.  Illinois.  ^Maeon  is  a  grand  old  southern 
town,  which  is  rapidly  being  developed  by  northern  capital. 
The  camp  was  located  about  ten  miles  from  the  city.  When 
laid  out  the  camp  postoffice  was  located  in  the  far  corner  of 
the  camp  and  inaccessible  except  by  auto.  The  Knights  of 
Golumbus  secretaries  solved  the  problem  by  establishing  up- 
to-date  mail  service  twice  or  ofteuer  per  day.  Radican  says 
that  thousands  of  dollars  were  entrusted  to  the  secretaries  for 
transmission.  In  addition  to  the  mails  they  also  took  care  of 
parcel  post  and  express  packages.  The  variety  of  work  of 
the  secretaries  is  indicated  by  Radican:  "We  were  often 
called  on  to  give  advice  on  business  deals,  law,  to  draw  wills, 
discuss  family  troubles,  religion,  and,  in  fact,  to  make  their 
troubles  our  own."  Radican  points  out  that  there  was  a 
great  deal  more  difficulty  in  procuring  entertainers  in  the  south 
than  in  the  northern  camps.  Local  talent  was  not  available 
and  entertainers  had  to  be  imported.  At  Gamp  Wheeler  pro- 
grams, entertainment,  hospital  work,  etc.,  were  worked  out 
as  elsewhere,  as  described  by  Secretary  Radican.  He  gives 
us  some  light  on  a  new  feature,  the  troop  transport  service. 
This  was  the  hardest  work  of  all  for  the  secretaries,  according 


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to  Radical!,  because  it  meant  severe  hard  work  all  day  and 
sleepless  nights  on  troop  trains  night  after  night.  In  prepar- 
ing sandwiches  and  other  creature  comforts  for  from  20,000 
to  35,000  returning  troop  boys,  everj^hing  had  to  be  gotten 
readv  a  dav  or  two  before  the  return  of  a  contingent  in  order 
to  avoid  deterioration.  A  parcel  was  prepared  for  each  man, 
consisting  of  two  sandwiches,  a  chocolate  bar,  a  package  of 
gum.  a  package  of  cigarettes,  a  K.  of  C.  linen  handkerchief, 
a  towel  and  soap.  These  were  distributed  on  board  the  train 
after  the  boys  had  embarked  from  the  ship  and  boarded  the 
train.  Frequently  this  was  the  only  afternoon  or  evening 
meal  the  returned  soldiei's  received. 

Jacques  P.  Penning  served  as  secretary  in  Ca)iip 
Humphreys,  Va.  Penning  was  adept  in  the  invention  of  new 
services.  At  Christmas  time  he  made  up  a  parcel  for  each 
service  man,  consisting  of  a  chocolate  bar,  candy,  an  orange, 
gum,  an  apple,  a  few  nuts,  and  two  season  postcards,  and  de- 
livered the  same  to  all  the  men  in  his  charge.  About  the  mid- 
dle of  January  he  again  visited  the  stockade  with  a  parcel 
containing  tooth  paste,  tooth  brush  and  a  cake  of  soap.  About 
the  same  time  he  set  up  a  photo  studio  and  photographed  all 
comers.  "In  a  few  cases. ""  says  Penning,  '•  where  the  boys 
had  an  enormous  lot  of  work  they  wished  done  they  furnished 
the  paper  or  post  cards,  this  being  the  only  instance  at  which 
they  were  at  any  expense.  Often  as  many  as  a  thousand 
prints  were  made  in  a  week."  This  little  description  of  a 
parting  is  interesting : 

"On  the  day  of  the  discharge  of  the  56th  the  general  secretary  of 
the  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  myself  and  the  chauffeur  detailed  had 
gone  to  their  section  and  passed  out  the  smokes  with  a  fareweU  greet- 
ing. After  this  was  done  Captain  Aymon  addressed  us  and  said  the  first 
thing  his  men  saw  on  being  mobilized  was  a  K.  of  C,  the  first  man  to 
greet  them  in  camp  was  a  K.  of  C,  and  the  last  man  to  bid  them  God- 
speed on  this  side  was  a  K.  of  C;  the  first  to  lend  a  hand  overseas  was 
a  K.  of  C,  and  on  their  return  home  their  best  friend  on  the  boat  was 
a  man  who  wore  the  emblem  of  a  chaplain  on  his  collar  and  the  K.  of  C. 


814  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

cheTTon  on  his  sleeve,  landing  at  the  port  near  Baltimore.  '  Casey '  was 
still  at  the  front,  and  he  was  pleased  to  note  that  '  Casey '  was  also  with 
them  when  thev  left  for  home. ' ' 

Emil  Newton  was  assigned  first  to  Camp  Grant,  but  in 
December,  1918,  was  transferred  to  the  hospital  camp  at  Fort 
Sheridan,  and  was  one  of  the  secretaries  that  met  the  troop 
trains  and  distributed  cigarettes  and  chocolate  to  the  incom- 
ing patients,  and  between  times  visited  the  patients  in  the 
wards  and  supplied  their  needs. 

It  is  perhaps  true  that  no  more  intelligent  view  was  taken 
or  expressed  of  the  secretarial  service  of  the  Knights  of  Co- 
lumbus than  may  be  credited  to  James  F.  O'Connor,  Past 
Grand  Knight  of  Marquette  Council,  and  Past  District  Deputy 
of  the  Order. 

Mr.  O'Connor's  principal  services  as  secretary  were  ren- 
dered at  Camp  Funston,  Kansas.  These  ser\'ices  were  as 
numerous  as  they  were  effective.  They  covered  everything 
included  in  the  secretarial  program  and,  indeed,  am-thing 
else  that  was  of  interest  or  value  to  the  men  in  the  service. 
O'Connor  was  punctilious  with  reference  to  all  of  his  duties 
and  of  course  especially  so  whenever  he  was  called  upon  by 
the  chaplains  to  assist  in  religious  work.  Some  of  the  difiB- 
culties  under  which  the  secretaries  labored  in  this  regard  are 
hinted  at  in  a  verv  interesting  account  which  Secretarv  O'Con- 
nor  wrote : 

"I  liked  to  have  a  couple  of  the  men  act  as  servers  (at  Mass),"  says 
O'Connor,  "and  there  were  some  who  did  it  with  the  reverent  ease  of 
seminarians.  Most  of  the  time  I  did  the  serving,  though  there  was  a 
captain  who  wished  the  privilege,  but  who,  because  of  duty,  was  gen- 
erally late,  and  who  looked  reproachfully  at  me  for  beating  him  to  it. 
I  had  to  be  careful  in  summer  to  cut  the  candles  in  lengths  of  two  or 
three  inches.  If  set  up  in  a  greater  length  the  heat  (110^  and  more 
sometimes)  would  melt  them,  causing  them  to  drop  on  the  floor  and 
set  the  altar  on  fire.  At  the  same  altar  in  winter  (10'  below)  I  have 
opened  my  blouse  and  shirt  to  melt  against  my  breast  the  ice  in  the 
cruet  for  the  ablutions. ' ' 


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If  there  was  one  mle  that  was  more  rigidly  adhered  to  by 
the  secretaries  than  any  other  it  was  that  which  forbade 
proselytizing.  Of  the  thousands  of  men  who  became  Knights 
of  Columbus  secretaries  not  a  single  word  has  ever  been  said 
bv  the  tens  of  thousands  of  service  men  with  whom  these  secre- 


JAMES  F.  OCOXXOR, 
Marquette  Council 


A.    P.   HOGAN 
Lojola    Hyde   Park    Cooncil 


taries  came  in  contact  to  the  effect  that  the  Catholic  religion 
was  thrust  or  even  inf  erentially  urged  upon  them ;  nor,  indeed, 
did  the  secretaries  ever  talk  religion  except  when  answering 
inquiries ;  then  their  conversation  was  confined  to  an  inquiry 
as  to  whether  a  chaplain  was  desired.  Despite  this  situation, 
however,  young  men  approached  the  secretaries  on  the  ques- 
tion of  religion,  and  O'Connor  records  many  such  instances. 
When  young  men  came  to  the  secretaries  and  insisted  upon 
learning  something  of  the  Catholic  religion  the  secretary-  re- 
ferred them  to  the  chaplain.,  and  if  they  asked  for  literature 
the  secretaries  procured  for  them  the   catechism.    Cardinal 


816  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Gibbons'  great  book,  ''The  Faith  of  Our  Fathers,"  and  such 
works  of  that  character  as  were  suitable.  Many  became  in- 
tellectual converts. 

"One  day  I  was  sponsor  for  an  old  sergeant,"  says  O'Connor,  "and 
was  to  be  best  man  at  his  marriage  next  day;  both  sacraments  were  ad- 
ministered, as  was  his  first  communion,  in  the  tiny  sanctuary  adjoining 
our  hall.  The  bride  was  coming  alone  to  camp  from  Michigan,  and  my 
associate,  grey  haired  secretary,  was  to  be  bridesmaid  by  proxy  for  some 
girl  in  Grand  Eapids.  I  asked  him  to  wear  a  veil,  but  he  refused — pro- 
fanely. The  afternoon  before  the  marriage  I  scouted  the  country  for 
miles  in  the  old  Ford  looking  for  flowers  for  the  nuptial  altar,  and  if 
you  have  ever  looked  for  August  flowers  in  rural  Kansas  you  will  believe 
my  search  was  long.  I  finally  found  a  country  parish  whose  pastor  had 
a  garden.  The  priest  was  absent,  but  I  honnied  his  housekeeper  into 
letting  me  take  all  I  could  find,  and  the  little  altar  looked  very  sweet 
for  the  first  communion  and  the  marriage. ' ' 

Another  instance  of  a  convert : 

"One  of  my  Godsons  was  the  champion  heavyweight  boxer  of  the 
outfit.  When  he  came  to  me  for  a  private  talk  I  supposed  it  was 
in  regard  to  a  ring  contest  we  had  scheduled,  but  it  was  something 
else.  'Mr.  O'Connor,  I  would  like  to  become  a  Catholic'  There  was 
something  unusual  in  this  case,  for  the  big  fellow  was  from  my 
own  state  of  Illinois,  and  his  sister — they  were  orphans — had  come 
to  live  in  a  village  near  camp.  I  was  asked  to  supply  reading  matter 
in  duplicate,  and  they  were  baptized  together.  Here  was  another 
thing  in  this  case  which  gave  much  pleasant  thought.  The  big  boxer 
had  for  his  buddy — and  they  were  inseparable — a  soldier  as  big 
as  himself  who  had  his  own  religious  belief,  not  a  Catholic.  Yet 
when  big  Bill  M.  came  on  certain  afternoons  for  instructions  from 
the  chaplain  buddy  would  sit  somewhere  near  the  chaplain's  room, 
patiently  waiting  an  hour  each  time  for  Bill  to  come  out,  when 
they  would  go  rollicking  and  rough-housing  away  together.  He 
knew  what  Bill  was  going  to  do,  and  it  wasn't  at  all  what  buddy 
believed  in,  but  it  was  a  matter  of  religion,  of  conscience.  It  was 
Bill's  business,  not  to  be  scoffed  at  and  not  to  be  argued  about." 

Many  other  experiences  of  a  similar  character  fell  to  the 
lot  of  Secretary  O'Connor.  O'Connor  has  given  us  the  best 
impression  of  the  associates  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in 
war  welfare  work : 


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"First  in  my  mind,"  says  he,  "shall  always  be  the  representa- 
tives of  the  American  Library  Association  in  the  welfare  activities. 
In  and  near  Camp  Funston  the  Knights  of  Columbus  outside  of 
their  own  personnel  had  no  such  active  helpers,  no  such  loyal, 
thoughtful  assistants.  They  were  all  non-Catholics,  but  besides  their 
liberality  in  supplying  books  and  periodicals  they  daily  demonstrated 
their  real  friendship  in  time  of  need — as  a  car  or  a  driver,  of  coal, 
of  ice,  of  anything,  we  seldom  asked  them  for  accommodation.  They 
anticipated   the   request  and  offered   themselves   and   what   they   had 

for  our  use We  were  in   close  and  agreeable  contact  at  all 

times  with  the  Ked  Cross  representatives  who  welcomed  the  class 
of  troubles  which  properly  we  sent  to  them.  From  the  beginning  to 
the  end  of  activities  in  Funston  there  was  never  any  friction  be- 
tween the  Knights  of  Columbus  and  the  other  welfare  organizations. 
I  must,  however,  say  that  with  a  few  fine  and  notable  exceptions 
the  Y,  M.  C.  A.  personnel  suffered  by  comparison  with  any  other 
secretaries." 

Secretary  O'Connor  gives  us  a  fine  impression  of  the  men 
served  by  himself  and  the  other  secretaries  all  over  the  world : 

"If  there  is  one  conviction  larger  than  others  in  what  I  have 
learned  from  our  work,"  says  O'Connor,  "it  is  the  conviction  that 
in  no  land  and  at  no  time  were  there  ever  service  men  the  equals  in 
conduct  and  character  of  the  traiaed  U.  S,  service  men.  I  do  not 
speak  of  undisciplined  troops,  but  I  have  been  with  the  men  of 
several  divisions,  and  I  have  marveled  and  gloried  in  their  steadiness, 
cleanliness  and  cheerful  devotion.  They  are  intelligent,  observing  and 
they  return  confidence  for  trust;  in  fact  they  are  generous  in  all 
their  reciprocation." 

This  little  story,  so  well  told  by  secretary  O'Connor,  casts 

a  side  light  upon  the  reputed  cold  and  severe  army  officer. 

The  last  commandant  of  Camp  Funston  during  O'Connor's 

service  there  was  Major  General  E.  F.  MacGlachlan,  Jr.,  and 

of  him  0  'Connor  says : 

"He  came  to  the  camp  the  crustiest,  crabbiest  hardest-boiled  man 
imaginable.  He  was  especially  hard-faced  towards  the  Knights  of 
Columbus,  perhaps  because  he  wanted  war  time  rigid  discipline,  and 
when  he  came  things  were  relaxed,  and  the  men  given  much  free 
time,  which  most  of  them  passed  in  our  house.  But  the  General 
came  to   better  humor  with   us.    I  have   a  strong  letter  of  apprecia- 


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tion  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  which  he  sent  to  a  banquet  follow- 
ing initiations  in  the  Council  in  Junction  City,  near  the  camp.  He 
also  had  his  executive  officer,  Major  Cronin,  speak  for  him  at  the  ban- 
quet, and  the  major  was  truly  eloquent  expressing  his  own  and  his 
general's  high  regard  for  our  work  abroad  and  in  camp.  On  one  of 
those  last  strenuous  days  the  general  was  with  me  in  our  No.  1  House 
going  over  matters  with  his  property  officer,  who  was  enthusiastic 
about  the  valuable  properties  the  Knights  of  Columbus  were  turning 
over  to  the  army.  Fearing  that  his  terrifying  commander  did  not 
appreciate  how  much  they  were  getting,  he  would  say  something  like 
this:  'See  this,  we  are  giving  receipts,  not  for  one  moving  picture 
outfit,  but  for  five  of  them  complete,  booths  and  all,'  and  the  answer 
came  from  a  face  of  Scotch  granite,  but  from  a  now  friendly  heart, 
'It  is  no  more  than  I  would  expect  from  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  and 
we  shall  probably  need  all  they  have  given  us  to  help  equip  some 
other  (welfare)  houses  which  have  been  stripped  bare  by  the  late 
occupants.'  " 

Secretary  O'Connor  spent  more  than  a  year  in  the  service, 
made  exceptionally  rigorous  by  the  heat  of  the  summer  and 
the  cold  of  the  winter.  He  suffered  much  serious  illness  and 
is  a  frail  man.  The  excellent  account  of  his  services  was 
written  for  this  work  chiefly  while  he  lay  upon  a  bed  of  sick- 
ness, from  which  attending  physicians  had  advised  he  would 
never  rise.  In  the  moments  of  his  severest  illness  friends  who 
visited  him  affirm  that  one  of  his  most  serious  concerns  was 
the  fear  that  he  would  be  unable  to  finish  his  story  before 
his  death.  Under  Divine  Providence  he  was  spared,  let  us 
hope  for  many  years  of  effective  effort  of  the  worthy  character 
of  his  past  accomplishments.* 

A  contemporaneous  impression  of  the  welfare  work  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  is  well  told  in  a  statement  by  Captain 
John  R.  Robinson,  (non-Catholic),  a  widely  known  newspaper 
man,  expert  rifleman  and  veteran  of  the  Spanish  American 
and  Boer  wars. 

Captain  Robinson  returned  to  Chicago  just  prior  to  Christ- 
mas, 1918,  and  gave  out  the  following  statement: 

9.  "Jim,"  as  he  is  aflfectionately  called,  is,  it  should  be  said,  rugged 
again  and  as  always  full  of  cheer  and  enthusiasm. 


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819 


"The  Knights  of  Columbus  is  one  of  the  few  organizations  which 
have  not  broken  down  under  the  stress  of  war  work.  The  morale  of 
its  workers  is  higher  than  the  morale  of  any  other  class  of  war  work- 
ers, with  the  single  exception  of  the  Salvation  Army,  and  both  these 
organizations  can  be  counted  upon  as  the  acme  of  efficiency  in  caring 
for  the  men. 

"The  Salvation  Army  work  is  almost  exclusively  overseas,  so  I 
must  take  hearsay  for  a  knowledge  of  its  labor.     I  actually  saw  the 


GARRETT  G.  FLEMING, 
K.   of  C.    Secretary,   Chicago 


WILLIAM  J.  SCHMIDT. 
K.   of  C.   Secretary,  Aurora,   III. 


Knights  of  Columbus  in  operation,  however,  and  cannot  find  words 
strong  enough  to  express  my  admiration  for  its  smooth  running  ma- 
chinery, its  total  lack  of  unnecessary  employes  and  red  tape  and  the 
untiring  men  who  stay  up  all  day  and  night  to  look  after  the  chaps 
at  camp. 

"At  the  K.  of  C.  building  at  Camp  Gordon's  C.  0.  T.  S.  reserva- 
tion three  men  are  employed.  At  each  of  two  other  organizations  from 
five  to  eight  men  were  in  the  buildings  constantly.  Yet  the  services 
rendered  the  soldiers  at  the  K.  of  C.  building  were  better,  and  in  the 
pinch  of  the  last  two  days,  the  K.  of  C.  was  the  only  one  of  the  three 
that  did  not  break  down. 

"Hundreds  of  trunks,  boxes  and  packages  were  being  sent  to  all 
three  buildings.  With  one  more  day  to  go,  and  it  the  heaviest,  two 
of  the  organizations  announced  they  could  handle  no  more  matter. 
The  K.  of  0.  men  announced  they  would  take  care  of  everything  that 


820  KNIGHTS  OF  COLtTMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

•was  taken  to  their  biiilding.  Their  three  men  staved  up  all  night, 
■working  fortv-eight  hours  without  rest,  in  order  to  get  the  boys  awav. 

"There  is  only  one  answer  to  the  question  of  how  the  morale  of  the 
K.  of  G.  is  maintained  at  such  a  high  pitch.  The  employes  of  the 
K.  of  C.  huts  are  invariably  members  of  the  organization.  They  have 
the  good  of  their  organization  at  heart.,  and  they  labor  incessantly  to 
the  end  that  the  soldier  shall  have  everything  that  they  can  give  him, 
and  so  that  he  will  leave  the  service  with  a  good  word  and  a  kind 
thought  for  the  K.  of  C.  In  our  organization  as  many  Protestants  as 
Catholics  attended  Mass  at  the  K.  of  C.  building  every  Sunday. 

"The  other  organizations,  T^-ith  the  single  exception  of  the  Salva- 
tion Army,  have  'employes'  who  work  for  a  salary;  they  do  just  as 
much  work  as  their  salary  pays  for;  they  work  by  the  clock  and  they 
stop  when  their  time  is  up.  Of  course,  there  are  exceptions,  but  what 
I  have  said  is  true  of  75  per  cent  of  the  other  organizations,  while 
I  yet  have  to  see  a  K.  of  C.  man  quit  his  job  when  there  was  another 
soldier  to  be  eared  for.  "lo 

Francis  D.  Hanna  for  many  years  a  member  of  Englewood 
Council,  and  recently  transferred  to  University  Council,  was 
head  of  the  Fraud  Section  of  the  Military-  Intelligence  Di- 
vision of  the  general  staff  of  the  U.  S.  Army,  during  the  war. 
and  established  the  unique  record  of  saving  about  six  million 
doUars  to  the  United  States  Government. 

In  the  letter  releasing  him  from  duty  on  June  30.  1920, 
Colonel  Gordon  Johnson,  Assistant  Chief  of  Staff  under  Major- 
General  Leonard  A.  Wood,  wrote  as  follows : 

"I  wish  to  take  advantage  of  this  occasion  to  express  my  appre- 
ciation of  the  valuable  services  you  have  rendered.  During  the  past 
year  your  section  has  been  instrumental  in  saving  the  government 
about  six  million  dollars  in  the  reduction  of  claims  and  in  the  avoid- 
ance of  unnecessary  expense.  It  would  be  difficult  to  find  one  who 
has  served  the  government  more  efficiently  during  this  period  of  re- 
construction than  you  have  done,  as  proved  by  these  results." 

In  civil  life  Mr.  Hanna  is  Assistant  to  Colonel  Henry 
Barrett  Chamberlin,  Operating  Director  of  the  Chicago  Crime 
Commission,  organized  by  the  Chicago  Association  of  Com- 
merce to  deal  with  the  suppression,  prevention  and  puni.sh- 

10.     Columbian,  Dec.  1918,  p.  -3. 


WAK  WORKERS  821 

ment  of  crime.  Formerly  a  newspaper  man,  he  served  at 
different  times  on  the  editorial  staffs  of  the  Chicago  Tribune, 
Herald  and  Journal,  and  at  one  time  was  associate  editor 
of  The  New  World.  He  was  also  Morals  Inspector  of  the 
Police  Department  and  Secretary  of  the  Commission  on  City 
Expenditures. 

Timothy  E.  Dunne  held  a  rather  unique  and  very  inter- 
esting position  in  the  war  service.  He  enlisted  May  23,  1917, 
with  Base  Hospital  Unit  14 — the  Michael  Reese-St.  Luke 
Unit — from  which  he  was  discharged  December  22,  1917,  on 
telegraphic  orders  from  the  Adjutant-General,  at  Washing- 
ton, ordering  him  to  proceed  to  the  Capital  for  appointment 
as  Army  Field  Clerk.  There  he  was  selected  by  Col.  P.  D. 
Lochridge  for  ser\'ice  with  General  Tasker  H.  Bliss  on  the 
Supreme  War  Council  at  Versailles,  France,  and  arriving 
there  was  assigned  as  Assistant  to  Intelligence  Officer  of  the 
American  Section.  He  continued  iu  this  service  until  Gen. 
Bliss  was  named  Peace  Commissioner,  whereupon  he  became 
one  of  Gen.  Bliss'  secretaries  at  the  Hotel  Crillon,  where  he 
served  until  December,  1919,  upon  which  date  he  returned 
to  the  United  States,  where  he  finished  up  the  work  of  the 
American  Section  and  Gen.  Bliss'  report,  concluding  his  serv- 
ice on  May  3.  1920.  He  was  discharged  May  18,  1920,  after 
serving  three  years. 

One  of  the  last  official  acts  of  Gen.  Bliss  before  being 
made  the  Governor  of  the  Soldiers'  Home  in  Washington. 
D.  C.  was  to  recommend  for  Mr.  Dunne  the  award  of  the 
Distinguished  Service  Medal. 

Mr.  Dunne  occupied  one  of  the  most  responsible  and 
confidential  positions  held  by  any  young  American.  He  was 
on  the  inside,  so-to-speak,  of  everything  connected  with  the 
war,  and  so  thoroughly  did  he  appreciate  his  position  that 
to  the  present  time  he  maintains  the  strictest  silence  upon 
matters  necessarily  regarded  as  confidential.  He  is  out- 
spoken, however,  in  his  appreciation  of  Gen.  Bliss,  whom 


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KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


he  considers  one  of  the  greatest  strategists  of  the  world  war, 
and  avers  that  two  of  the  greatest  decisions  of  the  Supreme 
Council  which  contributed  so  much  toward  the  final  military 
success  of  the  Allies  were  directly  due  to  Gen,  Bliss.  These 
were  the   forming  of  the   allied    general  reserve   and  the 


TIMOTHY   E.   DUNNE. 
Archbishop  McHale  Council 


FRANCIS   D.   HANNA, 

University  Council 


appointment  of  Marshal  Ferdinand  Foch  as  Commander-in- 
Chief  of  the  Allied  Armies. 

As  indicating  the  interest  attached  to  his  service,  it  may 
be  pointed  out  that  Mr.  Dunne  was  present  when  the  Ger- 
mans were  handed  the  peace  treaty  on  May  7,  1919;  that  he 
was  in  the  Palace  of  Versailles  on  June  28,  1919,  when  the 
peace  treaty  was  signed  by  the  Germans,  and  at  St.  Germain 
when  the  Austrians  signed  the  peace  treaty. 

Incidentally,  Mr.  Dunne  traveled  over  almost  the  whole 
of  Europe,  including  a  special  visit  to  Ireland.  He  viewed 
at  first  hand  the  devastated  regions  from  the  North  Sea  to 
the  Rhine,  as  well  as  Germany,  Alsace,  and  the  Riviera. 


WAR  WORKERS  823 

WAR  CHAPLAINS 

The  Catholic  chaplain  played  not  only  an  important  but 
a  most  interesting  part  as  well  in  connection  with  the  great 
world  war.  Nothing  contained  in  that  expression  is  intended 
to  indicate  that  the  chaplains  of  every  other  religious  per- 
suasion played  anything  other  than  an  important  and  inter- 
esting part.  The  Chaplain  General  was  not  a  Catholic,  but 
is  praised  from  one  end  of  the  world  to  the  other  for  his  fine 
qualities  and  his  excellent  work,  and  so  far  as  we  are  aware, 
nothing  but  praise  is  attached  to  the  chaplains  of  other  re- 
ligious beliefs  throughout  the  world. 

Plere,  however,  we  are  dealing  only  with  the  Catholic 
chaplain.  Nor  do  we  attempt  to  distinguish  clearly  between 
the  chaplains  who  were  assisted  in  doing  the  work  their 
superiors  assigned  them  by  Knights  of  Columbus  funds  and 
known  as  Knights  of  Columbus  chaplains,  and  chaplains 
appointed  by  the  United  States  Government,  We  feel  justi- 
fied in  failing  to  draw  this  distinction  too  clearly  by  the  fact 
that,  so  far  as  we  are  aware,  all  the  chaplains  who  served 
in  any  capacity  from  Illinois  were  members  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus,  and  all  were  closely  associated  with  the  Knights 
of  Columbus,  assisting  them  in  the  efforts  they  were  making 
for  the  welfare  of  the  service  man. 

As  provided  by  regulation  of  the  proper  Church  authori- 
ties. Right  Reverend  (afterwards  Most  Reverend)  Patrick 
J.  Hayes  of  the  Archdiocese  of  New  York  was  made  Chap- 
lain General  of  the  Catholic  chaplains.  Following  out  the 
organization  of  the  work.  Right  Reverend  Msgr.  William 
M.  Foley  of  Chicago  was  appointed  Vicar  General  to  the 
Chaplain  General,  and  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  chaplains 
from  the  states  of  Illinois,  Kentucky,  Ohio,  Indiana,  Michi- 
gan, Wisconsin,  Minnesota,  Iowa  and  l\Iissouri. 

This  organization  did  not  of  course  take  place  until  some 
little  time  after  we  had  entered  the  war,  so  for  that  reason 


824 


KNIGHTS  OP  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


^ar  Cfjaplmnsi 


Right  Reverend  Msgr.  William  M.  Foley,  Vicar-  General  for  Chaplains 


ARCHDIOCESE    OF 
CHICAGO 

Bergin,    Rev.    W.    J.,    C. 
S.  V. 


Bergs,  Rev.  Fredericli  J. 

Biskup,    Rev.   Alphonse, 
O.  S.  B. 

Boyle,   Rev.  Christopher 
C. 

Bubacz,  Rev.  Stanislaus 

Burke,  Rev.  Thomas  D. 

Campbell,   Rev.  John  P. 

Canty,  Rev.  Thomas  A., 
D.  D. 

Conroy,  Rev.  Joseph  P., 
S.  J. 

Carboy,  William  J.,  S.  J. 

Cummings,  Rev.  M.  A. 
'  Dankowski.      Rev.      Ed- 
ward I. 

Darche,    Rev.    Harris   A. 

Donovan,  Rev.  Cornelius 
F. 

Egan,  Rev.  W.  Manuel 

Frawley,  Rev.  Lawrence 

Girard,   Rev.   Arthur   L. 

Grembowicz,    Rev.    John 

Harnill,   Ignatius  J.,   S. 

J. 
Harmon,  Rev.  Thomas  L. 

Harrington,   Rev.   J.   M. 
Hartke.  Rev.  Leo  M. 
Heeney,  Rev.  M    Joseph 


Kane,   Rev.    William,    S. 

Koralewski,  Rev.  Stanis- 
laus 

Kulinski,  Rev.  Francis 

la  us 

Jerome,  Rev.  O.  S.  B. 

Lager,    Rev.    Urban    W.. 

Lauermann,  Rev.  Joseph 

-Maguire,  B.  M.,  O.  S.  M. 

Maguire,     Rev.     J.     W.. 
C.  S.  V. 

Morten.  Rev.  J.  T.,  8.  J. 

McCarthy,    Rev.   (Jeorgc 

McKeon.  Rev.  James 
McNally,    Rev.   Edward 
Moisant.     Rev.     J.     F. 
C.  S.  V. 

Moran,  Rev.  John  A. 

Morrison,  Rev.  Sidney  J. 

Murphy,  Rev.  F.  P. 

Murphy,    Rev.    William 
A.,    D.D. 

Nealis,  Rev.  Martin   J. 

O'Donnell,  Rev.  John  L. 

O'Hearn,  Rev.  John  J. 

Retzek,  Rev.  Henry 

Rice,  Rev.  E.  F. 

Rupprechter,   Rev.    Max 
M. 

Savery,  Rev.  A.  J. 

Schiller,    Rev.   John 

Schuetz,    Rev.    Charles, 
S.  J. 

Scitz,  Rev.  J. 

Shiel,   Rev.   B.  J. 

Simon  i,     Rev.     Aristeo, 

C.  R. 
Spalding,     Rev.     Henrv 

A.,   S.  J. 

Stephenson,     Rev.     Wil- 
liam J. 

Tarskey,   Rev.   B. 


Wunder,  Rev.  G.  J. 
Zenisch,  Rev.  C. 

DIOCESE   OF    BELLE- 
VILLE 

Babst,  Rev.  Julius  J. 
Chuse,  Rev.  Emil 
Seifert,   Rev.    Charles  J. 
Unterkoefler,    Rev.    Gus- 
tav  V. 

rHOCESE     OF     ROCK- 
FORD 
Lonergan,  Rev.  J.  M.  J. 

McGuire,    Rev.    William 
M. 

Scollin,  Rev.  W.  J. 

Whelan,    Rev.   J.    H. 

DIOCESE  OF  PEORIA 

Higgins,    Rev.    Clarence 
J. 

Kangley,     Rev.     Joseph 
M. 

Libert,    Rev.    Lucien    G. 

Monaghan,   Rev.   D.   F. 

O'Connor,     Rev.     Louis 
M. 

Walsh,  Rev.  Francis  E. 

DIOCESE    OF    ALTON 

Brodmann,      Rev.      EJd- 
mund  A. 

Connelly,  Rev.  John  J. 
Divernon,  Rev.  Joseph 
Doyle,  Rev.  Daniel 
Dunne,   Rev.   James 
Flori,  Rev.  Charles  J. 
Fox,    Rev.    Peter 
Ginsti,  Rev.  Amos 
Munday,     Rev.     .Joseph 
P.,   D.D. 


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REV.  CAPTAIN  GEORGE  T.  MCCARTHY, 
Senior  Chaplain.  7th  Division,  A.  E.   F. 

it  will  be  seen  that  some  of  our  chaplains  were  in  the  service 
before  that  time. 

It  is  regrettable   that  we  are   unable  to   detail  at  the 


826  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

length  merited  the  labors  of  each  of  the  chaplains  from  Illi- 
nois. There  were  some  eighty-one  in  all,  but  the  few  that 
we  are  able  to  speak  of  authoritatively  are  in  reality  but 
prototypes  of  the  others  and  their  experiences  are  somewhat 
similar. 

As  indicating  the  general  trend  of  the  chaplains'  work, 
the  following  notes  from  Reverend  John  L.  O'Dounell  are 
here  reproduced : 

"My  regiment,  the  132nd  Infantry,  arrived  at  the  port  of  Brest 
in  France  on  May  24,  1918,  on  board  the  Mt.  Vernon.  Left  Brest  on 
the  26th,  and  after  a  few  short  stops  went  into  camp  in  Moliens  au 
Bois  (Somme)  on  June  10th. 

' '  Fi-om  then  on  we  were  in  the  front  line^  except  for  the  few  days 
required  to  move  from  front  to  front,  until  and  including  the  11th  of 
November,  the  day  of  the  signing  of  the  armistice. 

"During  all  of  this  period,  the  period  of  hostilities,  I  was  the  only 
chaplain  of  any  kind  with  the  regiment,  with  the  excei^tion  of  two  or 
three  weeks  when  we  had  with  us  a  non-Catholic  chaplain,  who  weak- 
ened under  the  strain  and  was  evacuated  to  a  hospital.  He  never 
returned  to  us. 

' '  During  our  stay  on  the  Somme  with  the  British  from  June  the  fol- 
lowing will  give  you  an  idea  of  the  difficulty  I  had  in  caring  properly 
for  my  men,  approximately  2,000  of  whom  were  Catholics. 

"Moliens  au  Bois  was  our  regimental  base.  We  began  by  sending 
one  battalion  into  the  line,  immediately  in  front  of  Albert,  on  the 
Albert-Amiens  road.  A  battalion  remained  in  the  front  lines  from 
four  days  to  a  week,  the  balance  of  the  regiment  remaining  in 
Moliens  Woods,  subject  to  air  raids  and  bombing  every  night.  I 
accompanied  the  battalion  in  line,  and  was  able  to  care  for  aU  the 
wounded.  On  Saturday  afternoons  I  would  return  to  the  base  in  the 
woods,  hear  the  confessions  of  the  men  there  and  say  Mass  on  Sun- 
day morning  and  give  Holy  Communion,  returning  immediately  after 
to  the  men  in  the  line.  It  was  not  long,  however,  until  two  or  more 
of  my  battalions  were  sent  into  the  line  at  the  same  time — one  on 
the  right  of  the  Albert-Amiens  road  and  the  other  one  or  two  on  the 
left — and  on  occasions  some  distance  away.  Then  it  was  that  my 
troubles  began.  It  was  impossible  to  give  as  much  care  to  any  one 
battalion  as  I  wished.  I  would  remain  with  the  first  battalion  for 
a  time  and  then  go  to  the  second  or  third  to  find  on  arriving  there  that 
since  my  last  visit,  which  probably  was  the  night  before  or  the  early 


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morning,  that  some  of  my  men  had  come  in  wounded  and  had 
died. 

"I  would  make  my  rounds  through  the  trenches,  and  care  for  any 
wounded  who  might  be  in  the  E.  A.  P.  (Eegimental  Aid  Post) 
or  who  might  come  in  while  I  was  there,  and  then  proceed  to  another 
unit  of  my  regiment  and  repeat  the  procedure.  Had  there  been  a 
central  dressing  station,  through  which  the  wounded  of  all  my  bat- 
talions passed,  matters  would  have  been  facilitated,  but  there  was 
none.  We  were  so  located  and  scattered  that  no  two  battalions 
cleared  through  the  same  dressing  station.  Had  there  been  at  least 
one  more  priest  in  my  regiment,  my  worries  would  have  been  less. 
The  loss  of  rest  and  sleep  was  not  a  source  of  worry,  as  it  was  my 
duty  to  give  all  I  had.  During  our  stay  on  the  Somme  front,  which 
was  from  the  first  of  June  until  the  nineteenth  of  August,  I  managed 
to  give  Holy  Communion  to,  on  an  average  of  400  men  a  week,  and 
heard  confessions  and  gave  absolution,  in  particular  or  in  general  as 
the  occasion  or  time  demanded,  every  day. 

"On  August  19th,  the  regiment  was  transferred  from  the  British 
to  the  American  Sector  and  was  attached  to  the  2nd  French  Army,  and 
occupied  the  trenches  on  the  famous  battlefields  of  Mort  Homme,  in 
front  of  Verdun.  It  was  at  Mort  Homme,  or  Dead  Man's  Hill,  that 
one  million  lives  were  lost.  Command  of  the  Mort  Homme  Sector 
passed  to  us  on  the  morning  of  Sept.  10th.  Then  the  whole  regiment 
was  in  an  unbroken  line  and  it  was  comparatively  easy  to  sec  all  of 
the  men  every  day  by  companies. 

"On  the  morning  of  Sept.  26th,  the  day  on  which  the  last  general 
attack  was  launched  against  the  enemy,  extending  from  Metz  to  the 
North  Sea,  our  regiment  was  on  the  extreme  right  of  the  entire  line 
of  advance,  resting  against  the  west  bank  of  the  Meuse.  It  was  the 
pivot  for  the  general  advance,  which  was  to  swing  to  the  north  and 
to  drive  the  enemy  off  the  west  bank  of  the  Meuse. 

"From  then  (Sept.  26th)  until  Nov.  11th,  we  were  either  holding 
lines  or  making  advances,  and  suffered  casualties  daily. 

"On  the  morning  of  the  eleventh  of  November  part  of  the  regi- 
ment, in  co-operation  with  other  troops  of  the  66th  Brigade,  deliv- 
ered a  successful  attack  on  the  town  of  Buttneville,  at  the  same  time 
the  remainder  of  the  regiment  participated  in  the  attack  on  Bois  de 
Worville.  The  resistance  on  the  morning  of  Nov.  11th  was  stubborn 
and  continued  until  the  wireless  flashed  the  news  at  10:30  that  the 
Armistice  had  been  signed. 

"It  became  our  duty,  with  the  cessation  of  hostilities,  to  care  for 
released  prisoners  of  war  turned  loose  by  the  German  retreat  to  the 


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REV.   CAPTAIN  THOS.   L.   HARMON, 
Senior  Chaplain,   86th   Division,  with   357th   and  360th  Infantry   In  France 

Rhine.  We  remained  in  the  Troyon  Sector  until  Dec,  7th,  when  we 
started  our  march  to  Germany.  We  reached  Saarburg,  Germany,  on 
Dec.   15th,   remained   in   this   neighborhood   a   few   days,   then   left   for 


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the  state  of  Luxembourg,  where  we  were  stationed  as  part  of  the  Army 
of  Occupation,  occupying  fourteen  to  sixteen  towns,  until  we  left  for 
the  port  of  embarkation  on  April  25th,  1919. 

"During  the  period  of  hostilities  the  regiment  never  occupied  a 
rest  area  as  such.  On  our  move  from  the  Somme  to  Verdun,  we 
stopped  over  at  the  towns  of  Resson  and  Culey  for  a  week,  and  dur- 
ing that  period  about  seventy-five  or  eighty  of  the  men  received  Holy 
Communion  each  day. 

"I  feel  safe  in  saying  that  none  of  my  men  were  killed  in  action 
or  died  in  dressing  stations  without  at  least  having  received  the  Sac- 
rament of  Penance.  They  were  all  well  instructed  as  to  general  abso- 
lution and  its  obligations. 

' '  Colonel  Abel  Davis,  the  commanding  officer  of  the  regiment,  not 
only  did  not  restrict  me  to  the  priviliges  guaranteed  by  army  regu- 
lations and  special  orders,  but  extended  to  me  every  means  at  his 
command,  in  order  to  help  me  in  my  spiritual  work. 

"During  the  training  period  in  Camp  Logan,  Tex.,  and  in  France 
until  after  the  Armistice,  I  was  the  sole  Catholic  Chaplain  in  the 
66th  Brigade,  which  consisted  of  the  131st  Infantry,  132nd  Infantry 
and  the  124th  Machine  Gun  Battalion. 

"The  casualty  list  of  the  132nd  Infantry  contains  the  names  of 
ten  officers  and  240  men  killed  in  action  and  30  officers  and  2,000  men 
wounded." 

Upon  the  organization  of  the  American  Legion,  Father 
O'Donnell  was  chosen  Chaplain  of  the  Department  of  TlHiiois. 
and  has  continued  in  that  capacity  to  the  present. 

Some  of  the  honors  conferred  upon  Chaplain  O'Donnell 
were:  For  gallantry  at  Bois  de  Foret,  on  October  6,  1!)1H. 
inscribed  on  the  Roll  of  Honor  of  the  Prairie  Division,  Major 
General  George  Bell,  Jr.,  Commander. 

G.  H.  Q.,  American  Expeditionary  Forces,  U.  S.  Army, 
First  Lieutenant  John  L.  O'Donnell,  Chaplain  132nd  Inf.,  for 
exceptional  and  distinguished  gallantry  at  Bois  de  Foret, 
6-10  October,  1918,  in  the  operations  of  the  American  Expe- 
ditionary Forces,  in  testimony  thereof  and  as  an  expression 
of  appreciation  of  his  valor,  awarded  27th  March,  1919. 

(Signed)     JOHN  J.  PERSIHNG, 

Commander-in-Chief. 


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The  citation  accompanying  the  Distinguished  Service 
Medal  reads:  "For  exceptional  and  distinguished  services 
as  regimental  chaplain.  He  was  ceaseless  in  his  efforts  to 
better  the  welfare  of  the  men,  and  during  the  period  of 
operations  accompanied  the  attacking  waves  in  every  action 
in  which  the  regiment  took  part,  exposing  himself  to  artillery 


Chaplain,  Rev.  Arthur  L.  Girard,  Administering  Holy  Communion  Back  of 
Allied  Lines  During  the  Fighting 


and  machine  gun  fire  to  care  personally  for  the  wounded, 
organizing  parties  of  stretcher  bearers,  going  without  a 
thought  of  personal  danger  wherever  he  was  needed,  he  set 
an  example  of  courage  and  heroism  appreciably  raising  the 
morale  of  those  with  whom  and  for  whom  he  worked." 

A  report  of  Colonel  Abel  Davis,  commanding  the  132nd 
Infantry,  33rd  Division,  A.  E.  F.,  refers  to  Father  O'Don- 
nell's  services  as  follows: 


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REV.    CAPTAIN   JOHN    L.    O'DONNET.L, 
Chaplain,  132d  Infantry 

"First  Lieut.  John  L.  O'Donnell  is  a  Catholic  Priest  and 
our  Regimental  Chaplain.  During  all  of  our  operations  he 
considered  the  battlefield  his  proper  station.    There  he  con- 


832  KNIGHTS  OP  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

cerned  himself  with  the  work  of  the  stretcher  bearers  and 
first  aid  to  the  wounded.  He  was  with  the  First  Battalion 
during  the  attack  at  Bois  de  Foret  and  was  with  the  first 
wave  when  the  objective  was  reached.  In  the  action  at  Bois 
de  Foret  he  accompanied  the  3rd  Battalion,  and  displayed 
particular  heroism  in  personally  caring  for  the  wounded, 
in  organizing  the  stretcher  bearers  in  moving  about  in  the 
front  lines,  encouraging  the  men  in  their  efforts  and  inspir- 
ing them  to  deeds  of  valor  by  his  own  courage  and  bravery. 
When  a  gas  attack  came  on  October  10th,  1918,  at  Bois  de 
Foret,  and  a  number  of  gas  shells  were  dropping,  causing 
many  casualties,  he  remained  at  his  work  after  he  was  gassed 
himself.  He  refused  to  leave  the  line  until  exhausted,  when 
he  was  evacuated  to  a  hospital." 

One  of  the  most  distinguished  of  the  Catholic  chaplains 
from  Illinois  was  Eeverend  George  T.  McCarthy,  who  at- 
tained the  rank  of  captain  and  became  Senior  Chaplain  of  the 
Seventh  Division,  A.  E.  F.,  and  also  Division  Burial  officer. 
Father  McCarthy  entered  the  service  June  1,  1918,  as  First 
Lieutenant  in  the  U.  S.  Army  and  served  at  Camp  Dodge, 
Iowa,  and  in  New  York,  New  Jersey,  France,  Luxemberg 
and  Germany. 

While  in  the  service  he  was  wounded  twice.  His  right 
arm  was  broken  by  shell  fire  October  10,  1918,  at  Vielle-en- 
Haye,  France.  He  was  gassed  in  Boix-la-Petre,  France, 
October  13,  1918,  and  contracted  the  flu  near  Gorz,  Ger- 
many, January  15,  1919. 

Chaplain  McCarthy  was  also  cited  before  Metz  by  the 
French  in  Boix-la-Pretre,  October  30,  1918,  decorated  by 
Colonel  Leconde,  and  awarded  war  cross  without  palm. 
Bishop  Brent,  Senior  Chaplain  of  the  A.  E.  F.,  conferred  the 
church  war  cross  on  Chaplain  McCarthy  December  1,  1918. 
for  services  under  fire  at  Rembercour,  November  10,  1918. 

Chaplain  McCarthy  was  the  only  pastor  of  the  archdiocese 
of  Chicago  that  became  a  war  chaplain,  and  was  the  only 


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833 


CAPTAIN  REV.  HARRIS  A.  DARCH. 
Overseas  Chaplain 

priest  to  become  a  senier  chaplain  from  the  archdiocese  of 
Chicago. 

As  has  been   noted   elsewhere,  Father  McCarthy  wrote 


834  KNIGHTS  OP  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

an  able  book  dealing  with  war  service  under  the  title,  "The 
Greater  Love, ' '  which  in  itself  is  an  excellent  exposition  of 
the  chaplain's  work. 

Father  McCarthy  is  a  native  of  Grand  Haven,  Mich., 
where  he  was  born  December  1,  1876,  and  was  pastor  of 
Ascension  Church  at  Harvey,  Illinois,  when  he  was  appointed 
chaplain.  At  the  invitations  of  Archbishops  Patrick  J,  Hayes 
and  George  W.  Mundelein,  he  volunteered  to  remain  in  the 
service  after  the  war  was  over,  and  served  at  Fort  Sheridan 
and  Great  Lakes  until  April  1,  1921,  being  on  duty  during 
the  "flu-'  epidemic  of  1919  and  the  small-pox  epidemic  at 
Great  Lakes  during  1920. 

In  April,  1921,  he  was  appointed  pastor  of  St,  JMargaret 
Mary's^ew  parish,  Chicago. 

Reverend  Harris  A.  Darche,  another  of  the  distinguished 
war  chaplains,  entered  the  service  in  the  U.  S.  Navy,  August 
27,  1917 ;  was  assigned  as  Chaplain  of  the  Sixth  U.  S.  Marines 
and  served  Avith  that  organization  at  Camp  Quantico,  Va., 
and  also  in  France  at  Verdun,  Belleau  Wood  and  Soissons 
battles.  From  October  1,  1917,  he  was  Chaplain  in  charge 
of  Armj'  Schools  in  Langres.  December  1st  to  April,  1919, 
he  was  with  the  Army  of  Occupation  in  Germany,  being  with 
the  Second  Division  of  the  Sixth  Marines.  From  August  1, 
1919,  to  October  30,  1920,  he  served  as  Chaplain  of  the  U.  S. 
Ship  Kansas ;  was  discharged  from  the  Navy  in  November, 
1920. 

Father  Darche  held  the  rank  of  Lieutenant  (Junior 
grade),  U.  S.  Navy  Chaplain  Corps.  He  was  gassed  July 
19,  1918,  at  the  battle  of  Soissons. 

Chaplain  Darche  received  the  following  decorations :  Le- 
gion of  Honor,  Croix  de  Guerre  wdth  palm.  Distinguished 
Cross  of  the  Navy,  French  Fourragere,  and  two  other  cita- 
tions. 

His  service  was  unique  in  that  he  served  in  the  Navy, 
in  the  Marines,  and  under  Armv  command.     On  June  26, 


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CAPTAIN  REV.   EDWARD  FRANCIS  RICE 


1918,    he   was   reported    as    having-   been    killed    at    Belleau 
Wood. 

The  Sixth  Marines  were  recruited  from  all  parts  of  the 


836  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

United  States,  and  of  the  regiment  one-third  were  Catholics. 

While  Father  Darche  was  on  the  battleship  Kansas  he 
crossed  to  Panama,  Hawaiian  Islands,  Seattle,  San  Fran- 
cisco, San  Pedro,  Los  Angeles  and  Cuba,  the  crnise  extending 
from  May  17,  1920,  to  December  5,  1920. 

Father  Darche  was  born  June  8,  1888,  at  Bourbonnais, 
111.;  graduated  from  St.  Viator's  College,  Kankakee,  in  1909; 
was  ordained  a  priest  June  1,  1912,  and  assigned  as  curate 
to  Notre  Dame  Church  in  Chicago,  where  he  served  until  he 
was  commissioned  as  Chaplain  in  the  Navy.  He  is  at  present 
assistant  at  Immaculate  Conception  Church,  Chicago. 

Reverend  Julius  Babst  carried  home  from  the  war  an 
unusual  number  of  citations  and  decorations.  Father  Babst 
was  Chaplain  of  the  23rd  Infantry,  2nd  Division,  U.  S.  A., 
A.  E.  F.  Chaplain  Babst  received  five  citations  for  distin- 
guished service,  namely  :  The  American  Distinguished  Serv- 
ice Cross  with  bar  (oak  leaf),  French  Croix  de  Guerre  with 
palm,  French  Croix  de  Guerre  with  gold  star.  Honorable 
Mention  in  General  Orders.  In  Belleau  Wood  he  received 
the  American  Distinguished  Service  Cross  and  the  Cross 
with  palm,  June  6  and  7,  1918.  At  Blanc-Mont  Ridge  he 
received  the  French  Cross  with  gold  star,  October  6,  1918. 
On  the  same  day  he  received  a  wound  stripe. 

Chaplain  Babst  was  engaged  in  the  following  battles  in 
1918 :  March  12th  and  14th,  Verdun  and  Toul-Troyon  Sec- 
tors ;  May  31st  to  July  20th,  Chateau  Thierry  Sector  North- 
west;  July  18th  and  20th,  Soissons  Sector  during  the  Ma- 
rines' counter-offensive;  August  9th  to  24th,  Marbache;  Sep- 
tember 9th  to  16th,  in  the  St.  Mihiel  Sector;  September  20th 
to  October  9th,  in  the  Blanc  Mont  Sector  during  the  Cham- 
pagne defense. 

He  was  wounded  October  6,  1918,  and  after  convales- 
cence joined  his  regiment  December  15th,  on  the  east  side 
of  the  Rhine  in  Germany  with  the  Army  of  Occupation.  He 
returned  to  the  United  States  on  August  4,  1919. 


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Chaplain  Babst  was  born  and  raised  in  Sts.  Peter  and 
Paul's  Parish,  Naperville,  111.;  educated  at  St.  Francis'  Semi- 
nary ;  ordained  at  Holy  Name  Cathedral  April  29,  1905,  and 
first  located  in  Naperville.  He  is  at  present  a  chaplain  at 
Fort  Logan  Recruit  Depot,  Fort  Logan,  Colo. 

Rev.  Sidney  J.  Morrison  saw  a  great  deal  of  service  as 
War  Chaplain.  He  was  in  the  active  service  three  years. 
Father  Morrison  was  stationed  at  Rimicourt  Base  Hospital, 
France  and  at  La  Havre.  Li  both  places  and  in  all  his  work 
he  won  distinction  and  the  lasting  esteem  of  all  the  men  in 
the  service  with  whom  he  came  in  contact. 

Since  ordination  Father  Morrison  has  officiated  as  assist- 
ant pastor  at  the  churches  of  Our  Lady  of  Good  Counsel,  St. 
James,  Visitation  and  St.  Catherine's,  leaving  the  latter  to 
take  charge  of  St.  Bartholomew's  church,  one  of  the  progres- 
sive parishes  on  the  North  Side. 

Father  Morrison  was  a  pioneer  member  of  Marquette  Coun- 
cil, and  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  LaSalle  General  Assembly, 
Fourth  Degree,  which  he  served  as  chaplain  for  eight  years. 
In  his  younger  days  Father  Morrison  was  for  many  yeare 
active  in  semi-pro  baseball  in  Chicago.  A  cut  of  this  active 
clergyman  will  be  found  on  page  480. 

Reverend  Daniel  F.  Monaghan,  located  at  Keithsburg, 
111.,  was  appointed  to  the  service  February  17,  1918,  and 
entered  upon  his  duties  at  the  Brooklyn  Navy  Yard,  serving 
with  the  Atlantic  Fleet  for  sixteen  months  and  witli 
the  Destroyer  Flotilla  of  tlie  Pacific  Fleet  eighteen 
months.  He  became  Lieutenant,  Junior  grade,  of  the 
U.  S.  Navy. 

Reverend  William  M.  McGuire,  pastor  of  St.  Joseph's 
Church,  Apple  River,  111.,  was  first  assigned  to  the  34th 
Infantry,  86th  Division,  in  August,  1918,  and  at  the  time 
that  regiment  departed  from  Camp  Grant.  His  regiment 
remained  in  Camp  Upton  about  two  Aveeks,  when  they  went 
forward  by  way  of  England.    Father  McGuire  gives  a  very 


838  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

satisfactory  account  of  what  he  noted  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus'  service  as  follows: 

"St.  Joseph's  Church,  Apple  River,  III 

"I  was  assigned  to  the  341st  Infantry,  86th  Division,  in  Augiii-I 
1918,  at  the  time  of  the  departure  of  said  regiment  from  Camp  Grant 
We  remained  at  Camp  Upton  about  two  weeks.  While  there  the 
soldiers  received  from  the  K.  of  C.  a  cordial  welcome  in  the  K.  of  C. 
huts,  entertainments,  assistance  in  exchanging  money  for  use  overseas, 
unlimited  writing  paper.  This  in  contrast  to  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  which  gave 
only  two  sheets  of  paper  and  one  envelope  at  a  time.  The  K.  of  C. 
huts  were  also  used  by  chaplains  and  soldiers  for  daily  and  Sunday 
masses  and  for  confessions.  The  huts  were  of  great  assistance  in 
that  they  furnished  facilities  for  Catholic  soldiers  to  coufess  and 
receive  Holy  Communion  before  departure  for  overseas.  The  major- 
ity of  Catholics  availed  themselves  of  this  opportunity.  On  the  ship 
to  England  we  received  no  service  from  the  K.  of  C. 

"While  at  Knotty  Ash  Camps,  near  Liverpool,  England,  we  found 
the  K.  of  C.  unable  to  do  much  for  want  of  proper  buildings. 

"When  we  arrived  in  our  first  trainiug  area  in  southern  France 
we  actually  received  from  the  K.  of  C.  only  those  articles  which  tlie 
chaplain  himself  secured  from  K.  of  C.  headquarters,  St.  Catherine. 
St.  Bordeaux.  These  articles  were  badly  needed  and  greatly  appre- 
ciated. They  consisted  of  baseljall  and  football  equipment  and  boxing 
gloves.  Generous  supplies  of  writing  material  were  also  secured. 
From  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  we  received  only  a  little  st.ntinnery  and  generous 
2)romises  of  future  assistance. 

"When  our  division  was  broken  up  I  was  assigned  to  Base  Hos- 
pital No.  6,  located  at  Talence,  pre  Bordeaux,  Gironde.  Twice 
K.  of  C.  chaplains  assisted  me  in  hearing  confessions.  Weekly  visits 
were  made  to  the  four  thousand  patients  by  two  K.  of  C.  welfare 
workers  from  Bordeaux  headquarters.  They  brought  good  cheer  and 
an  understanding  practical  sympathy  in  addition  to  the  bodily  com- 
forts they  dispensed.  These  comforts  consisted  of  candies,  tobacco 
and  pipes,  cigarettes,  shaving  brushes,  tooth  brushes  and  tooth  pastes, 
etc.,  which  were  distributed  in  the  wards  visited.  For  Catholics  they 
had  prayer  books,  rosaries,  scapulars  and  New  Testaments.  The  vis- 
iting K.  of  C.  workers  also  performed  many  errands  in  Bordeaux  for 
wounded  soldiers.  They  gave  the  chaplain  some  supplies  to  distribute 
in  their  name  in  answer  to  special  requests  or  needs.  For  example, 
I  was  able  to  give  religious  articles  to  the  one  hundred  and  fifty  odd 


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REV.   CArTAIN  ARXnUR   I..   (ilRARP 
Chaplain,   108th  Sanitaiy  Train,   3:^irt   Division,  at   Home  and  Abroad 


soldiers  daily  discharged  and  ordered  back  to  the  front  via  replace- 
ment camps. 

"The   work   at   the   hospital  by  Judge  ,   of  In- 


840  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

diana  (Mr.  Hoffman  knows  his  name  and  home  address),  and  Mr. 
Leary,  deserves  praise  and  appreciation  in  my  humble  opinion.  Espe- 
cially deserving  was  their  dispensing  of  comforts  to  trainloads  of 
wounded  soldiers  upon  arrival  in  Bordeaux,  as  also  to  those  returning 
home  by  ship. 

"While  on  the  ship  homeward  bound  a  K.  of  C.  worker  from  De- 
troit was  tireless  in  his  efforts  for  the  welfare  of  the  soldiers  and 
sailors.  He  had  generous  supplies  of  comforts.  He  gave  movie  shows 
frequently  and  arranged  all  boxing  bouts.  His  work  was  loudly 
cheered  by  all  on  board  as  we  docked  at  Hoboken. 

"I  will  gladly  answer  further  communications  from  you. 

"Yours  very  truly, 

"WM.  M.  McGUIRE,  Pastor." 

(Formerly   U.   S.   Chaplain   341st   Infantry.) 

Reverend  Lueien  G.  Libert  was  one  of  the  first  Catholic 
priests  in  Illinois  to  enlist  as  a  Knights  of  Columbus  Chaplain, 

Father  Libert  was  in  charge  of  the  parishes  of  Martinton 
and  Papineau  of  the  Peoria  Diocese  when  the  war  broke 
out.  He  tried  to  get  into  the  service  of  Belgium,  but  was 
rejected  because  of  age.  When  the  LTnited  States  came  into 
the  war  he  immediately  became  a  Chaplain  in  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  service. 

Chaplain  Libert  served  with  the  26th  Division,  101st  En- 
gineers, from  June  13,  1918,  until  April  18,  1919,  and  was 
wounded  in  the  service. 

After  returning  to  the  United  States,  Father  Libert  was 
stationed  at  Clifton,  111.,  where  he  died  December  5,  1920. 
Besides  a  very  large  number  of  distinguished  clergymen  of 
the  Peoria  Diocese,  the  funeral  Mass  and  services  were  at- 
tended by  Right  Reverend  Msgr.  Wm.  A.  Foley,  Chaplain 
Vicar  General  of  Most  Reverend  Patrick  J.  Hayes. 

Reverend  Joseph  B.  Lauermann  entered  the  service  Au- 
gust 23,  1918,  at  Camp  Taylor,  Ky.,  and  went  over  with  the 
146th  Infantry.  From  the  1st  to  the  11th  of  November,  1918, 
he  was  in  the  Ypres-Lys  offensive  with  that  regiment.  From 
March,  1919,  to  June,  1919,  he  was  with  United  States  troops 
at  Dizier,  France ;  from  June,  1919,  to  September,  1919,  with 


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841 


REV.  CAPTAIN  JULIUS  J.   BABST. 
Chaplain,  23rd  Infantry,  2nd  Division,  A.  E.  F. 


M.  R.  U.,  310  M.  T.  C,  in  Coblenz,  Germany ;  demobilized  at 
Camp  Grant,  111.,  October  19,  1919.  Father  Lauermann  held 
the  rank  of  Lieutenant. 


842  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

He  was  born  at  AVilmette,  111.,  February  26,  1884,  and 
received  his  early  education  at  St.  Joseph's  parochial  school; 
his  college  training  at  St.  Francis'  Seminary;  his  philosophy 
and  theology  at  St.  Paul  Seminary;  ordained  priest  June 
13,  1908,  and  has  been  assistant  pastor  at  St.  Benedict's  and 
St,  Philomena 's,  Chicago,  111.  After  the  war  he  was  assigned 
to  the  pastorate  of  St.  Joseph's  Church  at  Waukegan,  111.. 
October  12,  1919. 

Reverend  William  A.  Murphy,  D.D.,  was  the  first  chap- 
lain appointed  by  His  Grace,  Most  Reverend  George  W.  Mnn- 
delein,  D.  D.,  to  the  Great  Lakes  Naval  Training  Station, 
and  it  Avas  Father  Murphy  who  organized  the  great  work 
accomplished  there.  Under  his  direction  a  little  chapel  was 
constructed  under  the  patronage  of  Our  Lady  of  the  Lakes 
and  dedicated  October  13,  1918.  In  recognition  of  his  great 
work  there,  Father  Murphy  was  assigned  to  overseas  duty 
and  left  Chicago  for  France  on  October  15,  1918. 

The  duties  of  the  domestic  chaplains  while  not  so  stren- 
uous in  some  cases  as  those  of  the  overseas  chaplains  who 
served  in  the  war  sectors,  at  least  were  undoubtedly  of  great 
importance.  While  several  of  the  domestic  chaplains  served 
in  the  camps  in  Illinois,  there  were  also  several  who  were 
sent  to  other  camps  and  fields. 

From  Camp  Grant,  Reverend  Thomas  L.  Harmon  was 
assigned  to  the  344th  Infantry,  and  served  abroad;  Reverend 
Francis  Kulinski  was  assigned  to  the  343rd  Infantry;  Rev- 
erend Alois  Zinger  was  assigned  to  the  341st  Infantry;  Rev- 
erend A.  W.  Center  was  assigned  to  the  332nd  Field  Artillery. 
The  Post  Chaplain  at  Camp  Grant  was  Reverend  Joseph  M. 
Lonergan. 

The  story  of  the  Camp  Grant  chaplains  as  well  as  of  those 
at  Fort  Sheridan  has  been  told  in  other  chapters. 

Among  the  domestic  chaplains  was  Reverend  Walter  J. 
Scollin  of  Rockford,  who  was  commissioned  as  First  Lieu- 
tenant in  the  U.  S.  Chaplain  Service,  June  24,  1918.     He 


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843 


REV.  CAPTAIN  JOHN  J.  O'HEARN, 
Chaplain,   lOSth  Trains,   Overseas 

reported  at  Camp  Custer,  Mich.,  and  was  transferred  to  the 
Stli  Division,  Camp  Tremont,  Calif.,  August  11,  1918.  There 
he  was  assigned  to  the  22nd  Macliine  Cnn  Battalion  and  fol- 


844  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

lowed  this  division  to  Camp  Mills,  long  Island,  in  October. 
The  signing  of  the  Armistice  prevented  the  22nd  Machine 
Gun  Battalion  from  going  overseas,  and  Father  ScoUin  ac- 
companied that  battalion  to  Camp  Lee,  Va.  He  then  volun- 
teered for  transport  diTty  and  remained  in  that  branch  of 
the  service  from  January  to  March,  1919,  when  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  Camp  Shelby,  Miss.,  remaining  there  until  that 
camp  was  about  to  be  abandoned,  when  he  was  assigned  to 
Camp  Knox,  Ky.,  where  he  was  discharged  July  15,  1919. 

In  Camp  Custer  and  Camp  Lee  the  educational  work  was 
in  charge  of  the  chaplains,  and  Father  Scollin  did  excellent 
work  there.  Speaking  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  Chaplain 
Scollin  says : 

"While  no  word  of  praise  is  needed  from  me,  I  am  happy  to  be 
able  to  commend  the  work  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  the  various 
camps  in  which  duty  called  me  to  serve.  Their  work,  certainly  an  in- 
spired one,  wisely  conceived  by  the  leaders,  was  ably  carried  out  by 
a  fine  body  of  Catholic  young  men.  We  all  know  the  immediate  and 
happy  results.  But  for  years  to  come,  the  countrj^,  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  and  the  Church  will  be  reaping  the  fruits  of  the  unique 
and  excellent  work  of  the  Knights  during  and  since  the  war. ' ' 

Father  Scollin  is  located  at  Rockford,  111. 

Reverend  Gustav  H.  Unterkoefler  of  East  St.  Louis  was 
appointed  with  the  approval  of  Right  Reverend  Henry  Alt- 
hotf,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  Belleville,  and  on  consent  of  the  War 
Department,  as  Post  Chaplain  of  Scott  Field,  Avia,  111.,  on 
June  12,  1917,  and  served  in  that  capacity  until  August  1, 
1918,  when  he  was  commissioned  as  First  Lieutenant  in  the 
U.  S.  Chaplain  Service  and  transferred  to  Fort  Ontario,  N.  Y., 
General  Hospital  No.  5,  where  he  received  the  rank  of  Cap- 
tain and  served  until  May  23,  1919,  when  he  was  honorably 
discharged.  Father  Unterkoefler  still  retains  the  rank  of 
Captain  in  the  Reserve  Corps. 

During  service  his  duties  included  those  of  chaplain, 
prison  officer,  post  censor,  librarian,  athletic  officer,  general 


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845 


REV.  MAJOR  JCJSEPH  M.   KANGLEY, 
Chaplain    in    Several    Camps   at   Home   and    Abroad   and    in    Base    Section 

No.   5,  Bre.st 


manager  of  the  Ontario  Post,  a  paper  published  by  tlie  boys 
of  the  war.    He  had  the  i:>leasure  and  distinction  also  of  per- 


846  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

forming-  the  marriage  ceremony  of  Colonel  Henry  Denny 
Thomason  and  Miss  Adeline  Louise  O'Connor. 

Reverend  Henry  Retzek  was  appointed  First  Lieutenant 
in  the  U.  S.  Chaplain  Service  and  entered  active  duty  March 
2,  1918,  at  Camp  Pike,  Ark.,  and  for  two  years  was  in  the 
base  hospital  there  in  care  of  German  prisoners  of  war.  The 
tluties  devolved  upon  Father  Retzek  of  not  only  attending 
many  sick  and  dying,  but  of  taking  care  of  their  relatives, 
a  task  that  was  made  less  difficult  later  on  when  hostess 
)iouses  were  provided.  Father  Retzek  was  the  sole  chaplain 
at  the  base  hospital,  with  about  3,500  sick  present. 

On  May  2,  1918,  he  arrived  off  Cape  Fear  to  serve  in  the 
Coast  Defense,  to  which  he  was  transferred  at  Fort  Caswell. 
Southport,  N.  C.  Here,  with  another  chaplain,  Father  Lan- 
non,  his  task  was  to  care  for  about  fifty  Catholics  among  a 
force  of  3,000.  Father  Laiinou  soon  left,  and  Father  Retzek 
was  agaiji  sole  chaplain.  Anti-Catholic  bias  was  very  notice- 
able here. 

From  this  point  Father  Retzek  sailed  with  the  Sixtli 
Trench  Mortar  Battalion  C.  A.  C.  for  France  by  way  of  Camp 
iMerritt  and  New  York  Harbor  on  the  Aquitania  to  Brest  and 
from  Blest  to  the  front,  arriving  at  the  front  just  as  the 
Armisiite  was  signed.  Father  Retzek  was  now  detached  and 
sent  to  the  Replacement  Depot  at  Lemans,  and  from  Lemans 
to  sei  vice  in  the  intermediate  section  in  order  to  give  Ger- 
man prisoners  a  chance  to  make  their  Easter  duty.  From 
this  point  Father  Retzek  was  sent  to  the  Army  of  Occupation 
in  Germany,  with  service  in  Coblenz  and  Trier.  He  returned 
to  the  United  States  on  the  Leviathan  and  was  discharged 
from  Camp  Dix  July  8,  1918. 

Speaking  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  Father  Retzek 
says : 

"In  Camp  Merritt  they  did  very  good  work  to  us  uiid  our  battalion 
in  many  ways,  and  those  men  are  to  be  congratulated.  They  were 
very  good  also  at  Coblenz  and  Trier." 


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847 


REV.   LIEUT.  JOSEPH  P.  MUNDAY 


They  were  all  right  in  quality  but  short  in  quantity  at 
other  points  where  Father  Retzek  touched. 

Father  Rotzek  is  a  native  of  St.  Boniface  Parish,  Chi- 


848  KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

cago;  born  August  7,  1891,  attended  school  in  St.  Boniface's 
parochial  school  until  his  fourteenth  year,  when  he  entered 
St.  Francis  Seminar.y,  St.  Francis,  Wis.,  and  stayed  there 
for  the  full  course  of  ten  years.  He  was  ordained  on  the 
29th  of  May,  1915,  for  the  Archdiocese  of  Chicago.  Since 
returning  from  the  war.  Father  Retzek  was  assistant  at  Our 
Lady  of  Victory  Church,  Chicago,  and  then  transferred  to 
St.  Joseph's  at  AVilmette. 

Rev.  Joseph  M.  Kangley,  who  attained  the  rank  of  Ma,jor 
with  the  United  States  Army,  entered  the  service  in  October, 
1912,  and  has  since  remained  with  the  AVar  Department. 
He  served  at  Fort  Washington,  Md.,  Ft.  Scriven.  Ga.,  Ft.  Mills 
in  the  Philippine  Islands,  and  Ft.  Williams,  Me.  He  was 
recommended  for  the  Distinguished  Service  Medal,  the 
French  Legion  of  Honor,  and  the  French  Epidemic  Medal. 
Major  Kangley 's  greatest  work  was  in  Base  Section  No.  5, 
which  included  the  Departments  of  Finistere,  Cotes-du-Nord, 
Manche  and  Ille-et-Vilaine,  France,  with  headquarters  in  the 
city  of  Brest. 

As  chaplain  in  charge  of  the  religious  activities  and  gen- 
eral supervisor  of  the  religious  M'ork  of  all  welfare  organi- 
zations in  this  base,  he  had  charge  of  the  largest  cosmopoli- 
tan parish  in  the  world,  embracing  men  of  all  creeds,  races 
and  colors.  Under  his  direct  supervision  were  army  chap- 
lains of  all  churches — Catholic,  Jewish,  Presbyterian,  Episco- 
palian, Baptist.  IMethodist,  Christian  Science,  Disciples  of 
Christ,  Mormon,  Lutheran,  Congregationalists  and  others ; 
chaplains  who  spoke  many  diverse  tongues,  as  Chinese, 
French,  Polish,  Bohemian,  Slovak,  Italian,  Spanish,  Russian, 
German  and  others.  During  the  great  movement  of  troops 
and  the  arrival  of  eonvo.ys  from  the  States,  there  were  at 
times  125,000  men  stationed  in  and  around  the  city  of  Brest. 
It  was  Chai)lain  Kangley 's  duty  to  provide  church  services 
for  this  great  body  of  men,  and  to  so  dispose  the  chaplains 
under  him  that  men  of  all  religious  would  be  furnished  with 


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the    spiritual    ministrations  of  the  ministers  of  their  own 
churches. 

This  indefatigable  worker  was  ordered  to  Brest  in  Octo- 
ber, 1918,  w^hen  the  influenza  broke  out  among  the  American 
troops.  The  following  from  the  historical  records  of  Base 
Section  No.  5  will  give  an  idea  of  Father  Kangley's  labors 
in  this  connection : 

"The  ceaseless  messages  ami  phone  calls  for  a  Catholic  chaplain, 
compelled  Chaplain  J.  M.  Kangley,  the  Catholic  chaplain,  to  work 
unceasingly  day  and  night  for  over  one  week,  with  little  rest  or  sleep. 
Transportation  facilities  were  not  of  the  best,  and  thus  the  difficulty 
of  getting  from  one  hospital  to  another  increased  the  strain  and  work. 

"At  night  the  burial  of  the  dead  took  place,  and  both  chaplains, 
J.  E.  Yates  (Protestant)  and  J.  M.  Kangley  (Catholic),  were  present 
every  night,  checking  the  names,  identifying  the  bodies  and  assisting 
and  placing  them  in  the  trenches  and  graves. 

"The  weather  Avas  most  disagreeable  during  the  epidemic,  as  it 
rained  day  and  night,  making  the  task  of  burying  most  difficult  and 

trying. 

"Because  of  the  high  rate  of  mortality,  necessitating  the  burial 
of  a  great  number  of  bodies  each  night— one  night  the  number  reach- 
ing 238— the  most  extraordinary  vigilance  had  to  be  exercised  in  the 
checking  and  identification  of  the  bodies. 

"During  the  epidemic,  Chaplain  Kangley  was  the  only  Catholic 
army  chaplain  in  Base  Section  No.  5,  and  he  administered  the  sacra- 
ments to  thousands  and  thousands  of  our  Catholic  boys,  in  one  month 
laying  to  rest  at  least  1,600  of  our  soldiers.  He  was  given  valuable 
assistance  by  General  Secretary  William  O'Neill  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  Headquarters  at  Brest." 

Chaplain  Kangley  is  a  priest  of  the  Peoria  diocese,  and 
as  a  young  man  before  being  ordained  was  very  popular  in 
Knights  of  Columbus  circles.  Those  who  were  acquainted 
with  the  activities  of  the  Chapter  in  early  days  will  remem- 
ber that  he  was  a  representative  from  Leo  XIII  Council,  and 
became  temporary  Secretary  of  the  Chapter. 

Rev.  Thomas  L.  Harmon  saw  much  service  as  a  chaplam 
during  tlie  war  period.     He  was  the  first  chaplain  sent  to 


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KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Camp  Grant  l)y  Archbishop  :\Iimdelein  and  served  there  as 
a  volunteer  during  Jnne  and  July.  1917. 

On  September  19,  1917,  he  was  appointed  a  United  States 
Ai-niy   Chaplain   direct  by  the   Secretary  of  State,  with  the 


REV 


LIEUT.    JOHN    GREM- 
BOWICZ. 


REV 


LIEUT.  JOSEPH  B.  LAUER- 
MANN, 


Chaplain,    331st   Machine    Gun   Bat- 
talion,   Camp    Grant.     Santa    Marie 
Council 


Chaplain.    146th   Infanty.  A.  E.   F. 


rank  of  lieutenant.  Following  his  appointment  he  entered 
the  service  as  Senior  Chaplain  of  the  86th  Division  Septem- 
ber 23,  1917,  and  was  assigned  to  the  344th  Infantry, 

In  February,  1918,  he  was  ordered  on  overseas  duty  with 
the  90th  Division  (Texas  and  Oklahoma  troops)  and  was 
Chaplain  of  the  division  trains  until  August,  1918,  and  from 


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that  time  until  the  Armistice  was  with  the  360th  and  357th 
Infantry  in  France. 

He  served  at  the  front  in  tlie  St.  Mihiel  drive  and  in  the 
Mease-Argonne,  being-  on  the  tiring  line  seventy-four  days 
continuously  M'ithout  relief.  He  was  wounded  on  October 
28,  1918,  in  the  Meuse-Argonne  near  Bantheville. 

Father  Harmon  was  cited  for  bravery  in  burying  the 
dead  on  the  firing  line  under  constant  shell  tire  at  St.  Mihid 
September  13,  1918,  and  again  on  November  2,  1918,  in  the 
Meuse-Argonne.  He  was  decorated  by  the  French  govern- 
ment— Croix  de  Guerre  with  palm — for  bravery  in  action 
and  cai'e  of  wounded. 

While  with  the  344th  Infantry  at  Camp  Grant  Father 
Harmon  had  over  1,800  Catholic  men,  all  from  Chicago,  in 
his  regiment.  Over  75  per  cent  of  the  men  in  this  regiment 
when  well-drilled  and  trained  were  sent  in  January  to  fill 
up  other  divisions. 

In  P^ebruary.  1918,  Father  Harmon  wrote  the  Adjutant 
General  at  Washington  asking  for  overseas  duty  and  within 
three  days  was  ordered  overseas. 

At  the  front  i]i  France  his  regiment  was  95  per  cent 
iion-Catholic.  During  the  occupation  in  Germany  he  was 
the  only  priest  with  the  division  for  over  two  montlis.  Ho 
traveled  hundreds  of  miles  and  visited  fifty  German  towns 
where  our  men  were  billeted  to  hear  the  confessions  of  the 
Catholic  soldiers  and  gave  them  an  opportunity  to  make  their 
Easter  Duty. 

While  serving  at  the  front  in  St.  ]\Iihiel  and  the  Meuse- 
Argonne  he  buried  on  the  firing  line  where  they  fell  over 
two  hundred  of  our  men.  It  was  impossible  for  the  chap- 
lains to  bury  all  the  dead  and  Quartermaster's  men  a.ssisted. 

Three  of  our  chaplains  of  the  90th  Division  were  killed 
in  action.  Chaplain  Doyle,  a  Franciscan  sent  to  Father 
Harmon  by  the  Chief  of  Staff,  Col.  :\Iurphy,  died  of  exposure 
in  the  St.  Mihiel  Sector,  September  22.     Chaplain  Priest,  a 


852        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Presbyterian  minister  was  mortally  wounded  in  the  Meuse- 
Argonne  October  29,  and  died  shortly  after,  Father  Harmon 
remained  with  him  until  his  death.  Chaplain  Magee  was 
fatally  wounded  the  same  day  while  caring  for  the  dying. 
Father  Harmon  gave  Father  Magee  the  last  Sacraments 
shortly  after  his  fatality. 

During  Father  Harmon's  period  of  service  overseas  sev- 
eral prominent  officers  were  connected  with  the  90th  Division. 
Maj.  Gen.  William  H.  Johnson  in  charge  of  the  179th  Brigade 
in  which  Father  Harmon  served  was  one  of  these.  While  in 
a  sector  back  of  the  lines  he  assisted  at  Father  Harmon's 
Mass  daily  and  always  received  Holy  Communion.  Brigadier 
General  J.  P.  O'Neil  and  Colonels  Edmund  Leary  and  E.  V. 
D.  Murphy  were  proud  of  their  religion. 

On  the  eve  of  the  second  great  American  drive,  the  Meuse- 
Argonne,  Father  Harmon  heard  the  confessions  of  a  number 
of  the  men  in  a  dugout.  Amongst  them  was  Lt.  James  Brophy 
of  Austin  with  D  company,  360th  Infantry.  On  the  follow- 
ing morning,  while  at  the  head  of  his  company  leading  a 
charge,  he  fell  mortally  wounded.  In  memory  of  his  bravery 
and  sacrifice  a  post  of  the  American  Legion  has  been  named 
James  G.  Brophy  Post,  195. 

After  the  Armistice  Father  Harmon  was  with  the  90th 
Division  in  the  Army  of  Occupation  in  Germany  from  Novem- 
ber 25,  1918,  to  June  6,  1919.  He  was  promoted  to  the  rank 
of  Captain  in  May,  1919,  and  upon  his  return  to  the  United 
States  was  honorably  discharged  from  the  service  on  June 
25,  1919. 

Father  Harmon  was  born  at  Jacksonville,  Illinois,  Febru- 
ary 29,  1876.  He  was  educated  at  St.  Mary's  College  and 
University.  'He  made  his  theological  course  at  the  Kenrick 
Seminary,  St.  Louis,  and  was  ordained  in  June,  1901.  After 
ordination  he  became  Assistant  Pastor  at  St.  James's  church, 
Rockford,  and  at  All  Saints  and  Annunciation  parishes,  Chi- 
cago.    He  was  State  President  of  the  Catholic  Total  Absti- 


WAR  WORKERS 


853 


nence  Union  of  Illinois  for  two  years,  and  National  President 
of  the  Father  Matthew  League  for  two  terms.  He  was  also 
the  founder  of  the  Catholic  Boys'  C*amp  movement. 


Father  Harmon  is  of  a  distinguished  family 


His  grand- 


REV.   CAPTAIN  GUSTAV  H. 
UNTERHOEFLER,  Chaplain, 

Scott  Field  and  Fort  Ontario 


KEy.   LIEUT.   IIENKY  KETZEK, 
Chaplain  at  Camp  Pike  and  Abroad 


father  was  Samuel  Armstrong,  a  captain  in  the  English  army 
in  India.  His  maternal  uncle  was  Col.  William  Armstrong 
of  the  Civil  War  and  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Shiloh.  His 
father,  Thomas  Harmon,  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War  and 
his  brother.  Major  A.  J.  Harmon,  U.  S.  A.,  retired,  is  a  veteran 
of  the  Spanish  American  and  Philippine  wai-s. 

Captain   Chaplain  Harmon  was  appointed  pastor  of  St. 


854        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Barbara's  parish,  Brookfield,  Illinois  in  1920  and  is  doing 
splendid  work  there. 

Rev,  Charles  J.  Flori  of  Paloma,  Illinois,  was  duly  selected 
as  a  war  chaplain  but  the  war  ended  before  he  was  assigned 
to  duty. 

Rev.  John  Joseph  Connolly,  assistant  pastor  at  the  church 
of  the  Immaculate  Conception  at  Springfield,  Illinois,  was 
appointed  United  States  Army  Chaplain  in  July,  1918.  He 
served  at  Camp  Taylor,  Louisville,  Kentucky,  and  at  Camp 
Grant,  Illinois.  He  held  the  rank  of  First  Lieutenant.  After 
his  discliarge  Father  Connolly  was  appointed  pastor  of  St. 
Charles  Church,  Charleston,  Illinois. 

Rev.  Francis  E.  Walsh  of  Toluca,  Illinois,  was  appointed 
Chaplain  in  the  United  States  Army,  by  Secretary  of  War 
Baker  on  August  5,  1918,  with  the  rank  of  First  Lieutenant 
and  served  until  the  close  of  the  war  at  Camp  Grant,  Illinois. 
His  most  difficult  and  distressing  work  was  in  the  hospitals 
during  the  epidemic  of  influenza. 

Father  Walsh  is  Pastor  of  St.  Anne's  Church,  Toluca, 
Illinois,  and  is  a  member  of  Spalding  Council,  No.  427,  Knights 
of  Columbus  at  Peoria. 

Rev.  Amos  Ginsti  of  Waverly,  Illinois,  was  appointed  a 
C'haplain  in  the  United  States  Army  and  was  accepted  by 
Archbishop  Hayes,  but  the  Armistice  was  signed  before  he 
was  called. 

Rev.  Martin  eloseph  Nealis  of  Joliet,  Illinois,  was  appointed 
Chaplain  in  the  United  States  Army,  August  5,  1918,  and 
entered  the  service  August  16,  1918,  at  Camp  Pike,  Arkansas. 
He  held  the  rank  of  First  Lieutenant.  In  1919  he  was  com- 
missioned chaplain  in  the  Officers  Reserve  Corps.  After  the 
war  he  was  appointed  Assistant  Pastor  of  Sacred  Heart 
Church,  Joliet,  Illinois. 

Rev.  Lawrence  W.  Frawley  of  Chicago  was  appointed 
Chaplain  in  the  United  States  Army  on  July  30,  1918.  On 
July  31  he  was  assigned  to  Ellington  Field,  Texas,  as  post 


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855 


(,'haplain.  On  Au<>ust  31,  ho  became  regimental  Chaplain  of 
the  80th  Infantry,  Fifteenth  Division  at  Camji  Lopran  where 
he  labored  until  liis  discharge,  Jainiary  22,  191!).  Father 
Frawley  held  the  rank  of  Fii-st  Lieutenant  in  the  army  and 
holds  the  same  rank  in  the  Officers  Reserve  Corps. 

Rev.  Arthur  L.  Girard  was  born  in  Holy  Name  Parish, 
Chicago,  October  16,  1882.    He  was  educated  in  the  parociiial 


[  ^^ 


REV.    LIEUT. 
FRANCIS  E.  WALSH. 

Toluca,     111.,     Chaplain 
at    Camp   Grant 


REV.    LIEUT.    AV.\L- 
TKR   .1.    SCOLLIN. 

Rockford,  111.,  Chaplain 
on  Transpoi't  Duty 


REV.    LIEUT.    JOHX 
J.    CONNOLLY, 

Springfield,    111..    Chap- 
l:nii.    Camp    (JraiU. 


schools,  St.  Viator's  College,  Bourbonnais,  Illinois,  Univer- 
sity of  Chicago.  Joliette  College  and  Laval  University,  Can- 
ada. He  w^as  ordained  in  Chicago  by  Rt.  Rev.  Peter  J.  ]\Iul- 
(loon,  September  5,  190S,  served  as  curate  in  French  parishes 
of  St.  John  the  Baptist  and  St.  Jo.se])h  "s,  Chicago,  until  .lanu- 
ary  24,  1918,  when  he  was  commissioned  Chaplain  in  the 
United  States  Army  as  First  Lieutenant.  He  was  assigned 
to  108th  Sanitary  Train,  33rd  Division,  a1  Camp  Logan. 
Texas,  and  served  there  and  at  Fort  Monroe,  Virginia,  until 
May  15th,  1918,  when  he  embarked  for  overseas  on  June  .'.rd. 
landing  at  Liverpool  June  16th.  1918.  On  June  ISth  lie 
crossed  the  channel  to  Le  Havre,  France.     Four  days  th<M-e- 


856        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

after  he  reached  the  front  ou  the  Albert-Amiens  sector  and 
served  continuously  at  the  front  in  advance  dressing  sta- 
tions and  with  ambulance  and  field  hospital  companies  during 
the  following  battles : 

Defense  of  the  Albert-Amiens  Sector,  June  26th,  1918 — 
August  8th;  The  Somme  Offensive,  August  8 — August  25; 
Defense  of  the  Verdun  Sector,  September  8 — September  25; 
Meuse-Argonue  Offensive,  September  26 — October  20 ;  Defense 
of  Troj'on-sur-Meuse  Sector,  October  25 — November  8 ;  Troyon- 
sur-Meuse  Sector  Offensive,  November  9 — -November  11,  1918. 
After  the  Armistice  he  marched  into  Germany  with  the  Army 
of  Occupation  and  remained  in  Germany  and  Luxemburg 
until  May  15th,  1919.  While  with  the  Army  of  Occupation 
he  was  appointed  Division  School  Officer  for  the  33rd  Divi- 
sion, and  organized  a  school  system  in  forty-seven  different 
towns  and  cities,  teaching  thirty-nine  different  subjects. 

Father  Girard  received  several  citations  for  bravery  and 
efficient  service,  and  was  promoted  to  a  captaincy  after  sev- 
eral recommendations  from  commanding  officers. 

Captain  Girard  returned  to  the  United  States  in  May, 
1919,  and  was  assigned  to  Infantry  in  Camp  Lee,  Virginia, 
where  he  served  until  August  2nd.  He  was  then  transferred 
to  Camp  Grant  for  duty  and  discharged  October  27,  1919.  He 
is  at  present  curate  at  the  Church  of  St.  Thomas  the  Apostle, 
Chicago. 

Captain  Rev.  Edward  Francis  Rice,  a  veteran  chaplain 
in  experience  but  young  in  years  and  spirit,  became  identi- 
fied with  the  army  as  early  as  1902  as  acting  chaplain  to  the 
old  Seventh  Illinois  Infantry,  National  Guard,  under  Col. 
Daniel  Moriarty  while  Msgr.  Edward  A.  Kelly  was  its  regu- 
lar Chaplain.  Father  Kelly  was  selected  to  accompany  the 
' '  Fighting  Seventh ' '  to  the  border  at  the  time  of  the  Mexican 
troubles,  but  illness  preventing  him,  Father  Rice  went  instead. 

When  the  call  for  volunteer  chaplains  came  in  1917  Father 
Rice  was  President  and  Spiritual  Director  of  the  St.  Vincent 


WAR  WORKERS  857 

De  Paul  Society  in  Illinois  and  engaged  in  founding  the  Asso- 
ciated Catholic  Charities  of  Chicago  under  the  direction  of 
the  Archbishop. 

In  January,  1918,  a  special  request  for  a  chaplain  from 
Colonel  Milton  J.  Foreman,  Commander  of  the  122nd  Field 
Artillery  (formerly  the  1st  Illinois  Cavalry),  was  accepted 
by  Father  Rice  who  started  immediately  to  join  the  regi- 
ment at  Camp  Logan  near  Houston,  Texas.  He  was  commis- 
sioned First  Lieutenant  by  Adjutant  General  McCain,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  the  following  May  and  sailed  with  his  regi- 
ment overseas.  A  month  later  the  122nd  arrived  in  France 
and  after  a  brief  period  in  training  at  Valdahon,  Province 
of  Doubs,  started  in  August  for  the  front. 

The  regiment  took  up  a  position  in  the  defensive  sector 
before  St.  Mihiel  and  held  it  until  September  12th  when  the 
First  American  Army  under  command  of  General  Pershing 
stormed  Mont  Sec  and  routed  the  Germans  from  that  salient 
which  they  had  held  for  nearly  four  years.  During  this 
engagement  Father  Rice's  regiment  was  the  artillery  support 
for  the  first  Division  Regulars. 

Saturday,  September  14,  1918,  the  122nd  started  for  the 
Meuse-Argonne  front  arriving  there  behind  Avocourt  on  the 
24th  and  was  assigned  as  support  for  the  91st  Division.  The 
position  of  the  regiment  was  in  tlie  exact  center  of  the  line 
that  stretched  from  the  Meuse  River  on  the  east  to  the  Arden- 
nes Forest  on  the  west.  From  the  opening  of  the  Argonne- 
Meuse  offensive  until  the  Armistice  was  signed  the  regiment 
continued  in  the  tight  almost  without  interruption,  taking 
part  in  the  hardest  fought  battles  of  the  war  and  supporting 
in  turn  the  91st,  the  32nd  and  the  89th  Divisions  at  Avocourt, 
Epinonville,  Gesnas,  Romagne,  La  Dhury  Farm  and  De  La 

Fontaine. 

After  the  war  the  122nd  was  sent  into  Luxemburg  and 
occupied  the  towns  of  Bevange,  Bissen  and  Colmar  Berg, 
the  latter  the  home  of  the  Grand  Duchess  cf  the  little  province. 


858         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

While  there  Father  Rice  received  his  commission  as  Cap 
tain   Chaplain.      Throughout   his   term  of  service  his  duties 
were  numerous  and  important.     Indeed  Father  Rice  was  one 
of  the  busiest  and  most  successful  of  the  American  chaplains. 

On  May  24,  1919,  the  regiment  arrived  in  New  York  and 
a  few  weeks  later  was  mustered  out  at  Camp  Grant.  The 
former  commander  of  the  regiment  is  now  Major  General 
Milton  J.  Foreman,  as  the  head  of  the  National  Guard  of 
Illinois;  Frank  R.  Schwengel  is  Colonel  of  the  122nd  Field 
Artillery  and  Father  Rice  is  still  Captain  Chaplain  of  the 
regiment. 

The  foregoing  is  a  brief  and  imperfect  account  of  some  of 
the  war  work  of  Knights  of  Columbus  and  a  most  incomplete 
story  of  some  of  the  workers. 

When  this  volume  is  read  and  examined  many  readers 
will  find  defects  and  omissions,  many  of  them,  perhaps,  of  a 
very  serious  nature.  It  will  develop  that  some,  many  perhaps, 
of  the  most  important  happenings  have  been  omitted  and  that 
others  are  imperfectly  and  even  erroneously  told.  ^Nlany  will 
believe  that  too  little  has  been  said  of  the  activities  of  some  of 
the  splendid  workers  and  too  much  of  others. 

The  compiler  begs  all  readers  to  keep  in  mind  that  very 
little  of  the  information  was  in  the  possession  of  any  one  per- 
son. That  it  had  to  be  gleaned  from  every  source  available. 
That  the  persons  most  deeply  concerned,  the  actors  in  these 
activities,  only,  were  fully  advised  in  the  premises.  That 
being  true,  readers  are  implored  to  remember  always  that 
these  same  "actors"  w^ere  importuned  repeatedly  for  the  cor- 
rect information.  This  writer  will  not  attempt  to  decide 
whether  it  was  modesty  or  something  else  that  prevented 
many  of  them  from  lending  their  aid  in  this  respect,  but 
can  confidently  assert  that  all  the  information  he  could  possi- 
bly secure  has  been  hereinabove  utilized. 

The  writer  is  convinced  of  one  thing  and  that  is  that  the 
story,  even  as  above  imperfectly  told,  reflects  glory  upon  the 
Order  and  the  individuals  named.  He  is  convinced,  also,  that 
the  story  is  true  as  far  as  it  reaches.  His  only  regret  is  that 
it  is  distressingly  incomplete. 


CHAPTEE  XVIII 

POST    WAR    ACTIVITIES 

A  holy,  Christlike  peace  we  crave: 

For  this,  with  all  our  leaders  brave 
We  pray  that  the  Almighty  Haud 

Will  guard  and  guide  our  wondrous  land. 
We'll  melt  with  love  the  swords  of  men 

To  make  of  them  tlie  noblest  pen. 
With  this,  our  hope  and  sacred  aim, 

We  will  enshrine  Old  Glory's  fame. 

Oh   Flag   of   Young   America, 

The  splendor  of  Columbia 
From  thee  sends  forth  a  hopeful  liglit 

That   fills   our   veins  and   souls   with    might 
To  keep  our  people  ever  free. 

Dear  emblem  of  true  liberty, 
We  place  thee  in  the  Master's  care, 

And  humbly  ond  our  nation 's  pray  'r. 

— Mev.  Fraiwis  C.   Yuanffj 

The  signing  of  the  Armistice,  originally  a  provision  for 
Ihe  suspension  of  hostilities,  but  in  reality  the  end  of  the 
'\\ar,  was  by  no  means  the  end  of  war  work.  More  than  four 
million  young  men  had  been  called  from  the  body  of  the 


1.     Father  Young,  now  of  St.  Raphael's  Church.  Chicago,  has  been  wi'll 
known  as  a  gifted   writer  for  some  time,  but  added  new  laurels  to  his  poetV 
garland  by  the  above  prayer. 

"Our  Nation's  Prayer"  has  been  printed  by  the  public  press  throughout 
the  country.  The  Madison  State  Journal  is  a  fair  example  of  the  (ditoria) 
conmient   the  prayer  has  evoked.     It   reads : 

"We  have  a  national  anthem  and  a  national  flower.  Now  comes 
Our  Nation's  Prayer.  It  is  written  by  the  Rev.  Francis  C.  Young, 
best  known  perhaps  as  Chicago's  Poet  Priest.  It  was  lirst  reciti  d 
by  its  author  as  an  invocation  at  the  institution  of  Post  18.S  .\m<>rican 
I-e,gion.     How  do  you   like  it?      (The   poem   is   then   given.) 

"From  the  standpoint  of  art,  the  vers "s  seem  to  meet  with  the 
requirements  that  existed  in  the  days  of  Whittier,  before  it  became  the 
fashion  to  jazz  our  poetry.  The  sentiment  is  big  enough  and  liroad 
enough  to  serve  in  a  national  sense.  That  at  the  dedication  of  n 
Kiilitary  organization  it  raised  a  plea  for  peace  will  please  the  ever 

859 


860        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

country,  organized  into  an  army,  and  experienced  varying 
degrees  of  war  service.  They  were  still  in  the  service  of 
their  country,  and  for  the  present  marking  time  until  the 
results  of  the  quickly  organized  peace  conference  could  be 
promulgated.  Many  of  these  young  champions  of  liberty 
were  still  in  the  camps  and  cantonments  of  the  world,  and 
obviously  could  not  be  abandoned.  Others  were  sick  or 
disabled,  and  needed  the  fostering  care  and  the  friendly 
counsel  of  those  who  had  watched  over  their  welfare.  As 
time  passed,  too,  the  service  men  returned  to  civil  life  and 
needed  assistance  in  securing  employment.  Excellent  results 
obtained  in  schools  or  classes  organized  in  the  camps  during 
the  war  quite  naturally  suggested  the  continuation  of  edu- 
cational efforts  for  the  service  men  after  the  war,  and  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  promptly  entered  this  field,  and,  in 
fact,  made  it  their  leading  post-war  work. 

As  the  war  progressed  the  necessity  for  effective  organi- 
zation of  all  welfare  endeavor  became  apparent,  and,  accord- 
ingly, both  the  foreign  and  domestic  service  was  completely 


growing-  nuiltitiide  who  are  looking  for  tlu'  time  when  war  lias  ceased 
to  menace  civilization. 

"This  idea  of  a  national  prayer  is  indeed  an  interesting  one. 
What  do  you  think  of  itV" 

The  poem  came  to  the  attention  of  President  Harding  who  gave  his 
approbation  above  his  signature  in  these  words: 

"I  have  read  with  great  interest  and  approval  the  national  prayer 
which  you  recently  gave  expression  to  in  verse  form.  The  words 
chosen  are  very  beautiful  and  its  sentiment  is  in  complete  harmony 
with  the  best  aspirations  of  our  country.  Every  time  the  prayer  is 
given  sincere  utterance  to  the  God  of  the  Universe  our  people  will 
be  benefited."  (Signed)   Warren   G.   Harding. 

With  such  strong  approval  there  is  excellent  reason  for  believing  that 
"Our  Nation's  Prayer"  will  be  received  by  every  American  citizen  and 
become  part  of  the  soul  of  our  country. 

When  President  Harding  passed"  away  Father  Young  wrote  an  "In 
Memoriam,"  which  was  published  in  the  Chicago  American.  On  account  of 
its  sentiment  and  brevity  the  poem  was  copied  in  all  parts  of  the  country 
and  was  no  doubt  the  most  popular  utterance  called  out  bj'  the  drath  of 
the  President. 

Father  Young  is  not  only  a  popular  poet  l)ut  as  well  a  popular  parish 
worker.  This  was  demonstrated  when  during  his  first  year  as  a  curate  he 
conducted  the  drive  for  the  new  $.'5.5.000.00  parish  rectory  for  Our  Lady  of 
Victory  and  chose  for  his  slogan  :  "Our  Parish  lU ctory  without  a  Wonl 
from  the  Altar."  This  work  was  accomplished  with  the"  hearty  support  of 
parishioners  and  non-Catholics. 

He  is  now  assistant  at  St.  RaphaeFs  Church,  Sixtieth  and  Justine  streets. 

Father  Young  is  an  active  member  of   Loyola-Hyde  Park  Council. 


POST  WAR  ACTIVITIES 


861 


reorganized,  with  tlie  view  to  the  best  possible  results.  As 
this  chapter  is  concerned  mainly  with  domestic  service,  a 
statement  of  the  home  organization  will  be  interesting: 

In  Angnst,  1918,  the  territory  of  the  United  States  was 


JAMES  J.  WALSH, 
Directory   K.   of  C.    Welfare  Work 


divided  into  four  divisional  departments  for  field  service. 
A  department  director  was  in  charge  of  each  department, 
and  the  work  was  directed  from  his  office.  The  following 
table  will  illustrate  the  welfare  organization : 


862         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  WELFARE  ORGANIZATION 

Dei)artnient  Director  States  No.  of  No.  of 

Secys.  Bldgs. 

Pennsylvania 

Maryland 

Rhode  Island 

Connecticut 

New  Jersej- 

Virginia 

Eastern  and     DanielJ.  Sullivan,       Vermont     748  178 

Northeastern       Boston,  Mass.  Maine 

Dist.  of  Columbia 

Massachusetts 

New  York 

Long  Island 

New  Hampshire 

Louisiana 
N.  Carolina 
Tennessee 

Southeastern  M.  J.  0  'Leary,  Georgia    94  89 

Savannah,  Ga.S.  Carolina 
Alabama 
Florida 
Mississippi 

Michigan 

Ohio 

Missouri 

Nebraska 

W,  Virginia 

New  Mexico 

Illinois 

Central  and  W.  J.  Moriarty,     Iowa    234  152 

Southern  St.  Louis,  Mo.   Colorado 

Oklahoma 

Minnesota 

N.  Dakota 

Wisconsin 

Indiana 

Kansas 


POST  WAB  ACTIVITIES  863 

Department  Director  States  No.  of  No.  of 

Secys.  Bldgs. 
Arkansas 
Texas 
Utah 
Kentucky 

Alaska 
Oregon 
Washington 

Western  A.  G.  Bagley,  Idaho    58  42 

San  Franciscoj  Cal.  California 
Arizona 

EDUCATIONAL  WORK 

The  educational  work  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  was 
entered  upon  systematically.  A  committee  was  appointed 
by  the  Supreme  Board  of  Directors,  consisting  of  Supreme 
Knight  James  A.  Flaherty,  Supreme  Advocate  Joseph  C.  Pel- 
letier,  and  Supreme  Secretary  William  J.  McGinley,  to  confer 
with  an  educational  advisory  committee  on  methods  of  pro- 
cedure. This  advisory  committee  consisted  of  Very  Rev. 
Edward  A.  Pace,  D.D.,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  Rev.  John  J. 
Wynne,  S.J.,  New  York  City;  Michael  J.  Downey,  Boston; 
Edwin  C.  Devine,  Detroit ;  Arthur  Sommers,  New  York  City ; 
James  Byrne,  Ncav  York  City,  and  Joseph  Scott,  Los  Angeles. 

A  plan  was  submitted  to  the  lioard  of  Directors  on  August 
3,  1919,  and  was  accepted.  Under  the  authority  of  the 
Supreme  Council  the  Supreme  Knight  appointed  a  permanent 
committee  on  education  and  a  permanent  advisory  commit- 
tee, and  an  education  division  was  established  in  New 
Haven,  Avith  John  J.  Cummings  as  Executive  Secretary,  work- 
ing under  the  immediate  direction  of  the  committee.  The 
school  work  was  accordingly  entered  upon  under  the  direc- 
tion of  this  organization,  working  through  the  regional  de- 
partments. 

In  the  month  of  January,  1920,  the  Central  Southern 
Department  was  divided  into  two  departments,  namely,  the 


864        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

J\Iid-West  and  Central.  The  office  for  tlie  Mid-West  Depart- 
ment was  established  at  Omaha,  Neb.,  and  the  depart- 
ment Avas  placed  in  charge  of  J.  P.  jNIcCarthy.  It  covered 
the  states  of  Nebraska,  New  Mexico,  Colorado,  Oklahoma, 
Texas,  North  Dakota,  South  Dakota,  Kansas,  Arkansas  and 
Utah.  The  office  of  the  Central  Division  was  located  in  Chi- 
cago, and  State  Deputy  of  Illinois  EdAvard  Houlihan  was 
named  as  Department  Director,  and  continued  in  that  ca- 
pacity until  elected  as  Supreme  Director  of  the  Order  in 
August,  1920,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  James  J.  Walsh, 
who  has  continued  as  Department  Director  to  the  present. 
This  department  covered  the  states  of  Illinois,  Iowa,  Mis- 
souri, Minnesota,  Wisconsin,  Michigan,  Indiana,  Ohio,  Ken- 
tuckj^  and  West  Virginia. 

All  of  the  welfare  work  was  directed  from  these  depart- 
ment offices.  Since  the  war  the  regular  welfare  work  has 
consisted  of  educational  work,  hospital  service,  and  employ- 
ment service. 

The  responsibility  for  the  institution  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  post-war  free  evening  schools  in  the  Central  De- 
partment fell  upon  the  shoulders  of  State  Deputy  Edward 
Houlihan  as  Department  Director,  who  engineered  the  estab- 
lishment and  smooth  operation  of  schools  in  the  following 
eighteen  cities  in  the  Central  Department,  viz. :  St.  Paul  and 
Duluth,  Minn. ;  Indianapolis  and  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. ;  Milwau- 
kee, Wis. ;  Davenport,  Iowa ;  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  Cincinnati, 
Cleveland,  Youngstown  and  Dayton,  Ohio ;  Louisville,  Ky. ; 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  and  W^heeling,  W^.  Va. 

The  educational  work  at  Chicago  was  of  course  most 
extensive,  and  has  a  deep  interest  for  all  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus of  Illinois. 

All  members  have  considered  the  Order  very  fortunate  in 
securing  the  services  of  William  J.  Bogan  to  take  immediate 
charge  of  the  educational  work.  Dr.  Bogan  is  an  educator 
of  many  years'  experience,  and  an  executive  of  rare  ability. 


POST  WAR  ACTIVITIES 


865 


Assisted  by  an  unusually  able  staff,  he  has  been  eminently 
successful  in  all  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  educational 
work  in  Chicago. 

The  following  account  of  the  educational  work  in  Chicago, 


WILLIAM  J.  BOGAN,  LL.D., 

Superintendent,    Knights    of   Columbus   Schools, 

Chicago 


gleaned  from  the  exhaustive  reports  made  by  Dr.  Bogan 
and  others,  will  prove  interesting: 

Immediately  upon  the  announcement  of  the  establish- 
ment of  Knights  of  Columbus  schools  in  Chicago,  large  num- 
bers of  ex-service  men  made  application  for  admission.     Be- 


866        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

fore  the  end  of  January,  1920,  the  number  of  applicants  ap- 
proximated 5,000.  This  tremendous  demand  proved  embar- 
rassing to  the  organizers,  for  they  found  it  impossible  to 
provide  on  short  notice  the  necessary  quarters  and  other 
educational  facilities  required.  It  was  first  planned  to  open 
a  single  large  school  in  the  downtown  section,  but  it  was 
found  impossible  to  secure  a  suitable  building.  Thereupon  a 
search  was  made  for  buildings  that  would  meet  the  demands 
from  the  north,  the  west  and  the  south  sides  of  the  city.  One 
of  the  most  serious  problems  was  to  provide  a  building  and 
equipment  for  the  twelve  hundred  men  who  had  applied  for 
automobile  instruction.  The  popularity  of  the  proposed  auto- 
mobile course  threatened  to  overwhelm  the  schools.  The 
purchase  and  installation  of  the  necessary  equipment  for 
large  numbers  of  men  within  a  reasonably  short  time  was 
out  of  the  question,  for  automobile  equipment  is  expensive 
and  very  diflScult  to  obtain  on  short  notice.  In  this  emer- 
gency the  War  Activities  Committee  leased  from  the  Chicago 
Board  of  Education  the  building  known  as  the  South  Divi- 
sion High  School.  This  building  had  been  fitted  up  in  1917 
for  the  training  of  men  in  the  automobile  industry,  and  dur- 
ing the  war  it  had  been  used  for  the  training  of  soldiers  for 
service  in  the  motor  corps.  A  brief  examination  convinced 
the  representatives  of  the  War  Activities  Committee  that 
this  building  was  admirably  suited  by  location  and  equip- 
ment as  an  automobile  school  for  ex-service  men.  At  the 
opening  of  the  term  on  February  9,  1920,  men  from  all  sec- 
tions of  the  city  were  sent  to  this  school  for  automobile  work, 
welding  and  machine  shop  practice.  The  South  Side  men 
who  desired  academic  work  w^ere  sent  there  also. 

This  school  has  four  stories  and  basement,  twenty  rooms 
in  all,  including  shops  for  welding,  motor  testing,  ignition  and 
starting,  lighting,  axles  and  clutches,  transmission,  and  ma- 
chine shop  practice.  In  addition  there  are  the  ordinary 
academic  rooms  used  for  drawing.     Upon  demand  for  any 


POST  WAR  ACTIVITIES 


867 


subject  the  school  endeavors  to  provide  such  instruction.  As 
a  matter  of  fact  the  choice  is  limited  to  about  thirty  very- 
definite  and  practical  courses  in  which  intensive  instruction 
is  given  over  a  relatively  short  term : 


Accounting 
Advertising 
Bookkeeping 
Commercial  Art 
Commercial  Law 
Chemistry- 
Citizenship 
English  to 

Foreigners 
Grammar  School 

Course 
Civics 
Foreign  Trade 


Automobile 

Mechanics 
Mechanical 

Drafting 
Typewriting 
Public   Speaking 
Eeinforced  Concrete 
Electricity 
Machine  Shop 

Practice 
Wood  Working 
Lubrication 

Engineering 


Founding 
Oxy-Acetylene 

Welding 
Salesmanship 
Languages 
Traffic  Management 
Mathematics 
English 

Radio  Telegraphy- 
Structural  Steel 
Engineering 
Stenography 
High  School  Courses 


These  courses  in  general  aim  to  advance  the  student  in 
his  daily  work  or  aid  him  in  changing  to  a  more  satisfactory 
type  of  work.  Several  courses  have  already  been  established 
in  high  school  and  college  subjects,  and  there  is  a  strong 
tendency  toward  an  increase  in  the  number,  for  the  men  are 
beginning  to  appreciate  the  need  for  more  academic  educa- 
tion in  order  that  they  may  complete  later  on  the  profes- 
sional work  for  which  high  school  or  college  subjects  are 
prerequisites.  Little  urging  is  necessary  to  induce  men  to 
enter  classes  of  a  vocational  nature,  but  the  higher  academic 
courses  appeal  only  to  a  limited  number.  Many  of  the  stu- 
dents who  have  the  necessary  elementary  education  are  en- 
couraged, however,  to  take  up  the  regular  high  school  sub- 
jects. These  classes  usually  hold  their  attendance  well,  for 
they  are  made  up  of  students  who  appreciate  thoroughly  the 
value  of  education  and  can  see  their  ultimate  goal. 

Men  are  admitted  to  school  regardless  of  age,  creed  or 
race,  provided  they  have  been  honorably  discharged  from 
the  United  States  Army,  Navy  or  ]\Iarine  Corps.    No  charge 


868         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

is  made  for  instruction,  books,  tools  or  instruments.  So  far 
as  the  ex-service  man  is  concerned,  the  familiar  slogan  still 
holds  true,  "Everybody  Welcome — Everything  Free,"  a  fac- 
tor that  contributes  much  to  the  success  of  the  teachers  in  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  evening  schools. 

From  the  beginning  Auto  Mechanics  has  proven  the  most 
popular  subject  offered  in  any  of  the  schools,  followed  by 
Accounting,  Business  English,  Salesmanship,  Mechanical 
Drawing  and  Mathematics.  Other  popular  subjects  were 
Advertising,  Commercial  Law,  Stenography,  Typewriting 
and  Traffic  Management. 

Detailed  statistics  are  usually  of  slight  interest  to  any 
but  school  men, — hence,  only  those  of  special  interest  are 
mentioned  here.  As  stated  before,  the  registration  for  the 
year  1920-21  was  5,700  men.  Of  this  number  about  5,000 
were  ex-service  men.  The  remainder  were  non-service  men 
and  women,  who  were  charged  a  slight  tuition.  The  enroll- 
ment for  1920-21  was  4,900,  divided  between  the  three 
branches  as  follows:  St.  Ignatius,  1,347;  De  Paul,  1,529; 
Southern  Division,  1,993. 

The  Knights  of  Columbus  War  Activity  School  for  ex- 
Service  Men  was  opened  in  Springfield,  111,,  February  23, 
1920,  offering  a  curriculum  of  fifteen  courses,  as  follows : 

Business  English  _                      Commercial  Law 

Civil  Service  Bookkeeping 

High  School  Mathematics  Accounting 

Salesmanship  Commercial  Arithmetic 

Mechanical  Drawing  Machine  Shop  Practice 

Typewriting  Auto  Mechanics 
Stenography 

The  initial  registration  was  668  students,  which  was  a 
revelation  to  educational  men  in  Springfield,  due  to  the  fact 
that  night  schools  in  that  city  did  not  attract  a  large  number 
of  students. 

Springfield   school   was   efficiently   and   successfully   con- 


POST  WAR  ACTIVITIES  869 

ducted  under  the  principalship  of  R.  C.  Buley  during  the 
school  terms  of  1920-1921,  and  discontinued  April  30,  1921. 

A  third  Free  School  to  ex-Service  Men  was  established  in 
Peoria,  111.,  on  September  27,  1920,  with  an  enrollment  of  six 
hundred  students.  Registrants  for  Accounting,  Arithmetic, 
Salesmanship,  Typewriting,  Civics,  Commercial  Law,  English, 
Public  Speaking  and  Stenography  were  assigned  to  Spalding 
Institute.  Those  applying  for  trade  and  technical  courses, 
such  as  Auto  Mechanics,  Jewelry  Engraving,  Mechanical 
Drawing,  Chemistry,  Electricity,  were  enrolled  at  Bradley 
Polytechnic  Institute,  which  is  one  of  the  finest  schools  in 
this  country.  The  Knights  of  Columbus  paid  the  tuition  of 
ex-service  students  on  a  per  capita  basis.  This  school  has 
been  successfully  conducted  under  the  leadership  of  W.  G. 
Russell  as  principal,  who  resigned  on  October  31,  1921,  to 
accept  the  appointment  of  principal  of  the  Peoria  Manual 
Training  High  School. 

Mr.  Russell  was  succeeded  by  Brother  C.  M.  McTag- 
gart,  who  continued  the  efficient  administration  of  Peoria 
school  until  March  12,  1922,  when  he  was  called  to  his  eternal 
reward.  While  official  identification  with  the  school  was  of 
short  duration,  his  successful  conduct  of  affairs  and  exam- 
plary  character  will  be  missed  by  students  and  all  who  had 
the  good  fortune  of  knowing  him. 

HOSPITAL  WORK 

Large  numbers  of  service  men  were  brought  to  the  hos- 
pitals during  the  years  1920  and  1921,  and  it  was  found 
desirable  to  extend  the  Knights  of  Columbus  welfare  work 
in  the  hospitals. 

This  work  also  came  under  the  jurisdiction  of  Department 
Director  James  J.  Walsh,  who  was  ably  assisted  by  Super- 
visor Thomas  F.  O'Connell,  Educational  Supervisor  Joseph 
B.  Shine,  and  a  number  of  secretaries. 


870 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


Creature  comforts  were  supplied  to  the  invalid  or  dis- 
abled service  men.  Entertainments,  including  select  moving 
pictures,  were  a  large  factor.  Automobile  rides  and  outdoor 
athletic  entertainments  were  also  provided. 

The  Chicago  work  was  extended  on  a  large  scale  in  the 


TRAVIS  H.  BRADLEY    (Travbrod  and   Eddie). 
K.  of  C.  Hospital  Secretary,  Father  O'Connor  Council 


middle  of  March.  1920,  and  the  Marine  Hospital  was  placed 
under  the  direction  of  Secretary  John  Kilby,  who  also  had 
supervision  of  the  Chicago  Tuberculosis  Hospital.  Similar 
service  was  installed  at  the  hospital  at  Forty-seventh  street 
and  Ellis  avenue,  under  the  direction  of  Walter  Hackett, 
who  had  wide  experience  as  a  secretary  at  Fort  Sheridan  and 
other  points. 


POST  WAR  ACTIVITIES  871 

At  the  Oak  Forest  Tuberculosis  Hospital  and  the  Couuty 
Poor  Farm,  where  100  service  men  were  quartered,  the  work 
was  put  in  charge  of  Emmet  Dooley,  who  also  extended 
his  activities  to  Dunning,  Jackson  Park  and  Auburn  Park 
hospitals. 

Throughout  the  State  of  Illinois  hospital  secretaries  are 
rendering  the  ordinary  services  and  distributing  creature 
comforts,  such  as  candy,  cigarettes,  cigars,  chewing  gum, 
tobacco,  chocolate  bars,  tooth  brushes,  tooth  paste,  shaving 
brushes,  razor  blades  and  other  comforts.  In  addition  mov- 
ing picture  shows,  vaudeville,  musieales  and  entertainments 
are  given.  Athletic  equipment  is  furnished  and  every  care 
given  the  men  receiving  treatment. 

In  the  State  of  Illinois  hospital  secretaries  are  assigned 
as  follows:  AValter  J.  Hackett,  William  Mulcahy  and  Wil- 
liam Murphy  at  Edward  Hines  Junior  Hospital,  Maywood, 
111. ;  R.  E.  Dooley  at  South  Shore  Hospital,  Chicago ;  Brem- 
merman,  Chicago  Oak  Forest  Sanatorium,  Oak  Forest,  111.; 
U.  S.  Veterans  Hospital,  No.  30  Annex,  Chicago;  J.  P. 
Kilboy  at  U.  S.  Public  Health  Hospital,  No.  30,  Forty- 
seventh  street  and  Drexel  boulevard,  Chicago;  Travis 
Bradley  at  U.  S.  Marine  Hospital,  No.  5,  4141  Claren- 
don avenue,  Chicago;  Great  Lakes  Hospital,  Great  Lakes, 
111.;  Michael  Halloran  at  U.  S.  Public  Health  Hospital, 
Dwight,  111.;  William  F.  Lynch  at  State  Insane  Asy- 
lum, Elgin.  111.;  James  T.  Sheehan  at  National  Sol- 
diers' Home,  Springfield,  111.;  John  Gilmore  at  Dan- 
ville, 111. 

Outside  Illinois,  but  subject  to  the  Central  Department, 
hospital  secretaries  are  located  in  the  following  cities :  St. 
Paul,  Minn.,  Rochester,  Minn.,  Marion,  Ind.,  Evansville,  Ind., 
Fort  AVayne,  Ind..  Waukesha,  Wis..  Milwaukee.  Wis.,  Men- 
dota,  Wis.,  Louisville,  Ky.,  Newport.  Ky..  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Dayton,  Ohio.  Knoxville,  Iowa,  Colfax, 
Iowa,  Detroit,  Mich. 


872        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

EMPLOYMENT   WORK 

No  sooner  had  the  Armistice  been  signed  on  November 
11,  1918,  than  the  Knights  of  Columbus  once  more  accepted 
conditions  as  they  were  and  immediately  set  about  the  plac- 
ing of  the  many  men  out  of  work  in  positions.    Headquarters 


JOSEPH  M.  COFFEY. 
Superintendent,    K.   of  C.    Employ- 
ment   Bureau 


JAMES   J.   O'MALLEY, 
Secretary  and  Superintendent, 
K.  of  C.  Employment  Bureau 


were  opened  at  165  West  Madison  street,  and  a  capable 
staff  of  men  put  in  charge  by  State  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan. 

It  took  but  a  short  time  for  the  news  of  the  bureau's 
opening  to  spread,  and  often  it  was  necessary  to  call  on  the 
chief  of  police  to  assign  a  detail  to  handle  the  crowds  as 
they  came  in  large  numbers  seeking  jobs. 

Joseph  M.  Coffey,  one  of  the  best  knoAvn  Knights  of  Co- 
lumbus in  the  West,  was  placed  in  charge  as  manager  of  the 
bureau.  Edward  J.  McMahon,  Executive  Secretary  of  Chi- 
cago Chapter,  was  appointed  Secretary,  and  Henry  C.  Schmitt 
Assistant  Secretary.     These  men  were  given  authority  to 


POST  WAR  ACTIVITIES  873 

conduct  the  bureau  as  they  saw  fit,  keeping  in  mind  the  in- 
terests of  the  returned  soldiers,  sailors  and  marines. 

In  a  short  time  the  work  developed  to  such  an  extent  that 
ten  others  were  added  to  the  force.  Soon  another  office  be- 
came necessary,  and  one  was  opened  at  120  West  Adams 
street.  John  G.  Ryan,  Jr.,  and  Frank  W.  Mader  were  placed 
in  charge  of  the  new  office. 

In  addition  to  securing  positions  for  the  service  men, 
clothing,  lodging  and  meals  were  furnished  all  who  were 
in  need.  No  one  was  permitted  to  leave  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  Bureau  unaided.  From  March  22,  1919,  4,006  sol- 
diers, sailors  and  marines  were  placed  in  positions.  Alto- 
gether 6,636  positions  were  secured  by  this  first  soldiers'  and 
sailors'  employment  bureau.^ 

The  following  paragraphs  from  the  final  report  of  James 
J.  O'Malley,  Superintendent,  tell  succinctly  the  story  of 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  Free  Employment  Bureau  which 
succeeded  the  first  local  employment  organization : 

"On  January  1,  1920,  it  was  my  pleasure  to  be  assigned  as  Sec- 
retary by  State  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan  in  establishing  an  Employ- 
ment Bureau  with  Brother  Joseph  Coffey  as  Manager.  At  the 
beginning,  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  men  were  on  the  working  staff 
of  the  Bureau;  the  least  these  service  men  received  was  Five  Dollars 
a  day  as  compensation  in  securing  opportunities  for  our  Bureau.  This 
force  was  reduced  every  week  after  the  first  week  in  the  field  due 
to  the  fact  that  those  men  in  the  field  accepted  positions  from  those 
offered  them  for  the  Bureau.  By  March  29th,  this  Field  Force  were 
all  placed  in  positions  to  their  liking.  From  April  1st  up  to  the 
present  time  the  Office  Staff  consisting  of  nine  men — some  of  them 
having  served  over  seas  as  'Casey  Secretaries'  and  in  Camps  on  this 
side  of  the  Atlantic — set  themselves  to  a  task  that  was  more  than 
tedious;  daily,  for  three  hundred  and  eight  working  days,  they  took 
the  greatest  pains  in  placing  men  where  they  were  best  adapted; 
their  experiences  were  not  always  pleasant  and  each  evening  when 
the  Bureau  called  it  a  day,  they  were  a  little  more  depressed  than  they 
were  at  the  beginning  of  the  day. 


2.     ColumUan,  Oct.   17,   1919,   p.   37. 


874        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

On  July  13tli,  I  assumed  full  charge,  by  orders  from  State  Deputy 
Department  Director  Edward  Houlihan,  Brother  Joseph  Coffey  re- 
signing. From  January  5th  to  July  15th,  seventeen  thousand  six 
hundred  and  forty-five  men  were  placed  in  employment,  out  of  thirty 
thousand  three  hundred  and  forty-five  applying  for  positions;  from 
July  15th  to  the  closing  of  the  Bureau,  29,676  men  applied  for  positions 
and  17,045  were  placed  in  employment. 

' '  Sixty-two  thousand  men  during  the  past  twelve  months  poured 
their  wants  into  the  ears  of  the  employment  staff  of  job-getters, 
34,690  were  made  happy  by  being  placed  in  employment  during  the 
year;  39,647  could  have  obtained  employment  if  they  desired  the 
positions  they  were  sent  to,  but  refused  to  accept  for  various  reasons, 
viz.:  nature  of  work,  distance,  salary,  and  qualifications.  Thirty-six 
thousand  employers  of  Chicago  gave  their  wholehearted  co-operation 
to  the  Bureau;  the  co-operation  of  the  Chicago  Knights  was  most 
encouraging;  no  discrimination  being  made  other  than  that  the  ap- 
plicant had  to  be  a  former  service  man;  men  of  all  creeds,  nationalities 
and  race,  applied  for  employment;  thousands  of  members  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  who  saw  service  were  the  beneficiaries  of  this 
Employment  Bureau." 

State  Deputy  and  now  Supreme  Director  Edward  Houli- 
han was  the  chief  executive  officer.  Thomas  F.  O'Connell 
was  supervisor.  As  at  first  organized,  Joseph  M.  Coffey  was 
manager  of  the  office  and  did  valiant  service  in  that  capacity 
until  July  13,  1920.  James  J.  O'Malley  was  from  the  first 
Secretary  and  since  the  transfer  of  Mr.  Coffey  has  been  the 
executive  head. 

Mr.  0  'Malley  had  a  fine  record  of  service  before  becoming 
connected  wath  the  employment  service.  Before  the  declara- 
tion of  a  state  of  war  he  had  offered  his  services  to  the  Quar- 
termaster-General and  was  soon  appointed  Special  Agent  of 
the  Department  of  Labor,  with  headquarters  at  Washington, 
D,  C.  In  this  capacity  he  had  much  to  do  Avith  speeding  up 
war  activities  and  scored  a  gratifying  success.  In  October, 
1918,  he  was  selected  by  the  State  Deputy  of  Illinois  to  have 
charge  of  Knights  of  Columbus  war  activities  in  and  around 
Chicago,  and  so  continued  until  the  employment  service  was 


POST  WAR  ACTIVITIES  875 

launched.  He  is  a  member  and  Past  Grand  Knight  of  Daniel 
O'Connell  Council. 

Other  officers  of  the  bureau  eminently  worthy  and  equally 
zealous  in  the  performance  of  their  duties  were  Daniel  Burke 
and  Harry  Kelly,  Examiners;  Ftank  Nolan,  Sales  Agent; 
Emmet  Dooley,  Skilled  Labor  Department;  Raymond  Glea- 
son,  Assistant,  Skilled  Labor  Department ;  Thomas  ^lilan. 
Statistician;  Walter  Hackett,  Assistant;  Frank  Mader,  Call 
Chief;  John  Coyle,  in  charge  of  the  handicap  division.  Mr. 
Coyle  devoted  his  efforts  to  placing  men  who  were  handi- 
capped by  wounds  or  ill-health. 

Every  man  in  this  service  made  heavy  sacrifices  and  each 
is  entitled  to  the  lasting  gratitude  of  their  contemporaries.^ 

MISCELLANEOUS    ACTIVITIES 

The  following  report,  published  in  the  Columbian,  of  the 
home-coming  of  the  149th  Artillery,  "Reilly's  Bucks,"  is 
indicative  of  the  manner  in  which  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
helped  to  receive  returning  soldiers : 

WELCOME    HOME 

"As  this  edition  of  the  Columbiau  is  going  to  press,  the  149th 
Artillery,  'Eeilly's  Bucks'  are  marching  through  Chicago's  joy-mad 
streets  to  the  strains  of  numerous  bands  and  the  shouts  of  the  hun- 
dreds of  thousands  of  people.  And  among  those  who  are  doing  their 
part  to  welcome  these  heroes  are  the  Knights  of  Columbus. 

"Many  of  'Keilly's  Bucks'  are  Catholics  and  Knights,  but  that 
is  not  the  reason  the  Knights  are  in  the  welcoming  pageant.  It  is 
because  these  heroes  are  American  soldiers,  who  have  fought  for  the 
freedom  of  the  world  and  the  flag  of  all  of  us. 

"The  Knights  are  merely  paying  a  patriotic  tribute  to  the  men 
of  Uncle  Sam,  just  as  they  have  followed  these  men  from  the  day 
they  entered  the  service,  through  camp  and  field  and  over  the  fighting 
ground,  with  help  and  comfort  to  Protestant,  Catholic,  Jew,  Gentile, 
and  non-believer  alike,  so  they  are  with  them  in  their  joyous  home- 
coming. 

3^      Columbian,  Dec.  31.   1920,   p.   1. 


876        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

' '  The  plans  made  for  the  home-coming,  and  which  were  ready  to 
be  put  into  effect  as  this  is  being  put  in  type,  included  the  following: 

"Victory  float,  consisting  of  a  reproduction  of  a  typical  'Every- 
body Welcome  and  Everything  Free '  K.  of  C.  camp,  on  a  truck  drawn 
by  six  gray  horses,  the  truck  and  horses  having  been  furnished  by 
Arthur  Dixon.  Mandel  Brothers  contributed  the  rugs  on  the  hut 
floor,  and  Julius  Bauer,  through  the  courtesy  of  Adam  Schneider, 
furnished  the  piano.  A  baud  of  twelve  pieces  from  Fort  Sheridan, 
with  pianist  and  singers  completed   this  feature. 

"An  escort  of  K.  of  C.  secretaries  was  given  the  distinction  of 
accompanying  the  float  of  'The  Gold  Star  Mothers,'  a  signal  honor 
to  these  young  men  to  whom  the  honor  of  the  'First  Gold  Star 
Mother'  is  a  sacred  privilege. 

"In  the  parade  near  the  K.  of  C.  float  was  assigned  a  committee 
of  100  Knights  of  Columbus,  appointed  by  Edward  Houlihan,  State 
Deputy,  as  representative  of  the  State  Council.    These  delegates  were: 

"Knights  of  Columbus  Eeception  Committee  to  Welcome  Home 
149th  Kegiment  Field  Artillery — Eugene  Clifford,  Francis  J.  Houlihan, 
LeEoy  Hackett,  John  T.  Lillis,  Wm.  N.  Brown,  Lieut.  T.  Frank  Me- 
Glynn,  John  E.  Byrnes,  Dennis  J.  Normoyle,  M.  F.  Girten,  Wm.  J. 
Clark,  Eichard  Finnegan,  John  Brennan,  Peter  P.  Kranz,  Thomas  P. 
Flynn,  John  A.  McCormick,  Eobert  M.  Sweitzer,  Henry  J.  Lynch, 
Samuel  E.  Cook,  James  Donahoe,  John  E.  Maloney,  John  J.  Gorman, 
John  E.  Cooney,  Peter  C.  Hoey,  Adolph  Easter,  Arthur  Donoghue, 
James  Moynihan,  Philip  C.  Nilles,  Geo.  F.  Mulligan,  James  C.  O'Brien, 
Joseph  A.  McMahon,  Michael  T.  Geraty,  Thomas  Davey,  John  F. 
Bolton,  George  W.  Powers,  Chas.  Witthoefft,  Edward  J.  Sullivan, 
Daniel  J.  Bergen,  John  M.  Quiulan,  Dr.  E.  E.  Loftus,  John  T.  Eush, 
Edward  B.  Branick,  Edw.  Martens,  Joseph  A.  Strohmeyer,  Joseph  P. 
Walsh,  Joseph  A.  Becker,  James  J.  Walsh,  Dr.  Alexander  Pope,  F.  J. 
Dorre,  Peter  J.  Monaghan,  John  T.  Broderick,  Joseph  P.  Hector, 
Edward  J.  Hennessy,  Wm.  B.  Haas,  Edward  J.  Neville,  Austin  E. 
Began,  Daniel  Bradley,  Hon.  P.  B.  Flanagan,  Thomas  J.  Geary,  Joseph 
J.  Thompson,  Clarence  T.  McDonald,  Joseph  McCluskey,  John  F. 
Tyrrell,  Frank  J.  Enright,  Harry  P.  Kenney,  S.  E.  Tompkins,  Louis 
J.  Behan,  Patrick  H.  Bonner,  Harry  L.  Hennighausen,  Frank  B.  Nilles, 
Toal  McCullough,  Edw.  F.  Kelly,  Edw.  P.  Keigher,  Albert  B.  Eiden, 
Thos.  J.  Claffy,  A.  F.  Meyer,  A.  E.  Dickenson,  J.  P.  Marzano,  Timothy 
J.  Mahoncy,  John  P.  McAuliffe,  Ted  Boyrke,  John  Prystalski,  John 
E.  Cook,  August  Warnessen,  Thomas  A.  Dolan,  A.  T.  Greeley,  Jos. 
A.  Gavin,  Dr.  C.  J.  Murphy,  Owen  E.  Desmond,  P.  W.  Dean,  Thomas 
J.  Whelan,  Luke  F.  Cuniff,  Albert  F.  Lange. 


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"Long  before  the  149th  reached  Chicago  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
secretaries,  under  the  direction  of  Overseer  Thos.  F.  O'Connell  and 
General  Secretary  J.  J.  O'Malley  were  serving  them.  A  delegation 
of  secretaries  had  met  the  train  enroute  with  supplies  of  cigarettes 
and  candy  and  rode  into  Cliicago  with  them."* 

FUNERAL    OF    MAJOR    VATTMAN 

At  the  dying  request  of  Major  Edward  J.  Vattman,  his 
funeral,  which  occurred  October  2,  1919,  was  in  charge  of 
the  Knights  of  Columbus. 

This  venerable  hero  priest  was  first  made  a  chaplain  of 
the  United  States  Army  by  President  Hayes  in  1877,  and 
served  in  the  army  through  several  Indian  campaigns,  the 
Cuban  war,  the  Philippine  campaign,  and  was  chaplain  at 
Fort  Sheridan  during  the  late  world  war. 

In  accordance  with  his  request,  the  funeral  arrangements 
were  made  for  the  Order  by  State  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan, 
aided  by  Supervisor  Thomas  E.  O'Connell  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  "Welfare  staff,  and  by  Rev.  George  T.  McCarthy, 
Lieutenant  Chaplain  at  Fort  Sheridan. 

The  services  were  begun  in  St.  Joseph 's  Church,  Wilmette. 
The  body  was  attended  at  the  church  by  a  guard  of  soldiers 
and  Knights  of  Columbus  secretaries  and  members  of  the 
Fourth  Degree  under  Captain  Edward  H.  "White.  Following 
this  service  the  remains  were  taken  to  the  main  gymnasium 
at  Fort  Sheridan,  where  they  lay  in  state  until  brought  to 
Chicago  the  next  day. 

At  the  Cathedral  of  the  Holy  Name  a  Solemn  Requiem 
High  Mass  was  celebrated  by  Lieutenant  Chaplain  Rev.  Geo. 
T.  McCarthy,  assisted  by  Rev.  Edward  Rice,  Chaplain  of  the 
122nd  Field  Artillery  of  the  33rd  Division,  and  Rev.  John  J. 
O'Hearn,  Chaplain  of  the  108th  Ammunition  Trains  and  the 
New  Seventh  Infantry,  I.  N.  G.;  Rev.  John  L.  O'Donnell, 
Chaplain  of  the  132nd  Infantry,  was  Master  of  Ceremonies, 
and  Right  Rev.  Msgr.  C.  A.  Rempe  of  St.  Clements  Church 

4.     Columbian,  May  9,  1919,  p.  1. 


878        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

preached  the  sermon.  The  remains  were  blessed  by  His 
Grace,  Most  Rev.  George  W.  Miindelein,  D.D.,  Archbishop 
of  Chicago. 

The  cross  bearer  was  Emmanuel  Pastor,  a  Filipino,  whom 
Major  Vattman  brought  from  the  Islands  fifteen  years  ago 
and  educated. 

The  active  pallbearers,  selected  from  the  Knights  of  Co- 
lumbus, were :  State  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan,  Past  State 
Deputy  LeRoy  Hackett,  Past  State  Deputy  William  N.  Brown, 
Thomas  P.  Flymi,  Vice  Supreme  INIaster,  Fourth  Degree,  John 
A.  McCormick,  Master  La  Salle  Assembly,  Fourth  Degree, 
Jerome  J.  Crowley,  Navigator,  Fourth  Degree.  A  long  list 
of  honorary  pallbearers  were  present,  as  well  as  military 
officers  from  Fort  Sheridan  and  many  city,  county,  state  and 
federal  officials. 

The  body  was  taken  privately  to  Fort  Sheridan  and  was 
met  at  the  fort  by  the  official  chaplain  corps  and  a  guard  of 
military  and  escorted  to  the  grave,  where  a  combined  mili- 
tary and  religious  ceremony  was  performed. ' 

THE  PILGRIMAGE  TO  METZ 

The  red  letter  days  of  a  number  of  Knights  of  Columbus 
occurred  during  August,  1920,  while  they  were  upon  the  pil- 
grimage to  Metz,  for  the  ceremonies  incident  to  the  unveiling 
of  the  statue  of  Lafayette,  presented  to  France  by  the  Su- 
preme Council  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  recognition 
of  the  services  of  the  great  general  and  also  of  the  friendly 
relations  between  our  country  and  France.  While  these  for- 
tunate pilgrims  live  they  will  never  forget  the  triumphal 
journey  through  Europe,  nor  the  scenes  they  witnessed. 

We  believe  that  the  public  has  not  fully  understood  this 
pilgrimage,  and  for  want  of  such  clear  understanding  has 
not  been  able  to  fully  appreciate  the  event. 

It  should  be  remembered  that  the  Knights  of  Columbus  is 

5.     Columiian,  Oct.  1919,  p.  1. 


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87U 


an  organization  of  Catholic  men  and  that  in  the  order  religion 
is  a  commanding  note.  Keeping  that  in  mind,  attention  may 
be  directed  to  the  fact  that  during  all  its  war  activities  abso- 


Pope  Benedict  XV  Photographed  with  Knights  of  Columbus  of  the  Metz 
Pilgrimage  in  the  Vatican  Grounds 


lutely  no  distinction  was  made  as  to  race  or  creed.  The  non- 
Catholic  service  man  was  served  as  faithfully  as  the  Catholic. 
So  when  a  Frenchman  was  to  be  singled  out  for  honor,  the 
question  of  his  religious  persuasions  exercised  no  influence. 
Many  are  convinced  that  Lafaj-ette  died  a  faithful  son  of  the 


880        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Church,  as  he  was  undoubtedly  reared,  while  there  seems  to 
be  persuasive  proof  that  he  was  inducted  into  the  Masonic 
society.  These  questions  were  not  taken  into  consideration, 
however,  and  only  his  worthiness  of  the  honor  had  an  influ- 
ence. 

It  is  important,  too,  to  understand  that  this  pilgrimage 
was  an  occasion  not  only  of  great  pleasure  and  gratification, 
but  one  of  considerable  sacrifice  as  well.  While  all  America 
was  interested  in  a  sincere  manifestation  of  the  good  will  of 
this  country  toward  France  (Ambassador  Wallace  declared 
that ' '  the  pilgrimage  was  the  most  important  of  recent  French- 
American  events"),  the  Knights  of  Columbus  alone  bore 
all  of  the  burdens  and  responsibilities.  And  the  manner 
in  which  the  expense  of  this  demonstration  was  met  is 
interesting. 

When  it  was  decided  to  present  a  statue  of  Lafayette  to 
France  to  be  erected  at  Metz,  Lafayette's  birthplace,  a  call 
was  made  upon  the  local  councils  of  the  order  for  a  voluntary 
contribution  of  the  necessary  funds.  The  councils  responded 
generously  and  the  necessary  funds  were  thus  provided.  The 
question  of  personnel  was  then  taken  up  and  this,  too,  was  left 
voluntary.  A  maximum  limit  was  fixed  and  applications  were 
accepted  in  the  order  in  which  they  were  received.  Every 
man  paid  his  own  way.  No  bonuses  or  bounties  or  other  help 
was  provided  for  anyone  and  all  stood  upon  an  equal  footing. 
An  estimate  was  made  of  $1,000  per  person  for  the  expense 
of  the  trip,  and  those  who  went  agree  that  the  estimate  was 
conservative.  These  were  the  sacrifices,  but  all  participants 
agree  that  they  were  well  repaid. 

Much  has  been  said  about  the  ceremonies  of  the  unveiling 
of  the  statue  and  of  the  visit  of  the  delegation  to  the  Pope. 
The  reception  accorded  the  pilgrims  by  His  Holiness  has 
been  the  source  of  much  satisfaction  and  is  referred  to  at  some 
length  in  other  chapters.  There  were  also  other  wonderful 
meetings  and  incidents  that  will  be  retained  always  in  the 


POST  WAR  ACTIVITIES  881 

memories  of  the  pilgrims.     Consider  these  stray  items  of  the 
telegraph  service : 

PARIS   CABLE. 

(N.  C.  W.  C.  Special  Cable.) 

Paris,  Sept.  13. — Second  only  in  importance  and  im- 
pressiveness  to  the  reception  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
in  Rome  was  their  visit  to  Paris,  following  a  pilgrimage 
to  Lourdes. 

The  Knights  arrived  at  Pan  from  Nice  on  the  evening  of 
September  5th.  From  Pan  they  proceeded  to  Lourdes  next 
morning  and  received  Holy  Communion  in  the  Grotto  Church 
of  Our  Lady.  The  Bishop  of  Lourdes  was  the  celebrant  at 
the  Mass.  After  Mass  the  Knights  moved  in  procession 
through  the  streets  of  Lourdes.  Thousands  of  natives  wit- 
nessing the  procession  were  profoundly  affected  by  the  display 
of  practical  Catholic  faith  on  the  part  of  the  American  pil- 
grims. The  Knights  visited  the  miraculous  shrine  and  dipped 
thousands  of  rosaries  in  the  spring  of  Lourdes.  This  day  was, 
from  a  religious  viewpoint,  one  of  the  most  memorable  of 
the  entire  tour.  Every  man  in  the  party  was  tilled  with  the 
spirit  of  devotion  to  Our  Blessed  Lady. 

On  their  return  to  Pau,  the  Knights  were  the  guests  at  a 
popular  reception.  Supreme  Knight  Flaherty  was  borne  on 
the  shoulders  of  eminent  citizens  through  the  streets.  The 
Knights  returned  to  Paris  Tuesday  night.  The  municipal 
authorities  laid  a  carpet  from  the  train  to  the  street  and  a 
guard  of  gendarmes  was  on  hand.  Vast  crowds  surged 
the  streets  to  greet  the  Knights,  whose  coming  had  been  the 
subject  of  unprecedented  publicity  in  the  French  and  English 
newspapers. 

The  whole  party  was  the  guest  of  the  city  of  Versailles  on 
Wednesday.  Bishop  Gibier  met  them  and  welcomed  them 
to  his  diocese.  They  were  escorted  about  the  city  by  the 
Prefect  of  the  Ecole  des  Beaux  Arts,  and  visited  the  palace 


882        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

where  the  treaty  of  Versailles  was  signed.     Bishop   Gibier 
congratulated  them  as  examples  of  American  chivalry. 

Minister  of  Marine  Landry,  who  presided  at  the  function 
in  honor  of  the  Knights,  spoke  highly  of  the  American  Navy 


The   Lafaypttp    Statue   at   Metz 


and  the  moral  force  which  the  Knights  exerted  in  the  United 
States. 

At  the  American  embassy,  where  the  Knights  were  enter- 
tained. Ambassador  Wallace  declared  that  their  pilgrimage 
was  the  most  important  of  recent  French- American  events. 


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888 


The  Kuigiits  visited  Marshal  Joffre  Thursday  at  his  head- 
quarters. He  led  the  parade  to  Lafayette's  tomb  in  Picpus 
cemetery. 

All  the  Catholic  notables  of  Paris  attended  the  great  recep- 


At  the  Unveiling  of  the  Statue  of  Lafayette  at  Metz.    Marshal  Foch  an. I 
Supreme  Knight  Flaherty  in  the  Foreground 

tiou  to  the  Knights  at  the  Catholic  Institute  on  Friday  night. 
Monsignor  Baudrillart  presented  a  statue  to  Supreme  Knighl 
Flaherty  and  recalled  that  the  last  letter  written  by  Cardinal 
Amette  before  his  death  was  tliat  accepting  the  invitation  t.. 


884 


KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


preside  at  this  gathering.  Monsignor  Chollet,  Archbishop  of 
Cambrai,  sent  a  letter  expressing  to  the  Knights  the  gratitude 
of  the  population  of  the  devastated  area  for  the  solicitude 
which  Americans  showed  himself,  a  native  of  Argonne.  His 
Grace  declared  that  his  compatriots  will  always  keep  fresh 
the  memory  of  the  Americans  who  fell  on  their  ground  and 
piously  care  for  their  graves. 

Such  was  the  pilgrimage  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  to 
Metz,  and  such  the  expressions  it  elicited  and  the  impressions 
it  made.  Every  member  of  the  order  has  experienced  a  feeling 


Baton  Presented  by  the  Knights  of  Columbus  to  Marshal  Foch 

of  much  satisfaction  in  the  conception  as  well  as  the  results. 
For  while  in  many  quarters  ill-feeling  and  even  hate  have  been 
propagated,  the  Knghts  of  Columbus  still  adhere  to  the  well- 
founded  belief  in  the  Fatherhood  of  God  and  the  brotherhood 
of  men.® 

Chicago  members  of  the  Order  were  especially  favored  with 
first-hand  information  about  the  journey  to  Metz,  through  the 
lectures  of  Hon.  Peter  P.  Kransz  and  Mr.  John  T.  McEnery. 
Mr.  Kransz  gave  an  account  of  the  journey  before  the  Chi- 
cago Chapter,  and  divided  the  same  into  two  parts  at  suc- 
cessive meetings.    Mr.  McEnery 's  lectures  were  accompanied 


6.  Several  accounts  of  the  pilgrimage  to  Metz  have  been  published.  That 
of  Supreme  Director  John  H.  Reddin,  Issued  by  the  Supreme  Council,  is  full 
and  accurate.  P.  H.  Kelly's  Story  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  Pilgrimage 
(Kelly  Publishing  Company,  Philadelphia)   is  interesting. 


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885 


by  slides.    Both  were  with  the  party  and  saw  and  heard  every- 
evening.  February  7,  1921. 

WELCOME  TO  CARDINAL  MERCIER 

The  decision  of  the  official  reception  committee  of  Chicago 
to  make  the  welcome  of  Cardinal  Mercier  to  the  city  strictly 
civic,  with  the  exception  of  the  Mass  at  the  Cathedral  of  the 
Holy  Name,  made  it  impossible  for  the  Chicago  Knights  of 


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Gasquet 


His  Eminence  Desire  Cardinal 
Mercier 


Columbus  to  pay  the  Cardinal  special  tribute  except  in  his 
first  greetings  on  his  arrival. 

The  delegates  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  appointed  by 
State  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan  to  meet  the  Cardinal  at  the 
station  included  State  Deputy  Edward  Houlihan,  State  Sec- 
retary Henry  J.  Lynch,  Thomas  W.  Flynn,  Vice  Supreme 
Master,  Fourth  Degree,  John  A.  McCormick,  Master  La  Salle 


886        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Assembly,  Fourth  Degree,  Joseph  J.  Thompson,  Past  State 
Deputy  and  Editor  of  the  Columbian,  LeRoy  Hackett,  Patrick 
L.  McArdle,  and  AVilliam  N.  Brown  ;  Past  State  Deputies  John 
T.  Lillis,  Louis  J.  Behan,  D.  J.  Normoyle,  Thomas  F. 
O'Connell,  James  J.  O'Malley,  M.  J.  Kennelly,  President 
of  the  Chicago  Chapter,  and  a  long  list  of  prominent 
members. 

The  Cardinal  was  informed  that  in  the  crowd  that 
SM^arraed  about  the  station  were  many  representatives  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus,  and  he  expressed  his  pleasure,  saying : 
"I  have  known  well  the  work  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in 
the  war  fields.  They  have  done  great  good  for  the  soldiers 
and  they  have  given  us  a  sample  of  the  Catholic  men  of 
America." 

Unofficially,  the  Knights  of  Columbus  aided  and  partici- 
pated in  the  notable  welcome  of  this  great  churchman 
tlu'oughout  his  entire  stay  in  America,  not  alone  in  Chicago, 
but  at  every  point  where  he  was  received.' 

PRIZE    WAR    ESSAY 

The  Illinois  State  Council  joined  in  the  offer  of  the  War 
Department  for  prizes  for  the  best  war  essay  written  by 
school  boys.  The  winner  of  first  place  was  17-year-old  James 
O'Malley,  son  of  Frank  O'Malley,  438  St.  James  place, 
Chicago. 

The  winner  was  presented  with  a  silver  trophy  cup  by  the 
Army,  another  cup  from  Greenebaum  &  Sons,  a  gold  watch 
from  the  disabled  men  at  Fort  Sheridan,  and  $100.00  in  gold 
from  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  The  young  fellow  in  a  letter 
of  thanks  to  the  State  Deputj^  said  "That  the  receiving  of 
this  award  means  the  fruition  of  a  hope  I  have  long  cherished, 
viz.,  the  possession  of  the  Encyclopedia  Britannica,  .  .  , 
and  some  day  to  be  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus. '  '* 

7.  Columbian,  Oct.  24,  1919,  p.   1. 

8.  Columbian,  May  7,  p.  1. 


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OFFER  OF  FIVE  MILLION  DOLLARS  TO  THE  AMERICAN  LEGION 

The  war  over  and  the  Supreme  Council  finding  itself  in 
possession  of  an  nnexpendcd  sum  of  considerable  propor- 
tions, took  under  consideration  the  best  means  of  using 
the  fund. 

In  a  formal  statement  by  the  officers,  it  was  pointed  out 
that  the  Knights  of  Columbus  received  approximately  forty 
million  dollars  from  members  of  the  organization  and  the 
general  public  for  welfare  M^ork ;  that  in  providing  and 
maintaining  camp  buildings,  huts,  service  and  employment 
bureaus,  vocational  schools  and  scolarships,  the  Order  had 
fulfilled  the  wishes  of  the  donors,  insofar  as  the  moneys 
already  expended  were  concerned. 

With  respect  to  the  disposition  of  the  balance  of  the  fund 
on  hand  it  was  proposed  to  carry  on  the  educational  and 
other  welfare  services,  and  also  to  provide  a  permanent 
national  home  for  former  service  men. 

To  that  end  the  Supreme  Board  of  Directors,  at  a  meet- 
ing held  in  Chicago  in  the  month  of  October,  1920,  tendered 
five  million  dollars  to  the  American  Legion  for  the  purpose 
of  erecting  and  equipping  a  building  in  Washington,  D.  C, 
for  tlie  use  of  former  service  men. 

After  some  weeks  of  deliberation  the  officers  of  the  Ameri- 
can Legion  declined  the  offer,  and  as  there  were  intimations 
in  some  of  the  papers  that  there  were  conditions  attached 
to  the  offer  that  made  it  undesirable,  the  Supreme  Advocate 
made  the  following  statement  for  the  press  : 

"The  Knights  of  Columbus  offered  ii  Legion  of  Honor  National 
Memorial  building  in  the  city  of  Washington,  the  title  to  be  vested 
in  the  American  Legion  and  the  entire  control  and  management. 
In  case  of  the  dissolution  of  the  Legion,  the  title  to  vest  in  the 
United  States.  An  endowment  fund  of  one  million  dollars,  the  interest 
of  which  was  to  be  devoted  to  the  upkeep  of  this  building,  was  to  be 
managed  by  three  trustees,  the  head  of  the  American  Legion,  the 
head  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 


888         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

of  the  United  States.  Upon  the  retirement  of  either  one,  the  others 
would  have  the  right  to  fill  the  vacancy.  Their  powers  only  went 
to  the  extent  of  managing  this  fund  and  paying  over  the  income  to 
the  owners  of  the  building,  the  American  Legion.  The  action  taken 
by  the  American  Legion  was  to  decline  the  gift  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  of  five  million  dollars  unless  the  same  came  unconditionally, 
and  they  admitted  that  the  erection  of  the  building  was  a  condition 
— in  other  words,  the  Legion  would  be  willing  to  take  five  million 
dollars  in  cash  to  use  as  it  pleased,  but  declined  to  accept  it  if  it  was 
to  take  the  form  of  a  memorial  building. 

"So  far  as  the  building  is  concerned,  its  control  was  without  any 
condition  vested  in  the  Legion  and  it  was  to  have  the  legal  title. 
It  was  not  to  be  a  building  project  with  a  joint  board  to  control  it 
and  once  the  building  was  erected  there  was  to  be  no  further  connec- 
tion of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  with  it.  The  erection  itself  was  to 
be  made  under  a  committee  consisting  of  three  members  of  the  Legion, 
three  members  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  the  Secretary  of 
War  and  their  powers  and  authority  ceased  immediately  upon  the 
completion  of  the  building. 

"Colonel  Galbraith  pronounced  it  as  one  of  the  fairest,  most 
upright  gifts  he  had  ever  heard  of  and  how  the  story  has  gone  abroad 
that  the  Knights  of  Columbus  were  to  keep  a  hand  on  the  building 
or  its  management  and  thus  seek  to  manage  the  memorial  with 
the  American  Legion  I  cannot  understand  for  there  is  not  a  word  of 
truth  in  it  and  never  was  a  thought  of  anything  of  the  kind. 

"However,  the  affair  is  closed  and  the  money  will  be  devoted 
to  the  extension  of  the  educational  system  for  ex-servi'Ce  men  and  for 
extension  of  the  service  work  in  the  hospitals  of  this  country,  which 
is  growing  daily,  and,  perhaps,  while  the  American  Legion  will  not 
have  the  monument,  the  use  of  the  money  will  come  closer  to  the 
hearts  of  the  donors  and  the  welfare  of  the  ex-service  men  for  whom 
tlie  war  is  not  yet  over.  "9 

THE   MARSHAL  FOCH   RECEPTION 

General  Ferdinand  Foch,  Marshal  of  France  and  Gen- 
eralissimo of  the  Allied  Armies,  the  man  who  achieved  de- 
cisive victory  in  the  great  world  Avar,  visited  Chicago  during 
the  5th  and  6th  of  November,  1921,  and  during  the  whole  of 
the  6th  was  the  guest  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus.    • 


9.     GolumUan,  April  29,  1921,  p.  1. 


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889 


FERDINAND   FOCH, 
Geiierul-in-Chief   of   Allied   Arniu-s,    Guest   of   the    Knights   of   Columbus. 

Nov.    6,    i»Jl 


890        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

When  the  Supreme  Officers  and  delegates  visited  France, 
to  be  present  in  Metz  at  the  unveiling  of  the  statue  of  Lafay- 
ette which  the  Order  presented  to  France,  and  at  the  con- 
clusion of  the  unveiling  ceremonies  Marshal  Foch  accepted 
an  invitation  to  be  the  guest  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  in 
the  United  States. 

When  positive  information  of  the  time  of  Marshal  Foch 's 
visit  was  received,  the  Supreme  Board  of  Directors  entered 
upon  arrangements  for  his  reception.  Naturally,  the  visit 
of  a  man  of  such  importance  took  on  a  national  and,  indeed, 
an  international  aspect ;  and,  accordingly,  the  time  of  the  dis- 
tinguished visitor  had  to  be  divided  between  the  Government 
and  other  patriotic  agencies,  as  well  as  the  Knights  of  Co- 
lumbus. It  was  finally  definitely  settled,  however,  that  one 
entire  day  would  be  given  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  and 
after  a  canvass  of  the  entire  situation  the  date  was  fixed  for 
November  6th,  and  Chicago  was  chosen  as  the  place  for  the 
public  reception. 

Plans  being  agreed  upon,  their  execution  was  entrusted 
to  State  Deputy  and  Supreme  Director  Edward  Houlihan, 
with  full  power  to  effect  an  organization  that  would  properly 
carry  out  the  plans. 

Supreme  Director  Houlihan  began  the  preparations  by 
the  appointment  of  committees  as  follows : 

COMMITTEE   APPOINTMENTS 
Parade  Committee 

Hon.  Francis  P.  Brady,  Chairman. 

Francis  B.  AUegretti,  Thomas  D.  Griffin,  John  F.  Zimmerman, 
Edmund  M.  Sinnott,  P.  J.  O'Connor,  John  E.  Maloney,  Alex  J.  Birren, 
James  D.  Stacey,  James  J.  Danaher,  John  J.  Gorman,  Edward  Sordelet, 
James  J.  Walsh,  Austin  E.  Began,  Sidney  M.  Dohney,  Albert  J.  Smitli, 
James  J.  Gillen,  William  N.  Guerin,  John  T.  Donahue,  Enos  A.  Hamer, 
Dr.  E.  G.  Clancy,  William  J.  McDonald,  Dr.  Joseph  L.  Eussell,  A.  B. 
Gillespie,  Marshall  V,  Kearney,  Thomas  W.  Flynn,  Edward  P.  Den- 
nehy,  D.  M.  Bross,  Charles  L.  Chambers,  L.  J.  Lawson,  Ed  J.  Lawlor, 


POST  WAR  ACTIVITIES  891 

Joseph  Burke,  J.  St.  Clair  Daly,  Thomas  Kelly,  Edward  Houlihan, 
Frank  Cornwall,  Joseph  C.  Forst,  George  F.  Buck,  Frank  E.  Mc- 
Garr,  Jr.,  Joseph  E.  Eoy,  Edward  F.  Connelly,  Edward  B.  Branick, 
Harry  J.  Connelly,  John  T.  Gallagher,  Michael  McDermott,  John  T. 
Fitzsimmons,  Alex  McGuire,  Frank  M.  Walsh,  George  Courtney,  Dr. 
Emmett  Quinn,  Guy  C.  Grapple,  Dr.  John  C.  Breen,  William  C.  Napier, 
Thomas  J.  Whelan,  Walter  Gaboriault,  V.  A.  Dieter,  M.  Bertsch, 
Dennis  J.  Crowley,  Ed.  T.  Freel,  H.  S.  Keegan,  T.  J.  Mahoney,  A.  E. 
Broderick,  P.  J.  Burr,  A.  F.  Lang,  William  A.  Seich,  Eobert  J.  James. 

Executive  Committee 

William  N.  Brown,  Chairman. 

Thomas  F.  Kiernan,  P.  L.  McArdlc,  Joseph  J.  Thompson,  L.  E. 
Sauter,  Leroy  Hackett,  John  J.  Eyan,  Jerome  J.  Crowley,  Judge  James 
Donalioe,  D.  J.  Normoyle,  Daniel  McCann,  Louis  J.  Behan,  John  T. 
Lillis,  John  5t  Byrnes,  J.  A.  Kennelly,  George  F.  Mulligan,  Henry  J. 
Lynch,  Anthony  Czarnecki. 

Banquet  Committee 

George    F.    Mulligan,    Chairman. 

Arthur  Donoghue,  Major  William  D.  Foy,  Patrick  J.  Murphy, 
George  E.  Lyons,  Jr.,  John  J.  Lynch,  John  T.  Donohuo,  Walter  Kel- 
leher,  John  E.  O'Eeilly,  John  E.  Harrington,  John  M.  Fox,  Francis 
Borrelli,  Guy  Grapple,  Emmett  Whelan,  John  Corcoran,  Dr.  E.  A. 
Loftus,  James  M.  Carey,  Frank  J.  Enright,  Augustin  J.  Lowe,  W.  J. 
Lynch,  Edward  J.  Hennessy,  Joseph  Walsh,  Francis  E.  Connery, 
Thomas  J.  Condon,  Thomas  M.  Moy,  Harry  F.  Kenny,  William  F. 
Brady,  Joseph  Hector,  Arthur  K.  Manning,  Thomas  H.  Hogan,  John 
F.  Bolton,  Thomas  Eyan. 

Reception  Committee 

D.  F,  Kelly,  Chairman. 

John  J.  O'Hern,  John  J.  Gorman,  Jerome  W.  Casey,  John  H.  Lynch, 
John  E.  Shea,  Thomas  F.  Flynn,  Hon.  E.  F.  Dunne,  William  L. 
O'Connell,  James  M.  Graham,  George  E.  Brennan,  Hon.  D.  E.  Shan- 
nahan,  John  Prystalski,  Edward  Hines,  K.  S.  G.,  H.  J.  Cassady, 
Edward  N.  Hurley,  Eichmond  Dean,  Quin  O'Brien,  Hon.  Leo  Doyle, 
Edmund  S.  Cummings,  William  F.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  McCarthy,  Wil- 
liam E.  Lynch,  Dr.  B.  H.  Portuando,  K.  S.  G.,  Timothy  E.  Dunne, 
Eobert  Milroy,  Chas.  T.  Byrne,  Daniel  F.  Burke,  Thomns  J.  Daly, 
John   W.    Feehan,   J.   J.   Griffin,   Eev.    Wni.   J.    Kinsella,    Frank    Seng. 


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J.  T.  Seng,  Peter  P.  Krausz,  John  T.  McEnery,  Francis  J.  McMahon, 
Simon  J.  Morand,  Eev.  P.  X.  Senger,  Hon.  Robert  Sweitzer,  P.  J. 
Carr,  James  Whales,  Daniel  Eyan,  Emmet  Whalen,  Michael  Ziinmer, 
Henry  L.  Bailey,  John  Eichards,  Clayton  Smith,  James  Igoc,  Eobert 
E.  Crowe,  John  Poulton,  Hon.  John  P.  McGoorty,  Francis  J.  Houlihan, 
William  J.  Bogan,  John  Higgins,  Michael  J.  Collins. 

Invitations  Committee 

Jeremiah  A.  Keuuelly,  Chairman. 

J.  C.  Daly,  P.  J.  O'Connor,  James  I.  Donahue,  S.  A.  Doheny,  M.  A. 
Dwyer,  James  McCormick,  John  Dooley  (Ouimette),  John  M.  Buckley, 
Harry  Hill,  V.  M.  Oilier. 

Escort  Committee 

Hon.  James  Douahoe,  Chairman. 

Anthony  Matre,  K.  S.  G.,  Col.  John  V.  Clinnin,  Major  E.  G.  Claiu-y, 
M.  D.,  Capt.  William  J.  Grace,  Capt.  Stuyvesant  Peabody,  A.  E.  Smith, 
Alphonse  Campion,  Capt.  Wni.  D.  Meyering,  Capt.  Chaplain  Harris  A. 
Darche. 

Fourth  Degree  Committee 

Thomas  P.  Flynn,  Chairman. 
Jerome  J.  Crowley,  James  C.  0  'Brien. 

Reservation  Committee 

William  N.  Guerin,  Chairman. 

Jos.  Manning,  George  Howlett,  William  T.  Tanguey,  Nicholas  J. 
Reuland,  Peter  J.  Monaghan,  J.  M.  Fox,  William  A.  Reich,  T.  I. 
Mahoney,  Aug.   Warnesson. 

Music  Committee 

Dr.  Emmett  Quinn,  Chairman. 

George  Hewlett,  J.  M.  Quinlan,  M.  J.  Hogau,  Albert  Eiden,  WUlhiin 
P.  McNamee,  James  Devereaux,  August  Warnesson,  T.  J.  Lynch,  H.  P. 
Maroney,  William  A.  Shay,  James  J.  O'Malley. 

Police  Guard  Committee 
Chief  Charles  C.  Fitzmorris,  Chairman. 

Fire  Department  Committee 
Chief  Thomas  O'Connor,  Chairman. 


894        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

Guest  Committee 

Hon.  P.  B.  Flannigan,  Chairman. 

Dr.  C.  J.  Murphy,  Joseph  P.  Hector,  Edward  J.  Hennessy,  Edward 
J.  Neville,  P.  S.  Hannigaii,  John  Brennan,  Alex  Donovan,  Emil 
Schumon,  John  E.  Kavanaugh,  Thomas  E.  Claffey,  Leo.  A.  Murray, 
Thomas  Dolan,  Hon.  John  J.  Sullivan,  P.  F.  Murray,  Luke  E.  Cunniff, 
Oliver  J.  Gibbs,  James  Marzano,  O.  E.  Desmond,  John  A.  McCormick, 
V.  M.  Oilier,  James  A.  Kearns,  Daniel  M.  Healey,  Thomas  J.  Madden, 
James  N.  Kearns,  Arthur  A.  Huebsch,  Thomas  E.  Gill,  Hon.  William 
D.  Munhall,  Geo.  V.  Mclntyre,  Lawrence  Eiordan,  John  McCarthy, 
James  Ahem,  Edward  Larkin,  Charles  P.  Quinlan. 

Financial  Committee 

James  Gillen,  Chairman. 

Ben  Franklin  Meyer,  Francis  D.  Connery,  Edward  Eew,  Brendon 
O 'Council,  Edward  C.  Bariy,  Sidney  J.  Doheney,  Peter  Hayes,  Francis 
A.  Marnell,  William  P.  Bedmond,  Sidney  W.  Ring,  Carl  W.  Stenger. 

Press  Committee 

John  B.  Kennedy  of  New  York,  Frank  J.  Quinn,  William  J.  Clark, 
Frank  M.  Hayes,  Anthony  Czarnecki,  Daniel  O'Connell,  William  A. 
Curley,  Richard  J.  Finnegan,  James  J.  Danaher,  J.  Mueller,  Rev. 
Thomas  V.  Shannon,  Rev.  Father  Donovan,  Guy  Grapple,  Thomas 
Cleary,  Daniel  Sullivan,  Homer  Hogan,  William  S.  Brons,  Elmer 
Kraemer. 

Float  Committee 

Edward  J.  Sullivan,  Chairman. 

Bernard  J.  Coens,  Thomas  J.  Claify,  Joseph  Burke,  John  G.  Ryan 
Jr.,  P.  J.  McCarthy,  William  Napier,  Frank  N.  Wohleber,  Vincenl 
Cummings,  Mathew  O'Brien,  John  Burdick,   George  A.  Le  Monnier. 

Correspondence  Committee 

P.  J.  O'Connor,  Chairman. 
Fred  Massman,  E.  G.  Mooney. 

Badge  Committee 

Francis  Allegretti,  Chairman. 

Leo  McGlynn,  Michael  J.  Geraty,  Michael  J.  Kelly,  George  W. 
Powers,  George  Bolton,  George  Le  Beau,  John  T.  Broderick,  Robert  J. 
Darcy,  John  T.  Rush,  Peter  Monaghan,  James  J.  Keown. 


POST  WAR  ACTIVITIES  89^ 

Automobile  Committee 

Charles  Chambers,  Chairman. 

Frank  J.  Enright,  Frank  Sammons,  Eugene  Clifford,  John  Collins, 
John  T.  Fitzsimmons,  James  Walsh,  Dennis  J.  Crowley,  James  Holland, 
Albert  Fik,  Joseph  A.  McMahon,  William  J.  Lynch. 

Decorations  Committee 

Alphonse   Campion,    Chairman. 

Dr.  Joseph  M.  Eussell,  Chairman. 

Dr.  W.  D.  Byrne,  Dr.  Thomas  Hughes,  and  all  medical  examiners. 

Transportation  Committee 

Alex  McGuire,  Chairman. 

Charles  Huguelet,  Joseph  Flaherty,  Thomas  E.  Lynch,  John  .7. 
Maloney,  John  B.  McFall,  L.  0.  Fitzpatrick,  Joseph  Powers,  P.  C. 
Nellis,  Edward  Martens,  James  J.  Coughlin,  Timothy  J.  Mahoney. 

Reviewing  Stand  Committee 

Larry  J.  Ryan,  Chairman. 

John  L.  Sheridan,  Michael  Hewlett,  J.  0.  McAuliff,  Charles  Quin- 
tan, Martin  J.  Hough,  John  Golden,  Francis  J.  Houlihan,  Thomas 
Mulloney,  J.  F.  Bolger,  Dr.  E.  E.  Loftus,  Francis  Corby. 

Information  Committee 

Thomas  O'Connell,  Chairman. 

Frank  Cornwall,  Charles  D.  Barrett,  Daniel  J.  Devereaux,  Edward 
Brannick,  John  J.  Sherlock,  Frederick  Maussman,  Nicholas  J.  Reuland, 
James  C.  Holland,  T.  J.  Francis  Cavanaugh,  Peter  B.  Carey,  John  T. 
Burke,  Frank  Nolan,  John  R.  Cooke,  James  Monroe,  John  Scully,  John 
Zimmerman,  John  T.  Donohue,  H.  S.  Kelgan,  Enos  Hamer,  Thomas 
Madden,  William  E.  Reich,  James  D.  Stacey,  A,  V.  Gillespie,  Frank 
N.  Walsh,  Lawrence  E.  McGann,  H.  J.  Connelly,  Leo  A.  Murray, 
Thomas  Davey,  Charles  Witthoeft,  John  McCormick,  William  Gilmore, 
James  Butler,  John  T.  McEnery,  Thomas  Campbell,  Richard  F.  FiU- 
gerald,  Philip  Barry,  Robert  Quinlan. 

Printing  Committee 

William  Callaghan,  Chairman. 

Frank  J.  Hayes,  George  C.  LeBeau,  J.  W.  Buckley,  John  E.  Cooney, 
William  Galvin,  Frank  T.  McGlynn,  Alexander  Donovan,  S.  C. 
Wierschen. 


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state- Wide  Promotion   Committee 

Johu  E.  Coouey,  Chairman. 

This  committee  consists  of  all  Grand  Knights  outside  of  Cook 
county.  , 

Polish  Societies 

Anthony  Czarneeki,  Chairman. 

Casiniir  Zyelilinski,  Felix  P.  Garbark,  John  S.  Zawiliuski,  N.  Ij. 
Piotrowski,  Joseph  Pionke,  Ignac  Wrobleski,  Joseph  Niemiec,  A. 
Emilia  Napieralski,  Joanna  Andrzejewski,  Victoria  M.  Latwis,  Albert 
F.  Soska,  Albert  Mankieki,  Thomas  S.  Blachowski,  Marion  G.  Kudlick, 
John  Ciaglio,  Michael  Komorowski,  Boleslas  Kalish,  Leon  Drezdzik,  Dr. 
Albert  Pietrykowski,  J.  Kawczewicz,  Eoman  Hanasz,  John  Z.  Wieklin- 
ski,  Walter  W.  Goralski,  J.  Brzostke,  W.  J.  Andrzejewski,  F.  J.  Toni- 
czak,  Zyg.  Wisniewski,  Vac.  Duzewski,  John  S.  Eybicki,  Apolinary 
Ruszezyk,  Frank  Peska,  The  Rev.  Thomas  Bona,  The  Rev.  Francis 
Gordon,  C.  R.,  The  Rev.  W.  Warakomski. 

Representing   National   Alliar.ces    of   Bohemian    Catholics 
Rev.  Frank  G.  Hajicek,  Dr.  Mathoy  E.  Lurcntz,  Dr.  Francis  W.  Jed- 
licka,  James  A.  Calek. 

French  Societies 
Alphonse  Canipione,   Chairman. 

Under  the  continuous  direction  of  Dii-ector  Houlihan  and 
the  State  Secretary,  Henry  J.  Lynch,  these  committees  per- 
fected details  and  had  all  arrangements  completed  by  the 
time  the  reception  began. 

The  great  outstanding  feature  of  the  reception,  of  course, 
was  the  parade,  which  organized  on  Michigan  boulevard, 
north  of  the  link  bridge,  and  moved  southward  past  the 
grand  stand,  which  was  located  on  Grant  Park,  between 
Monroe  street  and  Jackson  boulevard,  in  the  following  order : 

1.     Motorcycle  police, 
-2.     Mounted  police. 

3.  Five  hundred  polifc  luidcr  conunand  of  Chief  of  Police  Charles 
C.  Fitzmorris. 

4.  Five  hundred  firemen  under  commnnd  of  Edward  J.  Buckley, 
fire  marshal. 

.J.     Automobiles — First    car:       Marshal    Ferdinand    Foch,    General 


898        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

W.  D.  Connor,  U.  S.  A.,  representing  the  United  States  government; 
James  A.  Flaherty,  Supreme  Knight,  representing  the  Knights  of 
Columbus;  Mayor  William  Hale  Thompson  of  the  city  of  Chicago. 
Second  car:  Chief  of  Marshal  Foch 's  staff,  military  aides.  Third, 
fourth,  fifth  and  sixth  cars  Special  escort  under  Hon.  James  Donahoe. 

6.  Grand  Marshal  Hon.  Francis  P.  Brady  and  staff. 

7.  Band.  Edward  Houlihan,  State  Deputy,  chairman  Marshal 
Foch  reception  committee. 

8.  Supreme  Officers — Martin  H.  Carmody,  Deputy  Supreme  Knight; 
William  J.  McGinley,  Supreme  Secretary;  Daniel  J.  Callahan,  Supreme 
Treasurer;  Joseph  C.  Pelletier,  Supreme  Advocate;  Dr.  Edward  W. 
Buckley,  Supreme  Physician;  Rev.  P.  J.  McGivney,  Supreme  Chaplain; 
David  F.  Supple,  Suj^reme  Warden. 

9.  Supreme  Board  of  Directors — John  F.  Martin,  Luke  E.  Hart, 
William  P.  Larkin,  William  J.  Mulligan,  John  A.  O'Dwyer,  John  H. 
Reddin,  William  D.  Dwyer,  Paul  Leche,  John  J.  Leddy,  John  F. 
O  'Neill,  James  J.  McGraw,  William  F.  Fox,  Joseph  J.  Meyers,  Frank 
J.  Lonergan,  Edward  Houlihan. 

10.  District  Deputies. 

10%.  Society  of  French  War  Veterans. 

11.  Detachment  U.  S.  Navy,  under  command  of  Lt.  Comdr.  Webb 
C.  Sayes,  with  Great  Lakes'  Band. 

12.  Detachment  of  U.  S.  Marines. 

13.  Detachment  TJ.  S.  Army,  under  command  of  Major  Levi  G. 
Brown. 

14.  Band. 

1.5.  Fourth  Degree  Knights  of  Columbus,  under  Marshal  Thomas 
P.  Flynn.  Aides — Jerome  J.  Crowley,  James  C.  O'Brien,  Theo.  E. 
Cornell,  John  E.  Maloney,  Judge  John  M.  O'Connor,  Edw.  V.  Savory, 
George  Serak,  Charles  J.  Mayer,  Thomas  T.  Kelly,  P.  J.  Lynch,  Edward 
Kirchberg,  Theo.  J.  Bourke,  John  J.  Plielan,  John  J.  Fox,  Francis  D. 
Connery,  Francis  Sammons,  Lawrence  T.  Riordan.  Chaplain — Moses 
E.  Kiley. 

16.  Band. 

17.  Jeremiah  Kennelly,  President  of  the  Chicago  Chapter,  with 
Officers  and  ex-Presidents  of  the  Chicago  Chapter. 

18.  Councils  of  Third  degree  Knights  of  Columbus. 

19.  Catholic  Order  of  Foresters.  Luxemburger  Brotherhood  of 
America. 

20.  Catholic   Daughters  of  America. 

21.  Polish  organizations. 

22.  Bohemian  societies. 


POST  WAR  ACTIVITIES  899 

23.     Ladies'  Catholic  and  Slovac  Union. 

The  reviewing  stand  will  be  located  on  the  east  side  of  Michigan 
avenue,  opposite  Congi-ess  street.     Marshal  Foch  will  review  the  parade 
from  his  box  in  the  center  of  the  stand.    Space  on  south  side  of  reviewing 
stand  will  be  reserved  for  wounded  soldiers. 
By  order  of: 

GRAND  MARSHAL  FRANCIS  P,  BRADY. 
JAMES  RONAYNE,  Chief  of  StafP. 
Official: 

ARTHUR  BROCHE,  Adjutant. 

Next  in  importance  after  the  parade  was  the  banquet  in 
the  evening  which  was  attended  by  more  than  2,000  guests, 
and  at  which  Right  Reverend  P.  J.  Muldoon,  Bishop  of  Rock- 
ford,  pronounced  the  invocation.  State  Deputy  and  Supreme 
Director  Edward  Houlihan  introduced  the  toastmaster.  Su- 
preme Knight  James  A.  Flahert}-,  who,  in  turn,  introduced 
Rear  Admiral  William  S.  Benson  and  Joseph  Scott  of  Cali- 
fornia, who  made  addresses,  and  John  McCormack,  the  re- 
nowned tenor,  who  sang  ' '  The  Star  Spangled  Banner. ' '  The 
feature  of  the  addresses  was  the  utterance  by  Marshal  P^ch, 
which,  translated  freely,  reads  as  follows : 

Marshal  Foch's  Address 

Brother  Knights  of  Columbus  and  Distinguished  Friends  Here  Pres- 
ent:— 

I  wish  in  vain  for  suitable  words  in  which  to  express  my  appre- 
ciation of  the  many  kind  sentiments  conveyed  to  me  at  this  banquet 
board,  but  I  find,  under  the  circumstances,  that  no  words  can  ade- 
quately describe  the  gratitude  in  my  heart,  not  for  these  kind  expres- 
sions alone,  but  for  the  greater  service,  the  memory  of  which  rises 
above  all  other  thoughts,  namely,  the  help  given  me  in  France, 
whereby  success  was  made  possible.     (Applause.) 

You  raised  a  magnificent  monument  to  Lafayette  in  the  city  of 
Metz.  There  in  that  noble  work  of  art  Lafayette  sits  astride  his 
horse,  sword  in  hand,  signifying  the  consummation  of  justice,  and  here 
am  I  to  tell  you  what  Lafayette  would  wish  to  say  were  he  here. 

The  placing  by  the  Knights  of  Columbus  of  the  statue  of  Lafayette 


900        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  TX  ILLINOIS 

at  Metz  evideuees  the  high  regard  in  which  Americans  hold  the 
memory  of  our  national  hero,  but  mv  visit  to  this  city,  and  the 
marvelous  demonstration  here  today,  embodying  the  spirit  of  the 
Knights  of  Columljus  and  of  American  citizenship,  surpasses  any 
conception  I  had  derived  from  the  placing  of  the  statue,  and  raises 
to  the  utmost  my  hopes  that  the  spirit  of  Christianity,  as  manifested 
in  our  society,  will  become  the  moving  force  of  the  world.     (Applause.) 

At  the  outset  I  wish  to  express  my  sincere  appreciation  to  you 
for  admitting  me  within  your  ranks.  My  earnest  endeavor  will  be 
to  prove  worthy  of  the  tribute  you  have  paid  me  this  evening  by 
granting  me  complete  membership  in  the  order.     (Applause.) 

It  was  the  noble  sentiments  that  have  animated  the  American 
people  that  gave  us  new  hope  during  the  war  in  Europe,  and  undoubt- 
edly led  us  to  final  victory.  (Applause.)  These  sentiments  were  a 
wholesome  guide  during  the  war,  and  war  is  a  necessary  evil  to  the 
achievement  of  peace.  When  the  time  came  through  the  gallant  work 
of  our  fighting  forces  that  the  war  could  be  brought  to  an  early  con- 
summation, every  energy  was  exerted  to  prevent  unwarranted  blood- 
shed— for  when  p)eace  can  be  achieved  continued  was  is  murder,  for 
which  those  responsible  Uiust  some  day  reckon  with  their  Maker. 
(Applause.) 

As  soon  as  the  conditions  of  peace  were  fulfilled,  it  was  our  duty 
to  accept  them,  and  when  on  the  28th  of  June,  all  conditions  imposed 
upon  them  having  been  fulfilled,  it  Vjehooved  us  to  accept,  in  order 
that  we  might  feel  that  our  full  duty  had  been  performed  and  not 
overdone.  (Ap])lause.)  If  a  written  peace  has  not  yet  achieved  for 
the  world  all  the  results  it  should  have  brought,  still  it  Is  our  duty  by 
our  example  and  our  pre^cept  to  so  animate  the  peoples  of  the  world 
with  confidence  in  ourselves  that  they  may  return  to  work,  become 
useful  citizens  again,  and  enjoy  the  blessings  of  peace.     (Applause.) 

Peace!  We  shaU  have  it  only  on  the  same  conditions  that  we  had 
war.  We  must  fight  for  it  in  the  moral  order  as  we  fought  for  it  in 
the  physical   order.      (Applause.) 

Peace  was  promised  by  the  Most  High  on  the  first  Christmas  night, 
"Peace  on  earth,  good  will  to  men."  To  whom?  Not  to  the  strong 
or  the  weak  alone,  but  only  to  one  class,  "to  men  of  good  will,"  and 
to  preserve  peace,  therefore,  there  must  be  in  the  bottom  of  our  hearts 
real,  true,  good  will — without  which  it  is  only  a  sham  peace.     (Applause.) 

All  of  us  are  imbued  beyond  doubt  with  a  real  desire  for  peace. 
Through  good  will  there  is  no  doubt  that  we  will  soon  be  maintaining 
a  peaceful  attitude  and  persevering  in  it,  to  the  end  that  we  may 
obtain  the   real   peace  vre   seek.      (Applause.) 


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KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 


The  Knights  of  Columbus  have  staged  many  large  and 
impressive  gatherings,  but  no  event  in  the  history  of  the 
Order  has  exceeded  in  numbers  and  interest  the  Foeh  recep- 
tion at  Chicago.     In  appreciation  of  the  wonderful  success 


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HON.  FRANCIS  P.  BRADY, 
Marshal  Foch  Day   Parade 


GEN.   EDWARD  H.   WHITE. 
Asst.  Marshal  Foch  Day  Parade 


of  the  reception,  William  J.  McGinley,  Supreme  Secretary, 
spontaneously  exclaimed : 

"It  was  away  and  beyond  anything  we  had  dared  to  hope 
for.  Only  one  city  in  America  could  have  done  it,  and  that 
was  Chicago." 

This  sentiment  Avas  echoed  by  Supreme  Knight  James  A. 
Flaherty  and  other  Supreme  Officers. 

Supreme  Director  Houlihan  in  a  statement  to  the  officers 


POST  WAR  ACTIVITIES  903 

and  members  of  the  Order,  summed  up  the  success  of  the  re- 
ception as  follows : 

ILLINOIS  STATE   COUNCIL 
Office  of  State  Deputy 

Marshal  Focli  has  come  and  has  gone.  The  Knights  of  Columbus 
and  their  friends — all  Chicago— welcomed  him  so  enthusiastically  that 
he  will  never  forget  his  Sunday  in  Chicago.  He  says  this  and  he  is 
a  truthful  man. 

He  is  not  demonstrative,  but  he  was  deeply  affected  by  the  spon- 
taneous, hearty  greetings  he  received,  and  he  did  not  hesitate  to 
say  so. 

We  were  told  that  we  would  be  in  a  position  where  we  would  be 
counted.  I  felt  confident  that  we  had  no  reason  to  fear  either  count 
or  inspection.  When  told  of  this  the  Grand  Knights  said  they  were 
ready  to  be  counted. 

In  almost  every  instance  the  actual  number  parading  under  council 
banners  exceeded  the  promise  of  the  Grand  Knight.  The  numbers  in 
line  and  the  fine  appearance  of  the  Knights  won  the  admiration  of 
spectators  and  gladdened  the  heart  of  the  officers  of  the  Order. 

There  was  no  confusion,  no  disorder,  no  complaints.  Everybody 
moved  with  military  precision.  The  Marshal,  the  Grand  Knights 
and  the  committees  in  charge  have  reason  to  be  proud  of  their  work, 
and  I  am  proud  of  them. 

The  banquet  was  an  inspiring  demonstration.  There  was  formality 
only  in  dress.  Everyone  was  happy,  each  man  seemed  to  feel  that 
he  individuallj'  was  the  host  and  acted  accordingly.  Some  of  the 
best  known  Knights  in  Chicago  served  on  committees  that  required 
their  entire  attention  during  the  banquet,  and  consequently  they 
had  neither  time  nor  opportunity  to  eat,  but  no  complaint  came  from 
them.  They  were  happy  to  serve.  As  State  Deputy  I  most  heartily 
thank  these  men  and  also  those  who  worked  night  and  day  during 
the  two  weeks  of  hurried,  strenuous  preparation.  They  made  success 
possible.  The  Order  owes  to  them  the  great  prestige  that  came  to  it 
by  reason  of  the  remarkable  success  of  Marshal  Foch  Day. 

Later  I  hope  to  say  more  to  you  than  is  possible  in  this  hurried 
note,  bu<;  I  feel  that  it  will  be  impossible  even  then  to  express  to 
you  our  gratitude  for  your  magnificent  co-operation."" 

Sincerely  and  fraternally, 

EDWARD    HOULIHAN. 


10      A    complete   account   of   the    Foch    rccoption    appiars    in    the   several 
issues  of  the  Columbian  for  October  and  November,  1921. 


904         KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLUNOIS 

One  of  the  most  recent  and  at  the  same  time  most  satis- 
fying undertakings  of  Knights  of  Columbus  in  Illinois  is 
the  building  of  an  unusually  commodious  club  house  and 
community  center  by  the  joint  action  of  seven  councils  situ- 
ated on  the  west  side  of  Chicago. 

This  latest  and  in  many  respects  greatest  Knights  of 
Columbus  Home  in  process  of  erection  near  the  corner  of 
Cicero  Avenue  and  ]Madison  Street  when  complete  will  be 
three  stories  and  basement  of  brick  and  stone  fireproof  con- 
struction and  will  afford  accommodations  for  five  thousand 
men  and  five  hundred  women  at  the  same  time,  as  measured 
by  the  number  of  locker  rooms. 

In  devising  the  plans  the  architects,  Shattuck  &  Layer,  the 
leading  firm  of  community  house  designers,  have  given  special 
consideration  to  the  needs  and  comforts  of  those  who  will 
use  the  building ;  and  from  their  long  experience  in  planning 
buildings  of  this  kind  have  developed  features  which  give 
architectural  beauty  combined  with  practical  utility. 

Nothing  has  been  spared  to  make  the  building  thorough 
and  complete  in  every  way,  providing  a  variety  of  equipment 
which  will  meet  all  requirements.  The  rooms  will  be  of  ample 
size  and  will  be  furnished  in  the  most  approved  manner. 

Besides  ample  corridors  and  reception  rooms  there  will  be 
all  necessary  quarters  for  council  purposes,  a  fully  equipped 
gymnasium,  80  by  50  feet,  the  largest  swimming  pool  in  Chi- 
cago, complete  billiard  and  bowling  quarters,  a  magnificent 
ballroom,  hand  ball  and  indoor  base  ball  courts  and  special 
fjuarters  for  women  and  for  children. 

The  building  operations  are  in  charge  of  a  corporation 
organized  for  the  purpose  and  known  as  the  Knights  of  Co- 
lumbus West  Side  Building  Corporation,  the  directorate  of 
which  is  as  follows :  Edward  Houlihan,  Father  Setters  Coun- 
cil, John  J,  Powers,  Americus  Council,  James  J.  Walsh. 
Charles  Carroll  Council,  John  Gorman,  Damen  Council, 
Edward     J.     Sordelet,     Feehan     Council,     Dr.     Joseph     L. 


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Russell,  Hughes  Council,  and  John  J.  Collins,  Phil  Sheridan 
Council. 

The  project  is  financed  completely  by  members  of  the 
seven  councils  under  a  very  attractive  plan  and  is  already 
upon  a  sound  basis. 

A    QUARTER   OF   A    CENTURY   IN   RETROSPECT 

By  way  of  recapitulation,  it  is  of  interest  to  recall  that 
although  the  Order  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  was  founded 
March  29,  1882,  it  was  not  officially  established  in  Illinois 
until  July  7,  1896.  At  that  time  the  entire  Order  consisted  of 
less  than  twenty  thousand  members,  and  no  work  of  any 
importance,  outside  the  collection  and  payment  of  a  death 
benefit,  had  been  undertaken.  The  membership  in  Illinois 
has  therefore  participated  in  every  species  of  genuine  service 
that  the  Order  has  even  entered  upon. 

The  Illinois  State  Council  was  completely  organized  on 
the  16th  of  February,  1898.  Accordingly,  while  the  Order 
had,  on  July  7,  1921,  been  in  existence  in  Illinois  for  twenty- 
five  years,  the  State  Council  of  Illinois  will  reach  the  com- 
pletion of  its  twenty-fifth  year  February  16,  1923. 

Chicago  Council,  No.  182,  celebrated  the  twenty-fifth  an- 
niversary of  its  establishment  and  the  establishment  of  the 
Order  in  Illinois  on  July  7,  1921.  On  that  occasion  a  banquet 
was  served  at  the  Hotel  Sherman,  and  the  Supreme  Knight 
of  the  Order,  James  A.  Flaherty,  came  from  his  home  in 
Philadelphia  to  be  present,  and  after  the  spread  delivered  a 
remarkable  address.  Seven  survivors  of  the  original  twenty- 
three  members  constituting  the  initial  class  were  present  and 
participated  in  the  banquet.  The  regular  program  was  as 
follows:  Invocation  by  Council  Chaplain,  Rev.  S.  R.  Rou- 
mie;  Welcome,  Grand  Knight  F.  B.  AUegretti;  "A  Message 
from  the  East,"  Supreme  Knight  James  A.  Flaherty,  of  Phil- 
adelphia; "Twenty-five  Years  in  Retrospect,"  State  Deputy 
Edward  Houlihan.    Besides  the  speakers  named  in  the  offi- 


POST  WAR  ACTIVITIES  907 

eial  prog-ram  each  of  the  survivors,  vis.,  Dr.  D.  P.  Russell, 
Judge  Hugh  J.  Kearns,  Charles  E.  Couley,  John  J.  McCarthy, 
Raymond  Cardona,  George  V.  Mclntyre  and  Edmund  S.  Cum- 
mings,  made  addresses. 

The  arrangements  for  the  celebration  were  in  charge  of 
a  committee,  of  Avhich  State  Secretary  Henry  J.  Lynch,  Past 
Grand  Knight  of  Chicago  Council,  was  chairman,  and  the 
observance  was  in  every  way  satisfactory. 

To  mark  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  a  history  of  the 
Council  was  prepared  by  Richard  J.  Murphy,  since  deceased, 
which  was  the  first  permanent  memorial  to  the  Order  in 
Illinois. 

In  turn  Marquette  Council  and  De  LaSalle  Council  have 
passed  their  twenty-fifth  anniversaries,  and  each  has  marked 
the  event  by  a  celebration. 

At  the  convention  of  the  State  Council,  held  in  Galesburg 
in  August,  1922,  provision  was  made  for  the  observance  of 
the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  the  establishment  of  the  Illi- 
nois State  Council,  such  observance  to  be  held  in  connection 
with  the  State  Convention,  to  assemble  in  Quincy  in  August, 
1923,  and  also  in  connection  with  the  observance  of  the  250th 
anniversary  of  the  discovery  of  the  Mississippi  and  Illinois 
rivers  by  Father  James  Marquette,  S.J.,  and  his  lay  com- 
panion, Louis  Jolliet. 

The  story  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  especially 
that  of  the  Order  in  Illinois,  as  unfolded  in  these  pages,  re- 
gardless or  in  spite  of  the  defects  in  its  telling,  presents  a 
record  of  many  really  worthy  achievements,  a  record  that 
surprises  many,  even  members  of  the  Order.  The  activities 
of  individual  councils  were,  of  course,  fairly  well  known  in 
their  immediate  localities.  The  story  of  the  larger  move- 
ments in  which  all  councils  participated  was  also  known  to 
some  extent,  but  the  information  regarding  any  of  the  Order's 
activities  was  quite  general,  and  in  no  case  in  such  form  as 
to  be  transmittable  to  new  members  or  to  the  public.    It  has 


908        KNIGHTS  OF  COLUMBUS  IN  ILLINOIS 

been  the  purpose  of  the  author  of  this  volume  to  so  present 
the  salient  facts  in  connection  with  the  establishment  and 
existence  of  the  society  that  not  alone  members  but  the 
public  as  well  may  know  the  Society  as  it  is,  and  also  that 
the  publication  may  constitute  an  accurate  and  fairly  com- 
plete source  of  information  concerning  the  Order  for  the 
period  for  which  it  was  written. 

This  book  was  begun  in  1920  It  was  intended  to  cover  the 
first  twenty-five  years  of  the  record  of  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus in  Illinois.  It  will  be  remembered  that  the  first  Illinois 
council  (Chicago,  182)  was  instituted  on  July  7th,  1896,  and 
tliat  tlie  State  CV)uiieil  was  organized  on  the  16th  of  February, 
1898.  Accordingly  tlie  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  the  first 
council  was  July  7th,  1921,  and  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary 
of  the  State  Council  was  February  16th,  1923.  The  last  forms 
go  to  the  press  just  as  the  year  1923  comes  to  a  close. 

This  final  note  gives  opportunity  to  make  mention  of  an 
active  council  organized  since  the  record  of  the  other  councils 
was  written  and  put  in  permanent  form,  namely,  Archbishop 
Quigley  Cou)icil,  No.  2428.  This  vigorous  young  council,  the 
bearer  of  a  most  distinguished  name,  is  located  near  the  Holy 
Name  Cathedral  on  the  near  North  Side  of  Chicago  and  on 
the  first  of  April,  1923,  had  145  members.  District  Deputy, 
John  F.  Bolton  was  sponsor  and  organizer  of  the  Council  and 
the  new  agency  of  activity  is  peculiarly  fortunate  in  possess- 
ing the  good  will  of  Rt.  Rev.  Msgr.  Thomas  M.  Bona,  who  is 
a.  source  of  much  valuable  assistance.  Henry  Council,  No. 
2405,  was  organized  a  little  earlier  in  1923  at  the  city  of  that 
name.  The  future  historiographer  will  render  a  good  account 
of  these  units. 

This  addenda  provides  an  opportunity  also  to  note  an  im- 
portant action  of  the  Supreme  Council  taken  at  the  annual 
meeting  in  1923  through  which  boys  of  the  ages  of  fourteen  to 
seventeen  inclusive  may  be  organized  into  something  like 
junior  councils  under  the  name  of  Columbian  Squires.     Mo- 


POST  WAR  ACTIVITIES  909 

mentous  possibilities  lie  in  this  movement  which  the  historian 
of  the  next  twenty-five  years  will  no  doubt  chronicle  at  length 
To  sum  np  and  bring-  our  data  to  the  present  it  is  interest 
ing  to  note  that  at  the  beginning  of  the  present  century,  Jan- 
uary, 1900,  the  total  membership  of  the  Order  was  42,267. 
while  the  last  official  i-eport  available.  Octobei-  81.  1923,  shows 
a  membership  of  771,181.  The  War  summary  on  ])age  660 
shows  that  on  December  81,  1917,  there  were  in  Illinois  43.96-'? 
members,  while  the  i-eport  of  State  Secretary  Hcju-y  J.  Lyncli 
for  April  1,  1923,  shows  that  there  were  at  that  date  75,081) 
members  in  Illinois.  To  the  present  more  than  seventy-five 
thousand  and  to  all  members  of  the  Order,  and  to  all  weli- 
v.ishers.  cordial  greetings  arc  extended. 


GENERAL  INDEX 


Accomplishments  of  Order,  41 

A.  E.  F.  in   Siberia,  606 

A.  E.  F.  in  Vladivostok,  618 

On  the  Argonne,  620 

In  Vladivostok,   624 
Alleman   Council,   sketch,   325 
Allouez  Council,  sketch,  172 
Alton  Council,  sketch,  139 

Council  Home,  140 
Althoff,    Rt.    Rev.     Henry    A.,    D.D., 
bishop  of  Belleville,  cut,  22 

Friend  of  Order,  27 
Americus  Council,   sketch,   290 
Ancient    Order    of    United    Workmen, 

reference  to,  11 
Andrenach.    Germany,    K.    of    C.   club 

at,  789 
Annals  of  K.  of  C,  558 
Applications,  first,  33 
Aquinas,  Thomas,  Council,  sketch,  257 

Base  Ball  Team,  556 
Arthur,    King,    and    Round   Table,    72 
Assumption  Council,  sketch,  240 
Athletics,  notes  on,  552 

Rules,  555 
Auburn  Park  Council,  sketch,  341 
Aurora  Council,   sketch,  188 
Babst,   Rev.   Julius,   chaplain,    sketch, 
836 

Portrait,   841 
Bagley,    A.   G.,   Gen.   Field    Sec,    let- 
ter. 800 
Balls,  Chapter,  433 

Homecoming,  437 

Sectional,  438 
Barassa,  Bernard  P.,  797 
Barry.    Commodore,    Council,    sketch, 
261 

Council  Home,  262 

Country  Club,  265 
Barthel,  August,  cut,  245 
Batavia  Council,   sketch,   372 
Base  Ball.  539 

BeardstOTvn  Council,   sketch,  173 
Behan,  Louis  J..  Pres't  Chicago  Chap- 
ter,  cut,   436 
Belleville  Council,   sketch,   244 
Belvidere  Council,   sketch.   187 
Benedict  XV,  portrait,  16 

Allocution,  17 
Bloomington   Council,   sketch,   155 
Blue  Island  Council,  sketch,  304 
Baton,  presented  Marshal  Foch,  884 
Bogan,   William  J..  LL.D.,   in   charge 

of  K.  of  C.  Schools,  864 
Bolshevism,  opposed  by  Order,  45 
Borrelli,  Hon.  Francis  P.,  cut,  358 
Bouillon,    Godfrey    de,    reference    and 

sketch,  74 
Bolton,  John  F.,  Dist.  Dep.,  cut,  510 
Boxing,  at  camp,  747 
Bradley,  Travis,  Sec.  Entertainer,  796 

Sketch,    870 


Brady,    Francis    P.,    Marshal,    Foch 

Parade,   902 
Braidwood  Council,  home,  180 

Sketch.  326 
Breen,  Rev.  F.  X.,  S.J.,  cut,  358 
Brennan,  Thomas  V.,  cut,  133 
Brew,  George  J.,  614 
Brown,  Hon.  E.  O.,  cut,  195 
Brown,    William    N.,    State    Deputy, 
portrait,  418 

Activities.  401 
Brownson   Council,    sketch,    248 

Council  Home,  248 

Interior  view,  250 
Bruerton,  M.  J.,  sketch,  778 
Burke,  Hon.  Joseph  P.,  635 
Butler,   C.   M.,   Siberia,  594 
Buildings,     Recreation     Hall,     Great 
Lakes,  740 

Recreation  Room,  Camp  Grant,  745 

No.  4,  Camp  Grant,  759 
Byrnes,     John     E.,     Pres't     Chicago 

Chapter,  cut,  445 
Cairo  Council,  sketch,  242 
Caldwell,   Charles  P.,   M.D.,   cut,   228 
Calumet  Council,  sketch,  163 

Council  Home,  164 
Calvert  Council,  sketch,  199 
Cannon,  Thomas  H.,  118 
Cardinal  Council,  sketch,  345 
Carlinville  Council,  sketch,  176 
Cardiff,    Wales,    Service   Men's    Club, 

783 
Carmody,   Daniel   H.,    Sec,   786 
Carlyle  Council,  sketch,  307 
Carr,  Patrick  J.,  cut.  241 
Carrollton  Council,  sketch,  365 
Carroll,  Charles,  of  Carrollton,  Coun- 
cil, sketch,  195 

Base  Ball  Team,   546 
Casey,  Emmett  P.,  Gold  Star,  686 
"Casey,"  768 
Casey,  M.  E.,  Sec,  778 
Catholic  University  Endowment,   392 

Correspondence,    Cardinal    Gibbons, 
393 

First  Contributions,  394 

Half  Million   Endowment,   398 
Cecelia,  Louis,  decorated,  701 
Centenary,   Illinois,  570 

Observance,  571 
Centralia  Council,  sketch,  239 
Ceremonials  of  Knights  of  Columbus, 

500 
Chapel,  K.  of  C,  at  Great  Lakes,  741 
Chaplains,  at  Camp  Grant,  749 

At  Great  Lakes,   742 

War,  823 

Roster,  824 
Chapter  Outings,  437 

Card  Room,  441 

Miscellaneous  Activities,  465 

Officers.  465 


910 


GENERAL  INDEX 


911 


Chateau  Thierry,   view,   577 
Chatsworth  Council,  sketch,  184 
Chicago  Council,  sketch.  110 

Charter  Members,   114 
Chicago  Heights  Council,  sketch,  235 
Chicago   Chapter,   427 
Organization,   428 
Headquarters,   431 
Christmas   Cheer,   460 
Church,     encourages     and     promotes 
order.  11  ,    „„„ 

Clinnin,  Col.  John  V.,  decorated.  688 
Clinton  Council,  sketch.  243 
Coen,  Bernard  J.,  cut,  274 
CofFev,    Joseph    M.    Employment    Bu- 
reau, 872 
CoUinsville  Council,  sketch.  350 
Columbus,   frontispiece, 
Landing  Day.  holiday,  41 
Chapter  on,  91 
Devotion  and  Piety,  97 
Character  and  Life.   105 
Columbus  Council,  sketch.  226 

Basket  Ball  Team.  559 
Columbus      Monument,      Washington, 
D.  C.  563 
Unveiling.   562 
Columbian  Double  Quartette.  49o 
Colwell.  Daniel,  appraised,  28 

Biographical  sketch,  38 
Concerts.   Chicago  Chapter.  434 
Condon,  James  G..  Dist.  Dep.,  501 
Connors.  George,  cut,  222 
Commercial  Council,  sketch.  206 
Connerrv,  Francis  D..  cut.  130 
Connerry,  John  T.,  cut.  342 
Cook,  Samuel  E.,  cut,  346 
Coonev,  John  E.,  Dist.  Dep.,  518 
Cooney,  M.  M.,  cut,  274 
Connolly.  Rev.  John  J.,  Chaplain.  So4 

Cut.   855  ^    „^„ 

Costello,  John  J.,  sketch.  SOj 
Crapple,  Guy  C.  Sec,  sketch,  811 

Law  aass,  811        _.  ,    .^ 
Crivello.    Joseph   B..   Dist.   Dep..    50( 
Crowley,    Jerome    J.,    Master    Fourth 

Degree,  480 
Crusades,  notes.  80 
Cummings.    Thomas    Harrison,    orga- 
nizer. Ill 
Cvclone.  relief.  43 
Czarnecki.  Anthony,   cut.^29 
Dalv     James,    overseas    Sec.,    sketcn. 
"769 
Cut,  774 
Damen  Council,  sketch.  168 

Bowling  Team.   542 
Danville  Council,  sketch    194 
Darch.     Rev.     Harris     A.,     Chaplain, 
portrait.    833 
Sketch.  834  ^    ^,^ 

Davev.  Thomas  H.,  cut.  dl» 
Decatur  Council,  sketch.  15  ( 
Decorated  and  Cited.  619 
DeKalb  Council,  sketch,  182 

Council    Home.    183 
Delaney.  John  J.,   instituted   Chicago 
Council.  Ill 
Portrait.  114 


DeLaSalle  Council,  sketch,  119 
Interior  Views,  119 
Council   Home.  121 
Delegates,    to    Supreme    Conventions, 

49 
DeSoto  Council,  sketch,   14o 

Bowling  Team,   553 
Dever,  Hon.  William  E.,  cut,  152 
Directors,   Supreme,    47 
District  Deputies,  523 
Diver,  J.  Emmett,  decorated,  707 
Dixon   Council,  sketch,  179 
Donahoe,      James,      Pres't      Chicago 

Chapter,   cut.   436 
Donohue,  James  J.,  Gold  Star,  6(8 
Donohue,  John  T.,  cut,  222 
Donovan,  Thomas  E.,  cut,  133 
Dore,    Rev.    John    P.,    St.    Chaplain, 
cut,  381  ^    „_^ 

Dowling.  Daniel.  Council,  sketch.  2o4 
Dufifv,    Sergeant    F.    P..    had    degree 

"work  tried  on  him  first,  29 
Duggan.   Michael    P..    sketch.    788 
Dunne.    Rt.    Rev.    Edmund    M..    D.D.. 
cut.  22 
Friend  of  Order.  26 
Dunne.  Edward  F..  cut.  152 
Dunne,  Timothy   B.,   sketch,   821 
Cut,  822  ^    „^„ 

Du  Pontaris  Council,  sketch.  203 
DuQuoin  Council,  sketch,  296 
Dwight  Council,  sketch,  293 
East  St.  Louis  Council,  sketch.  162 
Earthquake.  San  Francisco,  42,  396 
Edwardsville  Council,  sketch.  270 
Educational   Work.   863 
Subjects,  867 
Eligibles,  867 
Statistics.  868 
At  Springfield.    868 
At  Peoria.  869 
Effingham    Council,   sketch.   Im 
Egan.  J.  Parnell,  sketch.  7io 
Director  Zone.  5.  776 
Hearn  letter.  776 
At  Notre  Dame.  776 
Concerts  in  London.  77 1 
Portrait.  777 
Elbus,  George  J..  Gold  Star.  680 
Elgin   Council,   sketch.   IJl 
Elmhurst  Council,  sketch,  3bl 
Emblems,  83 
Employment  Work.   8<2 
Engler.    Harry.   580 
Bnglewood  Council,  sketch.  !-.( 

Council   Home.  128 
Enright,  Frank  J.,  cut.  216 
Erhart.  Lt.  A.  J..  Decorated.  693 
Essav,   Prize  War.  886 
Evarisville  Council,  sketch,   363 
Evers.   John,   sketch,   787 

Cut.  787 
Ewerts.  Peter,  cut.  198 
Explosion,   relief.  43  . 

Falconio.  Msgr.  Dionxd*-.  d.cision  on 

K    of  C.  transmitted  to,  15 
Familv.  Basis  of  Society.  51 
Feehan.  Most  Rev.  Patrick  .Xugustlne, 
D.D..  portrait,  20 


912 


GENERAL  INDEX 


Feehan  Council,  sketch,  192 
Fenton,  Patrick  J.,  Sec,  782 
Ferry,  John  J.,  Dist.  Dep.,  cut,  513 
"Fighting  Seventh,"   sketch,   580 
Fitzmaurice,  Charles  J.,  cut,  308 
Fitzgerald,  Lawrence  M.,   Sec,  772 

Cut.  779 
Fltzgibbons,     Maurice,     Sec,     sketch, 

785 
Flanagan,   Hon.   Patrick  B.,   cut.   229 
Flaherty,  James  A.,  Supreme  Knight. 

40 
Fleming,  Garrett  S.,  Sec,  sketch.  774 

Cut,  819 
Fleming,  George  W..  cut,  270 
Floods,   relief,  42.   400 
Flori.   Rev.   Charles,   Chaplain,   854 
Flynn.    Thomas    P.,     Master    Fourth 

Degree,  473 
Flynn,    Thomas    W..    Dist.    Dep.,    cut. 

504 
Foch.    Marshal   Ferdinand,    reception, 
888 

Portrait,  889 

Committees,   890 

Fourth  Degree  section,  parade,  892 

Section    of    Knights    of    Columbus, 
896 

Parade   described,   899 

Foch's  Address,   899 

Banquet  Board,  901 

State   Deputies'    Proclamation.    903 
Foley,    Rt.    Rev.    William    M.,    Vicar 

General    of   Chaplains.    823 
Ford.  John  R.,  Dist.  Dep.,  502 
Foreword.  7 

Fort  Dearborn  Council,  sketch,  196 
Founders  of  Order,  31 

Group,  32 

Named,   35 
Foundation,    Catholic,    at    State    Uni- 
versity,  413 
Foster.      Rev.     Christopher     P.,     St. 

Chaplain,    cut.   391 
Fourth  Degree,  472 

Exemplifications,   476 

Staff,  489 

Activities.   492 
Franklin  Park  Council,  sketch.  362 
Fraternal  Benefit  Societies,  11 
Frawley.    Rev.    Lawrence    W.,    Chap- 
lain, sketch,  854 
Preeport  Council,  sketch.  169 
Frieburg,  Josepli   J.,   Dist.   Dep..  522 
Gahlman.  Rev.  F..  cut.  353 
Galena  Council,   sketch,   179 
Galesburg  Council,   sketch,  153 

Council  Home,  154 
Gallagher,  T.  J.,   cut,  268 
Gannon,  James  P.,  sketch,  799 
Gasquet,  Cardinal  Adian.  cut,  855 
General  Sherman  Council,  sketch,  310 
Genoa  Council,  sketch.  337 

Council    Home,    337 
Geraty,  Michael  J.,  Dist.  Dep..  513 
Gibbons,  Cardinal,  James,  cut,  19 
Gibbons,  Hon,  John,  cut,  223 
Gillespie   Council,   sketch.    368 
Ginster,  Rev.  Amos,  chaplain,  854 


Girard,     Rev.     Arthur    L.,     Chaplain, 
portrait.  839 
Sketch,   855 
Girten,  Michael  F.,  cut,  449 
Gleason,  Michael  W.,  cut, 
(rleason,  Ray,   Sec,   sketch,   798 
Gold   Star  Roster,   664 
Gorman,  John  J.,  Dist.   Dep.,   509 
<iraham,  James  M.,  cut,  136 
(iraves,     decorating     at     Audrenach, 

Germany,    792 
Green,  Rev.  James  F..  L.L.D.,  O.S.A., 

cut,   367 
(ireen,  Michael  J.,  sketch,  809 
Grembowitz,     Rev.     John,     chaplain, 

cut,  850 
(Jrennan,  Joseph,  Gobi   Star.  017 
(irifBn,  Gerald  E.,  sketch,  792 
tluthrie,  John  J.,   sketch,  798 
llackett,   LeRoy,   Past    State   Deputy, 
portrait,   411 
State  Secretary,   State  Deputy,  39!» 
Ilahn,   Charles,  Sec,  cut.   779 
llanna,   Francis   D.,  sketch,  S20 

Cut,   822 
Ilarbula,  M.  G.,  cut,  594 
Harvard   Council,   sketch.  283 
Harmon,    Rev.    Thomas   L.,    chaplain, 
portrait,   828 
Sketch.  849 
Healey,    Rev.    William    J.,    St.    Chap- 
lain,  391 
Ilearn,    Edward    L.,    sketch,    39 
Cut,  55 

On    Insurance,   56 
Ilefferman,   Rev.  W.   A.,  cut.   156 
Hennepin  Council,   sketch,   274 

Basket  Ball  Team,  536 
llennessy.  Rev.  P.  J.,  cut.  346 
llerriu    Council,    sketch,    371 
Henneberry,  D.  A.,  Sec,  779 

Describes     transportation     of     sup- 
plies, 780 
Opened   25   clubs   in   (Germany,   780 
Supplied  thousands  of  newspapers, 
781 
Henneberry,  J.  J.,  sketch,  805 
Heroism.   Twentieth   Century.   661 
Highland    Council,    sketch,    327 
llildebrand    Council,   sketch,   207 
Hines.  Edward.  K.C.S.G..  cut.  208 
History,      endowment      of     Chair      in 
Catholic     Universitv.      Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  41 
Historiographer,       State.       first      ap- 
pointed,   404 
Hoban,    Rt.    Rev.    Edward    F..    D.D., 
cut,   22 
Friend  of  Order,  27 
Ilogan,  A.  P.,  sketch,  797 

Cut,   815 
llogan.    Justice   John    W.,    report    on 
Insurance,    57 
Cut,  60 
Hollister,    Adj.   Gen.    John    C,   cham- 
pion of  Irish   militia,   29 
Holy  Communion   at   front,   830 
Holy  Family,  51 


GENERAL  INDEX 


913 


Home  Finding,  adopted,  406 

Complete   account.   406 
Home,   latest,  joint,  905 
Hoopcston   Council,   sketch,  352 
Iloran,    James,    hero    Fire    Marshal. 

cut,  118 
Hospital,   Camp  Grant,  725,  750 
Hospital  Work,  869 

Secretaries.   871 
Hospitallers.  Knights.  11 

Work  of,  767 
Hough,   Martin   J.,    210 
Houlihan,     Edward,     State     Deputy, 

376 
Houlihan,  Francis  J.,  Dist.  Dep.,  504 
Hughes  Council,  sketch.  236 
Hughes,   John   A.,   Gold   Star.   005 
Hurley,   Edward  N..  710 
Hurley.  Hon.  Timothy  D.,  cut.  :<03 
Igoe,  Michael  L.,  cut,  241 
Illinois  Council,  sketch,   123 

Trio   of  members.   124 
Immaculate     Conception     ("  o  n  n  c  i  1 

(Ivesdale),   sketch.   250 
Immaculate     Conception     Council 

(Ohio),    sketch,   225 
Insurance    System,   52 

Hearn    and     Hogan,    advocates    of 

sound,   56 
Proceedings  of  Nat  Council  on,  50 
"Step  Rate,"   59 
"Level  Rate,"  62 

Joseph  J.  Thompson,   pronrntiT.   03 
Committees  on,  65 
Amendments,   66 
Table  of  Rates,  67 
Hazardous  risks,  69 
Great  accomplishment,  41 
Irving  Park — Father  O'Connor  Coun- 
cil, sketch,  215 
Jacksonville  Council,  sketch.  212 
Janssen,  Rt.  Rev.  John  J..   D.H.,  <ut. 
22 
Tolerated  Order,  26 
Jennings,  Rev.  James  J.,  cut.  195 
Jerseyville  Council,  sketch.  340 
Johnson,    Rev.    David    M..    S.J.,    cut, 

353 
Johnson,  Peter  J.,  sketch.  784 
In  Ireland  and  Wales,  784 
Cut,  774 
Joliet  Council,  sketch.  132 
Jones,  David  Howard,  (Jold  Star.  OOS 
Joyce,  Joseph  P.,  cut,  122  _ 

Joyce,  Maurice  V.,  Dist.  Dep.,  uOl 
Kangley,    Rev.    Joseph    M.,    Chaplain, 
portrait,  845 
Sketch,  848  ^.  ,    ^ 

Kanallv,  Michael  V.,  Dist.  Dep.,  cut, 

122 
Kavanaugh,  Hon.  Marcus,  cut,  250 
Kearns,   Hugh   J.,   St.   Secretary,   cut. 

381 
Kearns,  James  S.,  cut,  333 
Keenan  Council,  sketch,  189 
Keirnan,  Thomas  S.,  Founder  of  the 
Order  in  Illinois.  109 
First  State  Deputy,  375 
Portrait.  379 


Kelly,  Albert  J.,  sketch,  788 
Kelly,  Cornelius  S.,   cut,   280 
Kelly,  Dennis  F.,  K.S.G.,  cut,  208 
Kelly,   Eklward   I.,   Gold   Star,  676 
Kelly,  Lt.  Harry  F.,  decorated,  000 
Kelly,   James  J.,   cut,   797 
Kelly,  John  J.,  decorated,  692 
Kelly,  Thomas,  decorated,  319 
Kennelly,  Jeremiah  A.,  Pres't  Chicago 

Chapter,   cut.   445 
Kettler,   Bishop.   Council,   sketch,   332 
Kiley,      Rev.      Moses      E.,      Chaplain 

"Fourth  Degree,  cut,  483 
Kirliv,  James  J.,  sketch,  791 
Klingler,   Leo   L.,   Gold    Star,   071 
Knighthood,   Historic,  72 
Ceremonials  of,  76 
I'rincipal  Orders,  78 
Sketches  of.  79 
Paraphernalia.   82 
Blazonry,  82 

The   Knight   in   Action,   cut,    i3 
An    Honorable   Title,  75 
Standards.   88 
Knights  of  Columbus  in   Illini(i.s.   11<> 

Fir.st  Members  in  Chicago.  Ill 
I^afavi'tte   Council,    sketch,    129 
Lafayette,  Statue  at  Metz,  882 

Unveiling,  883 
Lake  Forest  Council,  sketch,  288 
Laml)ert.   L.   A..   Council,   sketch,   32S 
Landing    Day    Celebrations,    by    Chi- 
cago   Chapter.    440 
LaRaliiiUi  and   the  Caravels,  99 
LaRabida  Council,  sketch.  230 
Latchford,  George  P..  Sr..   cut.  270 
Laucrmann.    Rev.    Joseph    B..    Chap- 
lain. 840 
Cut,  850 
Lawson,   L.  J.,  cut.  268 
LcBeau.   George   A.,   cut,   324 
Lectures,   under  auspices   of  Supreme 
Council.  47 
General,  568 
Leo  XIII,   portrait,   16 
Leo  XIII   Council,   sketch.   20(i 

Council   Home.  201 
Leo   (Moline)   Council,  sketch.   IM 

Council  Home.  ISO 
Lemont  Council,  sketch.  331 
Lcnnon,    Edmund     II.,    Sec,    hrst    to 

die  abroad.   782 
Libonati.  Michael,   Sec,  died   ui  serv 
ice,  774 
Cut,  779  ^^,  ^„ 

Lillis,  John  T.,  Pres't  Chicago  <  hap- 

ter,  445  „„ , 

Lincoln  Council,  sketch,  284 

Council   Home,   285 
Llnd,  Albert  B.,   Sec,  sketch    80 1 
Litchfield  Council,  sketch.  204 
Lovola-Hydc     Park     Council,     sketch. 

■    222 
Lucey.  Patrick  J.,  cut,  136 
Luthringer,  Dr.  J.  P.,  Master  tourlli 

Degree,  480  „„_ 

Lynch,  Henry  J.,  St.  Sec,  cut    .38^ 
Lyon.  George  W..  St.  Sec,  cut,  SSi 


914 


GENERAL  INDEX 


Madonna  Council,  sketch,  267 

Council   Home,    269 
Maher,   James,    State    Deputy,   activi- 
ties,  398 
Portrait,  403 
Majewski,  Casimer,  Gold   Star,  G.S4 
Malta,  Knights  of,  cut,  81 

Hospice,  85 
Maloney,  John  E.,  cut,  130 
Marquette   Council,  sketch,   117 
Mass,  First  in  the  New  World,  94 
Mattoon  Council,  sketch.  253 
Meyering,  Capt.  William  D.,  cut,  692 
McArdle,    Patrick    L.,    State    Deputy. 

activities.   377 
Portrait,  383 

First  Master  Fourth  Degree.  474 
McCabe,  Rev.  F.  X.,  CM.,  LL.D.,  cut, 

213 
McCann,    Daniel    A..    Pres't    Chicago 

Chapter,   cut.   436 
McCarthy,  Patrick  J.,  cut,  274 
McCarthy,  Emmet  J.,  cut,  635 
McCarthy,  Rev.  George  T.,  War  Chap- 
lain, portrait,  825 
Sketch,  832 
McCormack,  John,  Concerts.  435 
McCormick,   John   A.,   Master  Fourth 

Degree,  473 
McDermott,  F.  O'.,  Gerard  and  Gerald, 

athletes,  548 
McDonald,   Hon.  Charles  A.,  cut,  146 
McDonough,  Walter,  decorated,  698 
McEnery,  John  T.,  Dlst.  Dep.,  502 
McEnery,   Patrick  B.,  Gold  Star,  686 
McGinley,  William  J.,  Supreme  Sec'y, 

40 
McGivney,  Rev.  Michael  J.,  sketch,  38 
McGoorty,  Hon.  John  P..  cut,  415 
McGuire.   Rev.   William  F.,   Chaplain, 

837 
McHale,  Martin  R..  cut,  268 
McHale.   Archbishop,  Council,   sketch, 

280 
McHenry  Council,  sketch,  295 
McKenna,  Hugh  A.,  Gold  Star,  674 
McKenna,  Phillip  J.,  cut,  125 
McMahon,     Edward    J.,    Ass't     Sec'y 

Chicago  Chapter.  455 
McMahon,  Francis  J.,   Sec,  777 

Cut.  781 
McMahon,  Joseph  A.,  Dist.  Dep.,  518 
McMannis,   Dr.   William  T.,   National 

Physician,  sketch,   62 
McQuaid,  Arthur  Francis,  M.D.,  Gold 

Star,  682 
McQualde,   Martin   J.,   Sec,  782 
Melody,  Rev.  John  Webster,  D.D.,  cut, 

213 
Mendota  Council,  sketch,  369 
Mercier,    Desire,    Cardinal,    welcome, 

885 
Cut.  885 
Metz,   Pilgrimage,   878 
Miller,  John  F.,  cut,  449 
Minonk  Council,  sketch,  232 
Molz,  Dr.  Charles  O.,  cut,  245 
Monaghan,    Rev.    Daniel    P.,    sketch, 

837 


Mooney,  Vincent  P.,  cut,  284 
Monmouth  Council,  sketch,  317 
Moore,   Dr.   John    A.,   Master   Fourth 

Degree,  480 
Moreno,  Garcia,  Council,   sketch,   339 
Morrison,    Rev.    Sidney    J.,    Chaplain 
Fourth  Degree,  cut,  483 
Sketch,  837 
Morrisonville  Council,   sketch,  271 
Morrissey,  Edward  J.,  cut,  141 
Muldoon,    Rt.    Rev.    Peter    J.,    State 
Chaplain,   26 
Portrait,  407 
MuUaly,  William,  cut,  703 
Mullens,    James    F.,    first    suggested 

initian,  29 
Mulligan,   George,   cut,   308 
Mundav,    Rev.    Joseph    B.,    Chaplain. 

847 
Mundelein,    Most    Rev.    George    Wil- 
liam, D.D.,  portrait,  20 
Letters,  762 
Munich,  Anthony,  sketch,  803 
Murphy,      Rev.      William     A.,     D.D., 

Chaplain,    842 
Murphysboro  Council,  sketch,  232 
Mt.  Carroll  Council,  sketch,  301 
Mt.  Sterling  Council,  sketch,  292 

Council  Home,  292 
Naperville  Council,  sketch,  305 
Nazareth  Council,  sketch,  330 
Nealis,  Rev.  Martin  Joseph,  Chaplain, 

sketch,   854 
Newman  Council,  sketch,  255 
New  Regime,  40 
Newton  Council,  sketch,  349 
Newton,  Emil,  Sec,  sketch.  814 
Nokomis  Council,  sketch,  371 
Xoone,  Michael,  decorated,  707 
Xormoyle,   Dennis   P.,   Pres't  Chicago 

Chapter,   cut,   436 
Nuns,  of  Battlefield,  767 
Oak  Park  Council,  sketch.  322 

Council  Home,  323 
Officers.  State,  426 
Olney  Council,  sketch.  302 
Oregon  Council,  sketch.  259 
Ormsby,  Emmet  T.,  aviator,  cut,  641 
Ouilmette  Council,  sketch,  225 
Outings,  Chicago  Chapter,  442 
O'Brien,  James  C,  Dist.  Dep.,  510 
O'Brien,  Rev.  John  A.,  cut.  415 
O'Brien,  Martin  J.,  cut.  291 
O'Brien,   Quin,   cut,   313 
O'Connell,  Brendan  M.,  cut,   367 
O'Connell,   Daniel,      Council,      sketch, 
251 
Council  Home,  252 
Indoor  Baseball,   team,   544 
O'Connell,  Emmett  P.,  Gold  Star,  662 
O'Connell,  John  F.,  580 
O'Connell,  Richard,  580 
O'Connell,  Thomas  F.,  General  Secre- 
tary, 794 
O'Connell,  William   L.,   cut,   233 
O'Connor,  James  F.,  Sec,  sketch,  814 

Cut,  815 
O'Connor,   Hon.   John   M.,   cut,   146 
O'Connor,  Maurice  F.,  Gold  Star,  684 


GENERAL  INDEX 


915 


O'Donnell,  C.  F.,  aviator,  702 
O'Donnell.  Rev.    John    L.,    Chaplain, 
sketch,  826 

Portrait,  831 
O'Halloran,  John  .1.,  Decorated.  698 
O'Hearn,  Rev.  John  J.,  Chaplain,  por- 
trait. 843 
O'Keefe,  John  J.,  Decorated,  693 
O'Kelly,  Rev.  H.  A.,  cut,    156 
O'Kelly,  Thomas,  Decorated,  702 
O'Malley,  James  J.,  Sec,  793 

Employment  Bureau,  872 

Report,  873 

Sketch,  874 
O'Malley,  Maurice,  Heroic  Rescue,  787 
O'Meara,  Joseph  E.,  cut,  222 
O'Shaughnessy,   Thomas   A.,   cut,   303 
O'Shaughnessy.    Francis   J.,    cut,   313 
O'Sullivan,  John,  Concert,  437 
Pana  Council,  sketch,  221 
Paris  Council,  sketch,  211 
Patrick  Feehan  Council,  sketch,  218 
Penning,  Jacques  P.,  Sec.  sketch,  813 
Perez,  Father,  Council,  sketch,  312 

Baseball  team,  540 
Perez  (Lockport)  Council,  sketch,  279 

Council  Home,  180 
Phil  Sheridan  Council,  sketch.  151 
Pinta  Council,  sketch,  364 
Pierre  Gibault  Council,  sketch,  178 
Pius  X.  portrait.  16 
Pius  XI,  portrait,  12 
Pontiac   Council,   sketch,    209 
Pope     Benedict     XV,      photographed 

with  Pilgrims  to  Metz,  879 
Post  War  Activities,  859 
Powers,  W.  E.,  Sec,  sketch,  800 
Prayer,  Our  Nation's,  poem,  859 
Press,  Knights  of  Columbus,  527 
Prystalski,  John,  cut,  284 
Quiglev,    Most    Rev.    James    Edward, 
D.D..   portrait,   20 

K.  of  C.  in  funeral  cortege,  499 
Quincy  Council,  sketch,  158 

Council  Home,  160 
Quinlan.  D.  F.,  cut,  198 
Radican,  Thomas  F.,  Sec.  sketch,  812 
Rafferty,  Joseph  P.,  cut.  342 
Rainey.  John  W.,  Dist.  Dep.,  509 
Ravenswood  Council,  sketch,  237 
Red    Cross,    767 
Reilly,    Michael    K.,    Master    Fourth 

Degree,  473 
Red   Knights,   figured   in  founding  of 

Order,  29 
Relief  Work,  Chicago  Chapter,  457 
Religious  Prejudice  Commission.  4.5 

State   Deputy   Brown.   401 
Retreats,  439 

Retrospect,  quarter  century  in.  906 
Retzek,  Rev.  Henry,  Chaplain,  sketch, 
846 

Cut.  853 
Rice,  Rev.  Edward  F..  Chaplain,  por- 
trait. 835 

Sketch,  856 
Richard,     Couer    de    Lion,    reference 

and  sketch,  74 
Ridge  Council,  sketch,  347 


'■Ritual'    approved  by  Bishop,  35 
Ring,  Sidney  W.,  Dist.  Dep.,  517 
Robinson,    Capt.    John    R.,    apprecia- 
tion of  K.  of  C.  work,  818 
Rochelle  Council,  sketch,  249 
Rockford  Council,  sketch.  142 

Council   Home.   143 
Roll  of  Honor,  585 
Romagne,  615 
Rose,  William  D.,  cut,  41 
Round  Table,  72 
Ray,   Joseph   E..   325 
Russell,  D.  P.,  M.D.,  cut,  324 
Russell,  James  T.,  Decorated,  698 
Ryan.  John   J.,   portrait.   430 
Ryan,  Thomas  J.,  cut,  280 
Ryan,  William  F..  Master  Fourth  De- 
gree, cut,  473 
San  Salvador  Council,  sketch,  286 

Council  Home,  287 
Santa     Maria      (Kewanee)      Council, 

sketch,   186 
Santa      Marie       (Chicago)       Council, 

sketch.   319 

Council  Home.   320 
Sarsfield  Guards,   figured  in  founding 

of  Order.  29 
Satolli,    Francis,    Apostolic    Delegate, 

examined  ceremonies.  14 
Sauter,  Lewis  Edward.  State  Deputv, 
380 

Portrait,  397 
Schageman,  Joseph  M.,  sketch,  805 
Schlarmann,  Rev.  J.  H.,  cut,  220 
Schmitt.  William  J.,  Sec,  sketch,  804 

Cut.  819 
Schneider,  Adam,  cut.  298 
Scollin,       Rev.       Walter,       Chaplain, 
sketch  842 

Cut,  855 
Scott,  Melvin  H.,  Decorated,  701 
Secretaries  at  Great   Lakes,   739 

At  Camp  Grant,  748 

Roster,  770 

In  foreign  service,  775 
Seneca  Council,  sketch.  297 
Setters.  Father.  Council,  289 
Shahan,  Rt.  Rev.  T.  J.,  lecture.  399 
Sheehan,    James    T..    General    Secre- 
tary, sketch,  795 

Cut,  787 
Sheehan,  Michael,  Decorated.  703 
Sheehan,  Patrick,  Cited,  703 
Shields,  Gen.  James,   Council,  sketch, 

228 
Sheridan.  Michael,  Gold  Star.  676 
Siedenburg.    Rev.    Frederic,    S.J..    cut, 

220 
Simon,  Francis  J.,  Gold   Star.  682 
Social  Side.  Chicago  Chapter,  433 

Fourth  Degree.  488 
Sokel,  James  Anthonv,  Gold  Star,  667 

Cut.   680 
Spalding.  Most  Rev.  John  Lancaster. 
D.D..  cut,  11 

Friendlv  to  Order,  26 

Quoted,  91 
Spalding  Council,   sketch.   137 

Council  Home,  13ft 


916 


GENERAL  INDEX 


Springfield  Council,  sketch,  135 
Sports  and  Athletics,  539 
Starved  Rock  Council,  sketch,  16« 

Council  Home,  167 
State       Centenary,       colebrated       at 

Springfield,    404 
State  Council,  375 
Staunton  Council,  sketch,  373 
Sterling  Council,  sketch,   174 

Council  Home,  175 
Streator  Council,  sketch,   198 
St.  Augustine   Council,  sketch,   309 
St.  Cyr  Day   Council,   sketch,  276 

Baseball  team,  529 
St.  Francis    Xavier    Council,    sketch, 

357 
St.  Isidore  Council,   sketch,   273 

Council  Home,  ISO 
St.  James   Council,   335 
St.  Joseph  Council,  sketch,  334 
St.  Mary  Council,  sketch,  361 
St.  Mihiel,  590 

St.   Patrick  Council,   sketch,  351 
St.   Philip  Xeri  Council,  sk<  tch,  355 
St.   Rita  i'ouncil,   sketch,   367 
St.   Viateur  Council,   sketch,   189 

Council  Home,   191 
Suess,  Edward,  Dist.  Dep.,  507 
Sullivan,  Hon.  Dennis  K.,   cut,  287 
Sullivan,  Justice  John  J.,  cut,  237 
Sullivan,   John     Joseph,     Gold      Star, 

671 
Sullivan,   Roger  C,  cut,  233 
Sullivan,   Stanley  Francis,  Gold   Star, 

665 
Sullivan,   William  C,    594 
Summary,  men  in  service.  658 
Supreme  Knights,  39 
Supreme  Ofiicers,  44,  46 
Sweitzer,  Robert  M.,  cut,  125 
Taylorville  Council,  sketch,  370 
Templars,   Knights,   11 
Cut,  77 
Sketch,  79 
Thompson,   Joseph   J.,    State    Deputy, 
promoted  Insurance,  63 
Secured  increase  of  benefit,  64 
Portrait.  395 
Tonti  Council,  sketch,  326 
Tornado    at    Mattoon,    victims    aided, 

402 
Traynor,  Frank  A.,  Dist.  Dep.,  517 
Tri-Cities  Council,  sketch,  260 
Trumbull,  George  T.,  cut,  256 
Tumulty,  Joseph  P.,  letter,  575 


Twin   Citv  Council,   sketch,  218 

Catholic  Universtiy  Endowment,  47 
Unterkoeffler,  Rev.  Gustave  H.,  Chap 
lain,  sketch,  844 
Cut,   853 
Utiea  Council,  sketch,  354 
Vattman,   Major   Edward  J.,   funeral, 

877 
Vease.v,  Edward  J.,  Gold  Star,  668 
Verdun,  600 

Virden  Council,  sketch.  374 
Vladivostok  scenes,  603 
Vollman,  Joseph  P.,  Gold  Star,  662 
Wall,  Maurice  J.,  Sec,   sketch,  812 
Walsh,    Rev.    Francis    E.,    Chaplain, 
sketch,  854 
Cut,  855 
Walsh,    James    J.,    Director    Welfare 

Work,   861 
Walsh,  Joseph  P.,  Dist.  Dep.,  522 
Waterloo   Council,  sketch,   299 

Council  Home,  300 
Waukegan  Council,  sketch,  1S5 

Council   Home,   185 
War  Work,  chapter  on,  716 
In  and  around  Chicago,  721 
Fort  Sheridan,  733 
(i^reat  Lakes,  737 
Camp  Grant,  743 
Waukegan,    751 
Chanute  Field,  752 
Peoria,  753 
War,  Responding  to  the  call,  574 
First  Official  act  of   State  Council. 
1918,    402 
War  Work,  origin.  769 
War  Workers,  767 
War  Funds,   753 
Washington   Council,  sketch,   316 
Weber,  Maj.  C.  L.,  M.D.,  Decorated 
West  Chicago  Council,  sketch,  325 
Weimer,  Herman  H.,  Decorated,  696 
Wellner,  Edwin  C  Gold  Star.  678 
Welcome  Home  parade,  875 
Welfare  Funds,  758 

Large  contributors,  765 
Welfare  Work  organized,  802 
White,    Gen.    Edward    H..    Ass't    Mar- 
shal, Poch  parade,  902 
Wilson,    President    Woodrow,    It'ttej 

574 
Woodstock  Council,   sketch,   197 
Wounded  in  Hospital,  732 
Young,  Rev.  Francis  C,  cut.  298 

Prayer  and  sketch,  859 
Young"    Men's    Christian    .\ssocia  (ion, 
767 


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